Majors in Visual Arts
Note: A minimum grade of C or better is required for all major courses and transfer courses. A minimum grade of C- or better is required for Art History courses.
Bachelor of Science (BS) - 54 credits, plus
a required academic minor (15-24 credits)
Required Foundation courses................................15 credits
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I (3)
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II (3)
ARS102 Design: Color (3)
ARS103 Design: Form (3)
ARS112 Art Seminar (3)
200/300/400-level studio courses.........................24 credits
Any combination of basic 200-level (maximum of three), 300-level, and 400-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses, by advisement. (The 200-level course prerequisite must be met before any 300- or 400-level course may be taken.) Students are urged to obtain early advice on course selection in order to organize an individual program in the best possible way.
Required progress review.......................................0 credits
ARS365 Work in Progress Review, to be taken twice (junior year and senior year)
Required cognate courses.....................................12 credits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (3)
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (3)
Any two upper-division art history or art theory courses, by advisement (6)
Capstone course.....................................................3 credits
ARS491 Creative Art Projects (3)
Requirements outside the major: An academic minor of the student's choice
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - 48 credits
Required Foundation courses..............................15 credits
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I (3)
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II (3)
ARS102 Design: Color (3)
ARS103 Design: Form (3)
ARS112 Art Seminar (3)
200/300-level studio courses..............................15 credits
A combination of basic 200-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses plus 300-level ARS and/or DDF studio courses. The 200-level prerequisite must be met before any 300-level course may be taken.
Required cognate courses..................................15 credits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (3)
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (3)
Any three 300- to 400-level art history or art theory courses (9)
Capstone course.................................................3 credits
ARS491 Creative Art Projects (3)
