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

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


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit 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 Credit 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 Credit Hours
ART 115 or
ART 117 or
ART 122 or
ART 161 or
ART 1902		 Basic Ceramics
Printmaking I
Photography I/Photojournalism
Print Design I
New Media and Animation I		 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 Credit Hours
ART 215 or
ART 217 or
ART 221 or
ART 261 or
ART 290		 Intermediate Ceramics
Printmaking II
Photography III
Print Design II
New Media and Animation II                             		 3
††ART 231 Sculpture I 3
††ART 117 
or ART 281		 Printmaking I
Basic Painting		 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 Credit Hours
††Art Studio   3
††Art History
(300-400 level)		   3
Art Studio   3
Foreign Language 101 CHIN 101, SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Art Studio   3
††ART 443 Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism 3
HIST 102 or
HIST 2021 		 Western Civilization since 1500
American History since 1877		 3
Foreign Language 102  CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Art Studio                                                            3
††Art Studio or Art
History (300-400 level)		   3
Non-Art Elective   3
Social Science
Elective4,G		   3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Senior Project Art6   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 4997 Thesis Exhibition 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 courses) 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 Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
5To be selected from Foreign Languages (including Mythology), Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature (either in the English Department or Languages and Communication Department).
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 slides or CD of these works, which will be retained by the department.