Painting and Drawing | Academic Requirements | Drawing Courses | Painting Courses | Faculty

B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing:
Academic Requirements

Effective Fall 2008:
In addition to fulfilling general degree requirements, undergraduate students majoring in painting/drawing must complete the following requirements (100–101 credits), as outlined below by semester and year:

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
VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting	4 credits
VPR 1600/Extended Media	4 credits
ARH 1020/History of Art Survey II	5 credits
Sophomore Year: 23–24 credits
Fall:	12 credits
VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting	4 credits
Studio art elective	4 credits
ARH —/Art history elective*	4 credits
Spring:	11–12 credits
VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting	4 credits
Studio art elective	4 credits
ARH —/Art history elective*	3–4 credits
*One semester each of modern and contemporary art history; may be taken in either order
Junior Year: 24 credits
Fall:	12 credits
VDR or VPA 3500/Junior Studio I	4 credits
VDR or VPA —/Upper-level elective in drawing    or painting	4 credits
Studio art elective	4 credits
Spring:	12 credits
VDR or VPA 3510/Junior Studio II	4 credits
VDR or VPA —/Upper-level elective in drawing    or painting	4 credits
Studio art elective	4 credits
Senior Year: 28 credits
Fall:	12 credits
VIS 4470/Field Trips (or a studio art elective    or an art history course)	4 credits
Upper-level studio art elective	4 credits
VIS 4990/Senior Project	4 credits
Spring:	16 credits
VDR or VPA 4400/Senior Seminar and Critique	4 credits
VIS 4470/Field Trips (or a studio art elective    or an art history course)	4 credits
Upper-level studio art elective	4 credits
VIS 4990/Senior Project	4 credits

Updated Mar. 6, 2008