Bachelor of Arts: Visual Culture – Vienna Campus
The B.A. Visual Culture emphasis is available at the Vienna Campus. However, many of the required courses are regular offerings and may be used to supplement the visual culture coursework in Vienna. This program is offered through the Art Department in the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts. Please see the Schools and Colleges catalog for further information.
Degree Requirements:
60 required credit hours
# applicable university global citizenship or general education program hours
# ectives
Required Courses:
ART 1010 Creative Strategies – 3 hr
ART 1110 Introduction to Drawing – 3 hr
ART 1210 Design Concepts – 3 hr
ART 1700 Photo I – 3 hr
ARHS 2200 Current Art – 3 hr
ARHS 2210 Introduction to the History of Western Art – 3 hr
ART 2212 Art, Business, and Visual Culture (in Vienna) – 3 hr
ARHS 2230 Visual Literacy (in Vienna) – 3 hr
ARHS 2320 Introduction to Asian Art – 3 hr
or ARHS 2400 Indigenous Arts of the World – 3 hr
ART 3830 Alternative Media – 3 hr
ARHS 4700 Cultural Organizations: Structure and Theory – 3 hr
ARHS 4730 Art Theory and Criticism – 3 hr
ART 4800 Apprenticeships in Art – 6 hr
ART 4920 Seminar in Visual Culture (Overview) (in Vienna) – 3 hr
MNGT 3600 Management in the Arts (in Vienna) – 3 hr
In addition to the above, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of studio art or art history elective courses
at the 2000 level or above. This may include: ARHS 2000 Art Forum (1-3 credits), in which students attend lectures by practicing artists and scholars and/or visit museums and sites for the viewing of artworks, and which may be repeated if
content differs.
The following courses, or similar, are recommended to fulfill global citizenship/general education or elective requirements
in order to enrich an individualized visual culture track.
SOCI 2000 Issues in Contemporary Sociology – 3 hr
ANTH 2300 Culture and Communication – 3 hr
ANTH 4330 Gender and Sex – 3 hr
ENGL 4010 Art and the Artist – 3 hr
FLST 1800 Film Appreciation – 3 hr
FLST 2060 Modern World Cinema – 4 hr
HIST 3000 Ideas in History – 3 hr
MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications – 3 hr
MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media – 3 hr
PHIL 3120 Philosophy and Art – 3 hr
PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology – 3 hr
PSYC 2000 Issues in Contemporary Psychology – 1-4 hr
RELG 2400 Religion and the Arts – 3 hr
Completion of a supportive minor may add a specific focus to the visual culture emphasis in art. Typical minors would
include:
Management Minor:
It is suggested that a management minor should include the following courses:
ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting
ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting
MNGT 2100 Management Theory and Practices
MNGT 3400 Human Resource Management
MNGT 3450 Principles of Organizational Behavior
MNGT 3500 Marketing
Psychology Minor:
A minor in psychology includes PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology and five additional psychology courses.
