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Studio Art, B.F.A.
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. Placement Exam Students may take a placement exam to waive the requirement of ARTS 109. The exam may only be taken during the first year at Biola. Also, if the student has taken the course (or a portion of it), the student is not eligible to take the exam. The exam will consist of a written portion, as well as demonstration of basic skills. Successful completion of both elements will result in a waiver of the ARTS 109 core requirement. The student must select another 3-credit ARTS course to replace the waived course. Please see department for details.
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 410 Seminar in Art 2 ARTS 426 History and Criticism of Photography 3 ARTS 441 Critical Thought Total Credits
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1 Required of all Design concentration students. 2 Only seminars with art historical content may count towards the art history elective. 3 Required of all Photography concentration students. Concentrations Design
Concentration-Specific Requirements Select two courses from the following:
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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 Performance Art I ARTS 348 Video Art I Students must take the following: ARTS 314 Integrated Design I
Major Requirements General Education Requirements
General education 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 general education requirements in fine arts and foreign language. The general education requirement is reduced in history (only 3 of 6 credits are required–HIST 108 or HIST 109), and students need to take only 6 credits in mathematics and/or science. The following general education 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") Core Requirements ARTS 107 Drawing I
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ARTS 317 ARTS 333 ARTS 337 ARTS 423
Typography I
Graphic Design Forms I
Typography II
Integrated Design II
Elective Requirements Select three upper-division art electives.
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Total Credits
30
Painting Concentration-Specific Requirements Select two courses from the following:
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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 ARTS 327 Installation and Performance Art I
ARTS 108 ARTS 109 ARTS 110 ARTS 111 ARTS 112 ARTS 116
Figure Studies I
Digital Tools 2-D Design 3-D Design 4-D Design
History of Western Art I: Prehistoric Through Renaissance History of Western Art II: Baroque through Modernism
ARTS 341 Animation I ARTS 348 Video Art I
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