Nov 01, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Art and Design


Fine Arts BFA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ART 209 - Core Design    ART 205 - Core Interactive Media   
ART 235 - Core Drawing    ART 236 - Core Painting   
ART 284 - Core Photography    ART 255 - Core Sculpture   
ART 218 - Core Colloquium    ART 218 - Core Colloquium  
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics  or higher (3cr.)                                 
Group B or C Breadth (3cr.)  Group A/B Breadth (3cr.) 
First Year Seminar    
Credits: 17 Credits: 16
Second Year
ART 245 - Core Printmaking     Core or ART Elective (200+) 3cr  
ART 285 - Core Moving Images    Core or ART Elective (200+) 3cr 
ART 295 - Core Ceramics   Core or ART Elective (200+) 3cr
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3 cr.) Art History (Breadth A or B) (3 cr.) 
Breadth B or C (3cr.) Breadth D (3cr.)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Third Year
ART 200+ Elective (3cr.)  ART Elective (300+) 3cr 
ART 200+ Elective (3cr.)  ART Elective (300+) 3cr
ART 200+ Elective (3cr.)  ART Elective (300+) 3cr
University Breadth or Second Writing Requirement (3cr.)                                 University Breadth or Multicultural Requirement (3cr.)                                  
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3 cr.)  Group D Breadth (4cr.) 
Credits: 15 Credits: 16
Fourth Year
ART 416 - Senior Seminar   ART 419 - Senior Studio  
ART Elective (300+) 3cr ART Elective (300+) 3cr
ART Elective (300+) 3cr ART Elective (400+) 3cr
Art History (Breadth A or B) (3 cr.) ART 417 - BFA Exhibition   
Free Elective (3cr.)  Free Elective (3cr.) 
  Free Elective (3cr.) 
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Total Credits: 124

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit. Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.