Art at Millsaps College

The Department of Art at Millsaps College provides a program for strengthening your understanding of the creative arts through studio as well as art history courses. You will explore a variety of forms of creative expression, learning to set each within its broader cultural context. In the course of your work toward the major, you will find yourself developing a voice and a vision--a new mode of seeing and a new form of communication that involves both a deeper connection and a widened perspective. Through the process of creating, your ability to communicate will be enhanced, and through the process of writing and talking about creative production, your skills as a critical thinker will mature.

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Majors and Concentrations:

1) Studio Art major (11 courses: Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; two art history courses; Advanced Studio; two additional studio courses; Senior Seminar in Studio Art)

2) Studio Art major with a concentration in Digital Arts (11 courses: Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II: Topics in Digital Arts; Internship in Digital Arts; Advanced Studio in Digital Arts; one additional studio course; two art history courses; Senior Seminar in Studio Art with a senior project in Digital Arts)

3) Art History major (10 courses: six art history courses; Aesthetics or an additional art history course; two studio courses, one in a two-dimensional and the other in a three-dimensional medium; and Senior Seminar in Art History)

4) Art History major with a concentration in Museum Studies (10 courses: five art history courses; Museum Studies; two Museum Studies internships; Introduction to Management or Fundamentals in Marketing; Senior Seminar in Art History)

Double Majors:.

There are four options for a double major:

1) Double Major in Studio Art and Art History (17 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; Advanced Studio; two additional studio courses; six art history courses; Aesthetics or an additional art history course; Senior Seminar in Studio Art; Senior Seminar in Art History

2) Double Major in Studio Art and Art History (concentration Museum Studies) (19 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; Advanced Studio; two additional studio courses; five art history courses; Museum Studies; two Museum Studies internships; Introduction to Management or Fundamentals in Marketing; Senior Seminar in Studio Art; Senior Seminar in Art History

3) Double Major in Studio Art (concentration Digital Studies) and Art History (17 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II: Topics in Digital Arts; Internship in Digital Arts; Advanced Studio in Digital Arts; one additional studio course; six art history courses; Aesthetics or an additional art history course; Senior Seminar in Studio Art with a senior project in Digital Arts; Senior Seminar in Art History

4) Double Major in Studio Art (concentration Digital Studies) and Art History (concentration Museum Studies) (19 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II: Topics in Digital Arts; Internship in Digital Arts; Advanced Studio in Digital Arts; one additional studio course; five art history courses; Museum Studies; two Museum Studies internships; Introduction to Management or Fundamentals in Marketing; Senior Seminar in Studio Art with a senior project in Digital Arts; Senior Seminar in Art History

In each of these options, the student must pass the complete senior comprehensive process in both studio art and art history.

Minors:

1) Studio Art minor (5 courses: Drawing; Painting; Printmaking; Sculpture; and one other studio course)

2) Digital Arts minor (5 courses: Drawing, Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II [or Special Topics in Digital Arts]; Internship in Digital Arts or another Digital Arts course; and one other studio course)

3) Art History minor (5 courses: five art history courses, one of which may be a Core topics course taught by art department faculty)

4) Museum Studies minor (5 courses: three art history courses, Museum Studies, and one Museum Studies internship)

Note: Since you can only get a minor outside your major, if you’re a Studio major you could minor in Art History or Museum Studies (but not Digital Arts), and if you’re an Art History major you could minor in Studio Art or Digital Arts (but not Museum Studies).

"From art I've gained a more complete sense of history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, science, and politics. Art at Millsaps has truly helped me to bridge all the disciplines, and isn't that what a liberal arts education is all about?!"

"I believe that a good education isn't complete without some understanding of art, and the art history and studio classes are small at Millsaps and allow the type of interaction between students and professors that's most beneficial."