BFA Catalog: 2017-2018

The B.F.A. Program

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree in Art is the professional under- graduate degree that is highly desired by serious students intent on pursu- ing careers or advanced degrees in the visual arts. The program is designed to give art students flexibility to choose from one of five emphases: design, painting, photography, sculpture, or interdisciplinary. Design integrates a fine arts perspective into a curriculum that emphasizes conceptual thinking and develops technical proficiency in a variety of areas including print- based graphic design, web design and motion graphics. Painting embraces traditional and non-traditional approaches to drawing and painting while engaging students in current discourses within the discipline. Photography focuses on integrating the skills of black and white darkroom techniques with contemporary digital color practices to produce conceptually driven, photo-based art. Sculpture equips students to think creatively while devel- oping proficiency in a variety of three-dimensional fabrication techniques including additive and subtractive processes, modeling, carving, mold-mak- ing and casting. The Interdisciplinary emphasis allows students flexibility in developing a custom art curriculum that blends upper-level studio courses from multiple disciplines.

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