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Art and Design Major - Bachelor of Science

The major-minor combination provides breadth and depth of experience for professional performance while allowing students to minor in an area of art and design according to their interests or specific vocational aims.

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Total Credits Required for Degree 124
Liberal Studies 30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Required Courses in Major  62
AD 100 The Art and Design Experience 2
AD 160 Physical Structures and Concepts 4
AD 175 Visual Structures and Concepts 4
AD 270 Social Structures and Concepts 4
AD 303 Individual Art Review 2
AD 360 Methodology and Visual Form or4
     AD 375 Perception and Visual Form (4 cr.) or
     AD 470 Value and Visual Form (4 cr.)
AD 403 Senior Exhibition 2
Art History Electives  8
Choose from the following: 
AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 250 History of Western Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 280 History of Photography (4 cr.)
AD 300 Japan and the West: Crosscurrents in Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 365 History of Modern Craft and Design (4 cr.) [VI]
Art and Design Concentration 16
Specific courses are listed in the "Course Descriptions" section of this bulletin. 
Art and Design Electives  16
Minor 20
Outside the School of Art and Design 

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