Undergraduate Catalog

Art: Visual Arts (BS)

Majors in Visual Arts


Note:
A minimum grade of C or better is required for all major courses and transfer courses.  A minimum grade of C- or better is required for Art History courses.  

Bachelor of Science (BS) - 54-57 credits, plus
a required academic minor (15-24 credits)

Required Foundation courses................................15 credits
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I (3)
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II (3)
ARS102 Design: Color (3)
ARS103 Design: Form (3)
ARS112 Art Seminar (3)

200/300/400-level studio courses.........................24 credits
Any combination of basic 200-level (maximum of three), 300-level, and 400-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses, by advisement. (The 200-level course prerequisite must be met before any 300- or 400-level course may be taken.) Students are urged to obtain early advice on course selection in order to organize an individual program in the best possible way.

Required progress review.......................................0-3 credits
ARS365 Work in Progress Review, to be taken twice (junior year and senior year)

Required cognate courses.....................................12 credits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (3)
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (3)
Any two upper-division art history or art theory courses, by advisement (6)

Capstone course.....................................................3 credits
ARS491 Creative Art Projects (3)

Requirements outside the major: An academic minor of the student's choice

Bachelor of Arts (BA) - 48 credits

Required Foundation courses..............................15 credits
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I (3)
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II (3)
ARS102 Design: Color (3)
ARS103 Design: Form (3)
ARS112 Art Seminar (3)

200/300-level studio courses..............................15 credits
A combination of basic 200-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses plus 300-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses. The 200-level prerequisite must be met before any 300-level course may be taken.

Required cognate courses..................................15 credits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (3)
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (3)
Any three 300- to 400-level art history or art theory courses (9)

Capstone course.................................................3 credits
ARS491 Creative Art Projects (3)