Minors in Art + Design
The BGSU School of Art offers minors in 11 areas of study. Students in any major – even those who have never had access to an art class before – can choose an art and design minor.
Community Arts Education
The Community Arts Education minor focuses on integrating contemporary art and design, related scholarship, social justice theory, and pedagogical practices within the realm of community arts programs and institutions. Curriculum includes field experience and service learning opportunities throughout Northwest Ohio.
Design for Social Impact
The Design for Social Impact minor is for students who are interested in learning how to become agents of change through socially-minded work. Along with graphic design courses, this minor will guide students through a human-centered design process that includes invention, innovation and creative problem solving filtered through topics focused on the public good.
Photography
The Photography minor is intended for students seeking significant experience with fine-art photography that they can connect to their major field of study. The minor includes coursework in traditional processes such as large format film cameras, as well as digital and alternative processes.
Product Design and Innovation
The Product Design and Innovation minor recognizes that ideas and propositions generated through art-thinking, like design, move ideas into applied and tangible prototypes that exist, operate, function and actively engage our real world. Students take courses in engineering, architecture, entrepreneurship, art, and design.
Updated: 12/04/2025 02:46PM