2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Art (ART) Major


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Art history courses can be used for the Core’s humanities sequence, but Visual Arts students are required to take at least three hours in humanities outside the Department. Modern Languages are required for the B.A.

Requirements for Art Major


Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 30


Institutional Graduation Requirements** Credits: 8-9


College Requirements: 16


See the College of Arts and Sciences  for additional information.

  • Modern Language Credits: 14
  • Social Sciences Credits: 2

Electives: 73-74


Total Required Credits: 128


Professional Semester II: 6


Note:


You need to take three courses in one of the five studio concentrations: Painting, printing, ceramics, sculpture or graphic design. Two courses should be taken during the Junior Year and one course taken during the Senior Year.

Emphases:


Ceramics/Sculpture emphasis:


  •  Art Electives Credits: 12

General Art emphasis:


  • ARTD/ART-Area of Specialization (see note one) Credits: 9
  • Art Electives Credits: 15

Curriculum Notes:


* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.

Requirements for Art Major


Bachelor of Sciences in Arts and Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 30


Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 8-9


College Requirements: 8


See the College of Arts and Sciences  for additional information.

  • Natural Science Credits: 8

Electives: 75-66


Total Required Credits: 128


Note:


You need to take three courses in one of the five studio concentrations: Painting, printing, ceramics, sculpture or graphic design. Two courses should be taken during the Junior Year and one course taken during the Senior Year.

Emphases:


General Art emphasis:


  • ARTD/ART-Area of Specialization (see note one) Credits: 9
  • Art Electives Credits: 15

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