Sample Degree Plan
Visual Arts and New Media: Sculpture, B.F.A. Sample Degree Map
The Sculpture, B.F.A. degree is designed to give students a solid background in traditional methods and materials appropriate for three-dimensional expression, as it allows for experimentation within cross-disciplinary concerns. Courses are structured to introduce traditional processes that include modeling, moldmaking, foundry, and welding, as they offer opportunities for the exploration of papermaking, wood working, and many alternative media approaches. The proximity of the ceramic studios has offered many sculpture students an even more comprehensive three-dimensional experience.
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 | Foundations of 3D Form and Content | 3 |
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture From Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
| FF | Course | 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 340 | Methods and Materials | 3 |
| ARTS 270 | Foundations in Clay | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTH xxx | Art History Elective | 3 |
| ARTS 241 | Figure Modeling | 3 |
| ARTS 212 | Life Drawing I | 3 |
| FF | Course | 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 321 or 370 | 3 | |
| ARTS xxx | Studio Elective | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 333 or 334 | 3 | |
| ARTS 440 | 3D Objects and Ideas | 3 |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 13 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 494 | Directed Studio | 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 495 | Independent Studio Projects | 3 |
| ARTS 333 or 334 | 3 | |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| ARTS 400 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| TOTAL | 14 |