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Creative Practice: Art and Writing (Minor)

This minor is an introduction to a cross-disciplinary approach to a creative arts practice in art-making and creative writing. This minor is not available to English majors in the Creative Writing concentration. Six courses are required.    

The Art School Course Requirements

Three Art, Media, and Design courses (12 credit hours) from one area of focus listed below are required. When completing the three courses for the area of focus, a student should first take a Beginning/first level course, then an Intermediate/second-level course, and finally an elective course in the area of focus. Questions please email, The Art School Advising art.advising@depaul.edu.

Digital Photography Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 220
THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY
ART 224
BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY *
ART 304
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK
ART 321
INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY *
ART 325
ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS
ART 329
ADVANCED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Drawing Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 106
BEGINNING DRAWING *
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 206
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING *
ART 306
ADVANCED DRAWING
ART 376
DRAWING PROJECTS
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Figure Drawing Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 106
BEGINNING DRAWING *
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 218
FIGURE DRAWING *
ART 318
ADVANCED FIGURE DRAWING
ART 338
FIGURE DRAWING IN CONTEXT
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Graphic Art Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 101
DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS *
ART 105
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 204
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
ART 264
INTERMEDIATE GRAPHIC ART II: TEXT IN THE VISUAL ARTS *
ART 358
ADVANCED GRAPHIC ART I
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Painting Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 105
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS *
or ART 106
 BEGINNING DRAWING
ART 110
BEGINNING PAINTING *
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 210
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING I
ART 245
PAINTING: MIXOLOGY
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Photography Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 220
THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY
ART 225
BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY *
ART 304
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK
ART 323
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY *
ART 325
ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS
ART 332
TOPICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Printmaking Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 105
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS *
or ART 106
 BEGINNING DRAWING
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 229
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING *
or ART 231
 SCREEN PRINTING
ART 324
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING
ART 331
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING: SCREEN PRINTING
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Sculpture Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 113
THREE DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS *
or ART 114
 FOUR DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS
ART 115
BEGINNING SCULPTURE *
or ART 117
 INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 215
INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE
ART 313
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION ART
ART 315
ADVANCED SCULPTURE
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Video Art Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 220
THINKING PHOTOGRAPHY
ART 226
BEGINNING VIDEO ART *
ART 289
INTERMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO *
ART 326
ADVANCED TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART
*The Art School recommends the student takes these classes

Web Art & Design Focus

Course Title Quarter Hours
Electives12
ART 114
FOUR DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS *
or ART 101
 DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS
ART 200
ART & ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
ART 224
BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY *
ART 358
ADVANCED GRAPHIC ART I
ART 385
ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN III: WEB ART & POST-INTERNET ART
ART 386
WEB ART & DESIGN II
ART 395
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART

The English Department

Creative Writing Requirements

Three courses are required from the following list:

Requirements

  • ENG 201

Elective Requirement

Select two writing workshops  from the following list:

Course Title Quarter Hours
ENG 209
TOPICS IN WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 216
CREATING CHARACTERS (may be taken only once)
ENG 290
THE CRAFT OF CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 291
THE CRAFT OF FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 292
THE CRAFT OF POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 306
ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 307
ADVANCED FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 308
ADVANCED POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice)
ENG 309
ADVANCED TOPICS IN WRITING (repeatable with different topics)

For additional programming information: ART website and English-Creative Writing website

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