Advisor: Allyson Taylor
Email: taylorac@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-6485
Art Minor Website
Program Description
The art minor:
- Broadens the student’s understanding of the value and role of the visual arts in general culture.
- Deepens the student’s appreciation for personal artistic production.
- Enhances the student’s creativity and ability to think independently.
Minor Requirements
A minimum of 18 credit hours is required for the art minor.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 6 |
| Color and Composition | |
| Observational Drawing | |
| Form and Space | |
| Expressive and Expanded Drawing 1 | |
| 6 |
| 2 | 6 |
| Figure Drawing | |
| Introductory Ceramics: Potter's Wheel | |
| Introductory Ceramics | |
| Introduction to Fibers Processes | |
| Introduction to Fiber Arts: Structures | |
| Introductory Metals | |
| Knifemaking: Exploring Form and Function | |
| Introductory Painting | |
| Introductory Black and White Darkroom Photography | |
| Printmaking: Screenprint | |
| Printmaking: Relief and Intaglio | |
| Printmaking: Lithography | |
| Introductory Book Arts: Materials and Structures | |
| Introductory Sculpture: Idea Material Process | |
| Topics in Art | |
| 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| Illustration | |
| Molds and Casting: Ceramics | |
| Surface Development: Ceramics | |
| Intermediate Fiber Processes | |
| Woven Structures | |
| Iterative Structures | |
| Pulp | |
| Intermediate Painting | |
| Digital Photography | |
| Experimental Black and White Photography | |
| Large Format Photography | |
| Letterpress | |
| Intermediate Book Arts: Concept, Content, Form | |
| Conceptual Practice: Sculpture | |
| Topics in Art | |
| Advanced Ceramics | |
| Advanced Fiber Processes | |
| Fiber Installation Art | |
| Collaboration in Fiber Arts | |
| Portfolio Development: Fibers | |
| Advanced Metals | |
| Advanced Painting | |
| Alternative Photographic Processes | |
| Wonder and Illusion: Origins of Photography | |
| The Photograph/Video as Document | |
| Performance for the Lens | |
| Screen-Based Photography/Video | |
| Portfolio Development: Photography | |
| Advanced Printmaking | |
| Expanded Field: Sculpture | |
| Portfolio Development: Sculpture | |
| Topics in Art | |
| 6 |
| Total Credits | 18 |
