Art
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B.S. degrees also allow greater flexibility for students completing a double major or a minor in another academic discipline. Every year, all art majors participate in formal reviews to evaluate their 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 in the B.F.A. program are evaluated the semester before their thesis exhibitions. All art majors are required to maintain a 2.5 GPA in the program. Any grade below a C- (1.67) must be repeated. In art and design studio classes, contact hours define the meaning of a credit hour. In these courses, one semester hour of credit equals two hours of class instruction with at least one additional hour of unsupervised laboratory work each week. Studio courses receiving three credits typically meet six hours a week for class instruction with the expectation that students complete an additional three hours of assigned laboratory work. Students taking ARTS 462 Advanced Studio Practicum or ARTS 464 Advanced Studio Practicum, 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.
Loren Baker
Baker, Callis, Krammes Anderson, Puls, Simonson
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Associate Professor: Assistant Professors:
Chang
Mission The Department of Art creates an academic environment that thrives on the interrelationship of Biblical Christianity and contemporary 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. Learning Outcomes The art degree programs at Biola University are designed: 1. To equip students with a foundational and integrative understanding of art production based on formal/ conceptual skills. 2. To develop critical understandings of art history and aesthetics that construct global perspectives on contemporary culture. 3. To integrate faith and learning in such a way that students become artists who have integrity, creativity, excellence and vision; impacting the church and the marketplace. 4. To broadly prepare students for a variety of professional art practices, church related ministries and graduate education. 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). Admissions and 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 B.F.A. degree program, transfer students and Torrey Honors Institute students may need an additional semester to complete all of their requirements. The Department of Art offers three degree programs. The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art is a professional degree program focusing on intensive studio practice and requiring an area of concentration; the B.F.A. is the preferred degree for students who anticipate having an art-related career, or who are planning to attend graduate school. The Bachelor of Science Degrees in Studio Art and in Design contain a broader range of liberal arts general education courses, and allow students the option of choosing a wide range of general electives. The two
Studio Art, B.F.A. Degree Program
A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art (B.F.A.) is offered upon completion of the University baccalaureate and the studio art major in one of the following concentrations: design, painting, photography, sculpture and interdisciplinary. The professional degree program requires students to complete 72 credits in art, preparing them for graduate studies and professional art practices. 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 trans-disciplinary investigation while developing technical proficiencies to engage in a contemporary practice. The Painting Concentration embraces traditional and non-traditional approaches to drawing and painting while engaging students in current discourses within the discipline.
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