Requirements for the Major
The Art major requires a minimum of 10 courses including a senior project/thesis.
Core Courses
Two courses: ART 100A SC Introduction to Studio Art and ART 141 SC Introduction to Digital Art or ART 100B SC Combined Media Art
Art 100A and Art 141 or Art 100B should be completed by the end of the sophomore year if possible.
Elective Courses
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 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 Concentrations:
Ceramic Arts: ART 100A SC , ART 100B SC , ART 120 SC , ART 121 SC , ART 122 SC , ART 181 SC , ART 192 SC , any two electives in Art, and ARHI181 PZ .
Photography: ART 100A SC , ART 141 SC , ART 145 SC , ART 146 SC , ART 147 SC , ART 181 SC , ART 192 SC , any two electives in Art, and ARHI185 PO .
Video: ART 100A SC or ART 141 SC , ART 100B SC ,ART 148 SC , ART 149 SC , ART 150 SC, ART 181 SC , ART 192 SC , any two electives in Art, and one Art History course.
Art History Courses
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.
Senior Courses
One senior seminar in art encompassing thesis and project (ART 192 SC Senior Project and Seminar in Art ), to be completed in the fall semester of the senior year.*
*ART 193 SC Advanced Senior Project and Seminar in Art , an optional course that extends the research completed in ART 192 SC and culminates in the Senior Art Exhibition in the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
