Visual Arts

• Faculty and Staff
• Program Description
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Art Education concentration (comprehensive) Requirements
• Art History concentration Requirements
• Art Therapy concentration (comprehensive) Requirements
• Studio Art (B.A./B.S.) concentration Requirements
• Visual Arts Studio Art Major (Bachelor of Fine Arts) (comprehensive) Requirements
• Art Minor Requirements
• Photography Minor Requirements
• Master of Arts Degree in Art

Faculty and Staff

Kim Borst, Associate Professor
Timothy Cleary, Associate Professor
Gloria Eslinger, Assistant Professor
Olawole Famule, Associate Professor
James Grittner, Professor Emeritus
Kathleen Hubbard, Assistant Professor
Susan E. Loonsk, Professor
Michael Maguire, Assistant Professor
William P. Morgan, Professor
Laurel J. Scott, Professor Emerita
W. Pope Wright, Professor

Program Description

UW-Superior's Visual Arts Department offers many options that enable you to develop your talents and pursue a meaningful career. Students can major in Visual Arts and then specialize their studies by selecting a concentration in Art Education, Art History, Art Therapy or Studio Art.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Visual Art majors will develop self-awareness and self-expression through artistic inquiry.
2. Visual Art majors will make engaging works of art.
3. Visual Art majors will identify, describe, evaluate, and interpret art forms using the art historical vocabularies, theories, and contexts relevant to the cultures from which they originate.
4. Visual Art majors will demonstrate effective spoken and written communication.
5. Visual Art majors will promote self-awareness and expression in others.

Art Education concentration (comprehensive) Requirements

Art Teaching Major at the Early Childhood to Adolescence Level (EC-A) ages birth-21.

The Art Education Concentration certifies graduates to teach art at level birth-21. A minimum of 60 credits in art, including the following courses, is required. No minor required. See advisor for Art Education Portfolio requirement.

60 total credits

Art required courses:

[[ART 201]]

or

All EC-A licensure students must also meet the Professional Education Certification requirements. Students are also required to pass a subject-specific Praxis II exam designated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction before being placed for student teaching.

Art History concentration Requirements

The Art History Concentration combines studio and art history requirements. The student must complete 9 credits of art history beyond the Art History core courses. A minor in an area outside of art is required.

36 total credits

Art Foundation required courses (12 credits required plus Capstone):

Art History Core required courses (15 credits required):

Art History Elective courses (9 credits required):

Art Therapy concentration (comprehensive) Requirements

The Art Therapy Concentration combines course work in art with 9 credits of psychology. No minor required.

59 total credits

Art Foundation required courses (26 credits required plus Capstone course):

Art Therapy required courses (9 credits required):

Art Therapy Elective courses (6 credits required):

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Studio Area required courses (9 credits required):
Choose any of  the following areas:

• Ceramics
• Photography
• Expressive Ecopsychology
• Fibers
• Printmaking
• Painting
• Sculpture

Psychology courses (9 credits required):

Suggested nine credits in psychology include (but are not limited to) psychopathology, abnormal, human growth and development, psychological theories.

Studio Art (B.A./B.S.) concentration Requirements

The Studio Art (B.A./B.S. concentration requires a minor in an area outside of art.

36 total credits

Art Foundation required courses (30 credits required plus Capstone course):

or

Studio Areas required courses (6 credits required):

Choose any of the following areas:

• Ceramics
• Photography
• Expressive Ecopsychology
• Fibers
• Printmaking
• Painting
• Sculpture

Visual Arts Studio Art Major (Bachelor of Fine Arts) (comprehensive) Requirements

60 total credits 

Art Foundation required courses (36 credits required):

or

Art History Elective courses (6 credits required):

Studio Focus required courses (18 credits required):

A minimum of 18 credits in sequence taken in one studio area.

Ceramics

Expressive Ecopsychology

Studio Art Electives - 3 - 6 credits

Fibers

Painting

or

Photography

Sculpture

Printmaking

Art Minor Requirements

22 total credits

Art electives excluding ART 101 -6 credits

Photography Minor Requirements

21 or 22 total credits

or

                                                 

 

Master of Arts Degree in Art

Programs of study leading to the Master of Arts Degree are offered. For detailed information concerning requirements see the Graduate Studies section of this catalog.