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Program Change:
P00745
Program Title: Art Major in the Art Department
Undergraduate
Describe the proposed degree program change(s) in terms of how the changes differ from the program as currently approved and published in the latest WOU catalog (specify the latest catalog date).
Art faculty feel that the number of students taking graphic design warrants a major that allows them to focus specifically in the subject area, while continuing to include art fundamentals as the core skill set in the major. Creating a new major with unique prerequisites allows us to use current faculty and facilities more efficiently and eliminate some of the schedule conflicts that occurred when the advanced Graphic Design sequences were embedded in the studio art major.
The Art major description will need to change slightly in the WOU catalog for 2011-12 (see below) because the options for taking graphic design as an upper-division sequence within the Art major will be limited. Students taking the Art major may elect to take A220 (with appropriate prerequisites), A221, A320, A321, and A322 as a graphic design concentration area in the Art Major.
With this change, the other upper division sequences required in the art major must be taken in one or two of the following focus areas: drawing, ceramics, painting, printmaking, or sculpture.
Students wishing to take Visual Communication Design courses in two or three upper division sequence topics must follow the Visual Communication Design major requirements. Students wishing to take sequences in Interactive Design, Advanced Print Design, or Digital Motion will major in Visual Communication Design, rather than Art.
Describe the reasons for making this change:
The most recent catalog description is in the 2010-2011 catalog.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION for 2011-12 ¿ ART MAJOR
Art major prerequisites for studio concentrations: All 200 level studio courses require A115; some require both A115 and A130.
All 300 level sequences must be taken in numerical order and require the prerequisite of both 200 level studio courses in the concentration. All 300 level courses require A116, A117, A119, A130, A131 and A135 (with the exception of Graphic Design, which also includes A260).
All 400 level studio courses require a completed 300 level sequence in the concentration, and must be taken in numerical order.
Graphic design may be used in the art major if students complete requirements through A322. Students wishing to take sequences in Interactive Design, Advanced Print Design, or Digital Motion must major in Visual Communication Design rather than Art.
ART MAJOR
(84 credits)
Art History Courses (12)
Drawing courses (9)
A 130 Beginning Drawing (3)
A 131 Beginning Drawing Systems (3)
A135 Beginning Life Drawing (3)
Design courses (12)
A 115 Beginning Design: 2-D (3)
A 116 Beginning Design: 3-D (3)
A 117 Beginning Design: Color (3)
A 119 Digital Presentation for Artists (3)
Contracted art courses (15) See adviser
Minimum of four 200 level studio courses,
plus one of the following:
A 230 Intro to Drawing (3)
A 231 Life Drawing (3)
A 260 Basic Photography I (3)
3 three-course upper-division studio sequences (27)
300 or 400 level in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking or Sculpture, or 300 level
Graphic Design. (Students wishing to 300 level Interactive Media, 300 level Digital Motion, or
400 level Print Design should take the Visual Communication Design Major)
For Dean Review only:
How and when will the effectiveness of these changes be determined?
Assessment procedures include pre- and post-testing and capstone portfolio requirements specific to the subject areas.
Approval Queue
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Decision |
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1 - Department |
Jodie Garrison |
Approved | January 11 2011 |
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2 - Division |
Diane Tarter |
Approved | January 12 2011 |
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3 - Division Curriculum |
David Janoviak |
Approved | January 12 2011 |
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4 - Library Dean |
David Janoviak |
Approved | January 12 2011 |
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5 - Curriculum Committee |
Robert Monge |
Approved | January 20 2011 |
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6 - Faculty Senate |
Gavin Keulks |
Approved | February 08 2011 |
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7 - Dean |
Stephen Scheck |
Approved | February 14 2011 |
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8 - Provost |
Kent Neely |
Approved | February 15 2011 |
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9 - President |
Dianna Nickelson |
Approved | February 16 2011 |
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