Minors

Gain creative skills for any career

One of the most marketable skills in today’s workplace is creativity—being able to adapt to a variety of challenges. An understanding of art and art practices will enable you to cultivate such skills that will benefit you in whatever career you pursue.

You’ll begin your studies in Creative Core

Learn about Creative Core

Use the links below to see a full list of requirements for your minor. Choose your requirement term or Bulletin year in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

Explore art + design minors

Minor in Merchandising

Choose from 20+ courses in brand management, product development, retail, and fashion design.

Minor in Interior Design Studies

Study topics foundational to interior design, such as design problem-solving, design history, and design communications.

Minor in Fashion Studies

Gain basic knowledge of fashion design and the fashion industry to combine with other majors at IU, such as Merchandising, Media Studies, and Marketing.

Minor in Studio Art

Explore courses from nine studio areas, such as drawing, painting, or graphic design. You can focus on one or combine studio areas to meet requirements for the minor.

Minor in Creative Technologies in Art + Design

Use digital technology to develop creative ideas and produce physical works of art, such as digital drawings and paintings, videos, virtual reality, and interactive artwork.

Minor in Illustration

The minor in illustration combines drawing with a number of disciplines, such as painting, game design, industrial and product design, fashion illustration, architectural rendering, book illustration, and graphic novels.

Minor in Design Studies

The Minor in Design Studies prepares you to think like a designer. Designers use a variety of skills—from analysis to innovation to communication—to identify problems and develop solutions. Designers are also aware of how their actions are shaping daily lives, social interactions, and ecological change. The minor provides a broad introduction to design practices and problem-solving approaches through courses focused on how design is a process, product, tool, and social force.

Eskenazi School courses meeting Gen Ed A&H requirements

Course maps for an Eskenazi School minor

The Interior Design Studies minor has laptop requirements.

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of Art, Architecture + Design

Minors

Gain creative skills for any career

You’ll begin your studies in Creative Core

Explore art + design minors

Minor in Merchandising

Minor in Interior Design Studies

Minor in Fashion Studies

Minor in Studio Art

Minor in Creative Technologies in Art + Design

Minor in Illustration

Minor in Design Studies

Discover a world of possibility

Minors

Gain creative skills for any career

You’ll begin your studies in Creative Core

Explore art + design minors

Minor in Merchandising

Minor in Interior Design Studies

Minor in Fashion Studies

Minor in Studio Art

Minor in Creative Technologies in Art + Design

Minor in Illustration

Minor in Design Studies

Discover a world of possibility

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