Art: Concentration in Art History and Studio Art
Bachelor of Arts
About this program
The Bachelor of Arts in Art: Concentration in Art History and Studio Art gives you both a deep understanding of art history and hands-on practice in making art. You’ll study global art traditions and develop skills in writing, research, and visual analysis. You’ll also work in studios exploring media like ceramics, painting, sculpture, textiles, and digital art. This blend prepares you for creative careers or graduate study in art, design, museums, or education.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The 43-unit bachelor of arts in art degree program provides innovative and rigorous majors in studio art and art history/studio art.
A concentration in art history and studio art is available for students with crossover interests in studio and art history. The concentration consists of a planned combination of courses in both areas, approved in advance by advisors in art history and studio.
All art history and studio courses are integral to each of the concentrations, providing introductory experiences in selected areas, and are core prerequisites to all concentrations. They focus on perceptual skills, modes of consciousness, creative expression and critical thinking. Attention is given to traditions and heritage of the discipline, contemporary issues and forms, imaginative problem solving and written English proficiency within the discipline. Courses are designed to provide a broad experiential and conceptual orientation to the visual arts and art history.
Program Learning Outcomes
The Bachelor of Arts in Art (Concentration in Art History and Studio Art) Program Learning Outcomes are guided by core values that inform both studio art practice and art history. Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Utilize diverse knowledge of studio and art historical practices integrating appropriate techniques, media, and processes to create artistic form with research, writing, and analysis.
- Gain breadth of knowledge of art history globally: identify major artists, works, movements; define key terms, concepts, and theories; and understand diverse historical, social, political, cultural, and ideological perspectives.
- Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, formal analysis, and visual literacy to interpret and evaluate the meaning of art and visual culture.
- Apply processes of experimentation (revision, refinement, critical reflection on successes and failures) to develop curiosity and imagination and self-directed research to create portfolios of artwork and/or writing.
- Understand the ethical dimension of artistic practice and scholarship within a global context and in relationship to the dynamics of power—including those of class, gender, race, and geopolitics—as expressed through visual, spatial, institutional, and ideological practices.