Faculty: Thomas (Chair), Brand, Burleigh, Rich

The Studio Arts minor is a program in the Visual and Performing Arts Area of Study. Studio Art minors may not major in Art, Science, and Innovation.

Studio Art Minor Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete a minor in Studio Art will:

1. Produce original works of art. 
2. Effectively communicate conceptual motivations of their art practice in speech and writing
3. Contextualize art within the contemporary art world and within art history, through speech and writing
4. Recognize critical problems related to conceptual and formal questions in their art practice.

The Studio Art Minor

The Studio Art minor consists of 24 credits. At graduation, Studio Art minors must have a GPA of at least 2.0 in the minor. The calculation is based on the grades of all courses presented for the minor. Only the most recent grade is considered for courses that have been repeated. All art courses must be taken on the letter grade basis. Under exceptional circumstances, one additional course taken Credit/No Credit may be presented for the minor with permission of the chair of the department. Typically, this exception is made when a student has taken an art course CR/NC before declaring a minor in the department. A maximum of 4 transfer credits may be counted toward the minor requirements.

Studio Art is a minor that prepares students to become creative thinkers and makers and encourages them to connect their interests in Art to their major area of study. Students learn and create at the intersections of art, the social and natural sciences, and the humanities, to develop unusual combinations of skills and ideas required to be successful in the world.

The Minor requires 5 courses in four categories, plus an Experiential Learning Experience OR a Capstone Art-making Experience.