CURRICULUM IN SCULPTURE
For the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture
The curriculum in sculpture requires 122 credit hours and provides a broad and solid foundation in the fundamental disciplines of drawing, design, and painting, including both traditional and contemporary concepts. The learning of the time-honored techniques of sculpture such as modeling and carving is required, and experimentation with welding, metal casting, and plastics is fostered. The student is encouraged to experience a wide range of materials, techniques, methods, and styles.
Foreign Language RequirementStudents entering the University of Illinois as freshmen in Fall 2000 or later need to complete the foreign language requirement in order to graduate. To satisfy this requirement, stud ents must complete a third semester college foreign language course. This requirement may also be satisfied by three years of the same foreign language in high school. Students entering the University of Illinois without three years of the same foreign language in high school must take a foreign language placement test to determine the courses in which to enroll.
HOURS GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 4 RHET 105 or 108-English composition 3 Advanced Composition 21 One approved sequence of 6 hours in each of the following areas: humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, social and behavioral sciences, and Western and non-Western culture. ARTHI satisfies half of the humanities requirement. 3 Quantitative reasoning 31 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 2 ARTGP 113-Contemporary Issues in Ar t and Design 6 ARTGP 117 and 118-Drawing, I and II 6 ARTGP 119 and 120-Design, I and II 4 ARTPA 125 and 126-Life Drawing, I and II 5-6 Choose two of the following: 3 ARTPA 141-Beginning Painting 3 ARTPA 142-Figure Painting 2 ARTPA 143-Methods and Materials 6 Choose two of the following: ARTCR 160-Jewelry, I ARTCR 170-Ceramics, I ARTCR 288-Glass, I 29-30 Total HOURS MAJOR SEQUENCE IN SCULPTURE Qualified students are encouraged to arrange special projects in conjunction with advisers. 6 ARTSC 151 and 152-Sculpture 2 ARTPA 219-Current Art Issues 4 ARTSC 253 and 254-Intermediate Sculpture, I and II 6 ARTSC 255 and 256-Sculpture Materials and Techniques, I and II 4 ARTSC 257 and 258-Advanced Sculpture, I and II 6 ARTSC 259 and 260-Advanced Sculpture Materials and Techniques, I and II 3 ARTSC 290-Senior Honors in Sculpture 31 Total HOURS ELECTIVES 4 Open electives (see college list, no Art cou rses) 12-13 Professional and technical electives 16-17 Total