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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree program in Art is awarded in recognition of successful completion of prolonged and intensive studio coursework with supportive studies in art history and criticism. The final two years of study include a specialized area of study in one of the following: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture. The University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Transfer students who wish to receive credit for upper-division art courses taken at another institution should present a portfolio of work to the department before the registration period. This portfolio should consist of 10 original examples or 2” x 2” slides of work from upper-division studio courses taken at other institutions.

AHC 1113 Survey of Art and Architecture from Prehistoric Times to 1350
AHC 1123 Survey of Art and Architecture in Europe and the New World from 1350 to 1750
AHC 1133 Survey of Modern Art

Most students will fulfill the requirements for this degree with 126 to 129 semester credit hours, including 42 hours of Core Curriculum requirements. Three of the Core Curriculum requirements may also count as part of the 87 required semester credit hours in the art major. Due to the large number of major courses in the B.F.A. degree, full-time art students should enroll in two studio art courses, one art history and criticism course, and one or two Core Curriculum courses each semester. Art majors should request an appointment with the advisor of record for art programs before all enrollment periods. In order to complete all B.F.A. degree requirements in a timely fashion, both full-time and part-time art students should register every term for twice as many credits in their major course requirements as in Core Curriculum courses. Students seeking teacher certification should consult the College of Education and Human Development Advising and Certification Center.

All candidates for the degree must complete 69 semester credit hours of art (ART) and 18 semester credit hours of art history and criticism (AHC).

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science


Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours from the courses listed here will satisfy the core requirement.
AHC 1113 Survey of Art and Architecture from Prehistoric Times to 1350
AHC 1123 Survey of Art and Architecture in Europe and the New World from 1350 to 1750
AHC 1133 Survey of Modern Art

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Major Requirements

A. 36 semester credit hours of specifically required lower-division studio art and art history foundation courses completed as part of the first 60 hours of the curriculum:

ART 1003 Design: Two Dimensional
ART 1013 Design: Three Dimensional
AHC 1113 Survey of Art and Architecture from Prehistoric Times to l350
AHC 1123 Survey of Art and Architecture in Europe and the New World from l350 to l750
AHC 1133 Survey of Modern Art
ART 1213 Drawing I
ART 1223 Drawing II
ART 2113 Painting: Basic
ART 2413 Printmaking: Basic
ART 2513 Photography: Basic
ART 2613 Sculpture: Basic
ART 2713 Ceramics: Basic

B. 21 semester credit hours of upper-division art courses:

ART 3033 Contemporary Studio: Concepts and Practice
ART 4983 Senior Seminar and Exhibition

15 semester credit hours in one of the following specialized areas of study: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture

C. 9 additional semester credit hours of art history and criticism courses:

AHC 4113 Contemporary Art

6 elective hours of art history and criticism courses

Students may substitute a specific course in the philosophy of art or a humanities course with a strong art history component for an upper-division art history course with consent of the undergraduate advisor for art programs.

D. 21 additional semester credit hours of art course electives are required, at least 9 hours of which must be upper-division.

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