BFA Painting

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 every day

ART 110 STUDIO 2, Constructed Body

ART 150 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (A)

UGC 111 World Civilization (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 (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 211 Basic Painting 1 (A)

ART 229 Basic Sculpture

AHI 101 or 103 Survey of Art History (A)

MATH, general education requirement: suggested: ULC 148, MTH 115 or CSE 111

Spring

ART 208 Drawing Concepts (B) or any 200 level Printmaking

ART 212 Basic Painting 2 (B)

ART 260 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism (B)

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (B)

OPEN ELECTIVE

Junior

Fall

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

ART 311 Intermediate Painting 1 (C)

ART 362 Installation

AHI Art History elective (C)

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

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 312 Intermediate painting 2 (D)

ART 223 Figure Drawing or ART 307 Thematic Drawing

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

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Senior

Fall

ART 485 Senior Thesis Project (A)

AMERICAN PLURALISM, general education requirement

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR, general education requirement

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 486 Senior Thesis Project (B)

DEPTH, general education requirement

ART STUDIO 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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