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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

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.

Courses and Descriptions

See List of Institutional Core Courses

See ART Courses

See PHIL Courses