The below degree plan is for the 2025-26 academic year. Existing students should use MyMICA or contact their Advisor for a personalized degree plan.

First-Year Requirements

All students must complete the following requirements:

COURSE TITLE	COURSE #	CREDITS
Contemporary Visual Languages	FF 111	3
Independent Studio	FF 112	3
Color Design (2D)	FF 120	3
Fabrication (3D)	FF 130	3
New Media (4D)	FF 140	3
Drawing (Fundamentals)	FF 160	3
Program Elective		3
Program Elective		3

Total studio credits for the First-Year requirements: 24.0

Liberal Arts Requirements

COURSE TITLE	COURSE #	CREDITS
Ways of Writing	HMST 101	3
Cultures/Societies*	H CUL	3
History/Politics*	H HIS	3
Literature/Creative Writing*	H LIT	3
Philososphy/Religion*	H PHI	3
Science*	H SCI	3
Humanistic Studies Elective*		3
Academic Electives		6

*Within these categories, at least one DEIG-approved courses must be completed. Two courses at the 300 level, and one at the 400 level, are also required.

Total credits for the Liberal Arts requirements: 27.0

History of Art, Design, & Visual Culture Major Requirements

Courses below are not reflected in chronological order.

COURSE TITLE	COURSE NUMBER	CREDITS
Modernisms	AH 101	3
Ways of Seeing	AH 205	3
Renaissance through 1855	AH 100	3
Arts: Near East, Egypt, Europe	AH 102	3
Choose 1 from the following 2 courses:
Introduction to Art Criticism	AH 306	3
Art History and Its Methods	AH 345-TH	3
World Arts Electives (Asian, African, New World, Oceanic)	AH	6
Art History Elective I	AH	3
Art History Elective II (400-level)	AH	3
Art History Elective III (400-level)	AH	3
Art History Senior Thesis I	AH 498	3
Art History Senior Thesis II	AH 499	3
Choose 1 from the following 2 courses:
Life Drawing	DR 252	3
Studio Drawing	DR 298	3
3D Elective	CE, FB, or IS	3
Digital Arts Elective	AD, AN, GD, IA, or IL	3
Photography Elective	PH	3
Studio Electives		21

Total credits for the History of Art, Design & Visual Culture Major requirements: 69.0