B.A. in Studio Art

Curriculum Requirements

Suggested Plan of Study

Mission

The Art Department is dedicated to promoting excellence in the visual arts by encouraging originality, discovery, creativity, and critical inquiry. Students will be exposed to a variety of technical and aesthetic approaches for the making of fine art as well as be educated in the history of western art. The BA program, as opposed to the BFA program, has a strong liberal arts component and the number of credits in the major are such that students can choose to also pursue a second academic major; it's a great degree for students with more than one interest. The BA studio emphasis is to try a variety of media, whereas in the BFA students are tasked with specializing in a primary and secondary studio major.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate knowledge on the relationship between materials and concepts, apply this knowledge in a variety art media and processes, and be able to problem solve in visual arts.
• Students will demonstrate proficient written and communication skills.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of traditional and contemporary aesthetic positions, and working knowledge of the history of art from the pre-historic period to the present. BA students are required to take the two halves of the Survey plus one elective (usually either Contemporary or Modern Art).