All studio art majors are required to take three graduated and required seminars (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) aimed at creating a sense of community within the program and at supplementing studio courses by addressing issues and concerns of the visual artist.

Modern/postmodern, abstract/figurative, social/cultural, critical/poetic, interior/exterior, American/European...in the Junior Seminar we will look at these and other issues in modern art. Discussions will be tied to readings, slide talks, visiting artists' talks and a field trip. We will look at all media: painting, sculpture, installation work, video, film, etc. Students will make a final presentation about their own work in relation to themes investigated during the term.

All studio art majors (and interested photography majors) who are engaged in the Senior Project will meet for a weekly seminar/critique/discussion. The aim of the meeting will be to create a forum for the continual exchange of views and ideas among the senior students and to encourage and develop skill in articulating ideas in speech and writing. Its form and subject will change week to week, but will include writing assignments (toward "Word and Image" catalogue); group critiques and discussion of student work; discussion of exhibitions on campus; discussion with guest speakers. All studio art seniors must participate.