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Dec 11, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Visual Arts, B.F.A.
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Offered by Visual Arts , the Visual Arts, B.F.A consists of a sequence of foundation courses that builds a framework for all areas of study in visual arts and a concentration that develops students’ artistic voices and forms the foundation for their personal, creative work.
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Foundation Courses (27 credits)
Visual Arts Core
Complete the following 21 credits:
Upper-Level Art Courses
Complete 6 credits from the following:
Concentration (45 credits)
Animation
Students pursuing the Animation concentration develop a framework from which to begin their path as animators and interactive artists. Students have the opportunity to produce a fully developed work at the culmination of the program, either individually or as part of a team.
Animation Courses
Complete the following 30 credits:
Animation Electives
Complete 9 credits from the following, including a maximum of 3 credits from ART 494 or ART 496 :
Upper-Level Art Electives
Complete 6 credits from additional upper-level ART courses.
Cinematic Arts
The cinematic arts concentration provides students with the conceptual framework, historical context and technical skills necessary for the production of narrative, documentary or experimental projects in a fine-arts environment.
Cinematic Arts Courses
Complete the following 30 credits, including ART 305 with a minimum grade of ‘B.’
Production Courses
Complete 6 credits from the following:
Visual Arts Electives
Complete 9 credits from the following:
Intermedia
The Intermedia concentration fosters intellectual and technical flexibility for students who desire to develop skills in a variety of media. Working closely with their faculty advisors, students formulate coherent sequences of courses that allow for mastery in more than one concentration.
Senior Project
Complete the following:
ART Elective
Complete 3 credits from an additional 400-level ART course.
Media History
Complete 3 credits from the following:
Photography
Students pursuing the Photography concentration explore technical, aesthetic, theoretical, and historical aspects of the medium. They use photography in conjunction with other media and methods, including installation, performance, and time-based media.
Photography Courses
Complete the following 24 credits:
Photography Electives
Complete 15 credits from the following, including a maximum of 6 credits from ART 494 and a maximum of 6 credits from ART 495 .
ART Electives
Complete 6 credits from additional ART courses.
Print Media
Students pursuing the Print Media concentration engage new forms of artistic expression through interdisciplinary explorations of manual, photographic, and digital print processes. They create projects that allow for a variety of approaches to print practice, incorporating two- and three-dimensional multiples, book arts, installations, performance, documentation and other hybrid expressions.
Print Media Courses
Complete the following 27 credits:
Internship or Research
Complete 3 credits from the following:
Upper-Level Art History Course
Complete 3 credits from the following:
Upper-Level Art Electives
Complete 12 credits from additional upper-level ART courses.
Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs
Qualified students may apply to an accelerated program, which allows them to share courses between a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Students take graduate courses as undergraduate students and later apply those courses to master’s degrees. An undergraduate may apply to participate in an accelerated program even if the desired graduate program is in a department other than the one in which the student is majoring. More information is available from the Graduate School website: https://gradschool.umbc.edu/admissions/nontraditional/accelerated/
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