Bachelor of Fine Arts with a comprehensive major in Fine Arts
Our majors in the fine arts offer concentrations in painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, illustration, and digital art. These majors prepare students for careers as professional artists or for post graduate studies. Students begin with introductory drawing, design, and art history classes in the foundations sequence. Upper level work in the students' concentration area, as well as electives from the other areas, gives graduates well-rounded art training that allows them to develop creative ideas in a variety of media. A series of reviews after the foundations sequence and during the junior year prepares students for the senior exhibition which takes place in the department‘s Coburn Gallery. A year-round program of exhibitions in the gallery by serious fine artists allows students the opportunity to deepen and expand ideas through constant exposure to new concepts and techniques. A student exhibition with cash awards, juried by an outside juror, gives students the opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional setting. Students interested in the B.F.A. degree must receive approval from the individual area professor, confirmed by the department faculty.
For the studio major and the studio minor, the student will choose 2 mediums from these: ceramics, digital art, painting, printmaking, illustration, graphic design, or sculpture.
Course number and title | hrs. | prerequisites |
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Art Foundations Sequence: | ||
ART 133 Color Theory | 3 | None |
ART 134 2-D Design | 3 | None |
ART 135 3-D Design | 3 | None |
ART 141 Drawing I | 3 | None |
ART 242 Drawing II | 3 | ART 141 |
ART 256 Western Art History I | 3 | None |
ART 257 Western Art History II | 3 | None |
ART 497 Senior Seminar/Exhibition | 1 | Sr. Status |
Art Foundations Sequence Total Hours: | 22 hrs. | |
Studio Major*: | ||
Studio Major I | 3 | None |
Studio Major II | 3 | Studio Major I |
Studio Major III | 3 | Studio Major II |
Studio Major IV | 3 | Studio Major III |
Studio Major V | 3 | Studio Major IV |
ART 490 BFA Research I: Intent, Content, & Process | 1 | BFA Major w/ 12 hrs. studio core |
ART 491 BFA Research II: Production, Revision, & Conclusion | 1 | ART 490; concurrently with ART 492 |
ART 492 Studio Capstone | 3 | BFA major w/ 15 hrs. studio conc. |
Studio Minor: | ||
Studio Minor I | 3 | None |
Studio Minor II | 3 | Studio Minor I |
Studio Minor III | 3 | Studio Minor II |
Art History Elective | 6 | |
Art Electives | 9 | |
PHIL 318 Topics in Philosophy | 3 | PHIL 104, 110, 215 or Art Major |
Studio Total Hours: | 47 hrs. | |
ART 293/393/493 Art Internship | 0-6 | |
Total Hours: | 69-75 hrs. | |
Institutional Core Requirements: | ||
Communication Course | 3 | |
Critical Cultural Inquiry (CCI) | 3 | |
Math/Logic course | 3 | |
Religion course | 3 | |
Historical Reasoning course | 3 | |
Composition | 6 | |
Natural Science | 6 | |
Humanities | 6 | |
Social Sciences | 6 | |
Aesthetics | 6 | |
Total Core Hours | 45 hrs. |
*Courses used to complete the Studio Major may not be used to complete the Studio Minor.
**To earn an Bachelor's degree through Ashland University, a student must earn at least 120 hours.
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