Sculpture Minor

This minor focuses on making, organizing and manipulating objects and their spatial relationships in a range of materials such as wood, fiberglass, clay, plaster, latex and metal. Course work includes choice of classes in sculpture, ceramics, visual literacy, public art, moldmaking, metal and casting. The three-dimensional skills taught in this minor intersect with many other disciplines including architecture, cinematic arts, special effects, engineering design, urban planning and any other areas where skills in maquette and model building are relevant. The total number of units required for the minor is 28.

To see minor requirements for past catalogue years, please see the online version of the USC Catalogue.

Sculpture (28 units)

Required coursesUnits
FACS 150Visual Culture and Literacy I4
FASC 106Sculpture I4

Eight lower division units chosen from the following:
FACE 112Ceramics4
FACE 212Wheel Throwing2
FACE 213Clay and Glazes2
FACE 2143-D/Actual and Virtual4
FADW 101Introduction to Drawing: Studio Projects, Methods, Materials4
FASC 136Modeling and Mold Making2
FASC 206Sculpture II4
FASC 236Metal2
FASC 246Construction Techniques2

Three upper division courses (12 units) chosen from the following:
FACE 312Advanced Ceramics4
FACE 412Topics in Advanced Ceramics4, max 12
FASC 306Advanced Sculpture4
FASC 366Art and Site4
FASC 406Topics in Advanced Sculpture4, max 12
FASC 436Art and Technology4
PAS 371Art in the Public Realm: Contemporary Issues4