General Info
The curriculum offers four undergraduate majors: Art History/Criticism , Media, Studio and Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts. The scope of the courses offered is wide and concerned with developing a coherent and informed understanding of past and recent developments in art and art history. Students who transfer to UCSD in their second or third year may petition to substitute courses taken at other colleges or universities for our lower-division requirements. However, they must show that the courses they have successfully completed are comparable to our own.
The Visual Arts Department is located in the Mandeville Center for the Arts. In addition, faculty, staff and graduate students have offices/studios/research spaces in the Visual Arts Facility located on the Sixth College campus. Facilities and equipment are available to undergraduates in both the Mandeville Center and the campus-wide Media Center, providing the opportunity to study painting, drawing, photography, computing in the arts, 16mm film, performance, sculpture and video. Courses in computing in the arts take place at the Visual Arts Facility. The University Art Gallery displays a continually changing series of exhibitions and is located on the ground floor. The Mandeville Annex Gallery, directed by Visual Arts undergraduate students, regularly exhibits individual, group, and class shows. It is located on the lower level of the Mandeville Center, room B118, and is open from 12 noon to 5 pm, Tuesday through Friday. A gallery and a performance space, located in the Visual Arts Facility, are directed by graduate students. The Department offers courses applicable to the Muir, Sixth, and Warren general education requirements, the Thurgood Marshall humanities requirement and the Eleanor Roosevelt and Revelle fine arts requirements.
The Department offers minors in several areas of study: art history, studio painting/drawing/sculpture/performance, computing, photography, media history/criticism, film/video production, and ICAM. A minor consists of seven courses, at least five of which must be upper-division. Prospective visual arts minors should consult with the departmental advisor for assistance in planning an appropriate minor.
