MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Fiber: 120.0
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2023-24 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernisms | AH 101 | 3.0 |
| Ways of Writing | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing (Fundamentals) | FF 160 | 3.0 |
| Fabrication (3D) | FF 130 | 3.0 |
| Color Design (2D) |
FF 120 | 3.0 |
| New Media (4D) | FF 140 | 3.0 |
| Program Electives | 6.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Ways of Seeing | AH 205 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Literature/Creative Writing Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Societies/Cultures Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Philosophy/ Religion Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Science Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
| * Within these categories, at least one course must carry the DEIG designation; two must must be taken at the 300 level; and one must be taken at the 400 level. | ||
Fiber MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Choose one course from the following: | ||
| Intro to Ceramics: Hand Build Form | CE 200 | 3.0 |
| Intro to Sculpture | IS 200 | 3.0 |
| Intro to Wood | IS 202 | 3.0 |
| Digital Fabrication: Pliable Plane | FB 361 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Fiber | FB 200 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following: | ||
| Material Construction | FB 227 | 3.0 |
| Woven Imagery | FB 238 | 3.0 |
| Weaving: Cover and Pattern | FB 254 | 3.0 |
| Woven Pixels: Image + Form | FB 351 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following: | ||
| Surface Resist Dyeing: Design | FB 234 | 3.0 |
| Silkscreening on Fabric | FB 331 | 3.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent I | FB 400 | 6.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent II | FB 401 | 6.0 |
| Junior Seminar | SS 300 | 3.0 |
| Fiber Studio Elective 1 | FB | 3.0 |
| Fiber Studio Elective 2 | FB | 3.0 |
| Fiber Studio Elective 3 | FB | 3.0 |
| 3D Elective 1 | CE, FB, or IS | 3.0 |
| 3D Elective 2 | CE, FB, or IS | 3.0 |
| 3D Elective 3 | CE, FB, or IS | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective 1 | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective 2 | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective 3 | 3.0 | |
| Total for the Fiber Major | 90 | |