| Seaver College's Art Department offers a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Studio Art. In addition, a
Secondary Teaching Credential may be earned through the addition of electives.
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Seaver
College Course Descriptions.
The Studio 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 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, the art majors 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 stud:
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)
|
ART 100 |
Drawing I (4 units) |
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ART 102 |
Drawing II (4 units) |
|
ART 105 |
Two-Dimensional
Design (4 units) |
|
ART 106 |
Three-Dimensional
Design (4 units) |
Choose one of the following:
Upper Division Courses: 20 units
Choose two courses from the following:
|
ARTH
422 |
Ancient
Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
424 |
Classical
Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
426 |
Early
Christian and Medieval Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
428 |
Renaissance
Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
430 |
Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Century Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
434 |
Nineteenth
Century Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
436 |
Modern
Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH
438 |
*Non-Western
Art (GE) (4 units) |
|
ARTH 440 |
Multicultural
Arts in America (GE) (4 units) |
Choose three upper-division studio courses, one of
which must be:
|
ART 593 |
Individual Studies: Senior Show (4 units) |
*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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Students seeking a secondary teaching credential in Studio 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 260,
ART 270, two classes from the Studio Art media sequences (ART 360,
460, 370, 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
twenty-eight units in education as part of the student's
undergraduate elective courses. More information about the
credentials program can be obtained from the Humanities and Teacher
Education Division of Seaver College.
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