Biology - Major in Biology Program

Required Courses:
ART 110 Creative Studio

Explore the art-making process while addressing contemporary topics of cultural and social relevance. In Creative Studio, you will experiment with materials, develop meaningful ideas, and refine your analytical and visualization skills through the power of artistic creation. Not linked to a specific medium or technique, Creative Studio is a non-traditional course for the independent and expressive student. In this course you will learn about the global contemporary art world, transform an old book into a one-of-a-kind artist's book, develop ambitious studio projects, and learn how to install your art as part of a class exhibition. Fulfills requirement: Intercultural Competence. 3 credits.

ART 440 Directed Practice

This course provides the opportunity for students to develop and present a focused studio art project that builds upon established skills and concepts. Students work independently while receiving faculty guidance and evaluation on all aspects of the creative process, including the integration of research and the articulation of themes in written form. Majors and minors are required to take at least one semester of Directed Practice, but students whose Professional Focus is in the Studio Arts are encouraged to undertake two or more semesters of independent work. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course has a $100.00 studio fee. Prerequisite: Limited to creative art majors. Complete at least two previous studio art courses, or by permission of the instructor. 3 credits.

Twenty credits from the following art electives:
ART 200 Ceramics Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the ceramics medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. This course has a $100.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 205 Drawing Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the drawing medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course has a $50.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 210 Painting Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the painting medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course has a $100.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 215 Photography Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the photography medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course has a $50.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 220 Printmaking Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the printmaking medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. This course has a $100.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 225 Sculpture Studio

This course provides an intensive exploration of the sculpture medium through specific topics that vary from year to year. Topics may be thematic or focus on a particular technical aspect of the medium, providing students with unique opportunities to engage in a variety of methods and concepts. Each offering will bear a specific subtitle indicating the content to be presented. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course has a $100.00 studio fee. 3 credits.

ART 230 Portfolio and Publishing Studio

This course introduces media and design skills for students seeking career paths in the art and culture industries. Emphasizing computer applications needed for portfolio building and professional work in galleries and museums, the course provides students with training and development guidance for employment and graduate opportunities. Students will also acquire a more pronounced understanding of the global art world and its impact on culture and the economy. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. 3 credits.

ART 260 The Photograph

This course explores the role of photography as an art form, as a tool for communication and storytelling, and as a medium of realism that is increasingly called upon for verification within the society. In providing a history of the photograph from its origins in the early nineteenth century to the digital age, the course grapples with the compelling nature of the photograph as a carrier of potent meaning. Students will examine the use of photography for portraiture, landscape and architecture, social documentary, and scientific research while gaining an understanding of the stylistic shifts in the medium in relation to cultural aesthetics. Fulfills requirement: Critical Thinking through Writing. 3 credits.

ART 265 Color and Film

Color is central to our visual perception of the world, and throughout human history artistic representations have relied on color to tell stories and preserve memories. Today we take it for granted that nearly all visual media is produced in color and that, through the power of digital filters, we can easily manipulate the color of our own images. Yet in the history of film, color was not widely used until the 1970s - and many of the most critically acclaimed works of film were created in black-and-white. Color & Film explores the history of film color through the technological and artistic origins of moving pictures, the establishment of film aesthetics, and the symbolic use of color (and non-color) as distinguishing characteristics of films as art and entertainment. Fulfills requirement: Critical Thinking through Writing. 3 credits.

ART 370 Museum Studies

Do you have a deep and enduring interest in museums? Are you curious about how a museum operates? This course is intended for students interested in all types of museums including art, history, science, and social issues. By introducing students to the origins of museums and exploring the role museums have played in shaping history and knowledge, students will gain exposure to museology from a global perspective. Topics include the evolution of museum collections, methods of display, and the changing role of museums in reaching a broad spectrum of society. Museology also provides essential professional skills for students pursuing career or graduate opportunities in the museums or related fields including education, design, marketing, outreach, archiving, and conservation. Fulfills requirement: Critical Thinking through Writing. 3 credits.

ART 380 Color and Culture

How does color shape our understanding of the world? This is the center question of Color & Culture, a course in which we will investigate the powerful role that color has played throughout human history. With the history of art as a starting point, students will analyze the origins, uses, and interpretations of color from the earliest human cultures to the present, emphasizing the criteria by which color has been valued. These criteria incorporate a wide range of factors - aesthetic, biological, economic, religious and social - that have impacted culture in myriad ways and continue to influence our attitudes toward color. Fulfills requirement: Intercultural Competence. 3 credits.

ART 400 Internship

Internship in Art and Visual Culture. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. Graded pass/fail. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. 1-12 credits.

COE 217HU Revolution: Art and the Radical

This course examines the intersections of art and socio-political movements in the 20th and 21st centuries, including works of protest art and covert forms of radical art that transgress established forms or genres. Topics include early abstract art, the emergence of "anti-aesthetics", performance and body politics, punk and DIY. Fulfills requirement: Connective Experience. Prerequisite: FYE-112. 3 credits.

COE 244HU Art for a Changing World: Studies in Environmental Art

This course examines the field of Environmental Art, with an emphasis on how art has been used since the 1960s as a vehicle to improve our relationship with the natural world. Specific artists and works of nature-based public art will be explored through readings, films, and site visits. Students will study and research current environmental issues and prepare an art proposal that confronts a pertinent environmental issue. Fulfills requirement: Connective Experience. Prerequisite: FYE-112. 3 credits.

Each student has the opportunity to declare a specialization in either Museum & Gallery Professions or Art Therapy & Wellness. Students wanting to identify a specialization must do so by their junior year.