Working in close consultation with a faculty advisor, students in this B.F.A. major design a course of study that bridges two or more traditional areas. The course of study should:
In addition to fulfilling general degree requirements, undergraduate students majoring in interdisciplinary visual arts must complete 25 percent of their requirements for the major in a primary area (including a progression from introductory to advanced courses) and 10 percent in a secondary area.
Of the combined 35 percent in the two areas, 24 credits must be in upper-level (3000 or 4000 level) courses. It is recommended that 16 of those 24 credits be taken in the primary area and the remaining 8 in the secondary area. The credit total for the major is 101. Students must also find a faculty sponsor in each of the two areas.
Freshman Year | Sophomore Year | Junior Year | Senior Year
| Freshman Year: 25 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| VIS 1030/Art+Design Freshman Seminar | 0 credits |
| VDE 1150/Design I | 4 credits |
| VDR 1010/Drawing I | 4 credits |
| VSC 1010/Sculpture I | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 13 credits |
| VPR 1600/Extended Media | 4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| ARH 1020/History of Art Survey II | 5 credits |
| Sophomore Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| Studio art course (1000 level)* | 4 credits |
| ARH —/Art history elective | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| Studio art course (2000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art course (1000 level)** | 4 credits |
| ARH —/Art history elective (contemporary) | 4 credits |
| *Primary area | **Secondary area | |
| Junior Year: 28 credits | |
| Fall: | 16 credits |
| Studio art course (3000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art course (2000 level)** | 4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| ARH —/Art history elective (contemporary) | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| Studio art course (3000 or 4000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art course (3000 or 4000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art course (3000 level)** | 4 credits |
| *Primary area | **Secondary area | |
| Senior Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| Studio art course† (3000 or 4000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art course† (3000 or 4000 level)** | 4 credits |
| VIS 4990/Senior Project | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| Studio art course† (3000 or 4000 level)* | 4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| VIS 4990/Senior Project | 4 credits |
| *Primary area | **Secondary area | |
† A senior seminar in either the primary or secondary area is required in the senior year (fall or spring, depending on when offered):
If taking VSC 4800, students must take an additional 2-credit studio art course in the same semester. There is no senior seminar in printmaking. | |
Updated July 29, 2008