Fine Arts Division

Seaver College's Art Department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art. In addition, a Secondary Teaching Credential may be earned through the addition of electives.

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Bachelor of Arts in Art

The art curriculum is designed to foster creative ability and the appreciation of art desirable in any full enlightened human being. There are many opportunities for the competent, creative artist, including careers as a professional artist, teacher of art, craftsman, and designer. Some of these fields require advanced training beyond the bachelor's degree.

Course Requirements

Senior Exhibition: During the senior year, each studio art major will organize and display a major exhibition of work. The senior exhibition will be representative of the student's best work at Pepperdine University.

Permanent Collection: The art faculty makes selections from current work each year to add to a permanent collection of outstanding student work. All work done as a part of class work by regularly enrolled students is the property of the division until released, and the division reserves the right to exhibit or reproduce such work in publications of the University.

In addition to the general education requirements of Seaver College, the Art major must complete five lower-division and five upper-division courses (forty units.)

The following foundation courses are required and should be taken in the first year of study:

Lower Division Courses (20 units)

Course ID	Course Name	Units
ART 100	Drawing I	4
ART 102	Drawing II	4
ART 105	Two-Dimensional Design	4
ART 106	Three-Dimensional Design	4
Choose one of the following:
ART 260	Painting I	4
ART 270	Sculpture I	4

Upper Division Courses: 20 units

Course ID	Course Name	Units
Choose two courses from the following:
ARTH 422	Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Art	4
ARTH 424	Greek and Roman Art (GE)	4
ARTH 426	Early Christian and Medieval Art (GE)	4
ARTH 428	Renaissance Art (GE)	4
ARTH 430	Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Art (GE)	4
ARTH 432	American Art (GE)	4
ARTH 434	Nineteenth Century Art (GE)	4
ARTH 436	Modern Art (GE)	4
ARTH 438	"Non-Western Art (GE)	4
ARTH 440	Multicultural Arts in America (GE)	4
Choose three upper-division studio courses, one of which must be:
ART 593	Individual Studies	4

*Fulfills the general education requirement in non-Western heritage or the upper division art major requirement or the fine arts GE requirement, but not more than one.

Freshman-Year Program

The art major should enroll in the regular freshman program as outlined in the catalog, and should take ART 100 and ART 105 the first semester. ART 102 and ART 106 should be taken the second semester.

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Secondary Teaching Credential

Students seeking a secondary teaching credential in Art must satisfy all of the art major requirements. As a part of the electives in Art, the student seeking a credential must take: ART 250, ART 270, two classes from the Studio Art media sequences (ART 350, 360, 450, 370, 460 and 470,) and ART 593, Individual Studies.

A student can graduate with a bachelor's degree in Art and a California Teaching Credential in art by taking the required thirty units in single subject education as part of the student's undergraduate elective courses and passing the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET) in art. More information about the credentials program can be obtained from the Humanities and Teacher Education Division of Seaver College.