Fine Arts, B.A./B.F.A.

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts

The B.A. is designed to provide a comprehensive liberal arts education to undergraduates in the fine arts: visual art.

The B.F.A. is an option for the student who wishes to work as a professional artist or go on to graduate school. A student must demonstrate his/her candidacy for the B.F.A. degree through the quality of his/her work and approval by the fine arts faculty. The B.F.A. requires that the fine arts with concentration student complete a major work as a Senior Project (8 SH). The student will submit a proposal during the second semester of his/her sophomore year to the faculty in that discipline. Upon review, during the fall semester of the student’s junior year and with approval from all fine arts faculty, the student may continue with the B.F.A. option.

Requirements for the Major:

Bachelor of Arts

42-48 semester credits including:

25-30 semester credits in the discipline of concentration
18 semester credits - six credits in each of the three fine arts disciplines: Dance, Music and Theater

Bachelor of Fine Arts

48-54 semester credits including:

42-48 semester credits as outlined in the Fine Arts major with concentration

BFA Group 1

Six semester credits from the following:

AT 404 - Senior Project in Visual Art Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 405 - Senior Project in Visual Art II Semester Hour(s): 4
DN 404 - Senior Project in Dance Semester Hour(s): 3
DN 405 - Senior Project in Dance II Semester Hour(s): 3
FA 404 - Fine Arts Senior Project Semester Hour(s): 3
FA 405 - Fine Arts Senior Project II Semester Hour(s): 3
MU 404 - Senior Project in Music Semester Hour(s): 3
MU 405 - Senior Project in Music II Semester Hour(s): 3
TH 404 - Senior Project in Theatre Semester Hour(s): 3
TH 405 - Senior Project in Theatre Semester Hour(s): 3

Concentrations

Visual Art Concentration

The visual art component of the B.A. includes a core curriculum of courses within the visual art sub-disciplines of two and three dimensional art practices. Additional work in the visual art program is drawn from the intermediate and advanced courses, chosen in consultation with advising visual art faculty, that best meet the interests and goals of the individual student.

25 semester credits including:

AT 102 - Two-Dimensional Design Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 103 - Three-Dimensional Design Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 110 - Drawing I Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 202 - Painting I Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 240 - Art History I Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 241 - Art History II Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 242 - Art History III Semester Hour(s): 3

Visual Art Concentration Group 1

3 semester credits from the following:

AT 114 - Sculpture I Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 205 - Ceramics I Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 206 - Photography I Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 207 - Digital Photography and Imaging Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 210 - Drawing II Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 225 - Introduction to Graphic Communications I Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 226 - Introduction to Graphic Communications II Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 302 - Painting II Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 305 - Ceramics II Semester Hour(s): 4
AT 306 - Photography II Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 307 - Digital Photography II Semester Hour(s): 3
AT 160 - Individual Investigation in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5
AT 260 - Individual Investigation in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5
AT 360 - Individual Investigation in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5
AT 170 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5 -
AT 179 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5
AT 270 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5 -
AT 279 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5
AT 370 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5 -
AT 379 - Special Topics in Studio Art Semester Hour(s): 2-5