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.

Students will choose a Studio Concentration from following areas: ceramics, digital art, painting, printmaking, illustration, graphic design, or sculpture.

*Courses used to complete the Studio Concentration may not be used to complete the Studio electives.

*** Language requirement: At least one class in a modern or ancient language: 3 credits. Students may have 3 credits waived through approved travel with completion of “CCI” narrative, as approved by the department chair.

***To earn an Bachelor's degree through Ashland University, a student must earn at least 120 hours.

Courses and Descriptions

See List of Institutional Core Courses

See ART Courses

See PHIL Courses