CURRICULUM IN PAINTING

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For the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting

The curriculum in painting requires 122 credit hours and provides extensive training in preparation for professional practice as an artist.

The first year is devoted primarily to the study of design, composition, and the acquisition of both representational and abstract drawing skills. The second year concentrates on introducing the student to beginning painting skills and techniques with further studies in drawing and composition. The last two years are devoted to the development of individual creative expression in painting and other media.

When followed by a program leading to a degree of master of fine arts in painting, this curriculum is recommended as preparation for a career as an artist and as a teacher of painting and drawing and related subjects at the college level.

HOURS GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4 RHET 105 or RHET 108--English composition
3 Composition II
18 One approved sequence of 6 hours in each of the following areas: humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, and social and behavioral sciences
3 Quantitative reasoning
28 Total
HOURS ART HISTORY
4 ARTHI 111--Ancient and Medieval Art
4 ARTHI 112--Renaissance and Modern Art
6 Advanced art history
14 Total
HOURS GENERAL ART AND DESIGN
0 ARTGP 113--Orientation to Art and Design
6 ARTGP 117 and ARTGP 118--Drawing, I and II
6 ARTGP 119 and ARTGP 120--Design, I and II
12 Total
HOURS PAINTING
4 ARTPA 125 and ARTPA 126--Life Drawing, I and II
6 ARTPA 141 and ARTPA 142--Beginning Painting, I and II
4 ARTPA 143 and ARTPA 144--Painting Composition I and II
2 ARTPA 219--Current Art Issues
6 ARTPA 225 and ARTPA 226--Intermediate Drawing
6 ARTPA 231 and ARTPA 232--Intermediate Composition
6 ARTPA 233 and ARTPA 234--Advanced Composition
6 ARTPA 245 and ARTPA 246--Advanced Painting and Drawing
3 Printmaking course
43 Total
HOURS ELECTIVES
10 General electives (see college list of approved electives)
15 Professional electives
25 Total

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