Undergraduate Majors

General Fine Arts

MAJOR CURRICULUM

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


The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2022-23 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
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
Color & Design
FF 120A or 120B 3.0
Form & Space FF 130A or 130B 3.0
Systems & Time
FF 140A or 140B 3.0
Studio Elective   3.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Modernisms  AH 101 or 201 3.0
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
Ways of Writing HMST 101 3.0
History/ Politics Elective*   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.
GENERAL FINE ARTS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Introduction to GFA GFA 220 3.0
Life Drawing DR 252 3.0
Studio Drawing  DR 298 3.0
Core Studio 1   3.0
Core Studio 2    3.0
Core Studio 3   3.0
Core Studio 4   3.0
Core Studio 5   3.0
Core Studio 6   3.0
Core Studio 7   3.0
GFA Junior Independent Drawing GFA 320 3.0
Professional Practices for the Visual Artist PD 455 3.0
Senior Thesis I FA 498 6.0
Senior Thesis II FA 499 6.0
Studio Elective 1   3.0
Studio Elective 2   3.0

*Core Studio courses are chosen from the following subjects: CE, DR, FB, FILM, GFA, IS, PH, PR, PT. Up to 9 credits may be chosen from GD or IL.

Office of Enrollment Services

Location

Bunting Center 1400 W. Mount Royal Ave. 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21217