Course of Study
Discover your unique voice through a rigorous process of training, questioning and discovery.
Students can pursue a broad education in Fine Art or focus on Illustration. All students can simultaneously pursue a Designmatters minor in Social Innovation. We foster an intimate community of artists who develop the tools to excel in the global art world through collaboration, experimentation and risk taking.
Summer Program
The undergraduate Fine Art Department also runs a unique program in the Summer, which is modeled on the artist residency. Designed to provide artists with space and time to focus intensely on their work, all Fine Art students enrolled in the Summer term are assigned one of our forty-five artist studios while taking a selection of intensive student-led courses for eight weeks of in-class instruction and six weeks of independent studio time or individually-directed experience.
Curriculum is subject to change.
For students entering Fall 2025
Fine Art Track
| TERM 1 | |
| Writing Studio OR Writing Studio: Intensive | 3 |
| Re-Thinking Art | 3 |
| Drawing 1 | 3 |
| Design 1 | 3 |
| Materials of Art and Design | 3 |
| TERM 2 | |
| Intro to Modernism | 3 |
| Take three of the following: Painting 1 OR Sculpture 1 OR Drawing 1 OR Installation 1 OR Social Practice 1 OR Video 1 OR Projects OR Summer studio OR Composition & Painting OR Basics of Photography OR Art Lab | 9 |
| TERM 3 | |
| History of Art Courses | 6 |
| Take two of the following: Painting 1 OR Sculpture 1 OR Drawing 1 OR Installation 1 OR Social Practice 1 OR Video 1 OR Projects OR Summer studio OR Composition & Painting OR Basics of Photography OR Art Lab | 6 |
| Studio Practice | 3 |
| TERM 4 | |
| Art of Thinking: Philosophy | 3 |
| History of Art course | 3 |
| Art: Structure and Systems | 3 |
| Visiting Artist Program OR Field OR Graduate Seminar | 3 |
| TERM 5 | |
| Literature courses | 3 |
| 5th Term Review | 3 |
| TERM 6 | |
| Creative Writing Course | 3 |
| Advanced Studio | 3 |
| Transdisciplinary Studio | 3 |
| TERM 7 | |
| Senior Projects 1 | 3 |
| Senior Projects Thesis 1 | 3 |
| TERM 8 | |
| Senior Projects 2 | 3 |
| Senior Projects Thesis 2 | 3 |
| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| Humanities and Sciences electives: | |
| Social Sciences | 3 |
| Science and Technology | 3 |
| Any of the above OR Humanities OR Business and Professional Practice | 15 |
| Studio Electives | 18 |
| TOTAL | |
| Total H&S Units | 45 |
| Total Studio Units | 75 |
| Total Required Units | 120 |
Illustration Track
| TERM 1 | |
| Writing Studio OR Writing Studio: Intensive | 3 |
| Re-Thinking Art | 3 |
| Drawing Concepts 1 | 3 |
| Design 1 | 3 |
| Materials of Art and Design | 3 |
| TERM 2 | |
| Intro to Modernism | 3 |
| Painting 1 | 3 |
| Take one of the following: Painting 1 OR Sculpture 1 OR Drawing 1 OR Installation 1 OR Social Practice 1 OR Video 1 OR Projects OR Summer studio OR Composition & Painting OR Basics of Photography OR Art Lab | 3 |
| Composition and Drawing | 3 |
| TERM 3 | |
| History of Art courses | 6 |
| Take one of the following: Painting 1 OR Sculpture 1 OR Drawing 1 OR Installation 1 OR Social Practice 1 OR Video 1 OR Projects OR Summer studio OR Composition & Painting OR Basics of Photography OR Art Lab | 3 |
| Studio Practice | 3 |
| Media Experimentation OR Color Theory | 3 |
| TERM 4 | |
| Art of Thinking: Philosophy | 3 |
| History of Art Course | 3 |
| Art: Structures and Systems | 3 |
| Visiting Artist Program OR Field OR Graduate Seminar | 3 |
| Painting Projects OR RE-Presentation (DM) OR Media Experimentation | 3 |
| TERM 5 | |
| Narrative course | 3 |
| 5th Term Review | 3 |
| TERM 6 | |
| Narrative course | 3 |
| Advanced Studio | 3 |
| Painting Projects OR Wet Paint OR Advanced Painting | 3 |
| Transdisciplinary Studio | 3 |
| TERM 7 | |
| Senior Projects 1 | 3 |
| Senior Projects Thesis 1 | 3 |
| TERM 8 | |
| Senior Projects 2 | 3 |
| Senior Projects Thesis 2 | 3 |
| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| Humanities and Sciences electives: | |
| Social Sciences | 3 |
| Science and Technology | 3 |
| Any of the above OR Humanities OR Business and Professional Practice | 15 |
| Studio Electives | 12 |
| TOTAL | |
| Total H&S Units | 45 |
| Total Studio Units | 75 |
| Total Required Units | 120 |