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DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

The Department of Art and Art History offers a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Criticism, a Bachelor of Arts in Art, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, as well as a Minor in Art History and Criticism. UTSA is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Art is awarded upon the completion of 120 hours, including the Core Curriculum requirements. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

The B.A. degree in Art recognizes the successful completion of a program of study which includes foundation study and some specialization in studio art practices and a broad foundation in art history. The curriculum aims primarily toward breadth of experience in the context of a liberal arts education rather than professional specialization.

Core Curriculum requirements : Students seeking the Bachelor of 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.

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. 21 semester credit hours of required lower-division art and art history and criticism foundation courses:

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
ART 1003 Design: Two-Dimensional
ART 1013 Design: Three-Dimensional
ART 1213 Drawing I
ART 1223 Drawing II

B. 9 semester credit hours chosen from the following:

ART 2113 Painting: Basic
ART 2313 Digital Imaging: Basic
ART 2413 Printmaking: Basic
ART 2513 Photography: Basic
ART 2613 Sculpture: Basic
ART 2713 Ceramics: Basic

C. 12 additional semester credit hours of upper-division art course electives.

D. 6 semester credit hours of upper-division art history and criticism course electives.

E. 33 semester credit hours of free electives, including as many semesters of a modern language or Latin as are necessary for the completion of the second semester course of that language.

21 semester credit hours must be at the upper-division level in order to satisfy the minimum requirement of 39 hours of upper-division credit for the bachelor's degree.

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