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Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual Arts Curriculum

The following requirements must be met in order to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts.

Courses

Hours

 

47

  General Education Requirements

 

Liberal Arts Requirements

 

PHIL

231

Introduction to Philosophy

3

CIS

240

Microcomputer Software Application

3

Literature Course

3

Visual and Performing Arts Course

3

Total Liberal Arts Requirements

12

 

 

 

 

Visual Arts Major Core Requirements

ART

100

2D Design

3

ART

101

3D Design

3

ART

131

Introduction to Drawing

3

ART

132

Color and Design

3

ART

223

Introduction to Painting

3

ART

232

Introduction to Ceramics

3

ART

235

Introduction to Sculpture

3

ART

331

Survey of Art History I

3

ART

332

Survey of Art History II

3

ART

491

Project Seminar

3

Select One

ART

233

Modern Art

3

ART

334

African-American Art

3

ART

335

Art of the Harlem Renaissance

3

ART

338

Art of the Italian Renaissance

3

Visual Arts Major Core Requirements

33

 

 

 

 

Concentration (Select One)

Graphic Design Concentration Requirements

ART

225

Design Applications

3

ART

226

Typography

3

ART

431

Fundamentals of Photography

3

ART

323

Layout and Typography

3

ART

326

Illustration

3

ART

327

Graphic Design

3

ART

400

Web / Multimedia Design

3

ART

408

Motion Graphics

3

ART

410

Graphic Design Studio

3

ART

412

Graphic Design Portfolio

3

ART

413

Internship

3

Total Graphic Design Concentration Requirements

33

 

 

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Studio Arts Concentration Requirements

ART

234

Survey of Print and Papermaking

3

ART

237

Painting II

3

ART

330

Sculpture II

3

ART

341

Advanced Drawing

3

ART

347

Watercolor Painting or Arts-Related Elective

3

ART

431

Fund of Photography or Arts-Related Elective

3

ART

434

Advanced Painting or Arts-Related Elective

3

ART

435

Advanced Sculpture or Arts-Related Elective

3

ART

441

Life Drawing

3

ART

411

Studio Portfolio

3

ART

413

Internship

3

Total Studio Arts Concentration Requirements

33

Open Elective

3

Grand Total Visual Arts Major Requirements

128


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