Minors in Art + Design

The Art minor allows students to acquire foundational knowledge of the discipline of Art. To complete an Art minor, students are required to take three art foundations courses that will introduce them to the fundamentals of art and design principles. Students are also required to take two Art History courses, to gain an understanding of the underlying theoretical and historical principles in Art. Finally, students complete the Art minor by taking two art elective courses of their choice.

Minor: 21 credit hours (7 courses)

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The Art History minor allows students to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of art history and theory. Students begin by taking two survey courses, chosen from the following three class options: ARTH 1450: Western Art I, ARTH 1460: Western Art II, or ARTH 2700: Survey of World Art. Courses in the Art History Division are taught by nationally and internationally renowned faculty in several areas of specialization: African Art, Classical Art and Archaeology, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Renaissance Art and Visual Culture.

Minor: 21 credit hours (7 courses)

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The Design for Social Impact (DSI) minor, presented by the Division of Graphic Design, is a cross-disciplinary structure of 18 credit hours to teach the understanding of design theory, research and practice for implementing social change. Along with graphic design courses focused on design thinking, collaboration, methods, and making; the minor will direct students toward addressing the social challenges of climate change, human rights, health and healthcare, public policy, and social enterprise. The minor intends to empower students as a catalytic role in communities through projects focused on cultivating empathetic and positive social impact solutions from ideation to implementation. Students must achieve a grade of C or better in all courses taken for the minor.

The DSI Minor is for students who are interested in expanding their major of study by learning how to become agents of change through socially-minded work. This minor will guide students through a human-centered design process that includes invention, innovation and creative problem solving filtered through topics focused on the public good.

Minor: 18 credit hours (6 courses) 

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The Digital Arts division in the School of Art offers a minor in Digital Arts with specializations in several possible areas of focus. Students choosing the Digital Arts minor can choose to focus on one or more of the following tracks, selecting the courses that best complement their major. See the Digital Arts faculty for best choices for your area of focus within Digital Arts:

3D MODELING & ANIMATION
3D modeling and both traditional and 3D animation, special effects, compositing, and interactivity in 3D virtual environments. Students create narrative character and/or non-narrative experimental animations.

VIDEO ART
Single-channel video art and video installation. Experimental approaches to creating moving imagery, including live-action compositing, motion graphics, and sound design.

IMAGING
2D digital imaging. Digital photography, digital painting, collage, integration of 3D media and hybrid media. Works are realized using various printing techniques including large format, 3D printing, as well as experimental processes.

INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Emphasis on creative art development using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Processing for online and mobile devices as well as installation and interactive physical artworks.

Minor: 21 credit hours (7 courses)
*A course may not simultaneously fulfill major and minor requirements. School of Art majors, see advisor for options.

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The Glass minor provides students with an in depth focus on glass as a creative tool. It is intended for any university student seeking complement their major area of study with glass-based, hands-on studio practice.

Minor: 15 hours (5 courses)

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The Jewelry Design minor will prepare students for careers in jewelry design, making manufacture, and repair, either as independent designers and makers or through opportunities available in the industry. These include repair design, and manufacture of unique limited edition production work or mass produced products for retail or wholesale markets.

Minor: 15 hours (5 courses)

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The Photography minor will focus on the medium as it applies to disciplines and other applications outside the BFA degree requirements. The minor is intended for students seeking significant experience with fine-art Photography that they can connect to their major field of study. The Photography minor consists of 15 credit hours of coursework in traditional processes such as large format film cameras, as well as digital and alternative processes. Students will consider Photography as a tool for personal expression and community engagement.

Minor: 15 hours (5 courses)

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Students will learn traditional and contemporary printmaking processes such as relief, etching, lithography, screenprint and bookmaking.

Minor: 15 hours (5 courses)

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The Product Design and Innovation minor in Sculpture is a unique program encouraging exploration of curriculum, materials and media offered broadly across Bowling Green State University’s campus. Students will experience courses from engineering, architecture, entrepreneurship, art, and design. The PDI minor advocates for the development of a multidisciplinary approach emphasizing a career that promotes students to become advocates of their ideas and life-long learners. Key strengths of the program include: the development of problem solving skills via contemporary design-thinking, design-based representation, entrepreneurship, virtual and handmade modeling as well as digital and handmade production. The goal, to create a unique blend of collaborative leaning, evoke innovated thinking, apply physical hands-on techniques, and the use of contemporary technology as it relates to current issues and personal pursuits in field of product design.

Minor: 23 hours (8 courses)

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Jointly offered by the Department of English and the School of Art, the Word and Image minor is an academic option for any student interested in exploring the intersection between writing and the visual arts through the making of graphic novels, comics, picture books, photo books, video games, and illustrations. Completion of the minor requires 21 credit hours of course work; a 9 hour core, 6 hours of electives in "Word" and 6 hours of electives in "Image" courses. Students conclude the minor by completing ENG 4960 Word and Image Studio, a capstone course emphasizing collaborative and/or individual work on projects that synthesize knowledge and skills developed in previous core and elective courses. The Word and Image minor is designed to be equally accessible to BA/BFA Art students, BA in English and BFA in Creative Writing students, and students from degree programs across the University.

Word and Image Minor Course Requirements (21 hour)

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