2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Art Minor

Description. The Art minor provides students with the opportunity to integrate art with other academic and research pursuits. It is designed for students to pursue studies in both studio art and art history with an integrated, mixed media approach. Students selecting the minor in Art are not necessarily pursuing careers as practicing professional artists and art historians. They are seeking a unique program of study where the visual arts provide opportunities to problem–solve creatively and efficiently.

Rationale. The program combined with other areas of study fosters an appreciation and understanding of the disciplines of art and design and their applications to one’s self and environment.

Minor coordinator. Professor Cyriaco Lopes, Department of Art and Music (646-557-4823, clopes@jjay.cuny.edu)

Requirements. Students are required to take at least 18 credits (six courses) distributed evenly between studio art and art history courses. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.

Part One. Studio Art Courses

Select three

ART 110Ceramics Workshop

3

ART 111Intro to Drawing

3

ART 112Design Foundations

3

ART 113Digital Photography I

3

ART 115Introduction to Sculpture

3

ART 118Introduction to Painting

3

ART 122Eco Art and Design

3

ART 125Graphic Design

3

ART 130Sculpture and Digital Fabrication

3

ART 212Life Drawing

3

ART 213Digital Photography 2

3

ART 219Museum and Curatorial Studies

3

ART 241Forensic Drawing

3

ART 280Selected Topics in Art

3

ART 280: When topic is appropriate to Studio Arts.

Subtotal: 9

Part Two. Art History Courses

Select three

ART 101Introduction to Art

3

ART 102American Art

3

ART 103Art of the Italian Renaissance

3

ART 104Non-Western Art & Visual Culture

3

ART 105Modern Art

3

ART 106Latin American Art

3

ART 108Introduction to World Art I

3

ART 109Introduction to World Art II

3

ART 201Art in NY

3

ART 222Body Politics

3

ART 224/AFR 224African American Women in Art

3

ART 227Haitian Art & Culture

3

ART 230Issues in Art and Crime

3

ART 232African American Art: A Visual & Cultural History

3

ART 233A Cultural History of Photography

3

ART 250The Art of Sub-Saharan Africa

3

ART 252Art and Myth in the Ancient World

3

ART 254Political Art

3

ART 280Selected Topics in Art

3

ART 301Problems in Modern Art

3

ART 318Social Activism in the Visual Arts

3

ART 389Independent Study 300-level

3

ART 280: When topic is appropriate to Art History.

Subtotal: 9

Total Credit Hours: 18