Undergraduate Program Requirements

Art & Art History Program Requirements

Currently displaying program requirements for academic year:

Fine Arts BFA 2017

81 credits required. Grade of C or better required in all major courses. Minimum GPA of 3.0 or better required in the major.

Additional notes:
  • History of Art I and II DO NOT count toward the LAS Core.
  • If you are completing the Art History Minor, History of Art I and II (22-1101/22-1102) and Twentieth Century Art Theory (22-3110) will double count for the minor. No other classes can double count for both the major and the minor.
Fine Arts BFA

First & Second Semester

Courses: 9/9
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-1105 Introduction to Visual Culture 3C
22-1910 Making 1 3C
Students must complete a minimum of 6 credits of "Foundation Skill:" courses. Choose from 22-196***** and 22-197*****:
22-196******C
22-197******C
22-1920 Making 2 3C
OR 1 of the following:
22-1925 Making for Transfers 3C
ARTS 199* C
ARTS 199* C
Note: Making for Transfers may not be appropriate for all transfer students. Please see your faculty advisor.

Third Semester

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-1101 Art History I: Stone Age to Gothic 3C
22-2220 Painting I 3C
22-2251 Sculpture I 3C

Fourth Semester

Courses: 4/4
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-1102 Art History II: Renaissance to Modern 3C
22-2219 Digital Media 3C
22-2211 Drawing Studio 3C
You are required to take 22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Art in your 4th semester:
22-2259 BFA Review in Fine Arts 1P

Fifth Semester

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-2224 Printmaking I 3C
22-2258 New Genres 3C
22-2110 20th Century Art History 3C
OR 1 of the following:
22-2120 Art 1945 to 1980 3C
22-3115 Contemporary Art: 1980 to the Present 3C

Sixth Semester

Courses: 2/2
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-3110 Art Theory Seminar 3C
22-3264 Junior Fine Art Seminar 3C

Seventh Semester

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-4200 Professional Practices in Fine Art 3C
22-4220 Senior Fine Art Studio I 3C
22-4221 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop I 1P

Eighth Semester

Courses: 2/2
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-4230 Senior Fine Art Studio II 3C
22-4231 Fine Art Thesis Exhibition Workshop II 1P

Global Arts Elective

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose one Global Arts course from the following list:
22-2141 Art and Ritual 3C
22-2143 Art of Islam 3C
22-2165 Special Topics:Global Art History 3C

Fine Art Elective

Courses: 6/12
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose 18 credits from the following list in consultation with your advisor. These courses can be taken anytime once prerequisites are met:
22-1255 Display Structures 1C
22-1271 Frame & Stretcher Fabrication 1C
22-1275 Digital Video Editing 1C
22-1276 Printmaking Techniques 1C
22-1281 Sculptural Techniques 1C
22-1285 Figurative Sculpture 3C
22-196******C
22-197******C
22-2253 Mural Design Strategies 3C
21-2402 Figure Drawing 3C
21-2901 Special Topics in Design: 1C
22-2939 Artists Books 3C
21-2941 Ceramics II 3C
21-2946 Furniture I 3C
22-2960 Color Strategies 3C
21-2961 Metal Fabrication 3C
22-3211 Advanced Drawing Studio 3C
22-3221 Painting II 3C
22-3224 Lithography 3C
22-3226 Silkscreen 3C
22-3228 Painting III 3C
22-3234 Installation/Site-Specific Art 3C
22-3236 Performance Art 3C
22-3254 Topics in Studio Art: 3C
22-3255 Body, Space, Image 3C
22-3931 Experimental Photography/ Graphic Techniques I 3C
22-3932 Experimental Photography Graphic Techniques II 3C
21-3955 Interactive Portfolio Design 3C
22-3988 Internship: Art and Art History 1C
OR 1 of the following:
COLL 230 Internship 3C
66-2100 Papermaking 3C
66-2642 Beginning Bookbinding 3C
66-3426 Letterpress Studio 3C
66-4210 CNC Fabrication Fundamentals 3C
21-ELEC*****C
22-ELEC*****C
23-ELEC*****C
66-ELEC*****C

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