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Undergraduate Programs
Last modified: 10.30.07
The School of Design provides opportunities for undergraduate
study in Fine Arts, Architecture, and Digital Media Design.
In addition, the school offers minors, summer programs for
high school students, and professional workshops.
Architecture (B.A)
The B.A.
with a Major in Architecture is offered by the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Major in Fine Arts (B.A.)
The Undergraduate Program in Fine Arts concentrates on the development of the student's sensory awareness, ability to think in response to it, and proficiency in the visualization of thought through the manipulation of materials and processes. This is achieved through comprehensive course of study that ensures investigative exposure to the widest variety of means.
Fine Arts programming is comprehensive and includes a sequence of courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, animation, film/video, graphic design and multi-media.
For additional information please visit http://www.undergradfinearts.org/index.pl
Major
in Digital Media Design (B.S.E.)
Digital Media Design (DMD) is an interdisciplinary major in the School of
Engineering and Applied Science at Penn. It combines a major
in computer science with Communication theory courses from
the Annenberg School, and Fine Arts courses from the School
of Design. DMD was designed for students who have an interest
in computer graphics, animation, and the design of virtual
reality environments. As DMD majors, students will complete
a Bachelors of Science in Engineering degree which includes
six courses in Mathematics, five courses in natural science
such a Physics, as well as courses in Psychology, eleven Computer
Science courses, and seven social science and humanities courses.
In addition, DMD students will take six courses in Communications
(including film, visual communication, persuasion, non-verbal
communication, and communication theory) and six courses in
Fine Arts (including drawing, digital design foundations,
3-D design, computer graphics, and advanced animation). DMD
students, like many engineers at Penn, take 40 courses to
earn their degree which is possible to complete in 4 years.
For additional information please see the DMD websites at
http://www.dmd.upenn.edu
http://www.dmd.upenn.edu/under/bas_dmd.html
Major
in Visual Studies (B.A.)
The Visual Studies Major is an interdisciplinary program on the nature and culture of seeing. It combines courses from art history, philosophy, psychology, and others, from the College of Arts and Sciences and fine arts, design, and architecture courses from the School of Design.
The objectives of a Visual Studies Major are several:
- To acquire a critical awareness of seeing, and of the problems and possibilities for investigating, thinking and writing about seeing in the 21st century.
- Explore the status of images as representations or models of visual experience and as bearers of information, and to develop skills in interpreting artifacts visually.
- Provide an overview of the disciplines that investigate human vision, including their basic methods and major theories (e.g., communications, cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, art history, fine arts, film studies).
- Students will explore areas of convergence among these disciplines — how they complement and inform each other in current practice, or how they might potentially do so.
- In addition they will develop skills in the making of art ranging from the two- and three-dimensional to the digital
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For additional information please see http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/vlst/
Minor in Fine Arts
The Fine Arts Minor consists of five course units selected from the undergraduate course offerings of the department and one course unit of Art History. The five Fine Arts courses must include two semester of drawing, one semester of design and two studios of the student's choosing. Painters must take color theory.
Minor in Photography
The Fine Arts department has a minor in Photography which focuses more on photography than the Fine Arts minor does, permitting the student to attain a high level and greater breadth of technical expertise within the historical framework. The several courses required for this minor include one semester of drawing, one semester of design, one semester of the History of Photography from the History of Art department and four photography studios, at least two of which must be in advanced photography classes.
Special Programs
Penn Summer Art Studios for High School Students
Penn Summer Arts Studios is an intensive program of study for the serious high school Junior and Senior students seeking university level instruction in the visual arts. The program consists of studios in six areas of concentration: drawing and painting studio, digital video, animation, photography, architecture and ceramics.
In these classes students will study with the University of Pennsylvania's nationally ranked fine arts faculty. In addition to being veteran university faculty, each instructor has considerable experience in, as well as, a commitment to, the education of high school age students. Penn's teachers and assistants understand the creative process and they personalize their curriculum to support each student's art experience and abilities.
The visual arts students will attend their classes in Penn's Charles Addams Hall. This state of the art building features high tech digital and electronic imaging facilities, professionally equipped photography laboratories and bright, spacious drawing and painting studios. For additional information please go to http://www.aasapenn.org/.
Professional Workshops
Each year the Department of Fine Arts and the College of General Studies selects workshops to be presented through the continuing education program of the University of Pennsylvania. These workshops are designed to develop and enhance skills in design, fine arts, and motion graphics. Geared to a working audience the workshops are usually one to two weeks in length and are often offered in the evenings. The selection varies from year to year. Please refer to http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/cultural/fine/ for additional information.
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