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Bachelor of Art

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

  • High School Transcripts: Official high school transcripts or copies certified by your high school or EducationUSA Center. Provide any national testing results, diplomas and/or certificates (e.g. GSCE, IGSCE, A Levels, CAPE, WAEC).

  • University Transcripts: Submit official community college or university transcripts from all previously attended institutions. Provide course syllabi or descriptions for every university course.

  • Credential Evaluation: Transcripts from institutions outside the United States must undergo a course-by-course evaluation conducted by an independent credential evaluation agency. These agencies must be members of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Students attending U.S. schools abroad or international schools following a U.S. curriculum abroad do not need to submit a credential evaluation; other exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

  • Transfer Recommendation Form completed by your current or most recent community college or university.

  • Proof of English Language Proficiency

English Requirement

You must submit proof of English Language Proficiency if you are:

  • A High School Applicant who attended all or part of high school in a country where English is not the official language.

  • A Transfer Applicant who attended university in a country where English is not the official language, or you completed less than 24 credits at a university where English is the official language.

Proof of English Language Proficiency can be demonstrated with one of the following tests or successful completion of ELS Level 112.

  • TOEFL: 79 iBT with consistent subsection scores

  • IELTS: 6.5 with consistent subsection scores

  • SAT: 500 evidence-based reading and writing score

  • ACT: 19 composite score with consistent subsection scores

We accept self-reported ACT or SAT scores. We do not accept self-reported TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test scores.

Other Requirement

  • ACT or SAT Scores may be sent directly from the testing agency or self-reported on your application or uploaded to your SJU Admission Account. SAT scores will be super-scored; we'll take your highest composite ACT score.

  • Resume uploaded to your SJU Admission Account

 

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Course Information

What is an Art Major?

As an art major, you will have the freedom to study the field through courses in the following:

  • Art history

  • Graphic design

  • Painting

  • Drawing

  • Traditional photography

  • Digital photography

  • Sculpture

  • Appropriated art

  • Pottery

  • Ceramics

  • Mosaics

As an art major, you will have access to campus studios featuring spaces dedicated to painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture and 3D mixed media courses. You will be taught by faculty who have exhibited their work in galleries and published their research. The art department's talented faculty include painters, ceramicists, photographers, sculptors and art historians.

During your senior year, you'll enroll in a year-long capstone course, which ends in an exhibition of your work in the University's professional gallery, or a presentation and paper representing original research.

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Courses

  • ARH 101 Intro to Global Art History I (3 credits)

  • ARH 102 Intro to Global Art History II (3 credits)

  • ARH 103 Art and Architecture of Africa (3 credits)

  • ARH 104 The Experience of Architecture (3 credits)

  • ARH 105 Art of East Asia (3 credits)

  • ARH 106 Art of Colonial Latin America (3 credits)

  • ARH 107 Women, Gender, and Art (3 credits)

  • ARH 108 Traditions of Art (3 credits)

  • ARH 109 Elements of Art (3 credits)

  • ARH 110 Art and Medicine (3 credits)

  • ARH 115 Italy Through Art (3 credits)

  • ARH 150 First Year Seminar (3 credits)

  • ARH 178 Art History &Photography:Italy (3 credits)

  • ARH 180 Encountering Mystery (3 credits)

  • ARH 202 Medvl Art Ctcombs to Cthdrals (3 credits)

  • ARH 203 Renaissance Art & Architecture (3 credits)

  • ARH 204 Baroque Art and Architecture (3 credits)

  • ARH 205 Revolution to Realism1780-1880 (3 credits)

  • ARH 206 Impressionism (3 credits)

  • ARH 207 American Art and Architecture (3 credits)

  • ARH 208 Modern Art & Architecture (3 credits)

  • Attributes: GEP Art/Literature, Undergraduate

  • ARH 209 Contemporary Art & Architect (3 credits)

  • ARH 210 Museum Studies (3 credits)

  • ARH 211 Art & Magazines (3 credits)

  • ARH 212 History of Photography (3 credits)

  • ARH 301 Mystery&Monument:Anc Greece (3 credits)

  • ARH 302 Mystery&Monument:Anc Rome (3 credits)

  • ARH 480 Art History Research Seminar (3 credits)

  • ARH 481 Art History Internship (3 credits)

  • ART 121 Introduction to Studio Art (3 credits)

  • ART 130 Art Therapy (3 credits)

  • ART 133 Drawing I (3 credits)

  • ART 135 Painting I (3 credits)

  • ART 136 Landscape Painting (3 credits)

  • ART 137 Printmaking (3 credits)

  • ART 138 Landscape Drawing (3 credits)

  • ART 139 Contemp Botanical Illustration (3 credits)

  • ART 140 Anatomy and Life Drawing (3 credits)

  • ART 141 3-D Studio Art (3 credits)

  • ART 142 Pottery I (3 credits)

  • ART 143 Mosaics I (3 credits)

  • ART 144 Ceramics I (3 credits)

  • ART 145 Figurative Sculpture (3 credits)

  • ART 147 Intro to Sculpture/Mixed Media (3 credits)

  • ART 160 Phoneography (3 credits)

  • ART 170 Special Topics (3 credits)

  • ART 171 Camera-less Photography (3 credits)

  • ART 172 Darkroom Photography I (3 credits)

  • ART 173 Digital Photography I (3 credits)

  • ART 174 Solar Photographic Processes (3 credits)

  • ART 175 Image Manipulation: Photoshop (3 credits)

  • ART 176 Independent Study (3 credits)

  • ART 190 Fundamentals of Graphic Design (3 credits)

  • ART 221 Art Education in the Schools (3 credits)

  • ART 233 Drawing II (3 credits)

  • ART 235 Painting II (3 credits)

  • ART 239 Concepts and Artmaking (3 credits)

  • ART 241 Sculpture II (3 credits)

  • Attributes: GEP Art/Literature, Undergraduate

  • ART 242 Pottery II (3 credits)

  • ART 243 Ceramic Surface Design (3 credits)

  • ART 244 Ceramics II (3 credits)

  • ART 245 Atmospheric Firing: Wood/Salt (3 credits)

  • ART 246 Ceramic Sculpture (3 credits)

  • ART 247 Sculpture Mixed Media II (3 credits)

  • ART 248 Figurative Sculpture II (3 credits)

  • ART 270 Spec. Topics & Ind. Study (SO) (3 credits)

  • Attributes: GEP Art/Literature, Undergraduate

  • ART 272 Darkroom Photography II (3 credits)

  • ART 273 Commercial Photography (3 credits)

  • ART 275 Experimental Digital Photo (3 credits)

  • ART 290 Typography: Design Letterform (3 credits)

  • ART 331 Works on Paper (3 credits)

  • ART 333 Drawing III (3 credits)

  • ART 335 Painting III (3 credits)

  • ART 341 Sculpture III (3 credits)

  • Prerequisites: ART 141 or ART 241

  • ART 344 Ceramics III (3 credits)

  • ART 370 Spec. Topics & Ind. Study (JR) (3 credits)

  • ART 372 DirectedProjects - Photography (3 credits)

  • ART 373 Photo Essay/Docu Photo (3 credits)

  • ART 374 Adv. Comm. Studio Photography (3 credits)

  • ART 390 Commercial Design (3 credits)

  • ART 392 Design for Mobile Web &Tablet (3 credits)

  • ART 444 Ceramics IV (3 credits)

  • ART 470 Spec Topics & Indep Study (SR) (3 credits)

  • ART 490 Design Studio: Work w/ Clients (3 credits)

  • ART 491 Internship in the Arts I (3 credits)

  • ART 492 Internship in the Arts II (3 credits)

  • ART 493 Ind. Research in the Arts I (3 credits)

  • ART 494 Ind. Research in the Arts II (3 credits)

  • Attributes: GEP Art/Literature, Undergraduate

  • ART 495 Senior Project I (Capstone) (3 credits)

  • Attributes: GEP Art/Literature, Undergraduate

  • ART 496 Senior Project II (Capstone) (3 credits)

  • ART 497 Professional Practices Seminar (3 credits)

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Career Opportunity

Art majors gain hands-on experience by working with the University’s art collection and assembling exhibitions on campus. The art department also offers service-learning experiences, a robust study abroad program, guest lectures, internship opportunities and around-the-clock access to studios.

Saint Joseph's University's close proximity to Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington D.C. provides students with experiences to view works of art in renowned galleries and museums. The department offers trips to these locations for students to immerse themselves in these cultural experiences. 

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