2025-2026 Academic Catalog

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Art Practices Minor

General Requirements

Students must satisfy all requirements as outlined below and by the department offering the minor.

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Program Requirements

  1. Students may transfer up to six semester hours of non-CU Denver courses toward a College of Arts & Media minor. All other courses must be taken at CU Denver.
  2. A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required for each course applied toward a College of Arts & Media major, minor or certificate requirement. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will not fulfill a major, minor or certificate requirement. A grade of S is acceptable only for courses in which the grading basis is S/U. No more than 6 semester hours of P+/P/F is allowed in any given semester. No more than 12 semester hours may be elected as P+/P/F toward the degree.
  3. Students may use up to six semester hours to fulfill both major and minor requirements; the remaining semester hours for the minor must be taken in addition to the major requirements.
Required Courses
Take two of the following Painting and Drawing courses:6
Drawing I
Life Drawing
Painting I
Intermediate Painting and Drawing
Take two of the following Transmedia Sculpture courses:6
Three-Dimensional Design
Beginning Foundry
Shaping Materials
Form and Play
Take two of the following Interdisciplinary Arts courses:6
Immersive Installation Art
Concepts in Studio Art
Interdisciplinary Studio
Sculptural Drawing
Total Hours18

Please contact the College of Arts & Media at CAM@ucdenver.edu for course sequencing, prerequisite updates and for lists of approved electives and more information about this minor.