Degree Requirements
B.A. Degree — Art: Studio Major
In addition to the general education requirements, majors in Studio Art must complete 48 or more semester hours of art including the Foundation Requirements and the Studio Concentration.
- Foundation Requirements:
- ARTS1210 Foundation Design: 2-D Composition 3 s.h.
- ARTS1220 Foundation Design: 3-D Composition 3 s.h.
- ARTS1230 Introduction to Drawing 3 s.h.
- ARTS2120 Experimental Drawing or
- ARTS2200 Figure Drawing 3 s.h.
- ARTS2250 Introduction to Painting 3 s.h.
- ARTS2300 Art History Survey: Ancient to Medieval 3 s.h.
- ARTS2310 Art History Survey: Renaissance to Modern 3 s.h.
- ARTS3450 20th Century American Art History 3 s.h.
- ARTS3990 Art Seminar 3 s.h.
- ARTS4500 Advanced Studio Practices 3 s.h.
- ARTS4720 Senior Exhibition: Studio Art 0-1 s.h.
- Studio Major:
- Concentration Courses (choose one of four concentration tracks)
- Sculpture Concentration 15-16 s.h.
- Choose two: ARTS3460, ARTS3470, ARTS3480, or ARTS3490 and ARTS4410
- Choose one: ARTS2270 with ARTS2280 or ARTS3270 with ARTS2280
- Choose two: ARTS2320, ARTS3350, ARTS3500, ARTS3360, ARTS3400, ARTS3320, or ARTS3330
- Ceramics Concentration 20 s.h.
- ARTS2270 with ARTS2280, ARTS3270 with ARTS2280 and ARTS4360 Advanced Ceramics
- Choose one: ARTS3460, ARTS3470, ARTS3480, or ARTS3490
- Choose two: ARTS2320, ARTS3350, ARTS3500, ARTS3360, ARTS3400, ARTS3320, or ARTS3330
- Painting Concentration 18-19 s.h.
- ARTS3500 Painting: Expanded Forms and Mediums
- Choose 9 hours from the following (may repeat each course once): ARTS3360, ARTS3400, ARTS4370
- Choose one: ARTS2270 with ARTS2280, ARTS3270 with ARTS2280, ARTS3460, ARTS3470, ARTS3480, or ARTS3490
- Choose one: ARTS2320 or ARTS3350
- Photography Concentration 18-19 s.h.
- ARTS2320, ARTS3320, ARTS3330 and ARTS3610
- Choose one: ARTS2270 with ARTS2280, ARTS3270 with ARTS2280, ARTS3460, ARTS3470, ARTS3480, or ARTS3490
- Choose one: ARTS3350 or ARTS3500
The requirements for a minor in art are 21 or more semester hours, to include: ARTS1210, ARTS1220, ARTS1230, ARTS2300, ARTS2310, and 6 s.h. of elective art courses.
Teacher Certification in Art
1. FOR ART MAJORS WHO WANT A SECONDARY ENDORSEMENT (5-12): Students majoring in Art who desire Iowa Teacher Certification with an Art secondary endorsement must complete 9 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of a Studio Major or 15 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of the Visual Communication Major and Secondary Education Program (with ARTS4350 Art for the Secondary School as the appropriate methods course).2. FOR ART MAJORS WHO WANT A COMBINATION ENDORSEMENT (K-8 AND 5-12): Students majoring in Art who desire Iowa Teacher Certification with an elementary and secondary Art endorsement must complete 9 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of a Studio Major or 15 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of the Visual Communication Major and the Combination Program (with ARTS3300 Art for the Elementary School and ARTS4350 Art for the Secondary School as the appropriate methods courses).
3. FOR ART MAJORS WHO WANT AN ELEMENTARY ENDORSEMENT (K-8). Students majoring in Art who desire Iowa Teacher Certification with a K-8 Art endorsement must complete 9 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of a Studio Major or 15 s.h. of the Concentration Requirements of the Visual Communication Major and the Secondary Education Program (5-12 grade level requirements), substituting ARTS3300 and EDUC4400 for ARTS4350 and EDUC4420, respectively.
4. FOR NON-ART MAJORS WHO WANT A SECONDARY ART ENDORSEMENT (5-12). Non-art majors desiring a secondary Art endorsement (5-12) in Iowa must complete a major in a secondary teaching field, the Secondary Education Program (with ARTS4350 Art for the Secondary School as the appropriate methods course), and the following courses:
ARTS1210 Foundation Design: 2-D Composition 3 s.h.
ARTS1220 Foundation Design: 3-D Composition 3 s.h.
ARTS1230 Introduction to Drawing 3 s.h.
ARTS2120 Experimental Drawing 3 s.h.
ARTS2300 Art History Survey: Ancient to Medieval or
ARTS2310 Art History Survey: Renaissance to Modern 3 s.h.
ARTS3450 20th Century American Art History 3 s.h.
Approved Art electives (not to include ARTS4350) 6 s.h.
