Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Fine Arts
This is a four-year professional program in preparation for a career in the fine arts and/or pursuit of a Master of Fine Arts degree. A common core curriculum in the first two years provides a general studies base and introductory studio experiences in two- and three-dimensional arts. The Bachelor of Fine Arts program provides flexibility to account for individual student preference and maturation in the chosen area of specialization. There will be a review process after the third semester of the lower division core sequence. Students will then be encouraged either to continue with a Bachelor of Fine Arts program or pursue the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts). A grade of C or higher is required in departmental courses for all undergraduate majors in the School of Fine Arts.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) requires a total of 128 units, distributed as follows.
| First Year, Fall | Units |
| COMP 101 | Introduction to Expository Writing | 4 |
| FA 101a | Drawing I | 3 |
| FA 102 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| FA 112 | Ceramics | 3 |
| FA 120 | Western Art to 1500 | 4 |
| ____ |
| 17 |
| First Year, Spring | Units |
| COMP 102 | Topics in Expository Writing | 4 |
| FA 101b | Drawing I | 3 |
| FA 106a | Sculpture I | 3 |
| FA 105 | Painting I | 3 |
| FA 121 | Western Art after 1500 | 4 |
| ____ |
| 16 |
Second Year, Fall | Units |
| FA 106b | Sculpture I | 3 |
| FA 201a | Drawing II | 3 |
| FA 205a | Painting II | 3 |
| FA 209a | Photography | 3 |
| General education | 4 |
| ____ |
| 16 |
| Second Year, Spring | Units |
| FA 204 | Introduction to Art Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| FA 205b | Painting II | 3 |
| FA 206 | Sculpture II | 3 |
| FA 209b | Photography | 3 |
| General education | 4 |
| ____ |
| 16 |
| Third Year, Fall | Units |
| Art History 300/400 level | 4 |
| Foundations of Non-Western Cultures | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| ___ |
| 16 |
Third Year, Spring | Units |
| FA 275 | Contemporary Art Survey | 3 |
| General education | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| ____ |
| 15 |
| Fourth Year, Fall | Units |
| FA 404 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| General education | 4 |
| ____ |
| 15 |
| Fourth Year, Spring | Units |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| Studio 300/400 level | 4 |
| General education | 4 |
| ____ |
| 16 |
General Education Requirements
Skill Level, Composition
Expository Writing 101 and 102 and meet the composition skill level requirement.
Areas of Study
Requirements from the general education areas of study are: the Natural World, one course; American Public Life, one course; Western Culture I or II, FA 120; Non-Western Cultures, one course; Literature, one course; the Arts, FA 121; Empirical Approaches, one course; Ethical Approaches, one course.
Diversity Requirement
All students must pass one course from the list of courses approved to meet the standard diversity requirement. These courses carry the designation "m" for multiculturalism.
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