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MINOR IN ART & DESIGN

The School of Art & Design offers a minor in Art and Design to eligible UM students. Students must secure written approval from their home school or college to pursue an A&D minor and must develop a plan for the minor in consultation with an advisor in the School of Art & Design.

Advising appointments may be scheduled by visiting the Smucker-Wagstaff Academic Programs Center or by calling (734) 764-0397.

Before declaring a minor, students must have completed a college level drawing course with a minimum B grade.

Minor in Art & Design Requirements

Core Studio Course Requirements

One 3-credit Tools, Materials & Processes (TMP) course:

Course Title	Course #	Credits
Tools, Materials, and Processes I: Construction	120	3
Tools, Materials, and Processes II: Messages	121	3
Tools, Materials, and Processes III: Time	220	3

One 3-credit Concept, Form, & Context (CFC) course:

Course Title	Course #	Credits
Concept, Form, and Context I: The Human Being	130	3
Concept, Form, and Context II: Culture	230	3
Concept, Form, and Context III: Nature	231	3

A&D Academic Course

One 3-credit A&D Perspectives course:

Course Title	Course #	Credits
Art & Design Perspectives I: The Creators	150	3
Art & Design Perspectives II: Society	151	3
Art & Design Perspectives III: Technology & the Environment	250	3

Elective Studio Courses

Three 3-credit Elective Studio courses (9 credits total). Elective studio courses may include non-major courses, additional CFC and TMP courses, 300- and 400-level courses.

A&D Elective Studio courses vary each semester. For the Fall 2011 semester, 300- and 400-level elective studios include:

Course Title	Course #	Credits
Line in 3-D Space	300.001	3
Writing Environments	300.002	3
Analytical Product Design	300.003	3
Pacing & Sequence: Print Publications	300.004	3
Clay to Bronze	304.001	3
Digital 3-D	306.001	3
Digital 3-D	306.002	3
Entanglement	308.001	3
Form and Object	309.001	3
Acts of Intervention: Performance*	310.001	3
Detroit Connections*	311.001	3
Creative Workshops in Prisons*	312.001	3
Touching the Spirit*	313.001	3
Social Entrepreneurship: Studio for Innovation*	314.001	3
Video Diaries	334.001	3
Exploring Contemporary Printmaking	335.001	1
Furniture by Hand: Getting Physical with Wood	336.001	3
Photography and Animation: Animating Images with Optical Toys and other Amus…	339.001	3
Photo Magic	344.001	3
Video Installation: Shaping Space with Moving Images	347.001	3
Text, Image, & Visual Communication	348.001	3
Typography	349.001	3
Organizing Visual Space	357.001	3
Structure & Expression in Visual Communication	358.001	3
Wearables: Interventions on Body and Behavior	359.001	3
Color	367.001	3
Directions in Fibers	408.001	3
Creative Computation	410.001	3
SmartSurfaces	413.001	3
Where Do Paintings Come From?	414.001	3
Integrated Product Development	416.001	3

Exclusions & Other Requirements

Only School of Art & Design courses may count for the minor.

Courses in the minor must be elected for a grade (A-E).
A student must earn an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in the minor.
Minors are not guaranteed space in A&D courses.