Dec 04, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Art Studio, B.A.


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The B.A. in Art Studio is a broad liberal arts degree. This is a perfect degree for students wishing to explore a wide variety of interests in and out of art studio. Students can choose a minor, double major or simply a focus on another subject area on campus. This flexible degree is available to students wishing to focus in a single medium or a combination of the following media: ceramics, digital media, drawing, fiber, painting, photography, printmedia, and sculpture.

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 Bulletin 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


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


UK Core hours: 30


Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)


Subtotal: GCCR hours: 3


First Year Foundation Requirements


Progression Requirement

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

Art Studio Foundations


Subtotal: Premajor hours: 19


Foundation Exhibition


Each student in the Foundations Program must participate in an exhibition during the spring semester. Students will select and submit one art piece from a UK Foundations course, present it professionally, and provide an artist’s statement. Participation in this exhibition is required and is tracked in A-S 1 - FOUNDATION EXHIBITION .*

*A-S 1  offered spring only. Transfer students should enroll in A-S 1  the first spring semester in which they are enrolled.

Major Requirements


  1. 21 credit hours of studio courses at or above the 300 level, including the Studio Core requirement (9 credit hours). To fulfill the Studio Core, students must first complete one course from each of the following categories:

Studio Core


Other Requirements


  1. 3 credit hours of art studio at the 500 level
  2. 6 credit hours of art history at or above the 300 level
  3. A-S 490 - SENIOR SEMINAR  (1 credit hour; taken during the final semester of study)
  4. Participation in a Graduating Seniors’ Juried Exhibition in final semester of study

Subtotal: Major hours: 31


Electives


Students must complete 31 hours of electives, 9 of which must be outside of art studio, in a related area; the other 22 are free electives.

Subtotal: Electives: 31


Total Hours: 120


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