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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Studio Art, B.A.


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Students must complete the Oakland University General Education Requirements, General College of Arts and Sciences requirements , College of Arts and Sciences Exploratory requirement , Major Requirements, and an appropriate number of free elective classes to meet the overall credit requirement for the degree (in most cases a minimum of 124; some degrees may require a greater number).

As a general rule, no more than eight credits of coursework used to satisfy one major, minor or concentration may be applied toward another, but exceptions to this rule may be allowed with the written approval of the program coordinators.

Schedule of Classes


Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

General Education Requirements


In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their general education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundations, Explorations, and Integration. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements   section of the catalog.

Requirements for the liberal arts major in Studio Art, B.A.


All majors in studio art must complete a group of core, multidisciplinary, elective, art history, and advanced-level courses. A minimum of 62 credits are required for the major; distributed as shown below.  Only courses in which the student has earned at least a (C) may be counted toward the major.  A maximum of 16 transfer credits may be used toward the major.

2. Multidisciplinary Art


3. Art History (8 credits)


Choose any two AH courses in addition to AH 1002  (3000-level encouraged)*

Advising Note


*3000-level course options are strongly recommended in order to meet OU upper division credit requirements. Students must successfully complete at least 32 credits in courses at the 3000 level or above to meet this requirement.

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