MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits for a BFA in Painting: 120.0
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
First-Year-Experience Requirements |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cartographies / Designing Information | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
Liberal Arts Requirements |
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| Modernism and After / Modernisms | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective (400-level) | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective (400-level) | AH | 3.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
Painting Major Requirements |
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| Life Drawing | DR 252 | 3.0 |
| Studio Drawing | DR 298 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Painting | PT 201 | 3.0 |
| Color, Pigment, Surface | PT 202 | 3.0 |
| Personal Directions | PT 250 | 3.0 |
| Junior Independent Painting | PT 350 | 3.0 |
| Professional Practices for the Visual Artist | PD 455 | 3.0 |
| Senior Thesis I | FA 498 | 6.0 |
| Senior Thesis II | FA 499 | 6.0 |
| Painting Electives | PT | 12.0 |
| Studio Electives | 9.0 | |