Department of Art

Location: Arts Building, Suite 187

Phone: 303-615-0300

E-Mail: artdepartment@msudenver.edu

Website: Art Department Website

All students entering the department will be admitted under either the B.A. in Art or the B.A. in Art History, Theory and Criticism. After completion of the foundation courses and one other course in ART, CDES or ARTH, those wishing to pursue the B.F.A. in Art, the B.F.A. in Art Education, or the B.F.A. in Communication Design will be required to pass a formal portfolio review for admittance into those programs. The department also offers the minor in Studio Art, minor in Art History, Theory and Criticism, and the interdisciplinary Digital Media minor. Coursework leading to licensure in art education is available for those with an approved Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The art department’s programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Note: Art students will be expected to purchase tools and supplies appropriate to the media in which they are working. In addition, all art courses have a program fee for consumable materials and/or modeling fees.

Note: Art majors may not apply  ART 1212 - Non-Majors Ceramics: Handbuilding , ART 1213 - Non-Majors Ceramics: Wheelthrowing , ART 1251 - Jewelry and Metals for Non-Art Majors , ART 1261 - Painting for Non-Art Majors , ART 1271 - Film Photography for Non-Majors , ART 1273 - Digital Photography for Non-Art Majors , or ARTH 1500 - Art and Visual Literacy  to their degree requirements.

Page Modified June 30, 2023

Programs

• Art Education Major, B.F.A.
• Art History, Theory, and Criticism Major, B.A.
• Art Major, B.A.
• Art Major, B.F.A.
• Communication Design Major, B.F.A.

• Art History, Theory, and Criticism Minor
• Studio Art Minor

Courses

• ARTH 3510 - Variable Topics in Ancient Art
• ARTH 3520 - Medieval Art: Variable Topics
• ARTH 3530 - Renaissance Art: Variable Topics
• ARTH 3540 - Baroque Art: Variable Topics
• ARTH 3560 - 19th Century Art: Variable Topics
• ARTH 3580 - 20th and 21st Century Art: Variable Topics
• ARTH 3670 - History of Art Between World Wars
• ARTH 3690 - History of Communication Design
• ARTH 3780 - Cinema as Visual Art
• ARTH 3790 - Photography and Modernism
• ARTH 3980 - Internship in Art History
• ARTH 4410 - Art History and Its Methods
• ARTH 4480 - Art Theory and Criticism
• ARTH 4500 - Variable Topics Seminar in Art History, Theory and Criticism
• ARTH 4510 - Exhibiting the Art Object
• ARTH 4710 - Art History, Theory and Criticism Senior Experience
• ARTH 4720 - Directed Research in Art History, Theory and Criticism

• CDES 2222 - Fundamentals of Communication Design
• CDES 2225 - Typographic Syntax
• CDES 2226 - Design Inquiry
• CDES 2302 - Interactive Systems
• CDES 2602 - Interface Design and Development
• CDES 3001 - Zeromile and ‘Zines
• CDES 3101 - Community-Based Design
• CDES 3215 - Typographic Aesthetics
• CDES 3222 - Design Research Methods
• CDES 3225 - Integrated Production Techniques
• CDES 3300 - Data-Driven Design
• CDES 3500 - Site Specific Studies in CDES: Variable Topics
• CDES 3602 - Interactive Design I
• CDES 3623 - Identity and Systems Design
• CDES 3625 - Narrative Design
• CDES 3980 - Communication Design Junior Internship
• CDES 4051 - Sight Sound Syntax
• CDES 4151 - Design in Public Space
• CDES 4152 - Citizen Designers: Social Poster Design
• CDES 4202 - Interactive Design II
• CDES 4251 - Designing the Human Experience
• CDES 4252 - Mobile Prototyping
• CDES 4300 - Variable Topics in Communication Design
• CDES 4400 - Thesis Preparation
• CDES 4450 - Professional Practices in Communication Design
• CDES 4600 - Communication Design Portfolio Development
• CDES 4625 - Communication Design Internship
• CDES 4650 - Studio M
• CDES 4721 - Communication Design Senior Experience: Exhibition and Thesis
• CDES 4801 - Communication Design Studio Assistantship
• CDES 4802 - Letterpress Assistantship
• CDES 4842 - Directed Studies in Communication Design
• CDES 4848 - Directed Studies in Letterpress