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Art Major: Studio Art Option

An option in the Art (B.A.) offerings.

Core Requirements

The Studio Art Option comprises the following courses plus three sem. hrs. of Art History at the 3630 level or above for a total of 29 sem. hrs.; and one of the following emphases:

ART 1000
Drawing I.  (3 credits)
ART 1110
Design.  (3 credits)
ART 1111
Three-Dimensional Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2050
Painting I.  (3 credits)
ART 2100
Sculpture I.  (3 credits)
ART 2500
Health and Safety in the Visual Arts.  (1 credits)
ART 2601G
History of Art I.  (3 credits)
ART 2602G
History of Art II.  (3 credits)
ART 3011
Exhibition Techniques.  (1 credits)
ART 3680
Modern European Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

Two-Dimensional Emphasis (2D)

Three Courses for 9 Semester Hours Chosen From

ART 2000
Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)

or ART 2700 or ART 2800

ART 2560
Printmaking I.  (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry.  (3 credits)

or ART 2250 or ART 2800

ART 2800
Introduction to Weaving.  (3 credits)

or ART 2250 or ART 2700

18 Semester Hours of 2D Electives Chosen From

ART 2910
Introduction to Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2920
Graphic Abstractions.  (3 credits)
ART 3000
Drawing III.  (3 credits)
ART 3051
Painting II.  (3 credits)
ART 3052
Painting III.  (3 credits)
ART 3080
Watercolor.  (3 credits)
ART 3200
Digital Art I.  (3 credits)
ART 3570
Printmaking II.  (3 credits)
ART 4000
Advanced Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 4051
Painting IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4052
Painting V.  (3 credits)
ART 4400
Independent Study.  (1 to 3 credits)
ART 4580
Printmaking III.  (3 credits)

9 Semester Hours of Electives Chosen From

 Art History courses or Three-dimensional courses.

Three-Dimensional Emphasis (3D)

9 Semester Hours for

ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry.  (3 credits)
ART 2800
Introduction to Weaving.  (3 credits)

18 Semester Hours of 3D Electives Chosen From

 

ART 3111
Sculpture II.  (3 credits)
ART 3112
Sculpture III.  (3 credits)
ART 3251
Ceramics II.  (3 credits)
ART 3252
Ceramics III.  (3 credits)
ART 3701
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 3702
Jewelry and Metalsmithing II.  (3 credits)
ART 3801
Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 3802
Weaving III.  (3 credits)
ART 4111
Sculpture IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4112
Sculpture V.  (3 credits)
ART 4251
Ceramics IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4252
Ceramics V.  (3 credits)
ART 4400
Independent Study.  (1 to 3 credits)
ART 4701
Advanced Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 4800
Advanced Weaving.  (3 credits)
ART 4801
Advanced Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 4802
Advanced Weaving III.  (3 credits)

9 Semester Hours of Electives Chosen From

Art History courses or Two-dimensional courses.

Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study

The Studio Art Option 2-D emphasis and 3-D emphasis follow. Students’ plan of study may need to be modified due to availability of courses, scheduling/time conflicts, etc. Students should confer with their advisors to develop a plan of study that will meet their educational goals.

1. 2-D Emphasis

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
ART 1000
Drawing I.  (3 credits)
ART 1110
Design.  (3 credits)
ENG 1001G
Composition and Language.  (3 credits)
SPC 1310G
Introduction to Speech Communication.  (3 credits)

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
  • General Education Requirement: Science. Credits: 3
ART 1111
Three-Dimensional Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2000
Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 2500
Health and Safety in the Visual Arts.  (1 credits)
ENG 1002G
Composition and Literature.  (3 credits)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • Foreign Language. Credits: 4
    (See footnote 1)
  • General Education Requirement: Cultural Diversity Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 2)
ART 2050
Painting I.  (3 credits)
ART 2560
Printmaking I.  (3 credits)
ART 2601G
History of Art I.  (3 credits)

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • Foreign Language. Credits: 4
    (See footnote 1)
  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnotes 3,5)
ART 2100
Sculpture I.  (3 credits)
ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)

or ART 2700 or ART 2800

ART 2602G
History of Art II.  (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry.  (3 credits)

or ART 2250 or ART 2800

ART 2800
Introduction to Weaving.  (3 credits)

or ART 2250 or ART 2700

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnotes 3,5)
  • Free Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)

 

ART 3680
Modern European Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 4)
or Free Elective. Credits: 3
(See footnote 3)

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 3D Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History Elective Numbered 3630 or Higher. Credits: 3
  • General Education Requirement: Science(w/Lab). Credits: 4
  • Free Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14

  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 3D Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Free Elective. Credits: 2
    (See footnote 3)
ART 3680
Modern European Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 4)
or Free Elective. Credits: 3
(See footnote 3)

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 12

  • 2D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 3D Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
  • Free Elective. Credits: 2
    (See footnote 3)
ART 3011
Exhibition Techniques.  (1 credits)

2D Art Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 2910
Introduction to Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2920
Graphic Abstractions.  (3 credits)
ART 3000
Drawing III.  (3 credits)
ART 3051
Painting II.  (3 credits)
ART 3052
Painting III.  (3 credits)
ART 3080
Watercolor.  (3 credits)
ART 3200
Digital Art I.  (3 credits)
ART 3570
Printmaking II.  (3 credits)
ART 4000
Advanced Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 4051
Painting IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4052
Painting V.  (3 credits)
ART 4400
Independent Study.  (1 to 3 credits)
ART 4580
Printmaking III.  (3 credits)

Art History Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 2012G
Nonwestern Fine Arts.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 2300
African-American Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3610G
African Art.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 3630
Greek and Roman Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3641
Early Medieval Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3642
Romanesque and Gothic Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3651
Italian Renaissance Art: Fifteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3652
Italian Renaissance Art: Sixteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3660
Baroque Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3670
Nineteenth-Century European Painting.  (3 credits)
ART 3681
Contemporary Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3685
Women in Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3940
History of Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 4765
Twentieth-Century American Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 4775
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art History and Criticism.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

3D Art Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry.  (3 credits)
ART 2800
Introduction to Weaving.  (3 credits)
ART 3111
Sculpture II.  (3 credits)
ART 3112
Sculpture III.  (3 credits)
ART 3251
Ceramics II.  (3 credits)
ART 3252
Ceramics III.  (3 credits)
ART 3701
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 3702
Jewelry and Metalsmithing II.  (3 credits)
ART 3801
Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 3802
Weaving III.  (3 credits)
ART 4111
Sculpture IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4112
Sculpture V.  (3 credits)
ART 4251
Ceramics IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4252
Ceramics V.  (3 credits)
ART 4701
Advanced Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 4800
Advanced Weaving.  (3 credits)
ART 4801
Advanced Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 4802
Advanced Weaving III.  (3 credits)

2. 3-D Emphasis

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
ART 1000
Drawing I.  (3 credits)
ART 1110
Design.  (3 credits)
ENG 1001G
Composition and Language.  (3 credits)
SPC 1310G
Introduction to Speech Communication.  (3 credits)

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
  • General Education Requirement: Science. Credits: 3
ART 1111
Three-Dimensional Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)
ART 2500
Health and Safety in the Visual Arts.  (1 credits)
ENG 1002G
Composition and Literature.  (3 credits)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • Foreign Language. Credits: 4
    (See footnote 1)
  • General Education Requirement: Cultural Diversity Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 2)
ART 2100
Sculpture I.  (3 credits)
ART 2601G
History of Art I.  (3 credits)
ART 2800
Introduction to Weaving.  (3 credits)

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • Foreign Language. Credits: 4
    (See footnote 1)
  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnotes 3,5)
ART 2050
Painting I.  (3 credits)
ART 2602G
History of Art II.  (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry.  (3 credits)

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • General Education Requirement. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3,5)
  • Free Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
ART 3680
Modern European Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 4) or Free Elective (See footnote 3)

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 2D Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History Elective Numbered 3630 or Higher. Credits: 3
  • General Education Requirement: Science (w/Lab). Credits: 4
  • Free Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14

  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 2D Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Free Elective. Credits: 2
    (See footnote 3)
ART 3680
Modern European Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 4)
or Free Elective. Credits: 3
(See footnote 3)

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 12

  • 3D Art Elective. Credits: 3
    (See footnote 3)
  • Art History or 2D Elective. Credits: 3
  • Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
  • Free Elective. Credits: 2
    (See footnote 3)
ART 3011
Exhibition Techniques.  (1 credits)

3D Art Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 3111
Sculpture II.  (3 credits)
ART 3112
Sculpture III.  (3 credits)
ART 3251
Ceramics II.  (3 credits)
ART 3252
Ceramics III.  (3 credits)
ART 3701
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 3702
Jewelry and Metalsmithing II.  (3 credits)
ART 3801
Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 3802
Weaving III.  (3 credits)
ART 4111
Sculpture IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4112
Sculpture V.  (3 credits)
ART 4251
Ceramics IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4252
Ceramics V.  (3 credits)
ART 4400
Independent Study.  (1 to 3 credits)
ART 4701
Advanced Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)
ART 4800
Advanced Weaving.  (3 credits)
ART 4801
Advanced Weaving II.  (3 credits)
ART 4802
Advanced Weaving III.  (3 credits)

Art History Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 2012G
Nonwestern Fine Arts.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 2300
African-American Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3610G
African Art.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 3630
Greek and Roman Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3641
Early Medieval Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3642
Romanesque and Gothic Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3651
Italian Renaissance Art: Fifteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3652
Italian Renaissance Art: Sixteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3660
Baroque Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3670
Nineteenth-Century European Painting.  (3 credits)
ART 3681
Contemporary Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3685
Women in Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3940
History of Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 4765
Twentieth-Century American Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

ART 4775
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art History and Criticism.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 6)

2D Art Electives

Selected From the Following

ART 2000
Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 2560
Printmaking I.  (3 credits)
ART 2910
Introduction to Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 2920
Graphic Abstractions.  (3 credits)
ART 3000
Drawing III.  (3 credits)
ART 3051
Painting II.  (3 credits)
ART 3052
Painting III.  (3 credits)
ART 3080
Watercolor.  (3 credits)
ART 3200
Digital Art I.  (3 credits)
ART 3570
Printmaking II.  (3 credits)
ART 4000
Advanced Life Drawing.  (3 credits)
ART 4051
Painting IV.  (3 credits)
ART 4052
Painting V.  (3 credits)
ART 4580
Printmaking III.  (3 credits)

Footnotes

(Major GPA based on all art courses taken at EIU)

1 Students exempt from the graduation requirement for foreign language will have 8 semester hours of free electives to complete for degree requirements; for the foreign language exemption see Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree listed in the Undergraduate Catalog.

2 Students are required to complete a course with a focus on cultural diversity. Students can take one of several designated general education courses; see General Education courses Listed by Segment in the General Education section of the Undergraduate Catalog.

3 30 semester hours of courses numbered 3000 or above must be taken from these courses to complete graduation requirement of at least 40 semester hours in upper division courses (3000-4000 numbered courses).

4 Art 3680, Modern European Painting and Sculpture, is a required course for the 3D Studio Option and offered only during the Fall semester of even-numbered years.

5 Must be writing intensive courses and one of the writing intensive courses must be a 3000 level course to fulfill EWP requirements.

6

Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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