Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Studio Art, 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-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (4 cr.)
ART-200 Drawing and Color Explorations (4 cr.)
ARTH-224 Survey of Art-Renaissance Through 20th Century (3 cr.)
ART-124 Materials and Methods in Studio Art (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)

Second Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
ART-145 The Practice of Art (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction to 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

ARTH-336 Modern Art (3 cr.) or
ARTH-337 Art Since 1950 (3 cr.) or
ARTH-331 Art and Controversy (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Natural Sciences (4 cr.)

Third Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Expanded Practice Selective (3 cr.)
Analytical Reasoning (4 cr.)
ARTH-XXX Selective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-307 Aesthetics in the Studio (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (27 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-447 Senior Seminar Studio (3 cr.)
ART-444 Advanced Studio (3 cr.)
ART-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
Analytical Reasoning (2 cr.)
Social Responsibility & Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

ART-444 Advanced Studio (3 cr.) (2 of 2)
Studio Selective (intro/core) (3 cr.)
ARTH-XXX Art History Selective (3 cr.)
Elective (3 cr.)