Studio Art - Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art prepares students to become fluent in the practice of visual arts. Students will gain critical and analytical thinking skills, as well as conceptual rigor, technical expertise and methods as a means to explore intellectual and human experience through visual arts modes. By taking a core group of foundational studio courses and Art History courses, students explore a studio area or areas of interest, including ceramics, metals and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, allowing students to create a hybrid experience as they apply their artistic interests – and aspects of their broader liberal arts education – to a contemporary studio art practice. A Capstone course, The Professional Portfolio and Exhibition Experience, typically taken in the final semester of their senior year, offers a practical professional experience based on current professional practices which culminates with an exhibition of the student’s artwork in the Hiestand Galleries.
Students cannot earn both the BA in Studio Art and the BFA in Studio Art.
Program requirements
(50 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | ||
| ART 111 | Visual Fundamentals: Design and Composition | 3 |
| ART 121 | Observational Drawing | 3 |
| ART 281 | Contemporary Art Forum (take twice) | 1,1 |
| Beginning Studio | 15 | |
| Take five of the following: | ||
| Painting I | ||
| Printmaking I | ||
| Photography | ||
| Ceramics I | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals I | ||
| Sculpture I | ||
| Intermediate Drawing | ||
| ART 221 | Intermediate Drawing 1 | 3 |
| Intermediate Studio | 12 | |
| Take four of the following: | ||
| 3D Character Design | ||
| Thematic Studio | ||
| Painting II | ||
| Painting III | ||
| Printmaking II | ||
| Printmaking III | ||
| Photography II | ||
| Photography III | ||
| Ceramics II | ||
| Ceramics III | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals II | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals III | ||
| Sculpture II | ||
| Sculpture III | ||
| Advanced Studio | 3 | |
| Take one of the following: | ||
| Painting IV | ||
| Painting V | ||
| Printmaking IV | ||
| Printmaking V | ||
| Photography IV | ||
| Photography V | ||
| Ceramics IV | ||
| Ceramics V | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals IV | ||
| Jewelry Design & Metals V | ||
| Sculpture IV | ||
| Sculpture V | ||
| Exhibition Experience | ||
| ART 492 | Professional Artist's Portfolio and Exhibition Experience | 3 |
| Art History | ||
| Select one introductory survey course: | 3 | |
| Arts of Africa, Oceania and Native America | ||
| Art and Society: Prehistoric to Medieval | ||
| Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern | ||
| History of Asian Art, China, Korea, and Japan | ||
| Select one upper-level art history course: | 3 | |
| Art Since 1980 | ||
| Seminar in Art History | ||
| Art of the Early 20th Century | ||
| Art in the Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 | ||
| Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980 | ||
| History and Methods in Art and Architectural History | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 50 | |