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Fiber

2020 - 22 Curriculum

MAJOR CURRICULUM

Total credits required for a BFA in Fiber: 120.0


The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2020 - 21 and 2021 - 22 academic years.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Art Matters AH 100 3.0
Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies HMST 101 3.0
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing: Tradition and Innovation FF 161 3.0
Drawing: Contemporary Practices FF 162 3.0
Studio Elective 3.0
Choose one course from the following Color/Design category
Color/Design/Process
FF 120A 3.0
Color/Design/Pattern FF 120B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Form/Space category
Prototype/Situate/Fabricate
FF 130A 3.0
Body/World/Machine FF 130B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category
Haptics and Optics
FF 140A 3.0
Designing Information FF 140B 3.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Modernism and After / Modernisms AH 201 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300- or 400-level) 3.0
Intellectual History I -IH1 3.0
Intellectual History II -IH2 3.0
Science/Math Requirement NSCI 3.0
Theory Requirement -TH 3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) 3.0
Academic Elective 3.0
FIBER MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Introduction to Fiber
FB 200 3.0
Senior Fiber Independent I FB 400 6.0
Senior Fiber Independent II FB 401 6.0
Junior Seminar SS 300 3.0
Choose one course from the following
Introduction to Ceramics
CE 200 3.0
Digital Fab: The Pliable Plane FB 361 3.0
Introduction to Sculpture IS 200 3.0
Introduction to Wood IS 202 3.0
Choose one course from the following
Material Construction FB 227 3.0
Woven Imagery FB 238 3.0
Weaving: Color 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
Surface Resist Dyeing: Color FB 334 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective FB 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective FB 3.0
Fiber Studio Elective FB 3.0
3D Electives CE, FB, or IS 3.0
3D Elective CE, FB, or IS 3.0
3D Elective CE, FB, or IS 3.0
Studio Elective 3.0
Studio Elective 3.0
Studio Elective 3.0