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.