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and independent studies, must complete a minimum of three hours of research/laboratory work each week during the semester for one hour of credit. All B.F.A. majors must declare an area of concentration before registering for the sophomore year. Students declaring the Interdisciplinary Concentration must choose two specific areas of concentration (design, painting, photography, or sculpture). It is recommended that all Studio Art majors own a Macintosh laptop. Contact the Department of Art office for recommended specifications. Concentrations The BFA major is designed to give art students flexibility in constructing their program which will include one of five areas of concentration. The Design Concentration integrates a fine arts perspective into a curriculum that promotes conceptual thinking and transdisciplinary investigation while developing technical proficiencies to engage a contemporary practice. The Painting Concentration focuses on a wide range of painting practices including observational representation, figuration, and abstraction while engaging students in current discourses within the discipline. The Photography Concentration focuses on integrating the skills of black and white darkroom techniques with contemporary digital color practices to produce conceptually-driven, photo-based art. The Sculpture Concentration equips students to think creatively while developing proficiency in a variety of three-dimensional fabrication techniques — including additive and subtractive processes, modeling, carving, mold-making and casting. The Interdisciplinary Concentration allows students to develop their interests in two of the above concentrations by combining key courses from each into a focused interdisciplinary concentration.
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History of Western Art I: Prehistoric Through Renaissance History of Western Art II: Baroque through Modernism
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ARTS 315 ARTS 433 ARTS 440 ARTS 450 ARTS 475
Contemporary Art Trends Global Art Paradigms
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Senior Seminar
Internship Culmination
Select one of the following upper-division Art History electives: ARTS 311 Modernity: Realism to Surrealism ARTS 321 Historical Development of Design 1 ARTS 405 Seminar in Art History ARTS 426 History and Criticism of Photography 2 ARTS 441 Art Theory and Criticism Concentration Courses Select a Concentration detailed below
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1 Required of all Design concentration students. 2 Required of all Photography concentration students. Concentrations Design Concentration Courses Select two courses from the following: ARTS 210 Sculpture I ARTS 211 Ceramics I ARTS 213 Painting I ARTS 221 Photography I-Introduction to Darkroom and Digital Processes ARTS 326 Printmaking ARTS 327 Installation and Time-Based Art I
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Curriculum Requirements Program-Specific Core Curriculum (GE) Courses
Core Curriculum requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art must conform to the University standards for this degree. B.F.A. majors are exempt from the Core Curriculum requirements in fine arts and foreign language. The Core Curriculum requirement is reduced in history (only 3 of 6 credits are required — HIST 200 or HIST 201). The following Core Curriculum courses have been designed for all studio art majors and are required for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree: PHIL 216 Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics BBST 465 Integration Seminar (should be taken as ’Contemporary Art and Theology’) Program Courses ARTS 107 Drawing I
ARTS 348 New Media Art I Students must take the following: ARTS 314 Integrated Design I
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Typography I
Graphic Design Forms I
Typography II
Integrated Design II
Select three upper-division art electives.
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Painting Concentration Courses Select two courses from the following:
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Figure Studies I
ARTS 210 Sculpture I ARTS 211 Ceramics I ARTS 221 Photography I-Introduction to Darkroom and Digital Processes ARTS 314 Integrated Design I ARTS 326 Printmaking
Digital Tools 2-D Design 3-D Design 4-D Design
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