Advising for Art Minors

The Studio Art Minor is a great supplement to any academic major. It provides students with creative skills that pair well with any liberal arts or professional program by enhancing skills in self-expression, creative problem solving, and project management.

Art Minor Requirements

Art & Design Minor Requirements (20 credits)
Foundation Elective (see list) 4
Studio I: The Creative Process elective (see list) 4
Studio II: Technique Elective (see list) 4
ARTST 321 Studio III: Concepts or ARTST 370 Interdisciplinary Design 4
Any Upper Division Art History course 4

Art Minor Foundation Electives

  • ARTST 206 Design for Aesthetics

  • ARTST 207 Design for Sustainability

  • ARTST 208 Design for Function

  • ARTST 210 Drawing

Art Minor Studio I Electives

  • ARTST 121 Studio I: The Creative Process

  • ARTST 122 Studio I CE: The Creative Process

  • ARTST 123 Studio I SU: The Creative Process

Art Minor Studio II Electives

  • ARTST 221 Studio II:Technique

  • ARTST 222 Studio II CE: Technique

  • ARTST 223 Studio II SU:Technique

Environmental Studies: Policy, Culture, and Society Major

 

Environmental Studies: Policy, Culture, and Society combines a sustainability-focused interdisciplinary core with a disciplinary concentration to explore complexities of the human relationship to the environment and to provide skills and tools to effect positive change. The Art department offers a Sustainable Design concentration in this major, which is listed below. For the full major requirements, see the PCS major

Sustainable Design Concentration in the PCS Major     Sustainable design is appropriate for students interested in careers related to a broad range of design fields such as: Landscape Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, Architecture, and Engineering. The program also contains a strong vision-to-action leadership component and emphasizes the development of a broadly applicable problem-solving skillset.

Sustainable Design Concentration Requirements



Fine Art Minor Requirements (20 credits)

ARTST 107 Systems Thinking for Problem Solvers 

2

ARTST 207 Design for Sustainability

4

ARTST 122 or 123 Studio I: The Creative Process 

4

ARTST 222 or 223 Studio II: Technique

4

ARTST 370 Interdisciplinary Design Studio   

4

ARTST 372 Interdisciplinary Design Seminar 

2

ARTST 421 Studio IV: Capstone I           

2

ARTST 422 Seminar II  

2

ARTST 423 Studio IV: Capstone II   

2

TOTAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CONCENTRATION CREDITS:  26 

TOTAL PCS MAJOR CREDITS: 46-50