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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Studio Art Concentration


Art, BFA
Studio Art Concentration
*Sample Four Year Plan

First Year Fall Semester
SCH
First Year Spring Semester
SCH
APSU 1000-Freshmen Seminar 1 ART 1360-Foundations Studio III 3
Humanities Core 3 ART 1050-Drawing II 3
ART 1340-Foundations Studio I 3 ENGL 1020-English Composition II 3
ART 1045-Drawing I 3 COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3
ENGL 1010-English Composition I 3 Humanities and/or Fine Arts core 3
ART 1350-Foundations of Studio II 3    
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 15
Second Year Fall Semester
SCH
Second Year Spring Semester
SCH
ART 2010-Art Survey I 3 Intro Studio Art (Group 1) 3
Intro Studio Art (Group 1) 3 Intro Studio Art (Group 1) 3
ENGL 2330-Topics of World Literature 3 MATH 1010-Mathematical Thought 3
Intro Studio Art (Group 1) 4 ART 2020-Art History, Survey II 3
History Core 3 History Core 3
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 15
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
Natural Sciences w/ lab Core 4 Natural Sciences w/ lab Core 4
Art History Elective 3 Art History Elective 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3 Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3 Social and Behavioral Science Core 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences core 3 Upper Level Studio Course 2 (Group 2) 3
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 16
Fourth Year Fall Semester
SCH
Fourth Year Spring Semester
SCH
ART 4150-Senior Thesis 1 3 ART 4160-Senior Thesis II 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3 Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3 Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3 Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3
Upper Level Studio Course (Group 2) 3    
TOTAL SCH 15 TOTAL SCH 12
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 120

Must complete a total of 39 upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

Admission Requirements: Application at the end of the sophomore year provided following requirements have been met.

1. Completion of: ART 1340, 1350, 1040, 1050 and ART 2000 or 2020.
2. Completion of a Portfolio Review in which the faculty will vote based on the quality of the student’s work.

Should faculty vote to deny entrance to the B.F.A. program, the student may appeal and/or re-apply the following semester.

Group 1 - Introduction to Studio (Select 4):
ART 2050 – Pottery Ceramics
ART 3450 – Ceramic Sculpture
ART 2040 – Painting I
ART 2030 – Printmaking I
ART 3430 – Printmaking II
ART 3530 – Printmaking III
ART 2040 – Painting I
ART 2030 – Printmaking I
ART 2070 – Sculpture I
ART 2090 – Photography I
ART 2320 – Graphic Design I

 

Group 3 – Art History (Select 2)
ART 3200 – Art History of the US
ART 3220 – Modern Art History
ART 3230 – Contemporary Art History
ART 3240 – History of Photography
ART 3270 – History Graphic Design
ART 324A – 324Z Special Topics

Group 2 - Graphic Design Upper Division Courses (Select 11)
ART 2170 – Digital Media I
ART 3080 – Illustration I
ART 3170 – Digital Media II
ART 3340 – Drawing III
ART 3370 – Web Design
ART 3430 – Printmaking II
ART 3440 – Painting II
ART 3450 – Ceramic Sculpture
ART 3530 – Printmaking III
ART 3540 – Drawing IV
ART 3550 – Glazes & Surface Design
ART 3560 – Watercolor I
ART 3570 – Sculpture II
ART 3590 – Photography II
ART 3650 – Potter II
ART 3690 – Digital Photography
ART 4040 – Painting III
ART 4060 – Watercolor II
ART 4070 – Sculpture III
ART 4080 – Illustration II
ART 4120 – Graphic Design II
ART 4170 – Digital Media III
ART 4190 – Photo III
ART 4085 – Illustration III
ART 4090 – Problems in Art
ART 410X – Special Topics Studio
ART 4310 – Art Internship