BFA Photography

Degree Requirements
Program	72
Art History	6
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. 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 Emerging Practices & Design

ART 210 Introduction to Digital Photography or ART 213 Introduction to Photography

ART 348 History of Photography

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (B)

Spring

ART 208 Drawing Concepts 2 or any 200 level Printmaking

ART 313 Photography: Image and Text (A)

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (C)

ART 260 Visual Theory, Aesthetics & Criticism 2 (B)

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

Junior

Fall

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

ART 314 Photography Extended (B)

ART Concentration elective, suggested: ART 315, 353, 340

NATURAL SCIENCE (A), gen ed requirement, suggested: NTR 108, BIO 129, PHYSICS 121, GLY 101, GEOGRAPHY 101

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Spring

ART Concentration elective, suggested: ART 354, 340, 360, 401

NATURAL SCIENCE (B) & LAB suggested: NTR 109/10, BIO 130, Physics 122, GLY 102, Geography 106

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR general education requirement

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Senior

Fall

ART 485 Senior Thesis Project (A)

ART Concentration elective, suggested: ART 340, 385

AMERICAN PLURALISM general education requirement

ART STUDIO ELECTIVE

OPEN ELECTIVE

Spring

ART 486 Senior Thesis Project (B)

ART 449 Topics in Contemporary Photography

DEPTH general education requirement

OPEN ELECTIVE

This is a suggested four year schedule intended to serve as a guide for accepted art majors who begin here as 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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