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BA in Art

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The Bachelor of Arts degree in Art offers students the opportunity to explore a liberal arts degree program with a major in art. All BA Art majors must complete the following:

  • Required Art Fundamentals courses listed below.

  • A concentration of 18-20 credit hours from courses selected from the concentrations offered by the department, under the direction of a visual arts faculty member or division chair.

Major Requirements

University Core

University Core Requirements

37

General Electives

33-34

All BA in Art majors will complete the following:

ARH xxx

Art History Elective

3

ARH xxx

Art History Elective

3

ARH xxx

Art History Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:

9

 

Art Fundamentals:

ART 102

2D Art Foundations

3

ART 103

3D Art Foundations

3

ART 107

Drawing I

3

ART 207

Drawing II

3

ART 212

Foundations Seminar

2

XXX xxx

Any Speech Intensive (SI) course

3

XXX xxx

Any Writing Intensive (WI) course

3

Total Credit Hours:

20

ART 451SR: Recommended for Bachelor of Arts Students- See Important Notes 1

ART 450WR: Recommended for Bachelor of Arts- See Important Notes 2

Important Notes:

1. Satisfies Core Curriculum writing-intensive course requirement and University Experiential Learning requirement for BFA Art majors and recommended for BA Art majors.

2. Satisfies Core Curriculum speech-intensive course requirement and University Experiential Learning requirement for BFA Art majors and recommended for BA Art majors.

And one of the following 19-20 credit hour concentration areas offered by the division, as listed below:

Illustration Concentration:

ART 202

Illustration Methods

4

ART 203

Illustration Studio I

4

ART 355

Narrative Illustration

4

ART 356

Editorial Illustration

4

MART 201

Digital Art

3

Total Credit Hours:

19

Photography Concentration:

ART 205

Intro to Digital Photography

4

ART 206

Intro to Film Photography

4

ART 303

Studio Photography

4

ART 306

Photojournalism

4

ART 376

Special Topics in Studio Art

4

Total Credit Hours:

20

Object Design Ceramics Concentration

ART 230

Object Art: Sculpture

4

ART 231

Clay Art: Hand-building

4

ART 331

Clay Art: Throwing I

4

ART 332

Clay Art: Throwing II

4

ART 334

Surface and Materials

4

Total Credit Hours:

20

Total Credit Hours: 120