Art & Art History

Major & Minor Requirements

The art program at Carthage provides a range of experiences in the study of the visual arts for all Carthage students, no matter what their major. The Art Department offers majors in studio art and art history, and minors in studio art, art history and the cross-disciplinary history of the arts.

The culmination of a major in studio arts is the Senior Art Exhibition. The culmination of a major in art history is the public presentation of an original thesis.

Please note: Current students should follow the printed version of the College Catalog, and work with their advisors and the department chair to ensure all requirements are met.

Studio Art Major
Studio Art Minor
Art History Major
Art History Minor
History of the Arts Minor

Studio Art Major

The studio art major requires the successful completion of 40 credits.

Required Courses (take all)

ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2701 Art Survey II: Renaissance to Contemporary — 4 credits
ART 1070 Two-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 1071 Three-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 2000 Drawing I — 4 credits
ART 4000 Senior Seminar in Studio Art — 4 credits

Art History (choose one)

ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 200T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3710 20th Century American Art — 4 credits
ART 3740 Modern Art — 4 credits
ART 3750 Ancient Art — 4 credits
ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art History — 4 credits

Studio Art (choose three)

Two must be upper-level studio courses that reflect your emphasis. Upper-level studio courses may be repeated up to three times.

ART 1050 Crafts — 4 credits
ART 2110 Darkroom Photography — 4 credits
ART 2210 Oil Painting — 4 credits
ART 2220 Acrylic Painting — 4 credits
ART 2230 Watercolor Painting — 4 credits
ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief — 4 credits
ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography — 4 credits
ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio — 4 credits
ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen — 4 credits
ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building — 4 credits
ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing — 4 credits
ART 2520 Architectural Ceramics — 4 credits
ART 3100 Studio Photography — 4 credits
ART 3110 Advanced Photography — 4 credits
ART 3010 Illustration — 4 credits
ART 3500 Advanced Ceramics — 4 credits
ART 3300 Advanced Printmaking — 4 credits
ART 3200 Advanced Painting — 4 credits
ART 3000 Advanced Drawing — 4 credits
ART 3400 Advanced Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 400T Topics in Art — 4 credits

Studio Art Minor

The studio art minor requires the successful completion of 24 credits.

Required

ART 2000 Drawing I — 4 credits

Choose one

ART 1071 Three-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building — 4 credits
ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing — 4 credits
ART 2520 Architectural Ceramics — 4 credits

Choose one

ART 1700 Introduction to Art History — 4 credits
ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2701 Art Survey II: Renaissance to Contemporary— 4 credits

Choose three:

At least one must be a studio at 3000+ level

ART 1050 Crafts — 4 credits
ART 1700 Introduction to Art History — 4 credits.
ART 1070 Two-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 1071 Three-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 2110 Darkroom Photography — 4 credits
ART 2210 Oil Painting — 4 credits
ART 2220 Acrylic Painting — 4 credits
ART 2230 Watercolor Painting — 4 credits
ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief — 4 credits
ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography — 4 credits
ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio — 4 credits
ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen — 4 credits
ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building — 4 credits
ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing — 4 credits
ART 2520 Architectural Ceramics — 4 credits
ART 2700 Art Survey I — 4 credits
ART 2701 Art Survey II — 4 credits
ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 200T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
ART 3100 Studio Photography — 4 credits
ART 3110 Advanced Photography — 4 credits
ART 3010 Illustration — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3710 Twentieth Century American Art — 4 credits
ART 3740 Modern Art — 4 credits
ART 3750 Ancient Art — 4 credits
ART 3500 Advanced Ceramics — 4 credits
ART 3300 Advanced Printmaking — 4 credits
ART 3200 Advanced Painting — 4 credits
ART 3000 Advanced Drawing — 4 credits
ART 3400 Advanced Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art History — 4 credits
ART 400T Topics in Art — 4 credits

Art History Major

The art history major requires the successful completion of 40 credits.

Required Courses (take all)

ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2701 Art Survey II: Renaissance to Contemporary — 4 credits
ART 3700 Research Methods — 4 credits
ART 4700 Senior Seminar — 4 credits

Art History (choose 12 credits)

ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 200T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3710 Twentieth Century American Art — 4 credits
ART 3740 Modern Art — 4 credits
ART 3750 Ancient Art — 4 credits
ART 3550 Internship — 4-8 credits
ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art History — 4 credits
ART 400T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
CDM 3150 History of Graphic Design — 4 credits

Studio Art (choose 4 credits)

ART 1030 Exploring Studio Arts — 4 credits
ART 1050 Crafts — 4 credits
ART 1070 2-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 1071 3-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 2000 Drawing I — 4 credits
ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture — 4 credits
ART 2110 Darkroom Photography — 4 credits
ART 2210 Oil Painting — 4 credits
ART 2220 Acrylic Painting — 4 credits
ART 2230 Watercolor Painting — 4 credits
ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief — 4 credits
ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography — 4 credits
ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio — 4 credits
ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen — 4 credits
ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building — 4 credits
ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing — 4 credits
ART 2520 Architectural Ceramics — 4 credits
ART 3010 Illustration — 4 credits

Classics & History

In consultation with your advisor, choose 8 credits from:

CLS 1310 Introduction to Greece and Rome
CLS 1320 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
CLS 1350 Classical Mythology
CLS 1400 Classical Archaeology
CLS 2310 The Greeks
CLS 2350 The Romans
CLS 2400 The World of Late Antiquity
CLS 2450 Race, Gender, and Sex in Greece and Rome
CLS 200T Topics in Classics
CLS 3000 The Golden Age of Athens
CLS 3100 The Age of Augustus
CLS 3250 Field Archaeology
CLS 400T Topics in Classics
HIS 1000 Issues in American History
HIS 1110 Issues in European History I
HIS 1120 Issues in European History II
HIS 1200 Issues in Asian History
HIS 1400 Issues in Latin American History: Central America
HIS 1410 Dictatorship and Democracy: History of South America
HIS 2150 Modern Britain
HIS 2250 20th Century Europe
HIS 2310 The Greeks
HIS 2350 The Romans
HIS 2620 America in the 1960's
HIS 200T Topics in History
HIS 2850 Comparative History: History of Chicago and Milwaukee
HIS 2900 Twentieth Century U.S. History
HIS 3100 The Age of Augustus
HIS 3400 Modern China
HIS 3450 Modern Japan
HIS 3990 Historiography

Art History Minor

Required:

ART 2701 Art Survey II: Renaissance to Contemporary — 4 credits

Choose one:

ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3740 Modern Art — 4 credits

Choose two:

ART 1700 Introduction to Art History — 4 credits
ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 200T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3710 Twentieth Century American Art — 4 credits
ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art History — 4 credits
ART 400T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
CDM 3150 History of Graphic Design — 4 credits

Choose one:

ART 1070 Two-Dimensional Design — 4 credits
ART 2000 Drawing I — 4 credits

History of the Arts Minor

Choose six:

ART 1700 Introduction to Art History — 4 credits
ART 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to Medieval — 4 credits
ART 2701 Art Survey II: Renaissance to Contemporary — 4 credits
ART 2710 Arts of the Americas — 4 credits
ART 200T Topics in Art History — 4 credits
ART 3720 Arts of Africa — 4 credits
ART 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture — 4 credits
ART 3710 Twentieth Century American Art — 4 credits
ART 3740 Modern Art — 4 credits
ART 3750 Ancient Art — 4 credits
ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art History — 4 credits
CDM 3450 Mass Communications — 4 credits
MUS 3060 Music History II — 4 credits
MUS 3070 Music History III — 4 credits
THR 2270 History of Classical Theatre — 4 credits

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