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Oct 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate 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.
Photography and Cinema
Students pursuing the Photography and Cinema concentration explore technical, aesthetic, theoretical, and historical aspects of these lens-based media while embracing emerging imaging technologies. As a professional degree, the Photography and Cinema concentration will prepare students for graduate studies and careers as professional artists or as entrepreneurs working in the industry.
Required Courses
Complete the following 21 credits:
Technical Courses
Complete 9 credits from the following:
Genre Courses
Complete 9 credits from the following:
Electives
Complete 6 credits from the following:
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 Accelerated Program page of the Graduate School website.
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