Concentrations: None
Major requirements and their VCCS equivalents (and RBC equivalents if applicable)
JMU Course: ARTH 205, Survey of World Art I: Prehistoric to Renaissance
- VCCS equivalents: ART 101
- RBC equivalents: ART 201
JMU Course: ARTH 206, Survey of World Art II: Renaissance to Modern
- VCCS equivalents: ART 102
- RBC equivalents: ART 202
JMU Course: FDS102, Color and Composition
- VCCS equivalents: ART 131
- RBC equivalents: ART 101
JMU Course: FDS 104, Observational Drawing
- VCCS equivalents: ART 121
- RBC equivalents: ART 103
JMU Course: FDS 106, Form and Space
- VCCS equivalents: ART 132
- RBC equivalents: ART 102
Advising Notes
Please Read: This major guide is a list of all possible major courses offered in the Virginia Community College System. Not all courses may be offered at your community college, and you are not required to complete all these courses in order to transfer. Rather, it’s designed to help you meet JMU major requirements before you transfer, and be better prepared to progress through the major once you arrive at JMU. Please be sure to read the advising notes for additional information on the major.
- Students must submit a portfolio of their work in order to be considered for admission to the program. See the department's web site for review dates and more information on the portfolio.
- There is an additional admission process for industrial design. INDU 208 - Portfolio Review, is a 0 credit, pass/fail course that functions as a prerequisite to enrollment in all upper-level industrial design courses.
- Industrial Design requires 78 credits in art, art history and art-related courses. Students must complete a portfolio review after completing core courses in order to progress in the major.