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The Art and Visual Culture Studies (AVCS) minor at Seattle University integrates the fundamentals of art making and creative expression, with an exploration of visual art practices, art history and the ways visual culture shapes our world. It features a robust curriculum with a focus on innovative pedagogies and new technologies as it maintains a contemporary view of art that centers the margins and empowers students to envision social change.
Students in the minor take three foundations courses that combine 2D, 3D and 4D artmaking and an introduction to visual culture studies and art history. These courses ground their studies in the essential media, techniques, histories and theories. Students then take any three other AVCS courses in consultation with an advisor. They may take all three courses in Visual Art & Design topics or all three in Visual Culture Studies topics or they may combine both topics.
Students gain technical and analytical skills that allow them to participate in the ongoing innovations and critical discussions within our increasingly visually oriented society. The minor gives students experience that prepares them for positions in the art world, museums and non-profit arts organizations, art education, further study in art history, visual art, the humanities, and other paths that reward creativity and critical thinking.