Minors at Moore
Moore offers its students a wide variety of opportunities to customize their educational program by combining any of the 14 available minors with their major course of study. Minors enable students to tailor their coursework to fit their particular interests and to prepare themselves for more than one field of study. A minor is understood to be a minimum of 15 credits in a specific area of study outside the major. All credits earned toward a minor count towards the open "studio electives" of all majors. Approximately 20% of Moore students graduate with a minor. To explore the benefits of adding a of a minor, a student may speak with the Academic Advisor or a Department Chair. Minors provide students the flexibility to personalize their course of study as a means to best prepare for a career in their chosen field.
Available Minors:
Fashion Design
Textile Design
Fine Arts:3D
Illustration
Interior Design
Fine Arts:2D
Graphic Design
Photography
Liberal Arts
Fashion Design
This course of study for minors in Fashion Design focuses on fashion skills relating to drawing, design, pattern making, draping and clothing construction as well as the study of the history of costume, and computer applications for fashion and apparel fabrics.
Textile Design
A Minor in Textile Design may be taken with a focus in Print Design, Woven Design or a combination of both areas of study. The Textile Minors introduce the student to the vocabulary, techniques, materials, and design skills necessary in the field of textile design.
Fine Arts:3D
Minors in Fine Arts:3D allow students to pursue their specific interest in a specific 3D discipline, such as Sculpture, Ceramics, Small Metals, Welding, or Woodworking. Based on their interests, students can also choose 3D based courses that support a more diverse and interdisciplinary approach to the broader sculptural concerns of object-making, performance and in situ installations.
Illustration
A student majoring in a discipline other than Illustration may minor in Illustration for the purpose of enhancing and supplementing her studies. Illustration Concepts and Practices I and II (3.0/3.0 cr. hrs.) are required courses for all Illustration minors. This satisfies 6.0 credit hours. An additional 9.0 credit hours in other selected Illustration courses fulfill the 15.0 credit hour requirement for the minor. There are prerequisites for advanced courses.
Interior Design
A minor in Interior Design gives the student basic skills and provides many options in order to pursue areas of special interest such as design process, design drawing by hand or computer, construction, history of interiors and design theory. It is an opportunity for students in related majors to increase the breadth of their design and 3-D experience.
Fine Arts:2D
The department offers Fine Arts:2D minors in 4 areas of concentration: Painting, Printmaking, Drawing and General Fine Arts. Students who wish to minor in Fine Arts:2D are required to take 15 credits in one of the 4 areas of discipline during their school years. A minimum of one drawing class is required for all of the minors. All students will have 4.5 elective credits to fill in these minors. The elective classes are offered for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Graphic Design
A Graphic Design minor provides students with a strong foundation to grow in an ever-changing and dynamic profession. Nurturing the creative process, the carefully sequenced curriculum emphasizes fundamental traditions of design through concept development, image making, typography, and technology.
Photography
The minor in photography is for the student in any major who wants a substantial experience in photography. The minor includes traditional black and white photography, video, nineteenth century processes such as cyanotype and gum bichromate, large format camera, photographic history, and a selected topics area of study offered each fall, the subject of which is based on the expertise of the invited instructor. Currently this minor is offered through the Graphic Design department
Moore offers its students a wide variety of opportunities to customize their educational program by combining any of the 14 available minors with their major course of study. Minors enable students to tailor their coursework to fit their particular interests and to prepare themselves for more than one field of study. A minor is understood to be a minimum of 15 credits in a specific area of study outside the major. All credits earned toward a minor count towards the open "studio electives" of all majors. Approximately 20% of Moore students graduate with a minor. To explore the benefits of adding a of a minor, a student may speak with the Academic Advisor or a Department Chair. Minors provide students the flexibility to personalize their course of study as a means to best prepare for a career in their chosen field.
Available Minors:
Fashion Design
Textile Design
Fine Arts:3D
Illustration
Interior Design
Fine Arts:2D
Graphic Design
Photography
Liberal Arts
Fashion Design
This course of study for minors in Fashion Design focuses on fashion skills relating to drawing, design, pattern making, draping and clothing construction as well as the study of the history of costume, and computer applications for fashion and apparel fabrics.
Textile Design
A Minor in Textile Design may be taken with a focus in Print Design, Woven Design or a combination of both areas of study. The Textile Minors introduce the student to the vocabulary, techniques, materials, and design skills necessary in the field of textile design.
Fine Arts:3D
Minors in Fine Arts:3D allow students to pursue their specific interest in a specific 3D discipline, such as Sculpture, Ceramics, Small Metals, Welding, or Woodworking. Based on their interests, students can also choose 3D based courses that support a more diverse and interdisciplinary approach to the broader sculptural concerns of object-making, performance and in situ installations.
Illustration
A student majoring in a discipline other than Illustration may minor in Illustration for the purpose of enhancing and supplementing her studies. Illustration Concepts and Practices I and II (3.0/3.0 cr. hrs.) are required courses for all Illustration minors. This satisfies 6.0 credit hours. An additional 9.0 credit hours in other selected Illustration courses fulfill the 15.0 credit hour requirement for the minor. There are prerequisites for advanced courses.
Interior Design
A minor in Interior Design gives the student basic skills and provides many options in order to pursue areas of special interest such as design process, design drawing by hand or computer, construction, history of interiors and design theory. It is an opportunity for students in related majors to increase the breadth of their design and 3-D experience.
Fine Arts:2D
The department offers Fine Arts:2D minors in 4 areas of concentration: Painting, Printmaking, Drawing and General Fine Arts. Students who wish to minor in Fine Arts:2D are required to take 15 credits in one of the 4 areas of discipline during their school years. A minimum of one drawing class is required for all of the minors. All students will have 4.5 elective credits to fill in these minors. The elective classes are offered for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Graphic Design
A Graphic Design minor provides students with a strong foundation to grow in an ever-changing and dynamic profession. Nurturing the creative process, the carefully sequenced curriculum emphasizes fundamental traditions of design through concept development, image making, typography, and technology.
Photography
The minor in photography is for the student in any major who wants a substantial experience in photography. The minor includes traditional black and white photography, video, nineteenth century processes such as cyanotype and gum bichromate, large format camera, photographic history, and a selected topics area of study offered each fall, the subject of which is based on the expertise of the invited instructor. Currently this minor is offered through the Graphic Design department