Art Major

Requirements for the Major

A major in Art requires a minimum of 10 courses including senior seminar/thesis.

Electives Courses (seven upper-division)

Two of the seven electives must be at the intermediate/advanced level in Art, one of which must be completed before the senior year.
A minimum of three electives must also be completed before the senior year.

Areas of Study:

Book Arts, Ceramics, Digital Art, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Video Art. Appropriate courses will be determined in consultation with the major adviser. Any Art course offered at Scripps, Pomona , Pitzer, or HMC (excluding ART 060  HM), may count as an Art elective.

Sample Tracks:

Ceramics:  ART 121 SC , ART 122 SC , any five electives in Art (one of which must be intermediate), two courses to fulfill the Art History/Theory requirement, ART 192 SC .
Digital Art: ART 141 SC , ART 142 SC , ART 148 SC , any four electives in Art, two courses to fulfill the Art History/Theory requirement, ART 192 SC .
Painting:   ART 101 SC , ART 102 SC , ART 105 SC , any four electives in Art, two courses to fulfill the Art History/Theory requirement, ART 192 SC .
Photography: , ART 141 SC , ART 145 SC , , ART 147 SC , any four electives in Art, two courses to fulfill the Art History theory requirement, ART 192 SC  .
Video:  ART 141 SC , ART 148 SC , ART 149 SC , any four electives in Art, two courses to fulfill the Art History/Theory requirement, ART 192 SC  

Art History/Theory Courses (two)

• One contemporary Art History course, and
• ART 181 SC Topics Seminar in Studio Art  

Another theory seminar from Art History or Media Studies may be substituted in consultation with your adviser. Must be completed before the senior year.

Senior Courses (one)

• ART 192 SC Senior Project and Seminar in Art , a required course encompassing thesis and project to be completed in the fall semester of the senior year*
• *ART 193 SC Advanced Senior Project in Art , an elective course that extends the research completed in ART 192  SC and culminates in the Senior Art Exhibition in the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Each senior will work independently with a committee of 2-3 faculty consisting of their thesis readers. The first two readers must be from the Scripps Art Department.

Honors Requirements

A student who wishes to graduate with honors in Art must:

• Achieve a minimum grade point average of 11.0 (A-) in the major; and
• Earn an A or A- (minus) in a two-semester senior project, which usually includes both ART 192 SC Senior Project and Seminar in Art  in the first semester of the senior year and ART 193 SC Advanced Senior Project in Art  the second semester of the senior year.

The student who wishes to pursue honors in Art should notify the department chair before the start of senior year to go over criteria.