Fine Arts - Art Concentration, BA

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Azar Rejaie, PhD, Coordinator
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The courses that form the core of the Fine Arts degree develop students’ skills and cultural knowledge in ways appropriate to success in any number of fine arts institutions, including fine arts non-profit organizations; fine arts administration positions; gallery, museum, or fine arts foundation work; fine arts journals or publications; fine arts consulting; or graduate school in art history, music history, drama history or liberal studies. Students with the degree in Fine Arts will complement their fine arts study by fulfilling a concentration in one of the fields of the fine arts - art, music, or drama - that suits their professional goals. They will also complete a field experience in that concentration area to provide practical experience and to encourage networking that can lead to employment after graduation.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates who earn a BA in Fine Arts will be able to:

Describe the historical and stylistic development of one of the fine arts.
Express ideas through one or more non-written media or performance.
Use basic design and graphic software suitable for producing posters, brochures, ads, and postcards.
Effectively write about the significance of humanities and fine arts products and performances.

Degree Requirements

Students majoring in the BA in Fine Arts degree must complete one of three concentrations in Art, Drama, or Music in addition to satisfying the “Requirements for CHSS Majors” and fulfilling the coursework listed below. Note, to complete the BA in Fine Arts with Art Concentration, two courses must be studio courses. Visual art studio courses include Design and Materials, Design Color and Structure, Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure Drawing, Intro to Digital Photography, Painting I, Painting II, Watercolor Painting I, Watercolor Painting II, Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Design Systems, Creating a Graphic Novel, Mural Design & Creation, and certain Special Topics courses.

Common Core Requirements

See listing under Common Core Requirements in this catalog.

Preparatory Requirements

(Courses in this area can be reused from the common core)

3 Hours in Accounting

3 Hours in Ethics

Complete 3 Semester Credit Hours of Philosophy Excluding:

6-8 Hours in Foreign Language

Complete at least 6 semester credit hours in a single Foreign Language.

Major Requirements

ART 1307 - Computer Graphic Design
ART 2302 - Computer Graphic Design II
ART 4380 - Fine Arts Field Experience
or
3 hours of ART 4180 Fine Arts Short Field Experience
HUM 3325 - Introduction to Arts Administration (crosslisted with ART 3325, MUS 3325, & DRA 3325)
HUM 3334 - Arts Administration II: Leadership and Programming (cross-listed with ART 3334, DRA 3334, MUS 3334)
or
MGT 3301 - Principles of Management
HUM 3332 - Arts Administration III: Marketing and Fundraising (cross-listed with ART 3327, DRA 3327, and MUS 3327)
or
MKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing

21 Hours in Art, 12 of which must be at the 3000-4000 level

(Courses in this area can be reused from the common core).

3 Hours in Drama or Music, any level

3 Hours in Drama or Music, 3000-4000 level

Portfolio Requirement

ART 4098 - Fine Arts Senior Portfolio

Free Electives

Upper or lower division courses may be applied to this area, with the exceptions described under the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ,” so that the student’s entire coursework, including the course listed in the above areas, totals 120 semester credit hours