Art Major

Requirements for the Major

• ART 100A SC - Fundamentals of Art
• ART 100B SC - Combined Media Art (ART 100A  and ART 100B  should be completed by the end of junior year and it is recommended that they be completed by the end of sophomore year if possible).
• Five upper-division electives in art, three of which must be in one of the following concentrations: book arts, ceramics, design, digital art, drawing, mixed media, new media, painting, photography, sculpture, and video. Appropriate courses will be determined in consultation with the major adviser. Any art course offered at Scripps, Pomona, or Pitzer College may count as an art elective.
• Two art history courses, or one art history course and one theory seminar in art, art history, or media studies, both of which should be completed before the senior year.
• One senior seminar in art encompassing thesis and project (ART 192 ), to be completed in the fall semester of the senior year.*

Honors Requirements

A student who wishes to graduate with honors in art must achieve a minimum grade point average of 11 in the major and earn an A or A– in a two-semester senior project, which usually includes both ART 192 SC - Senior Project and Seminar in Art  and ART 193 SC - Advanced Senior Project and Seminar in Art  the second semester of the senior year. The student who wishes to pursue honors in art should so notify the department chair before the start of senior year to go over criteria.