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Dec 04, 2024
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[DRAFT] Course Catalog 2025-2026 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Studio Art Major
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Note(s) on Requirements
- Students may include up to two courses from other departments to count as introductory, intermediate, or art history courses, upon approval of the chair.
- A maximum of one private reading can count toward the major requirements in extraordinary circumstances, at the discretion of the department chair. Private readings in studio art may not overlap with other courses currently being offered and are subject to a term bill charge to cover space and materials used on a case-by-case basis.
Transfer of Credit Toward the Major
The studio art department will accept up to two courses from an approved external institution to count toward major requirements. The chair’s preliminary approval must be obtained before beginning work away from Oberlin if this work is to be counted as credit for the major. Upon return, students must supply both an official transcript and evidence of the nature of the work done. Such requests, as well as those of transfer students (who can also transfer no more than two courses to count toward major requirements), will be handled on an individual basis.
The department is not obliged to give credit for work that fails to fit the general patterns of the Oberlin curriculum or that fails to come up to Oberlin’s standards, no matter how valuable a student feels the experience has been, or how much time and effort has been expended.
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credit
The studio art department does not count AP/IB credits toward major requirements. The department’s curricular pathway must be consistent across students to prepare majors for a cohesive capstone experience.
Course of Study
The studio art department’s major study is deeply integrated within Oberlin’s liberal arts education, while still offering the rigor of a pre-professional studio art program. In planning their programs of study, students should be aware that they must complete one advanced course by the end of their junior year (preferably during the junior year), and are required to enroll in a capstone sequence of classes during the senior year.
Honors in Studio Art
Admission to the Honors Program in Studio Art is at the discretion of the department. Honors takes place within the capstone sequence for all majors. At the end of the fall semester faculty will invite students to do honors who they feel are ready to handle the additional work. All students who are enrolled in will continue in the course for the entire year. Honors, while not guaranteed, is conferred at the end of the spring as a result of outstanding work in ARST 598 .
Detailed Major Requirements
Studio Art Major Course Lists
Traditional Art History Courses
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- ARTH 110 - Christian Art: A Global History
- ARTH 150 - Approaches to Western Art
- ARTH 152 - Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art
- ARTH 157 - Approaches to the Art of the Americas
- ARTH 204 - Introduction to Book Studies
- ARTH 210 - Medieval Art
- ARTH 211 - Illuminated Manuscripts
- ARTH 212 - Monastic Art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- ARTH 213 - Late Medieval Art
- ARTH 214 - Synagogues, Churches, and Mosques: Sacred Art of the Medieval Mediterranean
- ARTH 215 - Saints and Relics in Medieval and Renaissance Art
- ARTH 216 - Romanesque & Gothic Art
- ARTH 217 - Ancient and Early Medieval Art: from Augustus to Charlemagne
- ARTH 218 - From Emperor to Pope: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Ancient and Medieval Rome
- ARTH 219 - Albrecht Dürer and German Renaissance Printmaking
- ARTH 225 - Pleasure and Design in Confinement: Japanese Prints in and after Edo
- ARTH 226 - Monks, Miracles, and Magic: Buddhist Art in East Asia
- ARTH 227 - Topics in East Asian Art: Monuments in a Comparative Perspective
- ARTH 230 - Women in Chinese Art: Patrons, Artists, and Craftswomen
- ARTH 238 - Modern & Contemporary Islamic Art
- ARTH 252 - Collectives and Collaboration in Modern and Contemporary Art
- ARTH 253 - Latinx Art: Past and Futures
- ARTH 254 - The Arts of Latin America in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- ARTH 273 - Art and Empire in Africa, 1000-1700
- ARTH 290 - Gender and the Visual Arts in Europe and Colonial Latin America, 1450-1650
- ARTH 291 - Baroque Art
- ARTH 292 - Art of the Italian Renaissance
- ARTH 293 - Art and Politics in 16th-Century Italy
- ARTH 294 - The Arts of Conquest and Resistance in 17th century Europe and Latin America
- ARTH 295 - Ingenious Making in the Early Modern World
- ARTH 299 - Methods of Art History
- ARTH 310 - Word and Image in Medieval Art
- ARTH 311 - Art History Without a License
- ARTH 312 - Art at the Valois Courts
- ARTH 313 - Illuminated Manuscripts in Oberlin Collections
- ARTH 315 - Medieval Treasuries
- ARTH 326 - Death and Dying in East Asian Art
- ARTH 327 - Image/Object: Material and Mediation in Chinese Art
- ARTH 328 - New Ghosts Old Dreams: The Art of Post-Imperial China
- ARTH 329 - Cultural Property? Art, Heritage, Ownership
- ARTH 352 - The Pleasures of Disgust in Contemporary Art
- ARTH 390 - Wood, Flesh, Metal, Blood
- ARTH 391 - Love, Lust, and Desire in Renaissance Art
- EAST 230 - Women in Chinese Art: Patrons, Artists, and Craftswomen
Senior Capstone Sequence
Return to the summary of requirements. The Senior Capstone is a year-long sequence that consists of 1.5 credits in the fall semester of the senior year and 1.5 credits in the spring semester of the senior year, laid out as follows: Fall of Senior Year Spring of Senior Year |
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