Foundations
Drawing I
Students are introduced to the visual language of drawing, the graphic elements, various drawing media, and the creative problems involved.
Foundations Installation
Work from our foundations students are featured in the annual foundations show
Get Out and Do It!
Our art history students take a trip to Utah's iconic Spiral Jetty
3D Design
Three-dimensional problem solving as well as the use of a range of materials.
Fine Arts Seminar
As part of the fine arts seminar, our guest artists also provide workshops that are open to students.
Open Studios
A student practices three-dimensional form and space relationships
The faculty of the Department of Art + Design believe that Foundations should foster creativity, self-awareness, critical thinking, and core competencies. We have designed an immersive program that gives students rigorous, intensive, and challenging training in the principles of visual art expression. Foundations builds a community of student artists, designers, and scholars who enthusiastically embrace the power of art and design to shape our worlds.
Required Courses
All students coded as undeclared-art (UND-ART), undeclared art education (UND-ART ED), or undeclared-interior design (UND-ID) must take a series of classes during their first year, these are the Foundations courses. You must earn at least a cumulative overall GPA of 2.75 to be eligible to submit a portfolio for admission to the BS or BID degree program.
Art 1020 Drawing I – 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a C
Art 1120 2-Dimensional Design – 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a C
Art 1130 3-Dimensional Design – 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a C
Arth 2710 Survey of Western Art (part 1) – 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a C
Arth 2720 Survey of Western Art (part 2) – 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a C
ID 1790 Interior Design Theory (ID Only) - 3 credits - Required minimum grade is a B-