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. All students are required to go through the sophomore review and 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 121Form, Space, and Media

3

ART 171Drawing I

3

ART 182Color and Composition

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

Three credits from the following:

ARTH 150Art History: Prehistory-1400

3

ARTH 151Art History: 1400-21st Century

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

3

ART 483Senior Studio: Graphic Design

3

Nine credits from the following:

ART 217Digital Imaging

3

ART 236Design Thinking & Visual Culture

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 352Digital Photography

3

ART 382Topics in Graphic Design

3

ART 386Typography II

3

ART 420Designer as Author

3

ART 431Motion Design

3

Cross-Concentration Studies (12 credits)

Six credits from the following 2-D courses:

ART 215Painting I

3

ART 226Relief Printmaking

3

ART 232Screen Printing

3

ART 251Darkroom Photography

3

 

ART 271Drawing II

3

OR

ART 315Painting II

3

 

ART 330Intaglio Printmaking

3

ART 332Lithography

3

ART 339Illustration

3

ART 360Topics in 2D Processes

1-3

ART 372Figure Drawing

3

Six credits from the following 3-D courses:

ART 205Hand Papermaking

3

ART 220Clay: Wheel Thrown Forms

3

ART 221Clay: Hand-Built Forms

3

ART 262Assemblage

3

ART 263Carving and Construction

3

ART 308Installation Art and Public Sculpture

3

ART 341Furniture Design

3

ART 364Casting

3

ART 379Topics in 3D Processes

3

General Education Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement   0
General Education requirements   Credits
First Year Seminar IDFY 101/102H  3
Written Communication ENGL 110/110H 3
Oral Communication COMM 105 3
Mathematical and Scientific Ways of Knowing Mathematics 3 or 4
Science with Lab  3 or 4 
Social Scientific Ways of Knowing
Social Science 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing 24GE History 3
Literary & Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
Literature or Arts (ART 483) met/major
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing
Philosophy or Religion 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing 1st and 2nd Level Language 6
Intercultural Perspectives Intercultural Global or International Cross-cultural or 3rd Level Language 3
Bible
24GE Bible 3
Christian Beliefs
24GE Christian Beliefs 3
Holistic Wellness
WELL 1xx 1
Ethics and the Common Good
24GE Ethics and the Common Good  3
Intercultural Perspectives
Intercultural U.S. or Domestic Cross-cultural 3
Common Learning
Experiential Learning  met/major 
General Education requirements   46-48
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration)   57
Free Electives    18-20
Total credits   123