<p>International Business is a BS degree, meaning you need a “Arts and Humanities” core (as opposed to one “Arts” and one “Humanities” core). A good portion of the classes that count for these two subject areas are academic, not studio, based.</p>
<p>I have a friend in computer science who is a dual multimedia studies major, so he’s required to take art classes (2D, video basics, animation, etc). However because the Registrar is stupid and doesn’t have his specific combination of majors as one of the ones allowed to take these classes, he has to get an advisor to place him in every single semester. From what I’ve heard, it’s very hard to get in art classes without having a major that requires them. So if you want to take them, I advise at the very least e-mailing the Art department’s advisor and just asking about the process, etc. Hopefully they will say yes, but you may need to have them actually put you in the classes instead of just signing up for them on your own. The really low level ones (2D) might be open for everyone, but that means the competition to get in the class might also be high.</p>
<p>The main issue with that photo class is the scheduling. It is always offered at really really bad times for normal students. For instance, this fall one class is at 8am to 11:35am on Mondays, and then there is another class same time on Wednesdays. So even though you’ll only meet once a week, it means you can’t have ANY other morning classes on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday- which is when pretty much all core majors classes are held (8am, 9:15am or 10:30am). You could take a 1:35pm class or later, or Tuesday/Friday classes, but it would just be a really weird schedule that not many people can afford to have. It might not be possible for you to take the class until you are a junior or senior… except then you’ll be doing study abroad for BSIB…</p>