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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2500 Introduction to Ceramics

Required Studio Courses (33 hours):

• ARST 2010 Drawing and Visuality
• ARST 2400 Fundamentals of Sculpture or ARST 4500 Advanced Ceramics (repeatable for 12 hours) or ARST 4580 Directed Study in Ceramics
• ARST 2550 Introduction to Pottery
• ARST 3500 Intermediate Ceramics (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 3550 Intermediate Pottery
• ARST 4500 Advanced Ceramics (repeatable for 12 hours)
• ARST 4580 Directed Study in Ceramics
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (repeatable for 15 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARTS 4000 Artist’s Research Methods : Art is Information
• ARTS 4100 Art and Design in the City Intensive Field Study
• ARTS 4900 Professional Practices: The Business Side of Art
• ARTS 4920 Seminar in Contemporary Art

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2010 Drawing and Visuality

Required Studio Courses (27 hours):

• ARST 2000 Introduction to Figure Drawing
• ARST 2100 Introduction to Painting and Visuality
• ARST 2110 Intermediate Painting or ARST 3115 Painting: Color and Application or ARST 3125 Painting: Strategies of Abstraction
• ARST 3010 Advanced Drawing (repeatable for 12 hours) or ARST 3099 Advanced Drawing: Drawing in Conceptual Space (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 3140 Painting Studio Concepts
• ARST 4140 Advanced Studio Concepts (6 hours, take twice)
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose six (6) hours of additional drawing and painting courses from the following:

• ARST 3010 Advanced Drawing (repeatable up to 9 hours in this section)
• ARST 3099 Advanced Drawing: Drawing in Conceptual Space 
• ARST 3120 Aqueous Media
• ARST 3130 Introduction to Figure Painting
• ARST 3140 Painting Studio Concepts (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3144 Advanced Painting: Hybrids 
• ARST 3145 The Figure as Subject and the Narrative Impulse
• ARST 3150 Figure Painting
• ARST 4020 Figure Drawing/ Anatomy 
• ARST 4170 Contemporary Applications of Historic Painting Materials

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2700 Textile Foundations

Required Studio Courses (33 hours):

• ARST 2710 Surface Design
• ARST 3700 Weaving I
• ARST 3730 Screen-Printing
• ARST 3760 Advanced Studio Practices (6 hours, take twice)
• ARST 3770 Design for Industry
• ARST 3780 Material Futures
• ARST 4700 CAD for Textiles
• ARST 4720 Advanced Weaving
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARGD 2010 Graphic Design Survey
• ARST 2205, ARST 2205L Introduction to Photography and Image Culture with Lab or ARST 2210 Introduction to Photography and Image Culture

Required Studio Courses (33 hours):

• ARGD 3020 Graphic Systems
• ARGD 3030 Typography
• ARGD 3060 Type and Image
• ARGD 3070 The History of Graphic Design or ARHI 3300 History and Theory of Modern Design
• ARGD 4030 Advanced Typography 
• ARGD 4060 Design Center 
• ARGD 4090 Visual Narrative Systems
• ARGD 4110 Graphic Design Senior Capstone
• ARGD 4115 Design Professional Practices 
• ARGD 4190 Topics in Digital Platforms & Dynamic Media I
• ARGD 4020 Environmental Branding and Experiential Graphic Design or ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)

Art & Design Electives* (9 hours):
Choose nine (9) hours from the following:

• ARST studio courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above (except ARID 3125 Internship Preparation & ARID 4010 Interior Design Internship)
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses, including ARGD 4080 Special Topics in Graphic Design (can be repeated for up to 9 hours)
• ARTS 4100 Art and Design in the City Intensive Field Study
• ARTS 4900 Professional Practices: The Business Side of Art
• ARTS 4920 Seminar in Contemporary Art

Choose one (1) of your electives from the following (if offered):

• ARID 2110 Studio I: Single Family Residential Design
• ARID 4410 Time-Based Media and Design
• Any ARGD (Graphic Design) course not taken in Required Courses, such as
  • ARGD 4080 Special Topics in Graphic Design
    (Recent topics: UX Design Research, Character Design, Trend Forecasting, Letterpress & Book Arts) 
  • ARGD 4191 Topics in Digital Platforms & Dynamic Media II
  • ARGD 4160 Data Visualization 
  • ARGD 4120: Graphic Design Field Study
  • ARST 4930 Internship in Art

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARTS 3T01 to 5T99) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (6 hours):

• Three (3) hours of 3000/4000-level ARHI electives*
  *Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARHI 3T01 to ARHI 5T99) may not satisfy this requirement.
• Three (3) hours of Contemporary/Modern Art History courses – choose from ARHI 3065, ARHI 3077, ARHI 3080, ARHI 3300, ARHI 3530, ARHI 3940, ARHI 4420/6420, ARHI 4440/6440, ARHI 4500/6500, ARHI 4510/6510, ARHI 4540/6540, ARHI 4550/6550, ARHI 4570/6570, ARHI 4580/6580, ARHI 4585/6585, ARHI 4590/6590, ARHI 4920/6920, and ARHI 4970/6970

Note: It is required to take two 3000-level ARHI courses before taking any 4000-level ARHI course.

Design Focus Tracks/Professional Electives (9 hours): 

Complete a second major, certificate, or minor

OR

(9) hours in one of the following associated subject areas:

• Art, Design & Architectural History
• Communications & Media
• Cultural Studies
• Interaction & Computing
• Marketing & Strategy
• Studio Art & Design

Find more detailed course information here or in the UGA Bulletin.

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Additional Area VI Courses: 

• ARID 2020 Concepts Studio or ARST 2020 Ideation and Methodologies
• ARID 2110 Studio I: Single Family Residential Design
• ARID 3420 Business and Professional Applications for Interior Design

Pre-requisite Interior Design Courses

• ARID 2110 Studio I: Single Family Residential Design
• ARID 2210 Concepts in Design

Interior Design Progression Review
Full progression into the Interior Design program requires completion of the Foundations program, ARID 2110, and ARID 2210. Admission is based on the area’s resources and results of the Interior Design Progression Review, held at the end of Fall Semester. Students apply after completing ARID 2110 and ARID 2210. Faculty review the following materials:

• cumulative GPA
• portfolio of work from ID and foundation art studios
• evaluation of an assigned weekend-long project
• grades on prerequisite art and ID courses
• effort and participation in ID studio courses

Required Studio Courses (48 hours):

• ARID 2210 Concepts in Design
• ARID 3110 Studio II: Documenting Interior Design Projects
• ARID 3120 Studio III: Space Programming and Office Design
• ARID 3125 Internship Preparation (1 hour)
• ARID 3210 Design History I
• ARID 3220 Design History II
• ARID 3310 Building Systems
• ARID 3320 Interior Finishes and Materials
• ARID 3330 Lighting for Interior Design
• ARID 3340 Furniture Design
• ARID 3410 Computer-Aided Design for Interiors
• ARID 4010 Interior Design Internship*
• ARID 4100 Studio IV: Non-residential Sustainable Interior Design Practices (4 hours) or ARID 3130 Studio IV: Design for Special Populations (4 hours. Cortona Study Abroad)
• ARID 4110 Studio V: Large-Scale, Non-Residential Design
• ARID 4650 Senior Exit in Interiors or ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours) or LAND 4730/6730 Issues and Practices in Sustainable Design (3 hours)

* Students may use an approved study abroad experience to replace the ARID 4010 internship requirement with an approved elective. 

Art History (3 hours):

• (1) ARHI course at the 3000-level

Interior Design & Studio Electives (9 hours):
Students must take two art studio electives for a total of six credit hours. The following ID courses may count as studio electives. Students are encouraged to diversify by taking ARST courses as studio electives.

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above (except ARGD 3070 The History of Graphic Design)
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• Approved studio courses from other disciplines

Electives outside the School of Art, such as in Drama or Landscape Architecture, must be approved by your advisor.

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2600 Jewelry and Metals: Design and Construction

Required Studio Courses (15 hours):

• ARST 4600 Advanced Jewelry (6 hours)
• ARST 4620 BFA Project in Jewelry or Metalwork (3 hours)
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST 3610 Jewelry: Movement (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3620 Jewelry: Fabrication and Setting (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3630 Jewelry: The Multiple
• ARST 3640 Jewelry: Historical and Traditional Techniques
• ARST 3650 Moving Metal: Cups, Spoons, and Objects
• ARST 3660 Digital Tools for Jewelry and Objects
• ARST 3670 Fusing Glass to Metal for Jewelry and Objects
• ARST 3680 Jewelry and Objects: Surface/Color/Solid

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD courses (Graphic Design) 2000-level or above
• ARID courses (Interior Design) 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2205, ARST 2205L Introduction to Photography and Image Culture with Lab or ARST 2210 Introduction to Photography and Image Culture

Required Studio Courses (12 hours):

• ARST 4200 Advanced Photography
• ARST 4201 Advanced Photography II
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose fifteen (15) hours from the following: 

• ARST 2810 Hypermedia
• ARST 3200 Black and White Photography
• ARST 3205 Video Concepts and Practice 
• ARST 3210 Color Photography
• ARST 3220 Advanced Film and Camera
• ARST 3250 Constructed Image in Photography
• ARST 3800 Transmedia (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4830 Digital Video II

Choose six (6) hours from the following: 

• ARST 2810 Hypermedia
• ARST 3200 Black and White Photography
• ARST 3210 Color Photography
• ARST 3220 Advanced Film and Camera
• ARST 3221 Large Format Photography II
• ARST 3250 Constructed Image in Photography
• ARST 3800 Transmedia (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3840 Interdisciplinary Art I
• ARST 3850 Interactive Art I
• ARST 3870 E-Gadgets for Experimental Media
• ARST 4210 Special Topics in Photography (repeatable for 12 hours)
• ARST 4215 Sound in Art
• ARST 4225 Photography Practice and Theory
• ARST 4251 Constructed Image in Photography II
• ARST 4270 Social Documentary Photography and Video
• ARST 4280 Directed Study in Photography (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4285 Alternative Photography (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4290 Landscape Photography (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4800 Special Topics in Art and Technology (repeatable for 12 hours)
• ARST 4810 CAD and Fabrication (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4830 Digital Video II 
• ARST 4840 Interdisciplinary Art II
• ARST 4850 Interactive Art II
• ARST 4860 Video Installation (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4865 Internet Art Studio
• ARST 4870 Web Site Design for Artists
• ARST 4930 Internship in Art (1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit.)
• ARTS 4000 Artist’s Research Methods : Art is Information
• ARTS 4100 Art and Design in the City Intensive Field Study
• ARTS 4900 Professional Practices: The Business Side of Art
• ARTS 4920 Seminar in Contemporary Art

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARHI 3T01 to ARHI 5T99 or ARST/ARGD 1TXX to ARST/ARGD 5TXX) will not satisfy this requirement.

Choose (9) hours from the following:

• ARHI 3000/4000 level courses (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)
• ARGD 3070 The History of Graphic Design
• ARST 4225 Photography Practice and Theory (repeatable for 6 hours)

Complete EITHER the Photography Track or the ArtX Track (12 hours):

Photography Track

• ARST 3200 Black and White Photography
• ARST 3210 Color Photography
• ARST 3220 Advanced Film and Camera
• ARST 3250 Constructed Image in Photography

ArtX Track

• ARST 2810 Hypermedia
• ARST 3800 Transmedia
• ARST 4800 Special Topics in Art and Technology
• ARST 4830 Digital Video II

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Additional Area VI Courses:

Choose one (1) Printmaking course from the following*:

• ARST 2350 Introduction to Printmaking
• ARST 3305 Printmaking: Relief
• ARST 3315 Printmaking: Etching
• ARST 3325 Printmaking: Lithography
• ARST 3335 Printmaking: Screen Printing
• ARST 3345 Digital Printmaking

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 2TXX to 3TXX) will not satisfy this requirement.

Required Studio Courses (15 hours):

• ARST 2010 Drawing and Visuality (3 hours)
• ARST 4345 Advanced Print Studio (6 hours. Repeatable up to 12 hours)
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST 3305 Printmaking: Relief
• ARST 3315 Printmaking: Etching
• ARST 3325 Printmaking: Lithography
• ARST 3335 Printmaking: Screen Printing
• ARST 3345 Digital Printmaking
• ARST 4300 Printmaking: Internship (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4315 Introduction to Book Arts
• ARST 4330 Printmaking: Special Topics I (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4350 Letterpress
• ARST 4370 Advanced Book Studio (repeatable up to 12 hours)
• ARST 4380 Directed Study in Printmaking (repeatable up to 9 hours)

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)

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Additional Area VI Courses:

• ARST 2010 Drawing and Visuality
• ARST 2800 Introduction to Digital Imaging

Required Studio Courses (48 hours):

• ARGD 3310 Techniques and Topics in Science Illustration (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARGD 3320 Design in Scientific Illustration (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARGD 3330 Color Techniques in Scientific Illustration (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARGD 3340 Art Graphic Design Directed Study in Scientific Illustration or ARGD 4410 Graphic Design Senior Capstone or ARST 4450 Studio Art Capstone or ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices
• ARST 2000 Introduction to Figure Drawing
• ARST 4020 Figure Drawing/Anatomy

Choose twelve (12) hours from the following (at least 3 hours must be at the 3000/4000 level):

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• THEA 5810 Computer Animation for Dramatic Media I
• THEA 5820 Computer Animation for Dramatic Media II
• THEA 5830 Computer Animation for Dramatic Media III or ARST 2000 Introduction to the Figure (3 hours)

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Science Electives

Choose 12 hours from the following:

• CBIO 2200-2200L Anatomy and Physiology I (4 hours)
• CBIO 2210-2210L Anatomy and Physiology II (4 hours)
• CBIO 3010-3010L Functional Human Anatomy (4 hours)
• CBIO 3050 Medical Histology
• CBIO 3600 Developmental Biology (4 hours)
• CBIO 3710 Principles of Physiology
• CBIO 3800 Neurobiology (4 hours)
• any 3000/4000 level course in
  • BCMB
  • BINF
  • BIOL
  • CBIO
  • CHEM
  • ECOL
  • ENTO
  • GENE
  • GEOG
  • MARS
  • MIBO
  • PBIO
  • WILD

*Note: Students who may pursue Medical Illustration in graduate school should take CBIO 2200-2200L, CBIO 2210-2210L, CBIO 3010-3010L, and one more of the individually listed CBIO courses.

Art History (6 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)*

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARHI 3T01 to ARHI 5T99) will not satisfy this requirement.

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Additional Area VI courses:

• ARST 2400 Fundamentals of Sculpture

Required Studios Courses (12 hours):

• ARST 4420 Sculpture and Spatial Context II (6 hours. Repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4915 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art (3 hours)
• ARST 4995 Capstone Exhibition and Professional Practices (3 hours)

Choose twenty-one (21) hours from the following:

• ARID 3340 Furniture Design
• ARST 3400 Construction in Metal
• ARST 3410 Intermediate Construction in Metal
• ARST 3422 Sculpture in Spatial Context I (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3440 Fundamentals of Casting Metal Sculpture
• ARST 3450 Intermediate Casting in Metal
• ARST 3470 Wood as a Sculptural Medium (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3488 Performance Art
• ARST 3493 Installation
• ARST 3498 The Object
• ARST 3500 Intermediate Ceramics (repeatable for maximum 12 hours)
• ARST 3660 Digital Tools for Jewelry and Objects
• ARST 3680 Jewelry and Objects: Surface/Color/Solid
• ARST 3810 CAD and Fabrication I
• ARST 3830 Digital Video I
• ARST 3870 E-Gadgets for Experimental Media
• ARST 4215 Sound in Art
• ARST 4315 Introduction to Book Arts
• ARST 4350 Letterpress
• ARST 4370 Advanced Book Studio (repeatable up to 12 hours)
• ARST 4400 Advanced Casting in Metal
• ARST 4420 Sculpture and Spatial Context II (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4440 Advanced Construction in Metal
• ARST 4480 Directed Study in Sculpture (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 4500 Advanced Ceramics (repeatable for 12 hours)
• ARST 4810 CAD and Fabrication (repeatable for 6 hours)
• ARST 4830 Digital Video II 
• ARST 4860 Video Installation (repeatable for 6 hours)

Sculpture/Art X track

• ARST 2810 Hypermedia
• ARST 3800 Transmedia (repeatable up to 9 hours)
• ARST 3810 CAD and Fabrication I or ARST 3870 E-Gadgets for Experimental Media
• ARST 4800 Special Topics in Art and Technology (repeatable for 12 hours) or ARST 4810 CAD and Fabrication (repeatable for 6 hours)

Choose eighteen (18) hours from the following:

• ARST courses 2000-level or above*
• ARGD (Graphic Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARID (Interior Design) courses 2000-level or above
• ARTS courses 2000-level or above

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARST 1TXX to 5TXX) may not satisfy this requirement.

Art History (9 hours):

• ARHI 3000/4000 level (take two 3000-level courses before enrolling in a 4000-level course)*

*Non-equivalent transfer courses (ARHI 3T01 to ARHI 5T99) may not be used to satisfy this requirement.