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Seaver College's Art Department offers minors in Studio Art, Art History and Multimedia Design.

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Art Minor (20 units)

The following are course requirements for students who desire to major in other areas but who are interested in a minor in art.

Lower-Division Courses (12 units)

ART 100 Drawing I (4 units)

Choose one of the following courses:

ART 105 Two-Dimensional Design (4 units)
ART 260 Painting I (4 units)

Choose one of the following courses:

ART 106 Three-Dimensional Design (4 units)
ART 270 Sculpture I (4 units)

Upper-Division Courses(8 units)

Choose one from the following courses:

ART 422 Ancient Art (4 units)
ART 424 Classical Art (4 units)
ART 426 Early Christian and Medieval Art (4 units)
ART 428 Renaissance Art (4 units)
ART 430 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art (4 units)
ART 434 Nineteenth-Century Art (4 units)
ART 436 Modern Art (4 units)
ART 438 Non-Western Art (GE)*
*Fulfills the general education requirement in non-Western heritage or the upper-division art minor requirement or the fine arts GE requirement, but not more than one.

Choose one upper-division studio course from:

ART 302  Drawing III (4 units)
ART 321  Jewelry (4 units)
ART 335  Monotypes (4 units)
ART 360  Painting II (4 units)

ART 365

 Watercolor (4 units)
ART 370  Sculpture II (4 units)
ART 465  Mixed Media Painting (4 units)

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Art History Minor (20 units)

Core Courses

HUM 111 Western Heritage I (GE) (3 units) (prerequisite for ARTH 422, ARTH 424, and ARTH 426)
HUM 112 Western Heritage II (GE) (3 units) (prerequisite for ARTH 428 and ARTH 430)
HUM 113 Western Heritage III (GE) (3 units) (prerequisite for ARTH 434, ARTH 436, and ARTH 440)

It is recommended that Art History majors and minors take ART 438 Non-Western Art as their non-Western general education requirement (satisfies either the Art History or the Non-Western GE requirement, but not both).

Choose four of the following courses:

ARTH 422 Ancient Art (Prehistoric, Ancient Near East, Egypt) (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 424 Classical Art (Greece and Rome) (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 426 Early Christian and Medieval Art (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 428 Renaissance Art (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 112/212)
ARTH 430 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Art (GE) (prerequisite HUM 112/212)
ARTH 434 Nineteenth Century Art (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 113/313)
ARTH 436 Modern Art 1900 to the Present (4) (prerequisite HUM 113/313)
ARTH 438 Non-Western Art (4) (no prerequisite; satisfies either the non-Western general education requirement or the Art History requirement, but not both)
ARTH 440 Multicultural Arts in America (GE) (4) (prerequisite HUM 113/313)

Electives (4 units)

The student will take at least one course from the following areas outside of Art History: History, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Science (4 units). It is recommended that students take courses appropriate to their area of Art History emphasis: Ancient, Classical, Early Christian/Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th & 18th Century, 19th Century, Modern, or Multicultural. A list of approved courses is available in the division office.

History

HIST 510 The Ancient World
HIST 511 The Middle Ages
HIST 512 Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 513 The Enlightenment Era
HIST 514 The French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 515 Europe in the Nineteenth Century
HIST 516 Europe in the Twentieth Century
HIST 520 Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 521 Early United State: Early National Period
HIST 522 Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 523 United States: 1877-1920
HIST 524 United States: 1920-1952
HIST 525 United States Since 1952
HIST 530 Social and Intellectual History of the United States

Literature

ENG 310 British Literature before 1485
ENG 320 British Literature from 1485 to 1780
ENG 330 British Literature from 1780 until the present
ENG 340 American Literature before the Civil War
ENG 350 American Literature after the Civil War
ENG 410 Genre Study (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)
ENG 420 Major Writers (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)
ENG 430 Anglophonic Literature/Literatures in Translation (topics change, select a topic related to your area)
ENG 440 Topics in Literature (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)

Philosophy

PHIL 300 Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 310 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 518 Existentialism

Religion

REL 501 The World of the Old Testament
REL 510 The World of the New Testament
REL 520 The Christian Faith
REL 521 Modern Christian Thought
REL 522 Contemporary Christian Thought
REL 536 History of Christianity-Ancient and Medieval
REL 537 History of Christianity-Reformation and Modern
REL 538 History of Religion in America
REL 526 Religions of the World
ISAR 510 Archaeology, Religion, and Culture of the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity, and Paganism in the Eastern Roman Empire (300BC-400AD)
ISAR 520 Archaeology, Religion and Culture of the Middle East: Medieval and Modern (400-1967 AD)

Social Science

POSC 511 History of Economic, Political, and Social Thought
POSC 516 19th and 20th Century Political Thought
POSC 518 Contemporary American Ideologies

Art History Course Two-Year Rotation Cycle

Fall 2003/2005 Spring 2004/2006

ART 422 Ancient
ART 430 17th & 18th C ART 424 Classical
ART 434 19th Century

Fall 2004/2006 Spring 2005/2007

ART 426 Early Christian/Medieval ART 428 Renaissance
ART 436 Modern ART 438 Non-Western

Every Summer - Every Term

ART 440 Multicultural or ART 590 Senior Thesis
ART 438 Non-Western

** Current Art History course offerings will count towards an Art History Major or Minor. Please contact Professor Sonia Sorrell for more information. **

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Multimedia Design Minor

A minor in multimedia design is available, emphasizing advanced work in graphic design and multimedia production, including Web page construction and evaluation.

Core Courses (20 units)

ART 105 Two-Dimensional Design (4 units)
TC 250 The Telecommunications Industry (4 units)
MSCO 371 Communication Graphics (4 units)
ART 416 Computer Graphic Design (4 units)
COM 408 Multimedia Production and Authoring (3 units)
COM 598 Communication Internship (1 unit)

Choose one of the following courses (4 units):

ART 417 Advanced Computer Graphic Design (4 units)
ART 420 Introduction to Computer Animation (4 units)
ART 490 Digital Art Photography (4 units)
JOUR 270 Beginning Photography (4 units)
TC 270 Video Field Production (4 units)

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