A fee for basic class materials is charged in all studio courses. The individual student is responsible for the purchase of any additional supplies she may require. The department reserves the right to retain examples of work done in studio courses.
All studio courses require extensive work beyond the six scheduled class hours. Please note that all studio art courses have limited enrollments.
Advisers: Lee Burns, John Gibson, Susan Heideman, Gary Niswonger, Dwight Pogue, Lynne Yamamoto.
Art Studio Adviser for Study Abroad: Susan Heideman.
Requirements: fourteen courses, which will include:
1. ARS 163
2. One of the following introductory design courses:
ARS 161 or ARS 162 or ARS 164
3. Two 100-level art history courses selected from two of
the following categories:
a: colloquia (ARH 101)
b: non-western survey (ARH 120 or 130)
c: western survey (ARH 140)
4. Two additional art history courses, at least one of which should be in Group I, II, or III.
5. Five additional studio art courses, which must normally include the full sequence of courses available (usually three) in one of the following five areas of concentration:
a: electronic media
b. graphic arts
c. painting
d. photography
e. sculpture
6. ARS 385
7. ARS 398 and ARS 399
In addition, in their senior year studio art majors will be required to install an exhibition during the last half of the spring semester, or the fall semester for J-term graduates.
To fulfill this requirement, Plan B majors will enroll in ARS 398-399.
Declaring the Plan B major
A student may declare a Plan B major anytime after she has completed the introductory (100 level) studio art requirements and one additional studio art course. She must submit a portfolio of work to the Portfolio Review Committee. Portfolios will be reviewed each semester, just before the advising period. Students who receive a negative evaluation will be encouraged to take an additional studio course or courses, and resubmit their portfolio at a subsequent review time. Students who receive a negative evaluation may resubmit their portfolios in subsequent reviews up to and including the last portfolio review available during their sophomore year. These students will be offered suggestions for strengthening their portfolios through additional studio coursework in the same or other media represented in the portfolio. The additional studio courses will count toward fulfilling the major requirements.
Mapping the Plan B major
Upon receiving a positive portfolio evaluation, a student should select and meet with a Plan B adviser. Together they will discuss her interests and review her studio work to date, and select an area of studio in which she will concentrate. In exceptional cases the student and her adviser may design a sequence of studio courses that draws from several areas of concentration.
