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The Lamar Dodd School of Art offers three minors in Art and Art History that allow students to discover a variety of media and techniques associated with studio art, design, and history.

Students interested in receiving a minor in art can choose from a Art History Minor, a Studio Art Minor, and a Design + Media Minor. To declare a minor, log on to Athena, to Student Records, then My Programs, and select Minor.

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Art History Minor

Students must complete ARHI 2300 Art History I and ARHI 2400 Art History II before enrolling in any 3000-level art history courses. (Note that ARHI 2300 and ARHI 2400 will help satisfy Area IV of the Core Curriculum.)

The Art History Minor is comprised of 15 hours of upper-level ARHI courses. Nine hours of 3000-level courses (3 courses) must be completed before a student is able to enroll in a 4000-level courses. Six hours (2 courses) must be at the 4000-level. Even as a registered minor, students need permission from the Area to register for a 4000-level class.

Requirements (15 hours)

Students must complete 3000-level courses in three of the following areas:

  • Ancient, Late Antique, Medieval, and Asian
  • Renaissance and Baroque
  • 18th and 19th century
  • 20th century and contemporary

Students must complete two 4000-level ARHI courses in any area. 

For a complete list of art history courses, divided by area, see the UGA Bulletin.

Notes

  • Of the 15 hours of upper-level art history required, 12 hours are required in residence.

  • All courses used to satisfy the minor requirement must be passed with a grade of C or better.

  • All minors must contain at least 9 hours of upper division course work.


 

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Studio Art Minor

The Studio Art Minor presently consists of 18 credit hours: with a minimum of 3 hours of Art History and 15 hours of studio coursework,  including 9 hours of upper division studio courses.

A maximum of 6 hours of transfer credit hours allowed (with School of Art approval).

Requirements (18 hours)

  • ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2400
  • One 1000-level studio course (3 hours)
  • One 2000-level studio course (3 hours)
  • Three studio courses at the 3000 level or above (9 hours)

 (There is no guarantee that all minor courses can be taken in one area of concentration, but student should plan accordingly for upper-level studio choices by taking the appropriate 2000-level prerequisites)

Notes

  • Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor.
  • Courses taken in Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.

 


 

Minor in Design + Media

The minor in Design + Media consists of 15 hours of coursework focused on time-based media, photography and graphic design and does not require any preliminary studio core coursework. 

This is a high demand minor and classes should be selected as soon as Registration opens. Many Art classes have one CRN section for majors and another for minors. You can verify CRN sections here. 

Requirements (15 hours)

Select two of the following courses (6 hours):   

  • ARGD 2030  | no prerequisites
  • ARST 2210 or (ARST 2205 + ARST 2205L) | no prerequisites
  • ARGD 2010 | prerequisites apply

Select one of the following courses (3 hours):

  • ARST 3205 | no prerequisites
  • ARID 4410  | no prerequisites

Select one of the following history courses (3 hours):

  • ARGD 3070 | no prerequisites
  • ARHI 3065 | prerequisites apply
  • ARHI 3530 | prerequisites apply
  • ARHI 3080 | prerequisites apply
  • ARHI 3300 | prerequisites apply
  • ARTS 4910 | prerequisites apply
  • ARID 3210 | no prerequisites
  • ARID 3220 | no prerequisites

Select one of the following elective courses (3 hours):

  • Any ARST/ARTS/ARGD/ARID/ARHI course at the 3000-level or higher. Prerequisites apply. Please refer to the UGA Bulletin. 
     

Notes

  • A minor must contain at least 9 hours of upper division course work.

  • Courses from Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor.

  • Courses taken in Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.

  • A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) is required in minor course work. All upper-level courses must be taken in residence.

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