Dec 05, 2025

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Studio Art, B.F.A. (Painting) Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (34 credits)

Fall Semester (17 credits)

ART-100 Drawing I (4 cr.)
ART-101 Two-Dimensional Design Foundations (4 cr.)
ARTH-223 Survey of Art - Ancient Through Medieval (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (17 credits)

ART-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (4 cr.)
ART-145 The Practice of Art (3 cr.)
ART-200 Drawing II (4 cr.)
ARTH-224 Survey of Art-Renaissance Through 20th Century (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)

Second Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-209 Painting I (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction to 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
ENGL-245 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

ART-409 Painting II (1-3 cr.)
(3 credits required)
ARTH-331 Art and Controversy (3 cr.) or
ARTH-336 Modern Art (3 cr.) or
ARTH-337 Art Since 1950 (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Natural Sciences with Lab) (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Third Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

ART-410 Painting III (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : ARTH-XXX Art History Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Analytic Reasoning) (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-307 Aesthetics in the Studio (3 cr.)
ART-410 Painting III (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : (Cross-disciplinary Issues) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-6 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-7 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (27 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
ART-410 Painting III (3 cr.)
ART-447 Senior Seminar Studio (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Analytic Reasoning) (2 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (ART/DES/PHOTO Selective) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

ART-410 Painting III (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : ARTH-XXX Art History Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-6 : (GE Selective) (3 cr.)

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