NEW BFA DEGREE IN ART PRACTICES BEGINS FALL TERM 2010 - Application deadline is April 15, 2010, notification of acceptance by mid May.
The BFA in Art Practices is a competitive program providing a comprehensive education in visual art practices, applications, theories, and history, with an emphasis on trends in contemporary art. The BFA differs from the BA/BS in art, providing greater depth conceptually and technically as well as professional preparation. The BA/BS is a liberal arts degree in visual art (88 credits). The BFA (108 credits) is designed as a professional degree, providing students with greater knowledge and skills designed specifically to prepare students for careers as practicing artists and/or the master of fine art degree upon graduation.
The BFA degree requires the student to research, develop, assemble and present a strong body of well conceived and executed work in the form of a thesis exhibition and includes an oral defense of their culminating body of work.
Students interested in the BFA option will submit a digital portfolio at the end of spring term. Specifically, students must have completed 72 credits as a minimum towards the BA/BS degree in Art Practices prior to applying, and must have at least a 3.0 GPA in art. The first three years of the BA/BS and BFA are identical and seamless. Therefore, students not admitted to the BFA may simply complete the BA/BS in Art Practices. Those students admitted to the BFA may receive both the BA/BS and the BFA degrees.
In addition to completion of course offerings from the BA/BS track in Art Practices, the BFA degree requires the following courses.
ART 430 Critical Art Theory II (2) ART 485 Studio Art Seminar (2) ART 492, Contemporary Studio Practice (4, 4) ART 498 BFA Thesis Exhibition (2) ARH 499/599 Contemporary Art II (4)
