MAJOR CURRICULUM

Total credits required for a BFA in Fiber: 120.0


The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2023-24 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Modernisms AH 101 3.0
Ways of Writing HMST 101 3.0
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing (Fundamentals) FF 160 3.0
Fabrication (3D)  FF 130 3.0
Color Design (2D)
FF 120 3.0
New Media (4D)  FF 140 3.0
Program Electives   6.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Ways of Seeing AH 205 3.0
Art History Elective AH  3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Literature/Creative Writing Elective*   3.0
Societies/Cultures Elective*   3.0
Philosophy/ Religion Elective*   3.0
Science Elective*   3.0
Humanistic Studies Elective*   3.0
Academic Elective   3.0
Academic Elective   3.0
* Within these categories, at least one course must carry the DEIG designation; two must must be taken at the 300 level; and one must be taken at the 400 level.

 

Fiber MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Choose one course from the following:
Intro to Ceramics: Hand Build Form CE 200 3.0
Intro  to Sculpture IS 200 3.0
Intro  to Wood IS 202 3.0
Digital Fabrication: Pliable Plane FB 361 3.0
Introduction to Fiber FB 200 3.0
Choose one course from the following:
Material Construction FB 227 3.0
Woven Imagery  FB 238 3.0
Weaving: Cover and Pattern FB 254 3.0
Woven Pixels: Image + Form FB 351 3.0
Choose one course from the following: 
Surface Resist Dyeing: Design  FB 234 3.0
Silkscreening on Fabric FB 331 3.0
Senior Fiber Independent I FB 400 6.0
Senior Fiber Independent II FB 401 6.0
Junior Seminar SS 300 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective 1 FB 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective 2 FB 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective 3 FB 3.0
3D Elective 1 CE, FB, or IS 3.0
3D Elective 2 CE, FB, or IS 3.0
3D Elective 3 CE, FB, or IS 3.0
Studio Elective 1   3.0
Studio Elective 2   3.0
Studio Elective 3   3.0
Total for the Fiber Major   90

 

Office of Enrollment Services

Location

Bunting Center 1400 W. Mount Royal Ave. Baltimore, MD 21217