Visual Art

Concentration Requirements, Fall 2024 and Before

These are the VA Concentration requirements if you declared the VA Concentration prior to the Fall 2024 semester.

You can declare your concentration online via Brown's advising website, ASK.

You may be eligible to substitute select RISD courses in studio art or art history courses for some of your concentration requirements. 

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A total of 11 courses are required for the VA concentration.

This studio foundation course is a prerequisite for many other VISA studio courses (with the exception of VISA0120, VISA0130, VISA0140, VISA0150, and VISA0160).
  • VISA0120 - Foundation Media
  • VISA0130 - 3D Foundation
  • VISA0140 - Photography Foundation
  • VISA0150 - Digital 2D Foundation
  • VISA0160 - Painting Foundation

Choose two of these five listed courses to complete the discipline-based foundation course requirement.

Five additional upper level studio courses are required. Only one ISP or GISP can be counted towards the concentration. A minimum of three upper studio courses must be taken within the Brown Visual Art Department. Including the Foundation courses,
a total of six studio are required to be taken within the department.

  • Survey HIAA course or equivalent (Required)
  • Contemporary/Modern Art HIAA course
  • Upper Level HIAA course

See HIAA course offerings

Non-credit bearing project usually presented during the 7th or 8th semester.