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Curriculum

Curriculum Summary

Textiles majors are required to take Beginning Studios in three areas of concentration: fiber sculpture, textile printing, and weaving.

As students progress through the curriculum, they develop skills in one or more of these areas in the Intermediate and Advanced Studios. In addition, majors are required to take a Textile Workshop, which offers intensive training in a specific technique.

Majors are also required to take a Textile History and a Textile Topic Seminar to further their conceptual and intellectual understanding of the medium.

In Senior Project, advanced students work toward building a cohesive body of work culminating in a senior exhibition.

Studio Requirements

Core Studio

Drawing 1
3 units
Visual Dynamics (2D, 3D & 4D)
9 units

Textiles Major Requirements

Beg. Studio: Intro. to Textiles, Printing, Weaving, or Fiber Sculpture
9 units
Intermediate Studio: Areas of Concentration
6 units
Advanced Studio: Areas of Concentration
6 units
Textile Workshop
3 units
Digital Tools
3 units
Combined Media
3 units
Textile Topic Seminar
3 units
Senior Project: Textiles
6 units

Additional Studio Requirements

Interdisciplinary Critique
3 units
Interdisciplinary Studio
3 units
Diversity Studies Studio
3 units
Studio Electives
15 units

75 total units

Humanities & Sciences Requirements

English 1: Language Dynamics
3 units
English 2: Literature and Writing
3 units
Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern
3 units
Introduction to the Modern Arts
3 units
Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)
3 units
Media History: Textiles
3 units
Visual Studies Electives
3 units
Science
3 units
Mathematics
3 units
Philosophy / Social Science
3 units
Foundation in Critical Studies
3 units
Cultural History
3 units
Methods Of Knowledge Seminar
3 units
Literature Seminar (304 level)
3 units
Diversity Studies Seminar
3 units
Humanities & Science Electives
6 units

51 total units

These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2008 and spring 2009.

Current Courses

See the Course Schedule for current courses and descriptions.


Suggested Course Map

Use the Textile Program's Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2008 and spring 2009.