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Book Arts Minor

Minor in Book Arts

The emphasis of this minor is to provide students with a focused course of study to develop skills and conceptual understanding specific to the Book Arts. The objectives are: to help students build fundamental skills in each of the areas that comprise the Book Arts, bookbinding, letterpress, typography, book design, and papermaking; to familiarize and integrate historic and contemporary aspects of the Book Arts. The minor aims to develop a level of technical and conceptual proficiency that will give students a professional platform from which to proceed to more sophisticated engagements with the medium. While the course of study is committed to developing excellence in work by hand, it provides opportunities for integrating digital tools.

Procedure

The Book Arts minor is open to all IUPUI students. Students intending to pursue the minor should contact Herron Student Services to register, review the requirements, and plan their program of study.

Requirements

15 credits total

At least 6 credits must be taken at the 300 or 400 level.

Required core courses: 9 credits/3 courses (Courses are open to all students.)

Choose 3 from the following:

• HER-G 206 Bookbinding

• HER-G 208 Letterpress Typesetting

• HER-G 308 The Visual Book

• HER-G 310 The Printed Book

Paper technologies: 3 credits/1 course (Courses are open to all students.)

Chose one of the following:

• HER-G 210 Paper Engineering

Electives: 3 credits/ 1 course (Eligibility for courses varies. Elective Arts courses are open to non-Herron majors; many VC and Fine Arts courses are limited to majors.)

Choose 1 from the following:

• Any 200 or 300 level Printmaking course: Intaglio, Lithography, Silkscreen, Monotype, or Relief Printing

• Any 200 or 300 level Visual Communication course focusing on typography or image

• Any 200 or 300 level Fine Arts or Elective Arts course

• HER-G 405 Individual Research in Book Arts

If approved in advance by Printmaking faculty, a 300 level experiential learning internship (applicable to the RISE initiative) in the field, for example at the National Bindery in Indianapolis, or apprenticing with a local book artist, or working in the Main Library (IUPUI or IU Bloomington) book conservation lab, or in the Historical Society/IMA book conservation lab, may count as one 3-credit elective course.

Last updated: April 2012