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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

• Bachelor of Arts
• Minor
• Art Courses (ARTV)

Department of Performing and Visual Arts
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Associate Professor: M. Robinson
Assistant Professors: S. Bailey

The Department of Performing and Visual Arts offers an undergraduate bachelor's degree as well as a minor in Art. The curriculum balances theoretical and practical experience from studio and art history courses. All courses within the Art unit include components which encourage writing proficiency. The unit embraces the philosophy of the broad-based liberal education.

Bachelor of Arts

The curriculum for the B.A in Art provides a generalist approach within a liberal arts tradition and offers the possibility of a concentration of courses either in Studio Art or Art History. Integration of various artistic disciplines is promoted, including a solid component of the non-Western (especially the Arabic/Egyptian) contribution to the arts.

Concentration Requirements (30 credits)

ARTV 200 Foundations of Design and Color   201 Drawing I   202 Painting I   211 World Art Survey I   212 World Art Survey II   310 Modern and Contemporary Art   311 Drawing II   312 Painting II   470 Advanced Seminar   370 or 314 Selected Topics in Art or Modern and Contemporary Architecture

 

Collateral Requirements (15 credits)

EGPT 261 Art and Architecture from Ancient Egypt I   262 Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt II ARBS 270-271 Intro to Islamic Art and Architecture PHIL 310 Philosophy and Art

 

Four additional collateral courses to be chosen from among the following (12 credits)

ARTV 402 Independent Study JRMC 230 Intro to Photography   305 Intro to Graphic Communications   315 Public Relations and Advertising   330 Advanced Photography   405 Advanced Graphic Communications   425 Advanced Advertising THTR 224 Into to Technical Theater   320 Design for the Theater: Scenography   321 Design for the Theater: Costume   322 Design for the Theater: Stage Lighting FILM 220 Intro to Film   330 Film Theory and Criticism   350 Film Production FILM/ANTH 341 Anthropology and Film ARBS 206 Art and Architecture of the City of Cairo   370 Pre-Islamic Influences on the Art and Architecture of Cairo   468 Painting in Islam   469 Islamic Pottery   477-478 Islamic Minor Arts

 

EGPT 202 Introduction to Egyptology   204 Archaeology and Prehistory ANTH 202 Cultural Anthropology HIST 402 Selected Topics in European History, Power and Art (or other when art is the central focus of the course)

 

Other Selected Topics courses may apply when art is the central focus of the course.

Ellectives (23 credits)
All elective courses must be selected in consultation with an art advisor. Non-collateral electives will preferably constitute a minor.

Minor

The minor in Art provides a general introduction to studio practices of design, drawing, and painting as well as their historical models.

Art Courses (ARTV)
 

CourseNumber CourseTitle 200 Foundations of Design and Color 201 Drawing I 202 Painting I 211 World Art Survey I 212 World Art Survey II 310 Modern and Contemporary  Art 311 Drawing II 312 Painting II 314 Modern and Contemporary Architecture 370 Selected Topics in Art 402 Independent Study 470 Advanced Seminar