The Sculpture & Ceramics minor is often added as a secondary focus of study in order to complement or enhance a student's major or chosen career path. Students may also choose to add the minor in order to pursue an area of interest without the responsibility of a major.

The minor embodies many of the key historical, critical, theoretical, methodological and contextual elements embedded within the more comprehensive framework of the major.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Apply a range of materials, processes and techniques within their chosen concentration as a primary form of artistic expression
• Analyze interpret and comprehend the elements that constitute a work of art (visual, functional, psychological, and social)
• Engage in self-directed problem solving analysis and critical thinking, and take creative and intellectual risks in the production of original artwork
• Employ scholarly and visual research in developing concepts, principles, and theories that underlie their artistic intentions, and effectively communicate them orally and in written form

A total of 18 credit hours are required for the minor in Sculpture & Ceramics. 

Foundation Courses (3)
Course Number	Title	Credits
FNAR 110 or FNAR 113	Foundations of Visual Art or Drawing I	3
History Courses (3)
Course Number	Title	Credits
FNAR ---	Art History Elective	3
Applied Courses (12)
Course Number	Title	Credits
FNAR 120 or FNAR 121	Ceramics: Handbuilding or Ceramics: Wheelthrowing	3
FNAR 124	Sculpture Foundations	3
FNAR 222 or FNAR 224	Sculpture/Ceramics: Form & Function or Sculpture/Ceramics: Multiples	3
FNAR 322	Sculpture/Ceramics: Advanced Studio	3