Program: Art Studio, B.A. - University of Kentucky

Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

ART 301 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES Credit(s): 3

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

A-S 102 - 2D Credit(s): 3
A-S 103 - 3D Credit(s): 3
A-S 130 - DRAWING Credit(s): 3
A-S 200 - DIGITAL ART Credit(s): 3
A-S 285 - LENS ARTS Credit(s): 3
A-S 001 - FOUNDATION EXHIBITION Credit(s): 0 *
*A-S 001 is offered spring semesters only and must be taken in the first spring semester as a B.A. major.

Section 3

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

and

A-H 106 - RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART Credit(s): 3

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

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

College Requirements

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

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