Course description
The Studio Art Program offers diverse and challenging programs of study that emphasize the development of each student’s intellectual and artistic vision and goals. The program is dedicated to preparing practicing studio artists to participate in a dynamic art world. Students are given rigorous training in the foundations of art, as well as in ways to explore new and innovative questions, theories and ideas that drive art today. Majors are expected to explore the variety and breadth of contemporary art practice. These concentrated studio and seminar experiences are supplemented with field trips, visiting artist lectures, and critiques in order to help students begin to develop their own interests and projects as artists. At the advanced levels, students benefit from evaluation in individual and group critique sessions of their work, seminars, field trips, guest artists, lectures by curators and critics, and exhibition opportunities. These experiences prepare the studio major for advanced study and a career in art.
Students will choose one area of interest from the following; Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture
Program Requirements
Please consult FAU Catalog Course Descriptions for information about courses and their prerequisites.
Core Program Prerequisites (19 credits/six courses)
ARH 2000 Art Appreciation or equivalent (pass/fail not permitted), 3 credits
ART 1201C Design, 3 credits
ART 1300C Drawing I, 3 credits
ART 1203C Three-Dimensional Design
ART 2205C Color Fundamentals, 3 credits
ART 2330C Drawing II: Figure Drawing, 4 credits preq: ART 1300C
Portfolio Review – students are advised to submit their portfolio for review following completion of their core program.
Concentration courses in the discipline (minimum of 20 credits, five courses)
Concentration in Ceramics
Focus on wheel:
ART 2751C Ceramics, Beginning Wheel, 4 credits, required
ART 3764C Ceramics: Handbuilding I, 4 credits, required
ART 2752C Ceramics: Intermediate Wheel, 4 credits, required
ART 4782C Advanced Ceramics, 4 credits, (required, may be repeated for credit)
ART 4785C Ceramics: Clay & Glazes, 4 credits, required (plan carefully; this course is only offered in Spring term every other year)
ART 4932C Special Topics: Ceramics, 4 credits, optional
Focus on Handbuilding:
ART 3764C Ceramics: Handbuilding I, 4 credits, required
ART 2751C Ceramics, Beginning Wheel, 4 credits, required
ART 4761C Ceramics: Intermediate Handbuilding, 4 credits, strongly recommended (only offered once a year, so plan carefully)
ART 4782C Advanced Ceramics, required, 4 credits (required, may be repeated for credit)
ART 4785C Ceramics: Clay & Glazes, 4 credits, required (plan carefully; this course is only offered in Spring term every other year)
ART 4932C Special Topics: Ceramics, 4 credits, optional
