Faculty: Kim Owens, Associate Professor
Undergraduate degrees offered: BA
The painting program offers students the opportunity to engage in contemporary practices
and directions in painting through intensive studio 
experience. Skills are developed in various painting techniques and materials and
address the relationship between form and content. Experimentation with various forms
is encouraged whether representational, abstract, dimensional or digital. Through
practical and conceptual studio guidance toward their individualized creative visions,
painting majors develop a focused body of work culminating in a solo senior exhibition.
A total of 45 credits: two semesters of participation in senior seminar (one credit per semester); 12 in art history (6 advanced); 31 in studio courses including 15 credits (12 advanced) in one studio area (beginning studio, two intermediate studios, and two senior studios), the core studio requirements of Drawing I and II, Human Figure, Two-and Three-Dimensional Design, and six credits of electives in other studio experiences outside the area of emphasis. Satisfactory completion of the Senior Exhibition and Comprehensive Examination is required. It is recommended that art majors take Aesthetics for the philosophy elective and seek appropriate electives in other departments.
Student painting in semi-private studio space.
In the second semester of the junior year the work of the student is reviewed by the entire art faculty. A second review occurs in the first senior semester, followed by a final review in the last semester prior to the presentation of the senior capstone project, a solo-exhibition held on campus. It must contain work done predominantly during the Senior Studio course. The exhibition, selected, designed and constructed by the student, is judged by the faculty in an oral examination. In the senior year all art majors must also pass an art history comprehensive exam.
| Fall Classes | Hours | Spring Classes | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art 3334, Intermediate Painting I | 3 | Art 3335, Intermediate Painting II | 3 |
| Art 5398, Modern Art | 3 | Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics | 3 |
| Art 3329, Intermediate Drawing | 3 | Art 5399, Contemporary Art | 3 |
| Philosophy 3311 | 3 | History 1312 | 3 |
| Math | 3 | Science | 4 |
| Total Credits | 15 | Total Credits | 16 |
| Fall Classes | Hours | Spring Classes | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art 4349, Senior Painting | 3 | Art 4350, Senior Painting | 3 |
| Art 4151, Senior Seminar | 1 | Art 4152, Senior Seminar | 1 |
| Art Elective | 3 | Art Elective | 3 |
| Science | 3 | Philosophy (Aesthetics) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Politics 1311 | 3 |
| Economics 1311 | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 16 | Total Credits | 16 |
To found the famous Core curriculum of the University of Dallas, as an education "best for the individual," Donald and Louise Cowan looked to John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University. He unapologetically promotes the Western classics -- precisely because so few know our own culture well enough to appreciate the depth of any other.
+ Read MoreThis summer, the University of Dallas invites students, alumni, faculty and staff to join its first-ever tour abroad of Russia, led by Professor of Physics Richard Olenick and Affiliate Instructor of Spanish, French and Italian Irina Rodriguez. From June 8 to June 16, 2020, Olenick and Rodriguez will guide participants through the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, taking them on a cultural and literary tour of the "Russian soul."
+ Read MoreNo longer relegated to the damp lower level, the Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library's Rare Books Room has for the past two years occupied a prime spot on the second floor, where there used to be study carrels. The room, made of glass walls, is normally locked and only opened by appointment, but on Sept. 26, the library hosted an open house for faculty and staff to come and examine these treasures.
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