Requirements for Fine Arts

 

Professors Kagan, Lewis; Associate Professors F. Archer, Fox; Adjunct Associate Professors Dubroff, Prevo; Assistant Professor Salvage; Lecturer M. Archer

Chair: Pamela P. Fox

The requirements for a major in Fine Arts are 33 hours, to include Fine Arts 103, 108, 110 or 111, 320, 498, and 499.

Students may complete the courses required for the major by following one of three possible tracks, or without a track.

For a track in Music, the remaining courses must be chosen from Fine Arts 211, 212, 231, 232, 233, 234, and 302.

For a track in Theatre, the remaining courses must include at least four courses in Fine Arts and be chosen from Fine Arts 208, 210, 303, 305, 308, and 407. Additional courses may be chosen from English 270, 313, 314, and 334; French 401; German 401; Spanish 405 and 408.

For a track in Visual Arts, the remaining courses must be chosen from Fine Arts 205, 206, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 304, 306, 314, 315, 317, 318, and 319.

The department of Fine Arts offers two minors, one in the Visual Arts and one in Theatre.

The requirements for a minor in the Visual Arts are 15 credit hours from the Fine Arts courses listed below, including at least one studio, one history, and two 300-level courses: Fine Arts 110 (The History of Western Art I), Fine Arts 111 (The History of Western Art II); Fine Arts 205 (Medieval Art and Architecture), Fine Arts 206 (Western Art of 19th & 20th Centuries), Fine Arts 214 (Introduction to Photography), Fine Arts 215 (Beginning Drawing), Fine Arts 218 (Color and Two-Dimensional Design), Fine Arts 219 (American Photography); Fine Arts 304 (Topics in Visual Art: Lecture), Fine Arts 306 (Topics in Visual Art: Studio), Fine Arts 312 (Digital Photography), Fine Arts 314 (Intermediate Photography), Fine Arts 315 (Intermediate Drawing), Fine Arts 317 (Indirect Painting), Fine Arts 318 (Direct Painting), Fine Arts 319 (Portraiture).

The requirements for a minor in Theatre are 15 credit hours from the courses listed below, including at least three Fine Arts offerings: Fine Arts 108 (Introduction to Theatre), Fine Arts 208 (Acting), Fine Arts 210 (Asian Theatre), Fine Arts 303 (Topics in Theatre Theory and Literature), Fine Arts 305 (Topics in Theatre Practice), Fine Arts 308 (Directing), Fine Arts 407 (Theatre Design and Technology); English 270 (Introduction to Shakespeare), English 313 (English Drama), English 314 (Modern Drama), English 334 (Special Topics in Shakespeare); French 401 (French Theatre), German 401 (German Theatre), Spanish 405 (Twentieth Century Latin American Theatre), Spanish 408 (Theatre of the Golden Age).

Students interested in going into arts management may want to consider Economics 101 as the prerequisite for the following helpful courses: Economics 222, 231, or 241; and may also want to consult with the chair of the Department of Fine Arts about courses in the Sweet Briar Arts Management Program.

 from 2011-12 Catalogue