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BFA
Communication Design
Emerging Practices
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Visual Studies

BA in Studio Art
Communication Design
Photography
General Studio

BA in Art History


BFA Emerging Practices

Degree Requirements  
Program 69
Art History 9
General Education 30
Open electives 12
Total credits needed to graduate 120


Freshman

Fall

ART 200 Visual Studies Speaker Series (A) (one credit hour)

ART 105 STUDIO 1, Art and the Everyday

ART 110 STUDIO 2, Constructed Body

ART 150 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (A)

UGC 111 World Civilization 1 (A) general education requirement

ENG 101 or ENG 102, depending on S.A.T. verbal scores or skill level: General education requirement

Spring

ART 120 STUDIO 3, Public Space

ART 135 STUDIO 4, Self & Ritual

ART 140 STUDIO 5, Time-Based Strategies

UGC 112 World Civilization 2 (B) general education requirement

ENG 201 or HUMANITIES, based on placement: General education requirement


Sophomore

Fall

ART 200 Visual Studies Speaker Series (B) (one credit hour)

ART 207 Drawing Concepts 1 (A)

ART 250 Intro to Digital Practices

AHI 101 or 103 Survey of Art History (A)

MATH, general education requirement: CSE 113 suggested by Computer Art concentration

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 208 Drawing Concepts 2 or ART 247 Introduction to Printmaking (B)

ART 210 Introduction to Digital Photography

ART 260 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (B)

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (B)

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE


Junior

Fall

ART 200 Visual Studies Speaker Series (C) (one credit hour)

ART 375 Science, Culture and Emerging Media

ART 383 Interactive Computer Art

ART Concentration elective: ART 381, 382, 384, 385, 387, 447, 489

NATURAL SCIENCE (A) suggested: Nutrition 108, Biology 129, Physics 121, Geology 101, Geography 101

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 380 Algorithmic Art

ART Concentration elective ART 381, 382, 384, 385, 387, 447, 489

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR, general education requirement

NATURAL SCIENCE & LAB (B) sequence NTR 109/10 or BIO 130 or PHY 122 or GLY 102 or GEO 106

OPEN ELECTIVE


Senior

Fall

ART 485 Senior Thesis Project (A)

AHI Art History elective (C)

DEPTH, general education requirement: suggested CSE 114

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 486 Senior Thesis Project (B)

AMERICAN PLURALISM, general education requirement

OPEN ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

This is a suggested four year schedule intended to serve as a guide for accepted art majors who begin here as a freshmen. Please note that due to a number of circumstances, it may not always be possible to offer courses according to this sequence. Students are responsible for checking their D.A.R.S. reports for general education requirements.

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