2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Art Major


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(45-49 credits)

Studio Concentraion Degree Map

Graphic Design Concentration Degree Map

The Art major offers two concentrations that encourage students to think and work creatively, to master a specific area of art production or history, and to become engaged members of a variety of artistic and scholarly communities.  Programs are designed to develop broad and versatile creative skills that prepare students in the areas of studio arts, design, education, multimedia, and more.

*Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. For more information click here.

(ART) Core Curriculum:


The core curriculum is a prescribed program of study required of all Art majors—BFA, BA/BS, and Art Education—and is basic to a student’s choice of an area of concentration.

Studio Concentration (31 credits):


Students choosing the Studio concentration will create an area of study by completing classes in each of the 3 areas listed below, along with their intermediate and advanced electives.  

Students specializing in Graphic Design will choose the Graphic Design concentration.

Graphic Design Concentration (27 credits):


Studio Concentration Degree Map


Studio Concentration Degree Map

Fall 1st Year


Spring 1st Year


Fall 2nd Year


Spring 2nd Year


Fall 3rd Year


  • Introductory Studio Design Course 3 Credits
  • Introductory Studio Design Course 3 Credits
  • Art History 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: Junior Composition 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: GPCD 3 Credits

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year


  • Intermediate/Advanced Electives 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: Fine & Performing Arts 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: Ethics & Social Responsibility 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year


  • Intermediate/Advanced Electives 3 Credits
  • Art History 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: UDIE 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year


Graphic Design Concentration Degree Map


Graphic Design Concentration Degree Map

Fall 1st Year


Spring 1st Year


Fall 2nd Year


Spring 2nd Year


Fall 3rd Year


Spring 3rd Year


  • ARTH 474A or ARTH 489 or ARTH 481 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: Fine & Performing Arts 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year


  • 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: Ethics & Social Responsibility 3 Credits
  • Foundational Studies: UDIE 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
  • Elective 2 Credits
  • 14 Credits

Spring 4th Year


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