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Visual Arts Curriculum
The visual arts major at Curry College offers a wide variety of classes at the introductory and advanced level. In the introductory classes you become familiar with the fundamentals. As you advance through the program you master techniques and are encouraged to be a thoughtful and engaged participant in the creative process. The major allows you to experience classes in traditional two and three-dimensional studio arts and in digital and photographic media. It provides a rewarding, fulfilling, and challenging experience.
Visual arts classes include: art, drawing, painting, photography, computer art, sculpture, ceramics and much more.
Prerequisites:| FA 1000 | Introduction to Fine Arts (any variant) | 3 |
| VA 1770 | Basic Design | 3 |
| VA 1780 | Three-dimensional Design | 3 |
| VA 1790 | Light and Color | 3 |
| VA 1800 | Drawing | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
Requirements for the Visual Arts Major:
| VA 3300 | Portfolio and Presentation | 3 |
| VA 3950 | Design Concepts | 3 |
| VA 3980 | Fine and Applied Arts Seminar (Capstone Course) | 3 |
| VA 4050 | Independent Studio | 3 |
| Choose two from the following: | 6 | |
| VA 2720 | History of Photography | |
| VA 2910 | History of Visual Arts: Paleolithic to Gothic | |
| VA 2920 | History of Visual Arts: Renaissance to Contemporary | |
| VA 2930 | Contemporary Art | |
| Total credits: | 18 | |
Major Electives
Choose four of the following (12 credits):| VA 2072 | Computer Art |
| VA 2730 | Photographic Design |
| VA 2738 | Digital Imaging: Photoshop |
| VA 2750 | Printmaking I |
| VA 2760 | Computer Graphics: Illustrator |
| VA 2780 | Sculpture |
| VA 2796 | Photography I |
| VA 2797 | Digital Photography |
| VA 2800 | Figure Drawing |
| VA 2810 | Painting I |
| VA 2813 | Watercolor |
| VA 2819 | Studio: Painting and Drawing |
| VA 2850 | Ceramics I |
| VA 2870 | Artists' Books |
| VA 3___ | VA Studio Art classes at the 3000 level |
*Visual arts majors are encouraged to enroll in visual arts courses beyond the required categories of the visual arts major and apply them toward general elective liberal arts credit.
"As a first-year student, it's important to take some time to figure out what you want to do at Curry. The key is to concentrate on what makes you happy, and once you figure it out, pursue it relentlessly," suggests Visual Arts alum, Peter Machen.
Congratulations to the members of the Curry fine arts faculty for their on-going professional accomplishments!
The Curry Arts Journal enlivens artistic expression at Curry in publishing an appealing, professional edition of student writing and artwork each year and in sponsoring workshops, readings, and coffeehouses that celebrate student voices each semester.
