Major Requirements

Requirements for Major

Fine Arts:
Sixty-eight semester hours are required for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. A student wishing to earn this degree needs to begin the general art requirements and foundations sequence in the freshman year and maintain an average of at least two art courses per semester throughout the four years. A 3.00 grade-point average must be maintained within the Art Department, and candidacy for the B.F.A. must be declared by the end of the sophomore year. The following course requirements and a Senior Thesis Solo Exhibition must be completed:

1. Art History I and II; 8 semester hours
2. Modern Art History; 4 semester hours
3. Upper-Level Art History Elective; 4 semester hours
4. Studio Foundations: Two-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
5. Studio Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
6. Basic Drawing; 4 semester hours
7. Drawing I or Upper-Level Printmaking; 4 semester hours
8. Art Electives; 12 semester hours
9. Courses in concentration of choice; 20 semester hours
10. Senior Studio Thesis Seminar; 4 semester hours
    Total: 68 semester hours

Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in studio art:
Forty-two semester hours of art are required for a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in studio art.The following course requirements and a Senior Studio Thesis Seminar exhibition must be completed:

1. Art History I and II; 8 semester hours
2. Modern Art History; 4 semester hours
3. Studio Foundations: Two-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
4. Studio Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
5. Basic Drawing; 4 semester hours
6. Art Elective; 4 semester hours
7. Courses in concentration of choice; 12 semseter hours
8. Senior Studio Thesis Seminar; 2 semester hours
   Total: 42 semester hours

Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in art history:
Forty-two semester hours of art are required for a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in art history. The following course requirements and an Art History Senior Thesis Presentation must be completed:

1. Art History I and II; 8 semester hours
2. Studio Foundations: Two-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
3. Studio Elective or Studio Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design; 4 semester hours
4. Basic Drawing; 4 semester hours
5. Upper-Level Art History (must include one course from each of the following areas: ancient and medieval; renaissance and baroque; modern); 20 semester hours
6. Art History Senior Thesis; 2 semester hours
   Total: 42 semester hours