Curriculum in Crafts

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For the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Crafts

The curriculum in crafts requires 122 credit hours and emphasizes professional training for the development of the self-sustaining craftsman, the teacher of crafts, and the designer-craftsman in industry. The curriculum provides a choice of two areas of concentration: ceramics and metalworking. Beginning fall 2003, admission to the concentration in glass within the Crafts major has been suspended. Students who are interested in the glass concentration are encouraged to contact the school for current information. The emphasis within these areas of concentration is on the development of individual design capabilities and perceptions and upon the mastery of comprehensive technical skills. In conjunction with these individual areas of emphasis, each student is given experience in other craft media.

Hours	General Education Requirements¹
4	Composition I
3	Advanced Composition
27	Six hours in each of the following areas: humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, social and behavioral sciences, quantitative reasoning and cultural studies
0-12	Foreign language²
34-46	Total

Hours	Art History
8	Any two of ARTH 111, 112, 113, 114, or 115 (all meet a general education requirement)*
6	Advanced art history
14	Total

Hours	General Art Design
2	ARTF 101—Contemporary Issues in Art
6	ARTF 102 and 104—Drawing, I and II
6	ARTF 103 and 105—Design, I and II
14	Total

Concentration in Ceramics

Hours	Required Courses
6	ARTS 280 and 281—Sculpture, I and II
4	ARTS 250 and 253—Life Drawing, I and II (or ARTS 250 and 252)
3	ARTS 230—Jewelry/Metals, I
3	ARTS 220—Glass, I
22	Major sequence in ceramics:
3	ARTS 210—Ceramics, I
3	ARTS 211—Ceramics, II
3	ARTS 310—Ceramics, III
3	ARTS 311—Ceramics, IV
5	ARTS 410—Ceramics, V
5	ARTS 411—Ceramics, VI
2-6	ARTS 412—Ceramics
2	ARTS 392—Current Art Issues Seminar
40	Total

Hours	Electives
3	General electives (see college list, no Art courses)
17	Art and Design and other professional electives (see advisor)
20	Total

Concentration in Metals

Hours	Required Courses
3	ARTS 260—Basic Photography
2	ARTS 250—Life Drawing
6	ARTS 280 and 281—Sculpture I and II or ARTD 220 and ARTD 222—Design Workshop I and Design Workshop II
3	ARTS 210—Ceramics I
3	ARTS 220—Glass I
3	Select one:
	ARTS 200—Intro to Book Arts
	ARTS 211—Ceramics II
	ARTS 310—Ceramics III
	ARTS 391—Independent Study
	Major sequence in metals:
3	ARTS 230—Jewelry/Metals, I
3	ARTS 231—Jewelry/Metals, II
3	ARTS 330—Jewelry Metals, III
3	ARTS 331—Jewelry Metals, IV
4	ARTS 332—Metal Technology (repeat twice)
5	ARTS 430—Jewelry Metals, V
5	ARTS 431—Jewelry Metals, VI
3	ARTS 333—Enamelling
3	ARTS 334—Metalsmithing
52	Total

Hours	Electives
1	Open electives (see college list, no Art courses)
7	Art and Design and other professional electives (see advisor)
8	Total

1. See www.courses.uiuc.edu for a current listing of general education courses and requirements.

2. Students must complete a third-level college foreign language course or equivalent.

* Credit is not given for both ARTH 112 and ARTH 115.