BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN STUDIO ART – DESIGN (4 Year Plan) - SAMPLE
Semester I / Cr. / Semester II / Cr.Year One Fall / Year One Spring
FRESHMAN YEAR / VUSM 100 Franciscan Values Traditions ENGL 103 WC I Information Fluency ARTS 111 Artistic Awareness
ARTS 112 Foundations Design I
ARTS 1XX Foundations: Art History Survey / 3
3
3
3
3 / ENGL 104 WC I Information Fluency
Philosophical and Moral Inquiry ARTS 121 Foundations Drawing II ARTS 122 Foundations Design II / 3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 15
9
15 / Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 12
15
27
Year Two Fall / Year Two Spring
SOPHOMORE YEAR / VUSM 200 Living in a Diverse World
Quantitative Literacy
ARTS 308 Drawing III
Scientific Reasoning in Natural Science
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS 350 or 351 WCII OC / 3
3
3
4
3
3 / Scientific Reasoning in Social Science
ARTS 207 Printmaking ARTS 216 Painting Historical Analysis
ARTS 300 Figure Drawing / 3
3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 19
24
46 / Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 15
33
61
Year Three Fall / Year Three Spring
JUNIOR YEAR / VUSM 300 Serving the Common Good ARTS 305 Studio Elective Philosophical Moral Inquiry
ARTS 350 or 351 Art History
ARTS BFA Concentration Area / 3
3
3
3
3 / Literary Analysis
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
Theological Inquiry
ARTS Studio Elective / 3
3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 15
42
76 / Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 15
51
91
Year Four Fall / Year Four Spring
SENIOR YEAR / VUSM 400 The Ethical Life ARTS Studio Elective ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
ENGL 320 American Renaissance Literature
HIST 221 The City in History / 3
3
3
3
3 / Integrating Faith Practice
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
ARTS 489 Advanced Studio Problems ARTS 490 Senior Research Paper ARTS Studio Elective / 3
3
3
1
3
Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 18
60
109 / Total credits this semester Cumulative major credits Cumulative total credits / 16
70
125
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* New (Replacement) Course
Program changes include: 1) a change in the name of this program from “Graphic Arts New Media” to “Design;” 2) students pursuing a BFA emphasis in Design would follow the same curriculum as the other Bachelor of Fine Arts emphases (i.e., Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Interdisciplinary Media and now with this change, Design as an option, instead of Graphic Arts New Media; 3) a reduction from 75 to 73 of the major credit load by virtue of its alignment with the other emphases; 4) a reduction of studio electives by three credits, offset by an increase of three in required studio courses with the addition of ARTS 489; 5) the addition of ARTS 239, 339, COMM 118, 141, 230, 321, 332 and 421 as art electives; and 6) a reduction of three credits in required 100-level art history courses by consolidating the two semester survey into one semester. This is a sample plan reflective of a typical student.