Effective Winter 2007, portfolios will no longer be required for admission to the major. The Art Department will become a non-selecting major.
See the Undergraduate Studies section of UCR Catalog for requirements that all students must satisfy.
College Requirements
See Degree Requirements, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, in the Undergraduate Studies Section, for requirements that students must satisfy.
Major Requirements
The Major Requirements for the B.A. in Art are as follows:
1. Lower-division requirements (24/25 units)
- ART 006/FVC 006 and ART 008 (must be taken during first year of residency in the department)
- Three additional lower-division Art courses: ART 001, ART 002, ART 003, ART 004/FVC 004, ART 005 or ART 007/FVC 007
- One of the following Art History courses: AHS 008/FVC 008, AHS 017A, AHS 017B, AHS 017C, or AHS 021/URST 021
- ART 160
- One of the following Art History courses: AHS 174/FVC 177, AHS 176/FVC 176, AHS 180, AHS 181, AHS 182, AHS 184/URST 184, AHS 185/URST 185, AHS 186 or any other upper-division Art History course that covers the period 1945 to present
- ART 180
- A minimum of 32 additional units of upper-division Art course work
- ART 195 or ART 185 (Senior Thesis). To fulfill Senior Thesis, students who have completed at least 32 of the required 48 units of upper-division Art course work make a formal presentation of a thesis project to a faculty committee two quarters prior to actual enrollment in Senior Thesis.
NOTE: A maximum of 12 upper-division transfer units of established equivalency in Art courses is accepted for credit. Equivalent transfer units in lower-division studio art course work and lower- and upper-division Art History course work is also accepted for credit toward the major in the respective lower- or upper-division category.
A minimum of 36 units of Art must be taken in residence (UCR Department of Art) to fulfill this major.
Undergraduate studies culminate in the creation of a senior thesis exhibition at the University's Sweeney Art Gallery, a practice unique to UCR among all undergraduate art programs in the UC system.
The Department's sculpture, video, computer, and photography laboratories have state-of-the-art equipment. The Sweeney Art Gallery hosts exhibitions of historical and contemporary importance as well as the work of students. The California Museum of Photography, located in downtown Riverside, has one of the largest and most complete collections of photography in America. It includes photographic apparatus, books and images spanning photography's entire history.
Art majors receive priority consideration for internships at both the Sweeney Gallery and the California Museum of Photography. Aspiring artists coming into the Art Department can submit samples of their work for the Chancellor's Performance Award. Recipients of the award receive up to $2,500. Other departmental grants and awards are available from the Art Department.
The University Honors Program offers lower-division courses taught by distinguished faculty and introduces undergraduates to the challenges and rewards of scholarship and research from the beginning of their undergraduate careers. In the upper division, the program invites outstanding students to design and produce honors theses and projects under individual faculty supervision. Through the departmental Honors Program, highly qualified students are invited to conduct a research thesis of their own initiative and design in collaboration with a faculty member. Participation in the Honors Program is the capstone of an excellent education.
Through the Education Abroad Program, UCR students can add an international perspective to their education by studying and living in another country while earning UC credit.
A faculty member serves as an advisor, assisting students in developing the best program to meet individual needs and interests.
- Meet the UC admission requirement for transfers.
- Complete the breadth requirement for UCR's College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, preferably by following the Intersegmental general Education Transfer Curriculum, IGETC.
- Complete the coursework required to meet the lower-division major requirements.
The lower-division requirements for art are as follows:
- ART 006/FVC 006 and ART 008 (must be taken during first year of residency in the department)
- Three additional lower-division Art courses: ART 001, ART 002, ART 003, ART 004/FVC 004 or ART 007/FVC 007
- One of the following Art History courses: AHS 008/FVC 008, AHS 017A, AHS 017B, AHS 017C, or AHS 021/URST 021
NOTE: A maximum of 12 upper-division transfer units of established equivalency in Art courses is accepted for credit. Equivalent transfer units in lower-division studio art course work and lower- and upper-division Art History course work is also accepted for credit toward the major in the respective lower- or upper-division category.
A minimum of 36 units of Art must be taken in residence (UCR Department of Art) to fulfill this major.
Detailed information about UCR's admission requirements is presented in the UC publications, Application for Undergraduate Admission & Scholarships, Introducing the University, and Answers for Transfers, and in the UC Riverside General Catalog. The UC publications are available at http://www.ucop.edu/pathways and at California high schools and community colleges. The UC Riverside General Catalog is online at http://www.ucr.edu or available for purchase through the UCR bookstore, (909) 787-4211.