Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree Requirements
In addition to the requirements below for the B.F.A. in Art and Design, students need to satisfy the general requirements for a bachelor’s degree.
The requirements for the B.F.A. degree are 76 credits of course work as follows:
Required courses (20 credits):
- FA 141 Art and the Self
- FA 201 Art in Nature
- FA 203 Understanding Art
- FA 205 Principles of Design
- FA 470 Visual Culture Seminar
Plus 8 credits of:
- FA 301 Drawing 1
- FA 302 Drawing 2
- FA 304 Drawing Studio
Plus 8 credits from the following art history courses:
- FA 381 Prehistoric to Medieval Art
- FA 382 Renaissance to Contemporary Art
- FA 383 Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Art
- FA 384 Traditions of World Art
Plus 28 credits from the following:
- FA 282 Video Production
- FA 284 Video Editing
- FA 291 Video and Time-Based Art
- FA 311 Painting 1
- FA 312 Painting 2
- FA 316 Painting 3
- FA 331 Photography 1
- FA 332 Photography 2
- FA 335 Digital Photography
- FA 341 Ceramics 1
- FA 342 Ceramics 2
- FA 343 Ceramics 3
- FA 344 Ceramics 4
- FA 351 Sculpture 1
- FA 352 Sculpture 2
- FA 353 Sculpture 3
- FA 361 Digital Imaging and Graphic Design 1
- FA 362 Digital Imaging and Graphic Design 2
- FA 363 Web Design and Web Animation 1
- FA 365 Web Design and Web Animation 2
- FA 373 Visiting Artist Studio
- FA 398 Fieldwork
Plus 12 credits in one of these specialized areas:
- FA 485 Advanced Studio in Painting and Drawing
- FA 486 Advanced Studio in Sculpture
- FA 487 Advanced Studio in Ceramics
- FA 488 Advanced Studio in Digital Media
Courses in Communications and Media toward the Art major
As a replacement for Digital Media courses, art majors may take up to three Communication and Media courses for credit toward the B.F.A., including but not limited to the following courses:
- CMM 300 Narrative (4 credits)
- CMM 313 Documentary Filmmaking (8 credits)
The above information is subject to change any time. Students already enrolled at the University should contact the graduation director for their degree requirements. The content of this page was reviewed in December 2009.
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