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In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:

  • take at least nine hours of their minor “core” requirements at UNC at Chapel Hill
  • earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

The undergraduate minor in studio art consists of five courses (15 credit hours).

Core Requirements
One Tier I studio course (see list below) 3
One Tier II studio course (see list below) 3
One Tier III studio course (see list below) 3
Two studio art elective courses (any ARTS course, including FYS) 6
Total Hours 15

Note: Students MUST have appropriate prerequisites to take upper-level courses. Be sure to check the courses in each level to determine the appropriate courses to take in Tiers I and II. You may have to take an additional course to satisfy these requirements.

Listing of Studio Art Courses by Tier

Tier I Studio Art (Foundation) Courses
2-D Courses
Two-Dimensional Design
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Drawing I
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Photography I H
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Darkroom Photography I
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Collage: Strategies for Thinking and Making
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Painting I
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Print I
3-D Courses
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Sculpture I
Ceramic I
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Wood Sculpture
4-D (Time-Based) Courses
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Video I
Introduction to Web Media
Tier II Studio Art Courses
ARTS 205 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Photography II 3
ARTS 206 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Video II 3
ARTS 209 IDEAs in Action General Education logo 2D Animation 3
ARTS 214 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Life Drawing 3
ARTS 215 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Darkroom Photography II 3
ARTS 221 Color: Theory and Concept 3
ARTS 222 New Technologies and Narrative Painting 3
ARTS 238 Screen Printing 3
ARTS 243 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Metal Sculpture 3
ARTS 274 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Landscapes of the Camino 3
ARTS 290 Special Topics in Studio Art 3
ARTS 302 Painting II 3
ARTS 313 Ceramic II 3
ARTS 324 Drawing II 3
ARTS 352 Abstract Painting 3
ARTS 358 Letterpress 3
ARTS 368 Print II 3
Tier III Studio Art Courses
ARTS 309 IDEAs in Action General Education logo 3D Animation 3
ARTS 322 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Narrative Painting 3
ARTS 343 IDEAs in Action General Education logo MAKE: Art in the (New) Age 3
ARTS 353 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Phantasmagoria: Haunted Art, History, and Installation 3
ARTS 354 Narrative Drawing 3
ARTS 355 IDEAs in Action General Education logo The Practice of Representation: Portraiture in Photography 3
ARTS 363 IDEAs in Action General Education logo At the Radical Edge of Life: Art, Space, and Ecology 3
ARTS 364 IDEAs in Action General Education logo The Walking Seminar: A Territorial Investigation 3
ARTS 373 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Art, Rites and Rituals of Pilgrimage 3
ARTS 390 Special Topics in Studio Art 3
ARTS 402 Advanced Painting Projects 3
ARTS 409 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Art and Science: Merging Printmaking and Biology H 3
ARTS 410 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Public Art 3
ARTS 413 Advanced Ceramic Projects 3
ARTS 415 Conceptual-Experimental Photography 3
ARTS 416 Advanced Video 3
ARTS 417 Advanced Mixed Media Projects 3
ARTS 418 Advanced Printmaking 3
ARTS 428 Book Art 3
ARTS 458 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Photo Printmaking 3
ARTS 490 Advanced Special Topics in Studio Art 3
ARTS 493 IDEAs in Action General Education logo Studio Art Practicum or Internship 3
ARTS 515 Advanced Topics in Photography 3
ARTS 596 Independent Study in Studio Art 3
H Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the non-honors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

 

The most up-to-date listings can be found on the Studio Art Minor page of the University Course Catalog.