2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Studio Art, B.A.


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(36 hours)

The studio art track helps students develop their skills and creative expression culminating in an exhibition in a Sweet Briar gallery. Students benefit from Sweet Briar’s partnership with the neighboring Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), an internationally renowned artists’ community for the visual, literary and performing arts.

What Can You Do With a Degree Studio Art?

~ Art Therapy

~ Advertising

~ Graphic/Fashion/Interior Design

~ Teaching

Required


The following requirements are needed to complete the major in studio art (36 hours):

Program Core


Complete the following courses for the program core (9 hours):

Areas of Breadth


Choose one course in four of the following areas for breadth (12 hours):

  • Clay
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Printmaking

Upper-level Areas of Depth


Choose two additional courses at the 300-level in one of the areas for depth (6 hours):

  • Clay
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Printmaking

Art History


Choose two of the following (6 hours):

Senior Seminar


Generally taken in the last semester of the senior year (3 hours):

Interested in Graduate/Professional Programs?


If you are interested in pursuing graduate or professional programs for studio art, the following courses are recommended in addition to the requirements for the major:

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