Curriculum in Art
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art
Drawing Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Hours
††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3
††ART 151 Basic 2/D Design 3
††ART 105 Survey of World Art History I 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG
Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors
3
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
*SE 101 Freshman Academic Success
at Southeastern
2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Hours
††ART 112 Intermediate Drawing 3
††ART 154 Foundations in Visual Language II 3
††ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG
Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors
3
MathematicsG   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Hours
††ART 117 
or ART 281
Printmaking I
Basic Painting
3
††ART 153 Basic 3/D Design 3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3
Mathematics or
Analytical 
ReasoningG
  3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Hours
††ART 231 Sculpture I 3
††Art Studio2   3
††Art History 
(300-400 level)
  3
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3
HIST 101 or
HIST 2011,G
Western Civilization to 1500
American History to 1877
3
ART 299 Sophomore Review 0
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Hours
ART 311 Advanced Drawing 3
ART 217
or ART 383
Printmaking II
Intermediate Painting
3
HIST 102 or
HIST 2021
Western Civilization since 1500     
American History since 1877
3
Foreign Language
101
CHIN 101SPAN 101FREN 101ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Hours
ART 311 Advanced Drawing 3
ART 388 or Art
Studio Elective
Special Topics - Drawing and Painting 3
††ART 443 Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism 3
Foreign Language
102
CHIN 102SPAN 102FREN 102,  ITAL 102LAT 102, or GERM 102 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Hours
ART 4116 Senior Project: Drawing 3
††Art Studio
or Art History
(300-400 level)
  3
††Art Studio2   3
Social Science
Elective3,G
  3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Hours
ART 4116 Senior Project: Drawing 3
Humanities
Elective
(200+ level)5
  3
Social Science
Elective
(200+ level)4,G
  3
MUS 151 or
THEA 131G
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre
3
††Art 492 Senior Seminar in the Visual Arts 2
††ART 499 Thesis Exhibition7 1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Major course. Requires a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major.

1Must be in a two-semester sequence (i.e. 101-102 or 201-202).
2A two-semester sequence (beyond the core course) is required in a studio area other than that of the concentration.
3Natural Sciences to include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least 6 hours of which must be in a two-semester sequence.
4Anthropology, Criminal Justices, Economics, Geography Sociology, Political Science, and Psychology.
5To be selected from Foreign Languages (including Mythology), Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature.
6Must have nine hours in a single artistic area before attempting Senior Project.
7All degree candidates must present an ambitious body of art work, approved by the Visual Art + Design Faculty, for exhibition in the Graduating Seniors' Exhibition. Students must submit a CD of these works, which will be retained by the department.