This concentration, directed toward the practice of art, is broadly based in the studio areas of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, and digital imaging. Courses in art history combine with these to frame the direction of the concentrator's work and to give them skills in critical thinking. Students are encouraged to develop their own direction and to cultivate an informed and thoughtful individual perspective.
The concentration program consists of twelve courses.
Introductory Course Requirements (2 courses)
1. VA10 Studio Foundation, VA11 Advanced Studio Foundation or VA12 Foundation Media. (Does not count as one of the 7 studio concentration requirements; is a prerequisite for all studio courses)
2. HA1, Introduction to the History of Art and Architecture, or HA2, Introduction to the History of Architecture and Urbanism or HA3, Foundations of Western Art in Antiquity (Unless waived these courses are concentration requirements)
Concentration Program Requirements
1. VA111 Drawing I (will be counted as one of the 7 studios) reinstated as a requirement per Class of 2008
2. Seven studio courses; a minimum of four studio courses must be taken at Brown University.
3. One upper-level History of Art and Architecture course.
4. HA 88 or 89, Contemporary Art I or II. Encouraged to be taken by the first semester of junior year.
5. Elective (one course): which shall be in either History of Art and Architecture, Visual Art, Modern Culture and Media, approved related courses or acceptable RISD courses.
6. Senior Thesis Exhibition: which does not carry academic credit, is required for graduation (usually presented during the seventh or eighth semester).
The project is a two-semester enterprise and counts as two courses taken for graduation credit VA 180 Sec. 06 (Sem I) and VA 199 (Sem II) but will not count as two of the ten courses needed for the visual art concentration. Students that are planning to complete their degree requirements in December must apply for honors by December 5 of the previous year.
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