Art Minor

As a liberal arts institution, Dominican University recognizes and celebrates the role Art plays in learning.  Art courses teach students to be more tolerant and open through multicultural and historical perspectives and through their involvement in the creative process itself.

Summary of Requirements

18 credits distributed as follows – 12 of which must be Dominican University credits.  Must have a grade of C or better in each course for it to be counted toward the minor.

• 6 credit hours in Art History/Culture (student must choose 3 cr. hours from group A and 3 credit hours from Group B) :
  Group A  (3cr.)
  AR 222 History and Appreciation of Art I
  AR 224C Classical Art and Human Dignity
  AR225M Age of Humanism
  SP/AR232 Art of SpainGroup B  (3cr.)
  AR 223 History and Appreciation of Art II
  AR 226P The Foundations of Modernism
  AR227P 20th Century Art
  AR228V Art Around the World
  AR 229 Anonymous was a Woman
• 12 credit hours in Studio Art
  AR 112 – Essentials of Art
  CI/AR 250 Digital Imaging Technology
  AR331 – The Language of Drawing
  AR 332 Sculpture I
  AR 334 Oil Painting
  AR 335 Advanced Oil Painting ­­
  AR 336 Watercolors
  AR 337 Advanced Watercolors
  AR 401 – Life Form Drawing
  or 3 credit hours at Art Students League