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Concentration Requirements and/or Recommended Courses

BFAstudents must select an area of concentration from these disciplines:  ceramics, digital arts, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Each concentration may have additional requirements of course recommendations as follows:

Ceramics
ART 351 Intermediate Drawing I and ART 352 Intermediate Drawing II are both required. Learn more >

Digital Arts
ART 271 Photography is required and ART 383 Experimental Printmaking is recommended. ARH 327 Modern Art and ARH 328 Contemporary Art are recommended.

Drawing
Recommended upper-level art history courses are ARH 328 Contemporary Art; ARH 327 Modern Art and/or ARH 329 Asian Art, or any ARH non-Western Art. Learn more >

Painting
ART 351 Intermediate Drawing I and ART 352 Intermediate Drawing II are both required. Recommended upper-level art history courses are ARH 323 Renaissance Art or ARH 321 Classical Art; and ARH 327 Modern Art or ARH 326 Nineteenth Centruy European Art. Learn more >

Photography
Required studio courses in additional to the photography sequence are: ART 220 Introduction to Digital Art; ART 281 or ART 282 Introduction to Printmaking; ART 382 Experimental Printmaking. Recommended upper-level art history courses: ARH 318 History of Photography, ARH 327 Modern Art or ARH 328 Contemporary Art. Learn more >

Printmaking
ART 220 Introduction to Digital Art is the required concentration elective. Additionally, both ART 281 Introduction to Printmaking: Lithography and Screenprinting are required as well. Recommended remaining studio electives should constitute a focused sequence in any other concentration that relates to the student's studio practice. Recommended art history courses are ARH 310 Cross Cultural Perspectives and ARH 328 Contemporary Art (1950-present).
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Sculpture
Recommended studio course is ART 271 Photography; recommended upper-level art history is ARH 329 Asian Art or any ARH non-western Art; and ARH 328 Contemporary Art. Note: ART 249 2D, 3D, Figure Study (offered summers only) satisfies the required elective in concentration for sculpture. Learn more >