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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Art B.F.A.
Sample Plan: Art BFA
Total Credits: 123.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
ARTS 1001 - Introduction to Contemporary Art and Theory : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
ARTS 1101 - Introduction to Drawing : 4.0 cr : AH
ARTS 1704 - Introduction to Moving Images : 4.0 cr : AH
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
ARTS 1802 - Introduction to Sculpture: Understanding the Fundamentals of the Practice of Sculpture : 4.0 cr : AH
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ARTS 1xxx (4.0 cr) : 4.0 cr
ARTH 3627 - Seminar: Harlem Renaissance : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Portfolio Review
ARTS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ARTS 3401W - Critical Theories and Their Construction From a Studio Perspective : 3.0 cr : AH, CIV, WI
ARTS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ARTS 3896 - Internship : 1.0 cr
ARTS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5xxx : 3.0 cr
CSCL 3351W - The Body and the Politics of Representation : 3.0 cr : HIS, WI
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ARTS 5401W - BFA Seminar Capstone 1: Concepts and Practices in Art : 3.0 cr : WI
ARTS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
ARTS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5407 - BFA Capstone 2: Critique and Exhibition : 4.0 cr
ARTH 5411 - Gender and Sexuality in Art Since 1863 : 3.0 cr
ARTS 5xxx : 4.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr