Program: Studio Art Minor - University of Southern Maine

Apr 04, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

The minor in studio art is designed for non-majors who wish to gain substantial knowledge in one of four studio disciplines: ceramics, photography and digital art & design, painting and drawing, or sculpture. Students who minor in studio art take an abbreviated version of the foundation program and then take a sequence of courses within a specific discipline.

Program Requirements

The minimum number of art and art history credits (exclusive of the University’s Core curriculum) required for the minor: 21.

Studio Art Foundation Requirements (6 credits)

Select two courses from the following:

ART 141 - Surface, Space, Time (2D) Credits: 3
ART 142 - Surface, Space, Time (3D) Credits: 3
ART 151 - Fundamentals of Perceptual Drawing Credits: 3
*Each studio discipline has specific foundation prerequisites for its 200-level courses: Ceramics and Sculpture: ART 142 , ART 151 ; Photography and Digital Art & Design: ART 141 and ART 151 ; Painting and Drawing: ART 151 .

Art History Requirement (3 credits)

ARH 112 - Art History: Renaissance to the Present Credits: 3

Introduction to Studio Discipline Course (6 credits)

Two courses from one studio discipline selected from the following:

ART 222 - Digital Art & Design Credits: 3 and
ART 271 - Photography: Analog to Digital Credits: 3
ART 231 - Introduction to Ceramics I Credits: 3 and
ART 232 - Introduction to Ceramics II Credits: 3
ART 251 - Drawing: Media and Strategies Credits: 3 and
ART 261 - Introduction to Painting Credits: 3
ART 291 - Sculpture: Additive and Subtractive Processes Credits: 3 and
ART 292 - Sculpture: Altered and Constructed Processes Credits: 3

Upper-Level Studio Courses (6 credits)

One 300-level studio course from the selected studio discipline.

One 400-level studio course from the selected studio discipline.