Visual Arts - B.A. Degree

Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Office: 217 Rockefeller Arts Center

(716) 673-3537

Dr. Michele Bernatz, Chairperson

Email: visualarts.newmedia@fredonia.edu

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/visual-arts-new-media

Major Requirements

Core Courses:

ARTH 101Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400

3

ARTH 102Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present

3

ART 100Visual Concepts

3

ARTS 102Foundations in 2-D Form and Content

3

ARTS 105Foundations in Drawing

3

ARTS 240Foundations of 3-D Form and Content

3

or

ARTS 270Foundations in Clay

3

ARTS 222Cinema Arts I

3

or

ARTS 225Digital Foundations

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Visiting Artist Program:

Total Credit Hours:8

NOTE: The Visiting Artist Program is only required each semester the student is a major within the department.

Additional Requirements:

  • ARTS studio courses at the 300-level or above (9 credit hours) - Excluding all ARTS 490 and ARTS 497 courses
  • Advanced Level ARTS Course: 400-level in Animation + Illustration, Ceramics, Film + Video, Graphic Design, Painting + Drawing, Photography or Sculpture (3 credits hours), excluding all ARTS 490 and ARTS 497 courses
  • Art History elective: 3 credit hours at the 200-300 level as advised to reach a total of 24 upper level credits in the major
  • ARTS studio electives: 12 credit hours, 9 of which must be at the upper level; only 3 credit hours of ARTS 490 or ARTS 497 allowed
  • Capstone experience (by advisement)
Total Credit Hours:27

Total Credit Hours: 56