Visual Arts, B.A.

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Mission

The mission of the Visual Arts Program is to prepare our students for rewarding careers in the visual arts through a dynamic visual arts curriculum and a comprehensive liberal arts education. The Visual Arts program provides individualized studio-arts training for the student who plans on becoming a practicing studio artist, curator, designer, photographer, art historian, or teacher. The program also prepares students to enter graduate programs in studio art, art history, museum studies, or art therapy.

Student Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate proficiency in major aspects, techniques and directions in chosen medium or media.
Analyze works of art perceptively and valuate them critically by using a comprehensive knowledge of the history of art.
Achieve highest level of technical ability in chosen media and its expressive possibilities.
Exhibit and promote evidence of development of studio-art practices within the facilities of the art gallery and to have their artwork critiqued and discussed.

Program/Opportunities

Art Gallery
The Dillard Review (a journal of arts and letters)

Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts

Complete a total of 122 credit hours of coursework for graduation.

General Education Core - 41 credit hours
Major Requirements - 54 credit hours
Additional Coursework - 27 credit hours

Major Requirements

ART 101 - Design & Color 3 cr.
ART 102 - Color Theory 3 cr.
ART 103 - 3-Dimensional Design 3 cr.
ART 210 - Introduction to Basic Photography 3 cr.
ART 211 - Photography II 3 cr.
ART 216 - Introduction to Drawing 3 cr.
ART 217 - Figure Drawing 3 cr.
ART 305 - Art History I 3 cr.
ART 306 - Art History II 3 cr.
ART 307 - Printmaking I 3 cr. or
ART 403 - Special Problems in Art 3 cr.
ART 308 - Printmaking II 3 cr. or
ART 404 - Special Problems in Art 3 cr.
ART 309 - Ceramics I 3 cr.
ART 310 - Ceramics II 3 cr.
ART 311 - Painting I 3 cr.
ART 312 - Painting II 3 cr.
ART 406 - Senior Seminar 3 cr.
ART 414 - Sculpture I 3 cr.
ART 415 - Sculpture II 3 cr.

Additional Coursework

Includes minor in another discipline.

PHI 200 - Perspectives in Philosophy 3 cr.
PHI 202 - Logic 3 cr.
SPT 204 - Public Speaking 3 cr.
Minor or General Electives: 18 cr.

Visual Arts Curriculum

First Year

First Semester

ART 101 - Design & Color 3 cr.
AWS 100 - Survey of the African World 3 cr. ♦ or
REL 208 - The Black Church in the U.S. 3 cr. ♦
BIO 101 - Biological Sciences I 3 cr. ♦ or
PHY 101 - Physical Sciences I 4 cr. ♦
BIO 101L - Biology Sciences I Laboratory 1 cr. ♦ or
PHY 101L - Physical Sciences I Laboratory 1 cr. ♦
ENG 111 - Expository Writing 3 cr. ♦
FFR 121 - Elementary French I 3 cr. ♦ or
FSP 121 - Elementary Spanish I 3 cr. ♦
FYS 101 - First Year Seminar I 1 cr. / Service Learning ♦ *
UCO 101 - University Convocation I 0 cr. ♦

Total: 17

Second Semester

ART 102 - Color Theory 3 cr.
ENG 112 - Argument and Research 3 cr. ♦
FFR 122 - Elementary French II 3 cr. ♦ or
FSP 122 - Elementary Spanish II 3 cr. ♦

Total Required Hours: 122

* Service Learning: Students will earn a total of 30 service learning hours after successful completion of & .

** Community Service: Students must contact the Office of Student Affairs for pre-approved community service project to earn a total of 90 hours of community service by the end of their junior year.

*** Writing Proficiency Examination: Students must complete and with a minimum grade of ‘C’ to register for . Students who fail to take or do not pass must take (3 credit hours).

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