BFA Visual Studies

Degree Requirements
Studio	51
Visual Studies	15
Studio or Visual Studies	3
Art History	9
Open or Studio or Visual Studies Electives	12
General Education	30
Total credits needed to graduate	120

Freshman

Fall

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

ART 105 STUDIO 1, Art in 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

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 200 LEVEL

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 200 LEVEL

AHI 101 or 103 Survey of Art History (A)

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

Spring

ART 208 Drawing concepts or STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 200 LEVEL

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 200 LEVEL

ART 260 Visual Theory, Aesthetic & Criticism (B)

AHI 102 or 103 Survey of Art History (B )

OPEN - STUDIO - VISUAL STUDIES - ELECTIVE

Junior

Fall

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

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 300 LEVEL

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 300 LEVEL

VISUAL STUDIES ELECTIVE, 300 LEVEL

ART HISTORY ELECTIVE

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

Spring

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 300 LEVEL

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE 300 LEVEL

VISUAL STUDIES ELECTIVE, 300 or 400 LEVEL

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

OPEN ELECTIVE or STUDIO - VISUAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 300 LEVEL

Senior

Fall

ART 485 Senior Thesis Project (A)

AMERICAN PLURALISM, general education requirement

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR, general education requirement

VISUAL STUDIES ELECTIVE or STUDIO ART ELECTIVE, 400 LEVEL

OPEN ELECTIVE or STUDIO - VISUAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 00 LEVEL

Spring

ART 486 Senior Thesis Project (B)

DEPTH, required general education credit

STUDIO ART ELECTIVE, 400 LEVEL

OPEN ELECTIVE or STUDIO - VISUAL STUDIES - ELECTIVE 400 LEVEL

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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