Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Illustration, B.F.A. Sequence

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Suggested Four-Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

ART-100 Drawing and Composition (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.)

Spring Semester (17 credits)

ART-200 Drawing and Color Explorations (4 cr.)
ART-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (4 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction to 2D Digital Imaging (3 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 (16 credits)

ART-209 Painting I (3 cr.) or
ART-219 Relief Printmaking (3 cr.)
SOAD-201 Fundamentals of Illustration (4 cr.)
ART-301 Life Drawing I (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-279 Comics I (3 cr.)
DES-205 Design Drawing and Concept Visualization (3 cr.)
Elective Studio (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

DES-323 Digital Illustration (3 cr.) or
DES-321 Digital Imagery Studio (3 cr.)
PHOTO-130 Introduction to Still and Moving Image Photography (3 cr.) or
ART-275 Film and Darkroom Photography (3 cr.)
Elective Studio (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

DES-323 Digital Illustration (3 cr.) or
DES-321 Digital Imagery Studio (3 cr.)
SOAD-301 Illustration Concepts (3 cr.)
Elective Studio (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

SOAD-490 Illustration Portfolio Development (4 cr.)
Elective Studio (3 cr.)
Stout Core (ARNS) (3 cr.)
Stout Core (ARNS Lab) (1 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

SOAD-495 Illustration Capstone (4 cr.)
Elective Studio or Elective Studio & Field Experience (4 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)
Stout Core, or ARTH (3 cr.)