The curriculum of the B.F.A. in Painting is rooted in the investigation of painterly media as a unique genre with its own complex syntax and history. Peer feedback and critique are a consistent part of all painting courses, as are readings and discussions that support the understanding of painting as a contemporary and historical practice. Lower Division courses involve a mastery of formal and technical skills as well as color mixing and theory. Upper Division courses encourage a diversity of practice, innovation, and experimentation which hopes to enable a personal voice.
Major Requirements
A total of 76 semester hours: 34 semester hours of lower division courses and 42 semesters hours of upper division courses. ART Lower Division and Upper Division electives must be decided in consultation with an academic advisor.
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34 semester hours of lower division courses: 26 semester hours of Studio Arts and 8 semester hours of Art History.
Studio Arts Foundations
- ART 1001 Foundation I 4 semester hours
- ART 1002 Foundation II 4 semester hours
- ART 1003 Foundation III 4 semester hours
- ART 1010 Freshman Workshop in Studio Arts 2 semester hours
Painting Lower Division Requirements
- ART 2154 Drawing from the Human Figure 3 semester hours
- ART 2188 Drawing from the Human Figure Lab 1 semester hour
- ART 2375 Painting I 4 semester hours
- ART 1xxx or 2xxx Lower Division elective 4 semester hours
- Art History Lower Division electives 8 semester hours
Choose two classes from:
- ARHS 2000 Foundations of Western Art 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 2002 Art and Society: Early Christian to Early Modern 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 2004 Modernism 4 semester hours
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44 semester hours of upper division courses: 36 semester hours of Studio Arts and 8 semester hours of Art History.
- ART 3132 Eastern Immersion 4 semester hours
- ART 3133 Visualizing Literature 4 semester hours
- ART 3352 Principles of Color 4 semester hours
- ART 3356 Painting II 4 semester hours
- ART 3358 Painting III 4 semester hours
- ART 3594 Gallery Issues and Practices 4 semester hours
- ART 3597 Professional Practices in Fine Arts 2 semester hours
- ART 3xxx or 4xxx Upper Division art electives 6 semester hours
- ART 4950 Senior Thesis in Fine Arts 4 semester hours
- ARHS 3xxx or 4xxx Upper Division elective 4 semester hours
- ARHS Non-Western elective 4 semester hours
Choose one class from:
- ARHS 3311 Pre-Columbian Art 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 3331 Arts of Africa 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 3341 Arts of Islam 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 3351 Arts of Asia 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 4301 Arts of India 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 4303 Arts of China 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 4305 Arts of Southeast Asia 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 4307 Arts of Japan 4 semester hours or
- ARHS 4998 Special Studies 4 semester hours (if a non-Western topic is to be studied)