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 88 units of course work as follows:

4 units of the first-year course:

• FA 141 Art and the Self

plus 12 units of these required second-year courses:

• FA 201 Art in Nature
• FA 203 Understanding Art
• FA 205 Principles of Design

plus 8 units 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 4 units of:

• FA 470 Visual Culture Seminar

plus 8 units of:

• FA 301 Drawing 1
• FA 302 Drawing 2

plus 40 units 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 units 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

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
• CMM 311 Documentary Film
• CMM 312 Documentary Film Making II

plus field trips

All majors will have the opportunity to take a 3–5 day field trip or longer each semester to a major metropolitan area to visit museums and galleries as part of their degree requirements. The cost of the field trips is approximately $200–300, or more, per semester.

plus evening video series

For the enrichment of its students, the department sponsors a twice-a-month series of videotapes on art and artists. All students enrolled in art classes that month are expected to attend these videotapes.

plus visiting artists

Students meet several times a year with visiting artists who come to campus at the invitation of the Department. These meetings may fall outside regular class times, including Sundays or weekends between courses, but attendance is a degree requirement.

plus successful completion of a portfolio review

To enrich their B.F.A. experience, students are encouraged to take a course in Maharishi Gandharva Veda music and to take courses in Improvisational Dance/Movement as electives.

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 September 2008.

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