BFA in Studio Art

The bachelor of fine arts degree (BFA) is a professional degree with about seventy percent of the course work for the degree (eighty nine credit hours) taken in the Department of Art and Art History. With this degree, students may choose to emphasize in one of the major studio areas.

Studio Art: 62 credit hours

Visual Literacy: 8 hours

Studio Core: 18 hours
Intermediate Drawing: 3 hours
Beginning Ceramics: 3 hours
Beginning Painting: 3 hours
Beginning Photography: 3 hours
Beginning Printmaking: 3 hours
Beginning Sculpture: 3 hours

Studio Emphasis and Studio Electives: 36 credit hours
Choose from Art Theory and Practice, Ceramics, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture.

Art History: 15 credit hours
Art History 101: 3 hours
Art History 102: 3 hours
Art History Electives: 9 hours

Capstone: 3 credit hours

Achievement Centered Education
(ACE) Outcomes: 3 hours each
Outcome 1 Writing
Outcome 2 Communication
Outcome 3 Mathematics
Outcome 4 Sciences
Outcome 5 Humanities
Outcome 6 Social Sciences
Outcome 7 Arts
Outcome 8 Ethics
Outcome 9 Diversity
Outcome 10 Capstone

Library 110: 1 hour

Electives: 10-19

Total Hours: 120

BA in Studio Art
Those seeking a bachelor of arts (BA) in Studio Art devote a total of twenty nine credit hours to the study of visual art, and eighteen credit hours to the study of Art History. Students pursuing a BA are required fulfill a foreign language requirement, and have at least one minor.

Studio Art: 29 credit hours

Visual Literacy: 8 hours

Studio Electives: 21 hours

Art History: 18 credit hours
Art History 101: 3 hours
Art History 102: 3 hours
Art History Electives: 12 hours

Capstone: 3 credit hours

Minor: 18-24 credit hours
One plan A or two plan B minors

Achievement Centered Education
(ACE) Outcomes: 3 hours each
Outcome 1 Writing
Outcome 2 Communication
Outcome 3 Mathematics
Outcome 4 Sciences
Outcome 5 Humanities
Outcome 6 Social Sciences
Outcome 7 Arts
Outcome 8 Ethics
Outcome 9 Diversity
Outcome 10 Capstone

Library 110: 1 hour

Foreign Language: 0-16 hours

Electives: 13-33 hours

Total Hours: 120
BA in Art History
The bachelor of arts (BA) in Art History provides a humanistic foundation for understanding the visual arts, emphasizing the social, political, historical and religious contexts for studying art. Courses are offered in Western art from ancient to modern and majors must take the two introductory surveys. Students pursuing a BA are required to fulfill a foreign language requirement and have at least one minor.

Art History: 30 credit hours
Art History 101: 3 hours
Art History 102: 3 hours
Art History Electives: 24 hours

Capstone: 3 hours

Minor: 18-24 credit hours
One plan A or two plan B minors

Achievement Centered Education
(ACE) Outcomes: 3 hours each
Outcome 1 Writing
Outcome 2 Communication
Outcome 3 Mathematics
Outcome 4 Sciences
Outcome 5 Humanities
Outcome 6 Social Sciences
Outcome 7 Arts
Outcome 8 Ethics
Outcome 9 Diversity
Outcome 10 Capstone

Library 110: 1 hour

Foreign Language: 0-16 hours

Electives: 22-44 hours

Total Hours: 120

See the Undergraduate Bulletin for Details