General Fine Arts

2018 - 19 Curriculum

Total credits required for a BFA in General Fine Arts: 120.0

The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2018 - 19 academic year.


 

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Art Matters AH 100 3.0
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing: Tradition and Innovation FF 161 3.0
Drawing: Contemporary Practices FF 162 3.0
Critical Inquiry HMST 101 3.0
First-Year-Experience Elective 3.0
Choose one course from the following Color/Design category
Color/Design/Process
FF 120A 3.0
Color/Design/Pattern FF 120B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Form/Space category
Prototype/Situate/Fabricate
FF 130A 3.0
Body/World/Machine FF 130B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category
Haptics and Optics
FF 140A 3.0
Cartographies FF 140B 3.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Modernism and After AH 201 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective  AH 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) 3.0
Intellectual History I -IH1 3.0
Intellectual History II -IH2 3.0
Science/Math NSCI 3.0
Theory -TH 3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) 3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) 3.0
GENERAL FINE ARTS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Life Drawing DR 252 3.0
Studio Drawing DR 298 3.0
Introduction to General Fine Arts GFA 220 3.0
GFA Junior Independent GFA 320 3.0
Core Studios* CE, DR, FB, FILM, GFA, IS, PH, PR, PT 21.0
Senior Thesis I FA 498 6.0
Senior Thesis II FA 499 6.0
Professional Practices for the Visual Artist PD 455 3.0
Studio Electives 6.0

* Up to 9.0 credits of GD or IL allowed with GFA Chairperson approval