Artistic disciplines enable you to create and transform, helping you to apply your skills in a way that engages contemporary culture and offers an expression of your perspectives — and your faith. Well-trained artists go on to pursue a wide range of professional careers, from fine arts, graphic design, arts administration, photography, and animation to media-focused businesses, marketing, and public relations.
Courses and requirements
For an Art History and Visual Studies minor, you will be required to take at least 30 credits, including at least 15 upper-division credits. Review all of the courses and requirements.
For a Studio Art minor with a 2-D Media emphasis, you will be required to take at least 35 credits, including at least 15 upper-division credits. Review all of the courses and requirements.
For a Studio Art minor with a 3-D Media emphasis, you will be required to take at least 36 credits, including at least 17 upper-division credits. Review all of the courses and requirements.
For a Studio Art minor with a Digital Media emphasis, you will be required to take at least 33 credits, including at least 15 upper-division credits. Review all of the courses and requirements.
For an Information Studies: Art minor, you will be required to take at least 30 credits, including at least 15 upper-division credits. Review all of the courses and requirements.
You do not need to submit a portfolio for review with an intended Art minor.
You may enter the Art History and Visual Studies Major and the Visual Arts Major, as well as any of the minors, during your first quarter at SPU. Entrance to these majors and the minors after your first quarter requires only good academic standing (2.0 or higher SPU cumulative GPA).
Entrance into the Art Major (and its various emphases) or to the Visual Communications Major requires a portfolio submission. Consult the undergraduate catalog for complete information on how and when to enter and what you must do to complete the program.