Studio Art (B.A.) Graphic Design and Digital Art Concentration

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Studio Arts is designed to provide students with both breadth and depth. At the completion of their program art students demonstrate a knowledge of several areas of art and design along with one in depth area. Studio Art majors must maintain a 2.5 grade point average in their major to remain in the program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Studio Art program can:

  1. Apply a basic knowledge of foundational design skills used for composing & evaluating visual arts.
  2. Understand of the relationship between the arts and other areas of study such as history, philosophy, religion, social sciences, and technology.
  3. Identify themes, historical time periods and cultural context of visual arts
  4. Analyze art and write in a clear and coherent fashion. Demonstrates an ability to research, process and write about the visual arts
  5. Compose and execute foundation level projects.
  6. Critique work using appropriate terms and concepts
  7. Apply emerging technologies to solving visual problems/projects
  8. Display mastery and depth in concentration area
  9. Present first-hand knowledge of working with professionals in their field
  10. Relate studio experience to employment possibilities.
  11. Apply skills in the service of not-for-profits and marginalized sectors of society.
  12. Display an incipient understanding of the historical and formal connections between Christianity and the visual arts.
  13. Articulate the relationship between faith and creative work.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

ART 110Visual Thinking and Digital Tools

3

ART 171Foundations of Drawing

3

ART 182Color and Design

3

ART 282Form, Space, and Media

3

ART 493Art Seminar

3

ART 494Senior Exhibit

3

ARTH 111Methods & Theories of Art History

3

ARTH xxx
Elective Art History (200 level or above)

3

Sophomore Review

ART 493: Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.

Three credits from the following:

ARTH 150Art History I: Ancient through Medieval Art

3

ARTH 151Art History II: Renaissance through Contemporary Art

3

Three credits from the following:

ARTH 209History of Modern Art

3

ARTH 309Contemporary Art: 1945 - Present

3

Graphic Design and Digital Art Concentration (15 credits)

ART 237Typography and Visual Communications

3

ART 483Graphic Design Capstone

3

Nine credits from the following:

ART 236Graphic Design and Visual Culture: Seeing, Thinking, Making

3

ART 312Digital Imaging

3

ART 336Interactive Design

3

ART 337Graphic Design and Professional Practice

3

ART 338Digital Illustration

3

ART 345Interactive Design II

3

ART 347Service Centered Design

3

ART 420Designer as Author:Book Design, Zines

3

ART 382Digital Photography

3

ART 405Topics in Graphic Design

3

ART 431Motion Design

3

ART 437Advanced Typography & Design

3

Cross-Concentration Studies (12 credits)

Six credits from two processes in the following 2-D courses:

Drawing:
ART 271Intermediate Drawing

3

OR

ART 372Figure Drawing

3

Illustration:
ART 339Illustration

3

Painting:
ART 215Painting I

3

Photography:
ART 251Darkroom Photography

3

Print-making:
ART 232Screen Printing

3

ART 330Intaglio and Relief Printmaking

3

ART 332Lithography

3

Six credits from two processes in the following 3-D courses:

Ceramics:
ART 220Ceramics I: Wheel Techniques

3

ART 221Ceramics I: Handbuilding

3

Fibers:
ART 224Dyeing, Printing, and Manipulating Fabric

3

ART 234Weaving Techniques

3

ART 334Wearable Art

3

Furniture:
ART 283Furniture Design

3

Installation:
ART 308Installation Art and Public Sculpture

3

Paper and Book Structures:
ART 136Paper Processes

3

Sculpture:
ART 262Construction and Assemblage

3

ART 263Carving

3

ART 364Casting

3

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement 0
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar3
Oral Communication 3
Created and Called for Community (W)3
Mathematical Sciences 3 or 4
Laboratory Science 3 or 4
Science, Technology & the World 3
Two of the following (6 credits total): Social Science, European History, U.S. History 6
Literature 3
Philosophy and Religion3
Arts (ART course meeting QuEST) met/major
First Semester of Language3
Second Semester of Language3
Third Semester of Language/Cross Cultural 3
Non-Western Studies2 or 3
Bible3
Christian Beliefs3
Activity Course1
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism3
QuEST requirements51-54
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration) 57
Free electives15-12
Total credits 123