Art
Admissions & Program Requirements
The Department of Art has an open admissions policy. Incoming first-year students and transfer students from other institutions may declare an art major when they apply for admission to Biola University. Because of the rigorous schedule and amount of work required in the BFA degree program, transfer students and Torrey Honors Institute students may need an additional semester to complete all of their requirements. Every year, all art majors participate in formal reviews to evaluate his or her progress in the department. Student portfolios are appraised using a variety of criteria, such as technical achievement, creative problem solving, and aesthetic/artistic development. Reviews are conducted at the end of the freshman, sophomore and junior years. Graduating seniors are evaluated the semester before their thesis exhibit.
Faculty
84
Loren Baker
Chair
Baker, Callis, Krammes
Professors
Puls
Associate Professor
Anderson, Simonson
Assistant Professors
Mission
The Department of Art creates an academic environment that thrives on the interrelationship of Biblical Christianity and artistic practice. It offers students a professional visual arts program with a rigorous curriculum that reflects a strong liberal arts emphasis and a solid Christian worldview.
All art majors are required to maintain a 2.5 GPA in the program. Any grade below a C- (1.67) must be repeated.
Learning Outcomes
Art
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Biola University is designed:
Degree Program A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts (B.F.A.) is offered upon completion of the university baccalaureate and the studio arts major in one of the following concentrations: design, painting, photography, sculpture and interdisciplinary. Students are required to complete 72 units in Art.
1. To equip students with a foundational and integrative understanding of art production based on formal and conceptual skills.
2. To develop critical understandings of art history and aesthetics that construct global perspectives on contemporary culture.
Major Studio Arts
3. To integrate faith and learning in such a way that students become servant-leaders who have integrity, creativity, excellence and vision and who will impact the church and the marketplace.
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 while developing technical proficiency and allows students to work in a variety of areas including graphic design, web- design and motion graphics. The Painting Concentration embraces traditional and non- traditional approaches to drawing and painting 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.
4. To broadly prepare students for a variety of arts related fields, graduate education and church related ministries.
5. To foster a commitment to life-long learning whereby graduates are able to critically assess and produce work that recognizes, understands and responds to socio-political, philosophical and spiritual concerns.
The Department of Art is accredited through the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
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