Fine Arts, Minor
The Undergraduate Fine Arts Program combines studio practices, seminar courses, and interactions with visiting artists and professionals in order to provide an open intellectual framework to foster critical awareness and independent methods of artistic research and learning. The Fine Arts Department offers a diverse range of studio courses in the areas of animation and 3D modeling, ceramics, design, drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. The dynamic curriculum also provides students with the opportunity to thoroughly examine contemporary art, creative research, interactive design and public art through seminar-based instruction.
The Undergraduate Fine Arts Program offers a Fine Arts Major for students in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering, and a Fine Arts Minor for undergraduate students across the university. The Fine Arts program works in conjunction with three interdisciplinary degree programs in Cinema Studies, Digital Media Design and Visual Studies. Fine Arts courses are available to all students at the university to take as electives in order to enhance multidisciplinary learning.
A goal of the Undergraduate Fine Arts program is to facilitate an environment where the potentialities of art are considered in relation to the real life conditions of our students. Encouraged to test themselves against the rigors of divergent artistic approaches and their histories, our students develop a more complex set of skills to creatively and critically negotiate the turbulent shifts taking place globally in terms of human experiences.
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| Introductory Studios | 2 | |
| Select two of the following options: | ||
| Drawing I | ||
| Contemporary Art Studio | ||
| Video I | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Digital Photography | ||
| Mixed Media Animation | ||
| Sculpture I | ||
| Intro to Clay | ||
| Figure Drawing I | ||
| Painting I | ||
| Introduction to Printmaking | ||
| Intro to Performance | ||
| Art, Design and Digital Culture | ||
| Hand-Drawn Computer Animation | ||
| Printmaking: Screen Printing | ||
| Art History Requirement | 1 | |
| Select 1 course in Art History (ARTH 0000-4999) | ||
| OR - 1 Seminar in Fine Arts (FNAR 3000-3999), such as: | ||
| Critical Issues in Art | ||
| The Chinese Body and Spatial Consumption in Chinatown (SNF Paideia Course) | ||
| Across Forms: Art and Writing | ||
| Art and Social Work: Art and the Ecology of Justice | ||
| Public Art and Issues of Spatial Production | ||
| Mystics & Visionaries: Arts and Other Ways of Knowing | ||
| Is This Really Happening? Performance and Contemporary Political Horizons | ||
| MATTERS: Connecting Arts + Design to Materials, and Materials to Labor + Land | ||
| OR - 1 Seminar in Design (DSGN 3000-3999), such as: | ||
| Language of Design | ||
| Futures for All: Reimagining social equality through art and technology | ||
| Feminist Technoscience: Art, Technology, & Gender | ||
| Care as Revolution: Socially Engaged Art and Design | ||
| OR - | ||
| Design 21: Design After the Digital | ||
| The Big Picture: Mural Arts in Philadelphia | ||
| Art and Business of Film | ||
| The Animation Of Disney | ||
| History of Children's TV | ||
| Eye, Mind, and Image | ||
| Studio Electives | 3 | |
| Select 3 course in Fine Arts or DSGN | ||
| Total Course Units | 6 | |
The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2024 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.