Sample Degree Plan
Drawing and Painting, B.F.A. Sample Degree Map
The Drawing and Painting, B.F.A. degree is structured in theoretical readings and in studio assignments that investigate color theory, form, mass, line and composition. Upper level drawing and painting courses stress the discovery of individual aesthetic choices and accessing the inner world of creative imagination and feeling as students explore their own artistic goals. All drawing and painting courses are organized to include technical and aesthetic information while allowing and encouraging students to create thoughtful and personally significant work.
Sample Degree Plan
First Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
ART 100 | Visual Concepts | 3 |
ARTS 102 | Foundations in 2D Form and Content | 3 |
ARTS 105 | Foundations in Drawing | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTS 221, 222 or 225 | 3 | |
ARTS 240 or 270 | 3 | |
ARTH 101 | Art in Culture From Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
ARTS 214 | Drawing & Painting I | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTH 102 | Art in Culture From 1400 to the Present | 3 |
ARTS 212 | Life Drawing I | 3 |
ARTS 314 | Drawing & Painting II | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTH | Art History Elective | 3 |
ARTS 315 | Drawing and Painting III | 3 |
ARTS xxx | Studio Elective | 3 |
ARTS 312 | Life Drawing II | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Third Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTH xxx | Art History Elective | 3 |
ARTS xxx | Studio Elective | 3 |
ARTS 415 | Drawing and Painting IV | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 13 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTS 494 | Directed Studio Projects | 3 |
ARTS 241 | Figure Modeling | 3 |
ARTS | Studio Elective | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTS 495 | Independent Studio Projects | 3 |
ARTS | Studio Elective | 3 |
ARTS | Studio Elective | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
TOTAL | 13 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
ARTS | Studio Elective | 3 |
ARTS | Studio Elective | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
ARTS 400 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
TOTAL | 14 |