Capstone Portfolio Pathway

Portfolio pathway: course requirements and capstone portfolio

  • Drawing I (ARST 131)
  • 6 ARST courses (including one 3-D course, and 3 x 300-level or higher)
  • 3 Art History courses in 3 different geographical regions (The Americas, Europe, East Asia,
    South and Southwest Asia, and Africa. A global survey course or a multi-continental course may substitute for one of the geographic areas)
  • 1 Elective (ARST or ARHA course of choice, any level)
  • 1 capstone portfolio working with advisor spring senior year (not a credit, but a requirement)
    =11 courses

*1 Individual ARST Tutorial may be counted toward the 6 ARST courses
*Must be GenEd compliant 
*Not honors eligible

Teaching Apprentice Tutorials in will not be counted toward requirements.

The capstone portfolio will showcase a student’s strongest creative work from their full-credit, upper-level ARST courses, and must be uploaded as part of the graduation requirement. This approach allows for interdisciplinary portfolios that integrate various media and aligns with the existing requirement for thesis students to upload digital documentation of their thesis exhibitions

All capstone portfolios will be in a digital format; a PDF of 15-20 images, a website, or a PDF containing descriptions and embedded links to video platforms for time-based media are all acceptable. Images must be high-resolution, and should be accompanied by a short project description, and any relevant contextualization.