BA in Visual Arts: Studio Arts Emphasis (49 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the department office for information regarding requirement for admission to this major.
Program Requirements |
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- Complete the following core courses:
VA 111 : Freshman Seminar.
(1.5:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Conceptual and philosophical preparation for visual arts majors. Lecture and guided discussion seminar with weekly labs. Nature and value of visual arts and visual culture. |
VA 115 : Two-Dimensional Design.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Pre-visual arts status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Formal and conceptual elements of design, color, and composition, using a variety of media. |
- Obtain acceptance into the studio arts BA program.
- Complete the following:
- Complete 12 hours from the following:
VASTU 210 : New Genre.
(3:6.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 114 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing an artistic voice while exploring new genres of art making including installation, digital, time-based, performance, sound, and technology-based work. |
VASTU 220 : Introduction to Drawing and Figure Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 114 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Perceptive and inventive drawing and fundamental study of the figure using a variety of media and methods. |
VASTU 225 : Printmaking Fundamentals.
(3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 114 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to the basic materials, techniques, history, and aesthetics of intaglio, lithography, and other printmaking processes. |
- Complete the following:
- Complete six hours from the following history electives:
ARTHC 304 : Greek Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History and appreciation of Greek art, with consideration of formative cultures. |
ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of Christian art in the Roman and Byzantine Empire from ca. 200 to 1453. |
ARTHC 329 : Renaissance and Baroque Architecture.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History of architecture in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, and England, 1400?1700. |
ARTHC 330 : Southern Baroque Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History of baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, Spain, and France. |
ARTHC 350 : Modern Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Modern European art and theory, 1900--1945. |
ARTHC 360 : Introduction to Museum and Curatorial Studies.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Duties of museum professionals while applying museum theory to the practical development of a museum exhibit. |
ARTHC 375 : Japanese Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 & ARTHC 203 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Japanese art and architecture from its neolithic origins through the dawn of the modern age. Literary, social, and religious contexts considered. |
ARTHC 382 : Southern Mesoamerican Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of art and architecture of southern Mexico and central America from antiquity to present. |
- Complete 12 hours of 300- or 400-level VAStu courses.
- Complete three hours (3 enrollments) of the following:
- Complete the following during the final semester:
Recommended history courses:
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.