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major: Fine Arts

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Concentration: Sculpture 2023-2024

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Prerequisites (24 credits)

Grades of C or above are required in all prerequisite courses.
Note: Students should continually take art history courses with other art courses to properly prepare for the major.

ARH2050 Art History Survey I (3 Credits)
ARH2051 Art History Survey II (3 Credits)
ART1201C Two-Dimensional Design (3 Credits)
Acceptable substitute: ART X201, X803C, X202C
ART2203C Three-Dimensional Design (3 Credits)
Acceptable substitute: ART X202C, X203, X701C, X203C
ART1300C Drawing I (3 Credits)
ART2301C Drawing II (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: ART1300C
Acceptable substitute: ARTX330C, X205, X310C, X305C, X301C, X200C, X353C, X312C, X500, X500C

SELECT 2 INTRO MEDIA COURSES (6 Credits)
Select 1 2D and 1 3D course from the list below
2D Choices:
ART2400C Intro to Printmaking (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: ART1300C, ART 2301C
PGY2401C Introduction to Photography (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: Completion of 30 undergraduate hours
ART2500C Painting I (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: ART1201C, ART 2301C
ART2605C Basic Computer Images (3 Credits)
3D Choices:
ART3786C Ceramics (3 Credits)

Major Requirements (12 credits)

Prerequisite Policy: Courses must be taken in prerequisite order. Please check the catalog course description section for prerequisites required for each course prior to registering. Prerequisites are strictly enforced by the department and registrar. First-day attendance rule: Any student who misses the first day without advanced notice to the instructor will be administratively withdrawn from that course. Grades of C or above are required in all major courses.

All Fine Art Majors take the following:

ART4965C Professional Practices (3 Credits)
Art Department highly recommends taking Professional Practices in the final semester


SELECT 2 ART HIST (ARH) COURSES (3000/4000) (6 Credits) 

Select 1 Contemporary Issues Seminar Course (3000/4000) 
ART3834 Curatorial Practices (3 Credits)
ART4935 Seminar (3 Credits)
ARH4800/PHI3800 Aesthetics of Art (3 Credits)

Concentration Requirements (27 credits)

ART3707C Sculpture I (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: ART2203C
ART3709C Sculpture II (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: ART3707C
ART4710C Sculpture III (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: ART2203C, ART3707C, and ART3709C
Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits
ART4736C Sculpture: Enlivened Spaces (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: ART3707C
Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits
ART3714C Sculpture: Casting (3 Credits)
Prerequisites: ART3707C
Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits
ART4929C Senior Project (3 Credits)
Art Department highly recommends taking this course, along with ART4965C in the final semester.

Major Electives (15 credits)

Grades of C or above are required in all major elective courses. Please refer to the course description for repeatability information.

SELECT 5 FINE ART COURSES ART/PGY (3000/4000)

1 course may be at the 2000 level. Maximum of 2 courses in your concentration.

Free Electives (6 credits)

SELECT 6 HOURS FREE ELECTIVES

This degree requires a minimum of 120 total hours with 48 upper (3000/4000) level hours. Free electives may be courses in any discipline (provided the required prerequisites are met) and they are the hours needed to satisfy the total hour requirement. These hours may vary (consult your advisor about free elective hours
needed to graduate).