Art Major

Requirements for the Major

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

Elective Courses (seven upper-division)

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

Art History/Theory Courses (two)

• One contemporary Art History course, and
• ART 181 SC Topics Seminar in Studio Art ; or
• Two ART 181 SC Topics Seminars 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 (ART 192 SC required)

• ART 192 SC Senior Project and Seminar in Art. This course is comprised of a 10-page thesis paper and project. To be completed in the fall semester of the senior year
• ART 193 SC Advanced Senior Project in Art. This is 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 3.67 (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.
• Extend their fall thesis an addtional fives pages in the spring.

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