Art Degree Requirements

Carthage students earn a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art by successfully completing the 44 art credits outlined below. A grade of “C” or better is required in all studio art courses, sophomore and senior seminars, and thesis exhibition.

Required Courses (24 credits)

• ARH 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to 1400 (4 credits)
• ARH 2701 Art Survey II: 1400-21st Century (4 credits)
• ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)
• ART 2600 Sophomore Seminar in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 3000 Advanced Drawing (4 credits)
• ART 4000 Senior Seminar in Studio Art (4 credits)

Foundations Courses — Choose Two (8 credits)

• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 1071 Foundations, Material: Objects + Space (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)

Art History Courses — Choose one (4 credits)

• ARH 200T Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 3550 Internship in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 3710 20th Century American Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3740 Modern Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3750 Ancient Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)
• ARH 400T Advanced Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 4500 Independent Studies in Art History (4 credits)

Studio Art Courses — Choose Two  (8 credits)

One must be an upper-level studio course 3000 or higher. Upper-level studio courses may be repeated up to three times.

• ART 1050 Crafts (4 credits)
• ART 200T Special Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 2110 Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2130 Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2210 Oil Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2220 Acrylic Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2230 Watercolor Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen (4 credits)
• ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography (4 credits)
• ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio (4 credits)
• ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief (4 credits)
• ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2410 Wood Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building (4 credits)
• ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing (4 credits)
• ART 2520 Ceramic Tile (4 credits)
• ART 2750 4D (4 credits)
• ART 2800 Animation (4 credits)
• ART 3000 Advanced Drawing (4 credits)
• ART 3010 Illustration (4 credits)
• ART 3100 Studio Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3110 Advanced Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3130 Advanced Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3200 Advanced Painting (4 credits)
• ART 3300 Advanced Printmaking (4 credits)
• ART 3400 Advanced Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 3500 Advanced Ceramics (4 credits)
• ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
• ART 3800 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
• ART 400T Advanced Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 4500 Independent Study in Studio Art (4 credits)

Students who intend to teach art in a school setting must obtain grades K-12 licensure from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. See licensure requirements on the education website.

Carthage students earn a Bachelor of Arts in Art History by successfully completing the 40 credits outlined below. Three years of foreign language study are recommended.

Required Courses (12 credits)

• ARH 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to 1400 (4 credits)
• ARH 2701 Art Survey II: 1400-21st Century (4 credits)
• ARH 4700 Senior Seminar in Art History (4 credits)

Choose Three (12 credits)

• ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 200T Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 3550 Internship in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 3710 20th Century American Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3740 Modern Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3750 Ancient Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)
• ARH 400T Advanced Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 4500 Independent Studies in Art History (4 credits)
• CDM 2600 New Media Theory and Aesthetics (4 credits)
• CDM 2620 Film Analysis (4 credits)
• CDM 3150 History of Graphic Design (4 credits)

Art History Course — Choose One (4 credits)

• ARH 2800 Research Methods in a Global Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 3700 Research Methods in Art History (4 credits)

Studio Art Courses — Choose One (4 credits)

• ART 1050 Crafts (4 credits)
• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 1071 Foundations, Material: Objects + Space (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
• ART 1073 Digital Art (4 credits)
• ART 200T Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 2110 Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2130 Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2210 Oil Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2220 Acrylic Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2230 Watercolor Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen (4 credits)
• ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography (4 credits)
• ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio (4 credits)
• ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief (4 credits)
• ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2410 Wood Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building (4 credits)
• ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing (4 credits)
• ART 2520 Ceramic Tile (4 credits)
• ART 2750 4D (4 credits)
• ART 2800 Animation (4 credits)
• ART 3000 Advanced Drawing (4 credits)
• ART 3010 Illustration (4 credits)
• ART 3100 Studio Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3110 Advanced Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3130 Advanced Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3200 Advanced Painting (4 credits)
• ART 3300 Advanced Printmaking (4 credits)
• ART 3400 Advanced Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 3500 Advanced Ceramics (4 credits)
• ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
• ART 3800 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
• ART 400T Advanced Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 4500 Independent Studies in Art (4 credits)

Classics and History Courses — Choose Two (8 credits)

In consultation with your advisor, choose 8 credits from:

• CLS 200T Topics in Classics (4 credits)
• CLS 2200 Classical Archaeology (4 credits)
• CLS 2300 Greek and Roman Art (4 credits)
• CLS 3250 Field Archaeology (4 credits)
• CLS 400T Topics in Classics (4 credits)
• HIS 1000 Issues in American History (4 credits)
• HIS 1110 Issues in European History I (4 credits)
• HIS 1120 Issues in European History II (4 credits)
• HIS 1200 Issues in Asian History (4 credits)
• HIS 3040 Modern Central America: Inevitable Revolutions (4 credits)
• HIS 1410 Issues in South America: Dictatorship and Democracy (4 credits)
• HIS 200T Topics in History (4 credits)
• HIS 2150 Modern Britain (4 credits)
• HIS 2250 20th Century Europe (4 credits)
• HIS 2310 The Greeks (4 credits)
• HIS 2350 The Romans (4 credits)
• HIS 2620 America in the 1960s (4 credits)
• HIS 2850 Comparative History: Chicago and Milwaukee (4 credits)
• HIS 2900 20th Century U.S. History (4 credits)
• HIS 3100 The Age of Augustus (4 credits)
• HIS 3400 Modern China (4 credits)
• HIS 3450 Modern Japan (4 credits)
• HIS 3990 Historiography (4 credits)

Carthage offers a Bachelor of Arts in Photography and a photography minor. See degree requirements.

The studio art minor requires the successful completion of 24 credits.

Choose One (4 credits)

• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 1071 Foundations, Materials: Objects + Space (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
• ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)

Art History Courses — Choose One (4 credits)

• ARH 1700 Introduction to Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to 1400 (4 credits)
• ARH 2701 Art Survey II: 1400-21st Century (4 credits)
• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)

Choose Four (16 credits)

At least one must be at 3000+ level. Only one may be art history (ARH).

• ARH 200T Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
• ARH 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to 1400 (4 credits)
• ARH 2701 Art Survey II: 1400-21st Century (4 credits)
• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 3710 20th Century American Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3740 Modern Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3750 Ancient Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)
• ARH 400T Advanced Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 4500 Independent Studies in Art History (4 credits)
• ART 1050 Crafts (4 credits)
• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 1071 Foundations, Material: Objects + Spaces (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
• ART 1073 Digital Art (4 credits)
• ART 200T Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)
• ART 2110 Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2130 Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2210 Oil Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2220 Acrylic Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2230 Watercolor Painting (4 credits)
• ART 2300 Printmaking: Silkscreen (4 credits)
• ART 2310 Printmaking: Lithography (4 credits)
• ART 2320 Printmaking: Intaglio (4 credits)
• ART 2330 Printmaking: Relief (4 credits)
• ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2410 Wood Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 2500 Ceramic Hand-Building (4 credits)
• ART 2510 Ceramic Wheel-Throwing (4 credits)
• ART 2520 Ceramic Tile (4 credits)
• ART 2600 Sophomore Seminar in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 2750 4D (4 credits)
• AT 2800 Animation (4 credits)
• ART 3000 Advanced Drawing (4 credits)
• ART 3010 Illustration (4 credits)
• ART 3100 Studio Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3110 Advanced Darkroom Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3130 Advanced Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 3200 Advanced Painting (4 credits)
• ART 3300 Advanced Printmaking (4 credits)
• ART 3400 Advanced Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 3500 Advanced Ceramics (4 credits)
• ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
• ART 400T Advanced Topics in Studio Art (4 credits)
• ART 4500 Independent Studies in Studio Art (4 credits)

The art history minor requires the successful completion of 20 credits.

Required Course (4 credits)

• ARH 2701 Art Survey II: 1400-21st Century (4 credits)

Choose One (4 credits)

• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)

Choose Two (8 credits)

• ARH 200T Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
• ARH 2700 Art Survey I: Paleolithic to 1400 (4 credits)
• ARH 2710 Arts of the Americas (4 credits)
• ARH 3550 Internship (4 credits)
• ARH 3710 20th Century American Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3720 Arts of Africa (4 credits)
• ARH 3730 Masterpieces of Asian Art and Architecture (4 credits)
• ARH 3740 Modern Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3750 Ancient Art (4 credits)
• ARH 3760 Gender in the Arts (4 credits)
• ARH 400T Advanced Topics in Art History (4 credits)
• ARH 4500 Independent Studies in Art History (4 credits)

Choose One (4 credits)

• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 1071 Foundations, Material: Objects + Spaces (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
• ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)

Carthage offers an animation minor. See degree requirements.

Carthage offers an animation minor. See degree requirements.

Departmental Honors are awarded to outstanding art students who achieve excellence in the thesis and achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or greater. Recipients demonstrate leadership and engagement in the Carthage arts community, and studio recipients demonstrate outstanding participation in art shows and critiques.