Art education methods are taught for elementary and secondary levels. Art History courses are included for students in the major, the minor, and general education.

The Len G. Everett Gallery in the Hewes Library offers regularly scheduled exhibits of professional and student art throughout the year.

The Exhibition Experience
Students compete in the annual competitive exhibit and display work throughout the department.

Senior students culminate their experience in the Senior Art Exhibit.

College gallery allows students to access original works by featuring individual, group and traveling shows.

The Historical Component
Department surveys prehistoric art through contemporary art.  Special courses include: Asian Art and Culture and Women, Art and Feminism.

Unique features in the curriculum include the Junior and Senior Open Studio, Individual Study Contracts, and the Senior Art Seminar.  Small classes provide an opportunity for in-depth critiques and discussions as faculty work closely with each other and students, encouraging a multimedia and cross-disciplinary approach when appropriate.

Off-Campus Programs
Field trips are organized to the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, the Chicago Field Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, the St. Louis Art Museum, and to special exhibitions and gallery talks.

The Arts in London/Florence Programs are available to Monmouth College students. These are competitive programs which offr students the ability to live and experience art in other countries. Other competitive programs offered through the Associated Colleges of the Midwest take students to Africa, Japan, China, India and Russia.

The Chicago Semester in the Arts Program introduces the student to the art community in Chicago. In this competitive program the student lives in Chicago in approved housing provided by the ACM. There are independent study and seminar-type classes in the city, internships with an artist, or at a museum or a gallery, and students are able to experience the arts in Chicago through the core courses.

For students interested in architecture, another unique program is our 3+4 cooperative architecture program with Washington University, where a student completes three years at Monmouth College concentrating on liberal arts studies and certain specified art courses.  Following the submission of appropriate transcripts and a portfolio of art projects, the student is accepted into the Washington University Architecture Program. The student receives a B.A. in art from Monmouth College after completion of the first year at Washington University and a master's in architecture after three additional years there.

Graduate School Opportunities
Among the graduate schools from which Monmouth College art majors have received advanced degrees are: Pratt Institute, the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, the University of Iowa, Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of California at Berkeley and at Riverside, Michigan State University, the University of Virginia, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University and Western Illinois University.

Art Major
A major in Art requires at least 39 semester hours in the department. Students may choose one of five possible concentrations: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, or Graphic Design. Each of the concentrations requires the 18-semester-hour Foundation Program, the first and second sequence of the said concentration and 6 semester hours from the Advanced Studio courses. The department recommends that students complete 9 semester hours of the Advanced Studio, with ARTD 440 taken concurrently with ARTD 450 during the senior year. Students choosing a concentration in Graphic Design are encouraged to take ARTD 236, as well.

Requirements for the Art Minor (minimum of 24 semester hours):
ARTD 111 Design
ARTD 121 Drawing I
Six semester hours from the following courses:
ARTD 123 Sculpture I
ARTD 125 Hand-built Clay
ARTD 126 Wheel-thrown Clay
ARTD 142 Painting I
Three semester hours from the following courses:
ARTD 200 Art History I
ARTD 201 Art History II or ARTD 302 Contemporary Art
Six semester hours from the following courses:
ARTD 236 Photography
ARTD 240 Drawing II
ARTD 241 Painting II
ARTD 242 Sculpture II
ARTD 244 Ceramics II
ARTD 320 Junior Studio or ARTD 420 Senior Studio
ARTD 345 Graphic Design I or ARTD 445 Graphic Design II

Required Foundation Program Courses (18 semester hours):
ARTD 111 Design
ARTD 121 Drawing I
ARTD 200 Art History I
ARTD 201 Art History II
ARTD 302 Contemporary Art History
ARTD 450 Senior Art Seminar
Required Studio Foundation Courses (6 semester hours):
One 2-D course and one 3-D course are recommended from the following courses:
ARTD 123 Sculpture I
ARTD 125 Hand-built Clay
ARTD 126 Wheel-thrown Clay
ARTD 142 Painting I
ARTD 345 Graphic Design I

Required In-Depth Studio Courses (6 semester hours):
ARTD 236 Photography
ARTD 240* Drawing II
ARTD 241* Painting II
ARTD 242* Sculpture II
ARTD 244* Ceramics II
ARTD 445* Graphic Design II
*May be repeated for credit once, but only one of these courses may be repeated.

Required Advanced Studio Courses (6 semester hours)
ARTD 320 Junior Studio
ARTD 420 Senior Studio
ARTD 440 Independent Study


The Process Portfolio
All Art majors are required to maintain a continuous portfolio from year to year. In addition to an actual portfolio with representative work from every art class taken, a slide portfolio of the same work must be submitted to the art department each year. A rationale-of-study statement and relevant papers will be submitted with the slides. A comprehensive slide sheet will be retained by the Art Department upon graduation.

Teacher Certification
Students interested in certification to teach art at the secondary level are, in addition to the major described above, required to take TEDP 377, and if K-12 certification TDEP 367 must also be included. The department counsels such students to include ARTD 124 and 211 in their major. Additional requirements for teacher certification in elementary and secondary art are detailed in the catalog section about the Education Department.

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