Degree Plan
1st year:
- Fall
- Visual Studies 1st Year Seminar
- Drawing I
- Visual Studies I
- Rhetoric and Composition I
- Intro to the Hebrew Bible
- Spring
- Clay (Handbuilding)
- Foundations in Art and Design
- French I
- Drawing II
- Mathematics for Liberal Arts
2nd Year:
- Fall
- French II
- The American Experience
- Ethical Analysis
- Painting I
- Presentational Speaking
- Spring
- Science, Technology, and Society
- Sculpture: Materials
- Life Drawing
- Intro-Problem Solve&Computing
- American Dilemmas
3rd Year:
- Fall
- Image Methodology
- Art History I
- Printmaking
- Intro to Astronomy
- Modern Art history
- Spring
- Art History II
- Painting II or Wheelthrowing
- Portfolio Review
- Evolution/Global Process
- Shakespearean Theatre
4th Year:
- Senior portfolio seminar
- Senior Exhibition
- Capstone
- Etc.
I haven’t thought past my second year much yet, but I do have a rough idea of what classes I want to take. I want to have a good balance between general education classes and classes towards my major. I think one of the classes I’m looking forward to the most is printmaking, as print demos in Visual Studies have sparked my interest in printing. As I progress, I also want to work as an intern or an apprentice under a professional artist.
Alternatives
I have not fully considered an alternative, as art is what I am meant to do and I have no intention of giving up. However, if I had to choose an alternative, I would most likely switch to graphic design.
Minor
I have considered minoring in photography. My recent exposure (no pun intended) to photography has opened a new dimension of art that I have not explored. I find the very process of photography interesting and I feel as if learning how to compose an image from a photographers point of view would enhance my abstract work.