May 03, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Art Studio, B.A.


The main goal of the B.A. in Art Studio is the pursuit of a broad liberal arts education that includes and extends beyond an Art Studio curriculum. This degree is available to students wishing to develop skills within any of the following: animation, ceramics, drawing, digital fabrication, digital illustration, graphic design, fiber, painting, photography, printmedia, sculpture, video, VR and web design. Students are encouraged to take elective courses outside of the major, pursue a minor or double major.

The major in art studio must include the following:

College Requirements


  • Music, Theatre and/or Arts Administration Credit(s): 6
    plus 39 hours at 300-level or above

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6


UK Core Requirements


See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity


  • Foundations courses will fulfill this requirement Credit(s): 3

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities


  • Foundations courses will fulfill this requirement Credit(s): 3

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences


IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences


V. Composition and Communication I


VI. Composition and Communication II


VII. Quantitative Foundations


VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning


IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA


X. Global Dynamics


UK Core hours: 30


Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)


Subtotal: GCCR hours: 3


Art Studio Foundations Requirements


Progression Requirement

Students must have earned at least a letter grade of C in each of the premajor foundation courses to progress to major status.

To finish the B.A. degree in 4 years, students will take 2 courses with the A-S prefix per semester. Students are allowed a maximum of 3 courses with the A-S prefix per semester.

Students may request special permission to register for a 4th A-S course in one semester by petitioning the SA/VS Director of Undergraduate Studies. These petitions will be granted in extenuating circumstances only.

Section 1


A-S 101 Creativity Practices  or SA/VS designated section of UK 101 Academic Orientation  or UK 201 Academic Orientation  for Transfer Students as directed by your advisor (taken first semester) Credit(s): 1

Section 2


Section 3


  • 3 hours any one 100-level Art History and Visual Studies course from approved list Credit(s): 3

and

Foundation Exhibition


Each student in the Foundations Program must participate in the Foundations Exhibition during their first spring semester. Students will submit one work of their own selection from their foundations’ course work for the exhibition, present it professionally, and provide an accompanying artist’s statement. Participation in this exhibition is required and is tracked in *A-S 001 - FOUNDATION EXHIBITION .

*A-S 001  is offered spring semesters only and must be taken in the first spring semester as a B.A. major.

Subtotal: Foundation hours: 22


Major Requirements


  1. 21 credit hours of studio courses at or above the 300 level
  2. 3 credit hours of art studio at or above the 400 level
  3. 6 credit hours of art history at or above the 300 level
  4. A-S 490 Senior Seminar  (3 credit hours; taken during the final semester of study)
  5. Participation in a Graduating Seniors’ Juried Exhibition in final semester of study

Subtotal: Major hours: 33


Electives


Students must complete 26 hours of electives.

Subtotal: Electives: 26


Total Hours: 120