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Integrated Visual Arts
The Integrated Visual Arts Co-major (IVAC) allows undergraduate students an opportunity to explore visual media and art making.
Classes in art history, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, theatrical design, filmmaking, conceptual art practices, digital media and new media, as well as other academic areas make up the IVAC course offerings.
Co-major Requirements
Back to top- Students who are majoring in one of the participating departments whose classes are part of the Integrated Visual Arts core of classes may use a maximum of two classes for both their primary major and their Integrated Visual Arts Co-major.
- All courses taken for IVAC must be letter graded and may be taken in fulfillment of the distribution requirement HAP (Humanities, Arts and Performance).
- Summer courses and study abroad will be accepted. AP credit will not be accepted.
- While most courses listed in the IVAC are open to all students, some are available only for students enrolled in the co-major or by special permission.
- Entry-level classes in the Integrated Arts Co-major are offered every year.
- Student enrollment preference in Visual Arts classes is given to Integrated Visual Arts Co-majors.
Course Requirements
Back to topStudents must complete a total of nine courses from the list of pre-approved classes.
Five Visual Arts courses:
- one course may be a semester of the Foundations in Art Practices ARTVIS 111/112. Please note that enrollment preference will be given to Art History majors and minors,
- one or more courses must be a 200 level-course.
Two Art History classes or one Art History and a crosslisted Archaeology class
- one of these two must focus on the modern period - Art History 102 fulfills this requirement and is highly recommended
One upper level topical course in an area related to the student's focus
- each department will determine what coursework is relevant in their area
- course must be 300 level or above and can be satisfied with a directed study
ART VIS 490 Senior Seminar
- IVAC capstone course taken in the spring of senior year
Approved Visual Arts Courses
Back to topDance 100 Level Courses
- DANC 150R: Movement Improvisation
Dance 200 Level Courses
- DANC 230: Principles of Design
- DANC 250: Choreography I
Dance 300 Level Courses
- DANC 350: Choreography II
- DANC 360R: Choreographic Laboratory
Film and Media 100 Level Courses
- FILM 107: Intro to Digital Video
Film and Media 200 Level Courses
- n/a
Film and Media 300 Level Courses
- FILM 300R: Filmmaking Practicum
- FILM 385: Documentary Filmmaking I
- FILM 386: Documentary Film Making II
- FILM 387: Documentary Filmmaking III
Theater Studies 100 Level Courses
- THEA 130: Stagecraft
Theater Studies 200 Level Courses
- THEA 230: Principles of Design
- THEA 250: Directing I
Theater Studies 300 Level Courses
- THEA 330R: Stagecraft Laboratory
- THEA 331: Costume Design
- THEA 332: Set Design
- THEA 333: Lighting Design
- THEA 335: Scenic Painting
- THEA 350: Directing II
- THEA 352: Advanced Directing
Visual Art 100 Level Courses
- ARTVIS 103: Intro Drawing & Printmaking
- ARTVIS 105: Intro Painting
- ARTVIS106: Intro to Photography
- ARTVIS 109: Intro Sculpture
- ARTVIS 111: Modes of Visual Thinking
- ARTVIS120: Intro to Graphic Design
- ARTVIS 180: Special Topics Study Abroad
- ARTVIS185: Special Topics
Art History / Visual Art 200 Level Courses
- ARTVIS 203: Intermed Drawing/Printmaking
- ARTVIS 205: Intermediate Painting
- ARTVIS206: Intermediate Photography
- ARTVIS 209: Intermediate Sculpture
- ARTVIS216:History of Photography
- ARTVIS220: Intermediate Graphic Design
- ARTVIS230: New Media Art
- ARTVIS 290: Special Topics Study Abroad
Visual Art 300 Level Courses
- ARTVIS 303: Drawing & Painting Tutorial
- ARTVIS 305: Painting Tutorial
- ARTVIS306: Advanced Photography
- ARTVIS 309: Sculpture Tutorial
- ARTVIS 311: Advanced Painting
- ARTVIS 313: Advanced Printmaking
- ARTVIS 315: Advanced Video
- ARTVIS325: Contemporary Artist Issues
- ARTVIS 333R: Multidiscipline Design Studio
- ARTVIS335: Curatorial Projects
- ARTVIS 390: Special Topics Study Abroad
- ARTVIS 398R: Directed Study
Visual Art 400 Level Courses
- ARTVIS 490: Senior Seminar
Upper Level Topical Courses
Back to topAfrican American 300 Level Courses
- AAS 318: Art and Social Change
Art History 300 Level Courses
- ARTHIST 319R: Spec Stud:Ancient Egyptian Art
- ARTHIST 329: Topics Art Of Class Antiquity
- ARTHIST 329W: Topics Art Of Class Antiquity
- ARTHIST 335: Spec Stud:Ancient Amer Art His
- ARTHIST 339R: Spec Stud:Medieval Art Hist
- ARTHIST 340: Gothic Art And Architecture
- ARTHIST 345: The Formation Of Islamic Art
- ARTHIST 349: Spec Stud:Renaissance Art Hist
- ARTHIST 349W: Spec Stud:Renaissance Art Hist
- ARTHIST 355: Afric Art/Architec After 1500
- ARTHIST 359: Spec Stud:17th/18th Cent Art
- ARTHIST 363: Lit & Visual Culture in Japan
- ARTHIST 363W: Lit & Visual Culture in Japan
- ARTHIST 365: Postcolonial African Art
- ARTHIST 367: 20th C African American Art
- ARTHIST 369: Spec Stud:19th/20th Cent Art
- ARTHIST 369W: Spec Stud:19th/20th Cent Art
- ARTHIST 373: The Russian Avantgarde
- ARTHIST 379R: Spec Studies American Art
- ARTHIST 389R: Spec Studi African Art Arch
- ARTHIST 393R: Special Studies History of Art
- ARTHIST 397R: Internship In History Of Art
- ARTHIST 398R: Supervised Reading & Research
Dance 300 Level Courses
- DANC 329: Contemporary Issues In Dance
- DANC 330: Dance Pedagogy
- DANC 350: Choreography II
Film & Media 300 Level Courses
- FILM 306R: Advanced Photography
- FILM 319: Media,Islam,& Social Movements
- FILM 356: History Of American Television
- FILM 359: Melodrama, Culture, Politics
- FILM 371: History Of Film To 1954
- FILM 372: History Of Film Since 1954
- FILM 373: Special Topics in Film
- FILM 374: Animation
- FILM 375: The Russian Avantgarde
- FILM 380: Video Games
- FILM 381: Classical Film Theory
- FILM 382: Contemporary Film Theory
- FILM 383: Music, Film, and Politics
- FILM 384: Literature & Cultural Studies
- FILM 385: Documentary Filmmaking I
- FILM 388: Classical Hollywood Cinema
- FILM 389: Special Topics in Media
- FILM 390: Children & Media
- FILM 391: Studies in Major Figures
- FILM 392R: Genre Studies
- FILM 393: Documentary
- FILM 394: Screening China
- FILM 395: National Cinemas
- FILM 396R: Non-Western National Cinemas
Middle Eastern and South Asian 300 Level Courses
- MESAS 350: Art/Archaeology:Ancient Turkey
Theater 300 Level Courses
- THEA 312: Sem:Shakespeare In Performance
- THEA 313: Hist Of American Drama/Thea
- THEA 314: 20th Century Music Theater
- THEA 315R: Stud In Period Drama
- THEA 316R: Studies in Genre
- THEA 317R: Studies in a Major Figure
- THEA 319: Chinese Drama
- THEA 329: Contemp. Issues in Perf. Arts
- THEA 330R: Stagecraft Laboratory
- THEA 331: Costume Design
- THEA 332: Set Design
- THEA 333: Lighting Design
- THEA 335: Scenic Painting
- THEA 350: Directing II
- THEA 352: Advanced Directing
- THEA 365: Modern Drama
- THEA 366: Contemporary Drama
- THEA 370R: Creating New Works
- THEA 389: Special Topics: Lit, Hist, Aesth Thea
Visual Arts 300 Level Courses
- ARTVIS 303: Drawing & Painting Tutorial
- ARTVIS 305: Painting Tutorial
- ARTVIS 309: Sculpture Tutorial
- ARTVIS 311: Advanced Painting
- ARTVIS 313: Advanced Printmaking
- ARTVIS 315: Advanced Video
- ARTVIS 333R: Multidiscipline Design Studio
- ARTVIS 390: Special Topics Study Abroad
- ARTVIS 398R: Directed Study