School of Art

About the School
Program Offerings & Course Descriptions

Lydia Thompson, M.F.A., Director

Professors: Dingus, Fuentes, Germany, Glover, Granados, A. Martin, Morrow, Tate, Thompson, Wink
Associate Professors: Akins-Tillet, W. Cannings, Check, Chua, Cortez, Elko, Elliott, Flueckiger, D. Fowler, Lindsay, Orfila, Ortega, Slagle, Steele, Tedeschi, Venhuizen, Yoo
Assistant Professors: Elrod, Fremaux, Gong, Humphreys, Johnson, Peralta, Schmickle, Warren-Crow
Adjunct Faculty: Bondt, S. Cannings, Collins-Dean, C. Fowler, Larsen, Mathis, Milosevich, Peanick, Peaslee, Sizer, Wheeler

CONTACT INFORMATION: 101 Art Building, Box 42081, Lubbock, TX 79409-2081, T 806.742.3826, F 806.742.1971, www.art.ttu.edu

About the School

This school supervises the following degree and certificate programs:

Bachelor of Arts in Art
Fields of Specialization: Art History, Studio Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art
Fields of Specialization: Graphic Design, Studio Art, Visual Studies (leading toward teacher certification)
Master of Art Education
Master of Arts in Art History
Master of Fine Arts in Art
Field of Specialization: Studio Art
Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts
Field of Specialization: Art (Critical Studies and Artistic Practice)
Graduate Certificate in Art History, Criticism, and Theory

The school’s degree programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The Bachelor of Interior Design and Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design and Manufacturing degree programs in the College of Human Sciences are also accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Undergraduate Program

Mission Statement. The School of Art is committed to providing a stimulating and challenging environment that will develop creative and scholarly potential in students, support faculty members in the pursuit of excellence in teaching and research, serve public and professional constituencies, and promote intercultural understandings through art.

Degree programs engage students in art through an examination of contemporary, historical, and cross-cultural issues, ideas, and actions in relation to multiple, diverse, and global visual cultures. The School of Art emphasizes exhibition opportunities, contemporary technologies, critical discourse, and interdisciplinary opportunities. The school offers students the opportunity to minor in art history, studio art, or fine art photography. Nonmajors who desire experience in the visual arts as part of their liberal education will find a varied selection of course offerings.

Transfer Students. The freshman and sophomore art curriculum is consistent with the art curriculum for higher education approved by the Coordinating Board. The School of Art at Texas Tech therefore respects the standard art core curriculum with regard to transfer credit. In some cases, a portfolio of previous work in art and a transcript of completed courses may be necessary for the purposes of advising and placement in the degree program.

Art Foundations. All students seeking a degree in art are required to take 22 hours of Art Foundations courses in the areas of studio art and art history. These courses consist of the following: ART 1100 , ART 1303 , ART 2304 , ART 1302 , ART 2303 , ARTH 1301 , ARTH 2302 and ARTH 3303 .

Advanced Placement. Students entering art programs may be considered for advanced placement in the Art Foundations program through the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or the School of Art Foundations Portfolio Review. Art students who score a 4 or 5 on the College Board Exams in drawing portfolio, two-dimensional design portfolio, or three-dimensional design portfolio will receive credit for Drawing I, and/or Design I, and/or Design II (3-dimensional design) (ART 1302 , ART 1303 , ART 2303 ). Students who are awarded advanced placement through the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP) may earn 6 hours of college credit. Entering art students who receive a 4 or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement Program in art history will be exempt from taking ARTH 1301 and ARTH 2302 .

Individualized Programs. Through a unified foundations program, the School of Art prepares students to develop increasingly specialized and diverse courses of study. No grade below C is accepted for transfer credit in fields of specialization, minors, concentrations, or emphases. Most upper-level art courses are repeatable for credit with a change of topics and allow for individualized instruction.

Semester Credit Hour and Contact Hour Equivalents. For most purposes a traditionally offered face-to-face course will have a minimum of 15 contact hours for each semester credit hour. Thus, a 1-credit-hour course should meet for at least 15 hours over a long semester and a 3-credit-hour course should meet for 45 hours over the semester. Courses taught during a summer session are expected to have the same number of contact hours as if they were taught during a long semester. It is permitted to offer a course in a shortened schedule, online, or in other non-traditional formats that do not meet the contact hour requirement if the course has been reviewed by a college faculty committee and the Office of the Provost and approved as having the same learning outcomes as a comparable course delivered traditionally.

In-residence students and any students in their semester of graduation must be enrolled in a minimum of one credit-bearing semester hour. Registration in remedial and other zero-credit hour coursework must be accompanied by one credit-bearing course. Should a student drop to zero credit hours, the student will be withdrawn from the institution.

Pursuant to the Texas Tech University Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog, the Texas Administrative Code, and norms stated in the NASAD Handbook, the credit and time expectations for School of Art courses are as follows:

For studio- or project-based courses, a standard of 30 in-class contact hours per credit hour per term is employed. Further, noncontact hour time expectations for out-of-class student activity typically range from 15 to 30 hours per credit hour per term.
For traditionally delivered 3-credit-hour lecture- or seminarbased courses during a regular semester, students should expect to be in class for 3 hours per week and work outside of class a minimum of 6 hours per week. For 3-credit-hour studio- or project-based courses, students should expect to be in class for 6 hours per week and work outside of class between 3 and 6 hours per week.

Studio Art Centers International (SACI). Texas Tech University’s association with SACI offers students the opportunity to study studio art, art history, and the Italian language in the heart of Florence, Italy. Year-long or summer study opportunities take full advantage of the rich past of Florence, its artistic resources, cultural offerings, and SACI’s premier art facility and faculty. SACI is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

School Residency Requirements. Students working toward a B.F.A. degree in visual studies, graphic design, or studio art must complete a minimum of 30 hours of art in residence, 24 of which must be upper-division courses. Students working toward a B.A. in Art with a field of specialization in art history or studio art must complete at least 24 hours of upper-division courses in their field of specialization in residence. At least 9 hours of upper-division courses must be taken in residence for the minor.

Distance Learning Courses. Field of specialization or minor courses may not be taken by distance learning.

Writing Intensive Requirement. Students must complete at least 6 hours of writing intensive courses in their field of specialization. ART 4335 , ART 4359 , ARTH 3303 , ARTV 4365 , and most upper-level ARTH courses are writing intensive.

Laptop Initiative Program. As students begin their major coursework in the photography, graphic design, and visual studies programs, they will be required to have a laptop computer that meets specific criteria. For current information consult the School of Art website, www.art.ttu.edu.

Graduate Program

For information on graduate programs offered by the School of Art, visit the Graduate School section of the catalog.

Program Offerings & Course Descriptions

Programs

Bachelor’s

Undergraduate Minor

Courses

Art (Undergraduate Courses)

Art History (Undergraduate Courses)

Art–Visual Studies (Undergraduate Courses)