Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Requirements (requires admission to a specific major)
21-credit hour Foundation Program plus 52 credit hours of Major Requirements
Total credit hours required: 73+ Visiting Artist Program. ARTS 490-Learning Assistant can be used for a maximum of 6 credit hours of electives under advisement. ARTS 497-Research Practicum can be used for a maximum of 3 credit hours of electives under advisement.
Majors: Animation and Illustration, Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, Graphic Design, Film & Video Arts, Photography, or Sculpture.
Foundation Program: (21 credit hours)
| ART 100 | Visual Concepts | 3 |
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
| ARTH 102 | Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present | 3 |
| ARTS 102 | Foundations in 2-D Form and Content | 3 |
| ARTS 105 | Foundations in Drawing | 3 |
| ARTS 240 | Foundations of 3-D Form and Content | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 270 | Foundations in Clay | 3 |
| ARTS 222 | Introduction to Experimental Video Art | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 225 | Digital Foundations | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 221 | Foundations of Time-Based Media | 3 |
Major Requirements: (52 credit hours)
Animation and Illustration
Electives may emphasize another major within the visual arts as advised
Ceramics
Ceramics students must take ARTS 240 Foundations of 3-D Form and Content in addition to ARTS 270 Foundations in Clay as part of Foundation Program.
Electives may emphasize another major within the visual arts as advised. ARTS 494 and ARTS 495 will focus on Ceramics.
Drawing and Painting
Film & Video Arts
| ARTH 276 | Film Form | 3 |
| ARTS 221 | Foundations of Time-Based Media | 3 |
| ARTS 222 | Introduction to Experimental Video Art | 3 |
| ARTS 322 | Intermediate Experimental Video Art | 3 |
| ARTS 323 | Experimental Narrative | 3 |
| ARTS 324 | Special Effects for Experimental Video | 3 |
| ARTS 340 | 3-D Methods and Materials | 3 |
| ARTS 155 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 255 | Color and Light | 3 |
| ARTS 422 | Advanced Experimental Video Art | 3 |
| ARTS 494 | Directed Studio Projects | 3 |
| ARTS 495 | Independent Studio Projects | 3 |
| ARTS 429 | Experimental Video Capstone | 3 |
| ARTS 400 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| Studio Electives (Electives may emphasize another concentration within the visual arts as advised) | 15 |
| Art History Elective or approved Film Studies Elective | 3 |
If either ARTS 221 or ARTS 222 is taken to fulfill foundation requirements, another 3 credit hours of studio art electives must be completed to fulfill the 52 credit BFA requirement.
Graphic Design
Plus 12 additional credit hours of electives, 9 of which should concentrate in another discipline within the Visual Arts and New Media department as chosen with consultation of advisor.
Plus 3 credit hours of Art History electives.
Photography
Electives may emphasize another concentration within the visual arts as advised
Sculpture
Sculpture students must take ARTS 270 Foundations in Clay in addition to ARTS 240 Foundations of 3-D Form and Content as part of Foundation Program.
Electives may emphasize Special Effects for Film and Industry as advised. ARTS 494 and ARTS 495 will focus on Sculpture.