BFA in Illustration (72 hours)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the department office for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.
Program Requirements |
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- Complete the following core requirements:
VA 111 : Freshman Seminar.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into visual arts program. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Conceptual and philosophical preparation for visual arts majors. Lecture and guided discussion seminar. Nature and value of visual arts and visual culture. |
VA 115 : Two-Dimensional Design.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into visual arts program. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Formal and conceptual elements of design, color, and composition, using a variety of media. |
VA 131 : Figure Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W on block, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111, 114, 115. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Figure study using a variety of media and methods. Readings, writings, and participation in course work exhibitions required. |
VA 134 : Introduction to Photography.
(1.5:1:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W on block, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111, 115. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to photography for visual arts majors, including camera operation and digital capture, photographic principles, lighting, and design with limited postproduction editing. No darkroom. |
- Complete the following:
VAGD 243 : Basic Typography.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Exploring fundamentals and traditions for creating, setting, and designing with type. Solving visual problems with type. |
VAGD 245 : Introduction to Graphic Design.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Communication problems and solutions through visual interpretations of images, type, and symbols. Comprehensive study of printing, binding methods; manufacture and uses of printing papers. |
VAILL 210 : Intermediate Computer Applications to Illustration.
(2:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to computer software programs specific to illustration. |
VAILL 251 : Illustration 1.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of styles, techniques, methods, and materials. Illustrative concepts and problem solving. |
VAILL 252 : Intermediate Life Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 131. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Drawing the classic figure from gesture to finished rendering, emphasizing structure, anatomy, form, and medium. |
VAILL 350R : Advanced Life Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 131, VAIll 252. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Drawing the figure in modern or historical costume; developing drawing skills, especially relating to the draped figure. |
VAILL 452 : Senior Illustration Studio 2.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAIll 451. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Flexible in nature, featuring various instructors with unique individual skills. Team taught. Advanced assignments in illustration; individual portfolio preparation. |
VAILL 453 : Illustration 4.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAIll 351, 352; BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced assignments in illustration. Various instructors with unique skills and market experience. |
- Complete four hours of the following:
- Complete the following history requirement:
- Complete one course from the following history requirements:
ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of Christian art in the Roman and Byzantine Empire from ca. 200 to 1453. |
ARTHC 330 : Southern Baroque Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | History of baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, Spain, and France. |
SFL 328 : History of Interior Design and Architecture 1.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | History of interior design, architecture, and furnishings from ancient Egypt to beaux arts movement. French, English, and American design. |
VAILL 356 : History of American Illustration 2 (1930-Present).
(3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of American illustration in visual communication, emphasizing from 1930 to the present. |
- Complete four of the following supporting courses:
VAILL 350R : Advanced Life Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 131, VAIll 252. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Drawing the figure in modern or historical costume; developing drawing skills, especially relating to the draped figure. |
VAILL 357 : Sketchbook.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 114, 115, 131; VAIll 250, 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Using a sketchbook in visual thinking process: exploring ideas, recording visual experience, and developing fundamental drawing skills. |
VAILL 358 : Character Design for Illustrators.
(3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 114, 115, 131, VAIll 250, 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Concepts and projects dealing with the interpretation and stylization of human and animal characters applied to children's markets, caricature, animation, and humorous illustration. |
VAILL 450R : Painting the Human Head.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAIll 350 and BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Painting from a live model; unique aspects of portraiture and colors of the human face. |
VASTU 333 : Aqueous Media.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core and VAStu 214. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Exploring multiple aqueous media on paper: transparent water color, acrylic, gouache, casein, egg tempera. |