Graduation Plan - Bachelor of Fine Arts

ART FOUNDATIONS COURSES

(these should be completed before enrolling in upper level courses)

ART 1030 Basic 2-Dimensional Design

ART 1040 Basic 3-Dimensional Design

ART 1050 Beginning Drawing

ART CORE REQUIREMENTS

ART 2500/2510 Beginning Painting or Watercolor

ART 2800/2820 Beginning Sculpture or Beginning Welding and Casting

ART 2210 Begining Color Drawing

ART select a course in Ceramics or Fibers

ART select another course in Ceramics or Fibers

ART select a course in Photography or Printmaking

ART select another course in Photography or Printmaking

ART 4975/4976 Capstone Course

Fine Arts students take Art 4975 Senior Seminar - this course

is offered spring semesters only (capstone/writing intensive)

Graphic Design students take Art 4976 Design Senior Seminar

- this course is offered Fall semesters only (capstone/writing intensive)

STUDIO ELECTIVE COURSES

select 27 - 33 hours of studio art classes

ART ART

ART

ART HISTORY REQUIREMENTS

AR HA select a course in Art History and Archaeology

AR HA select a course numbered 2000+ in Art History and Archaeology

AR HA select a course numbered 2000+ in Art History and Archaeology*

*consider taking a WI course here to fulﬁll the requirement

Graduation Plan - Bachelor of Fine Arts

Department of Art - College of Arts and Science

(120 hours with overall GPA no less than 2.0)

Full Name: Expected Graduation Date:

Local Address: Student Number:

Local Telephone Number:

Permanent Address: Media Area:

Date Filed:

Email Address:

Reminders:

The graduation plan consists of

60-70 credit hours in studio art

courses and 12 credit hours of Art

History courses.

A maximum number of 70 hours

of course work may be taken in

studio art.

Thirty-ﬁve major and art history

credit hours must be completed at

MU.

Studio courses with a grade

of “D” or “F” may not be

included in the graduation plan.

30 hours of the 120 needed to

graduate must be numbered 3000

and above. BFA students must have

at least 15 hours in one media

area, 6 of which must be at the

4000 level. Foundations courses

may not count towards those 15

hours.

Grades for all courses in the collat-

eral area (Art History) must be a C-

or above. Students must maintain a

GPA of 2.0 or higher in all courses

taken in Art History for the major.

Filing the Grad Plan:

Once this form is signed by the

Director of Undergrad Studies,

the student must take three copies

and see an advisor (either by

appointment or walk-in) in A&S

Advising 107 Lowry Hall. Grad

plans must be submitted

in person.

Required Signatures:

Advisor:

Date: / /

Director of Undergraduate Studies:

Date: / /

Dean:

Date: / /

revised 5/18

when complete!

BFA

(BFA students must have at least 15 hours in one media area;

6 of which must be 4000 level in that media area)

BA/BFA Portfolio Review

All students who wish to pursue a BA or BFA

degree in art will need to pass the Art

Program BA/BFA Portfolio Review.

A student will need to have completed*

six (6) courses in art before submitting a

portfolio for either the BA or BFA. Please

see Art Program website for details.

*one may be enrolled in the classes the semester

they want to go through the review

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General Education,

Graduation,

Basic Skills,

course may be use for other degree requirements

All General Education and Graduation requirements must be met with a grade of C- or better (except for the American Gov./History requirement)

College of Arts And sCienCe foundAtion (BreAdth of study And depth of study) requirements

(List courses already completed and courses to be completed)

— Arts and Science Foundation courses satisfy the MU Distribution of Content

requirement for an Arts and Science degree —

(if student is pursuing a second non-A

&S degree and/or transfers to another division,

check with the appropriate advisor concerning courses meeting MU Distribution of Content requirement)

AreA 2 — BehAviorAl And

oCiAl sCienCes

9 hours minimum including 1 behavioral

science course and 1 social science course.

Examples include Behavioral: anthropology

(excluding biological anthropology),

psychology and sociology; Social: econom-

ics, geography, history and political sci-

ence.

In order to graduate, students must complete a minimum of

(A) 120 hours of degree applicable credit (including major, foundation

courses, general education, minor [optional], and electives) including

(B) 30 hours numbered 3000 or above. You will receive an e-mail

stating progress toward requirements A and B. This information is

also available at 107 Lowry Hall a few weeks after filing this gradu-

ation plan.

Two 2000 level or above

Arts & Science approved

courses (minimum 6 hours)

must be taken from 2 of the

following 4 areas: Biological,

Physical, Mathematical Sciences;

Behavioral Science; Social

Science; Humanities and Fine

Arts. One course must be an

MU course.

College of Arts And sCienCe foundAtion (BAsiC skills), university generAl eduCAtion And grAduAtion requirements

BAChelor of fine Arts (in Art) degree

(List courses already completed and courses to be completed)

• Consult the A&S

Advising website for

courses that meet A

Foundation requirements

• One non-A

&S course

can count toward the

2000 level or higher

course requirement

• Only one non-A

course may be counted

in each of the 3 areas

• Courses in the major

department may not

be used to fulfill A

Foundation (Breadth

of Study and Depth of

Study) requirements

• 30 of the last 36 hours

must be taken as MU

courses

• In order to graduate,

students must have the

following Grade Point

Averages (GPAs):

2.0 cumulative GPA

2.0 major GPA

2.0 minor GPA

2.0 GPA in the final

30 hours

2.0 GPA in the final

60 hours

totAl

hours

Credit

ours

depArtment And Course numBer

AreA 1 — BiologiCAl,

hysiCAl, And mAthemAtiCAl

CienCes

9 hours minimum covering at least 2 of

3 categories (must include 1 science lab).

Examples include Biological: biology,

biological anthropology;

Physical: chemistry, geology, physics;

Mathematical: mathematics, statistics.

AreA 3 — humAnities And

fine Arts

9 hours minimum covering at least 2

subjects. Examples include appreciation

music or theatre; classical humanities;

creative and performing arts; foreign

civilizations; history of art, music or

theatre; literature; philosophy; and

religious studies.

last revision 5/24/17

semester/

rAde

Department/Course #

Semester

Department/Course #

Semester

English 1000 or equivalent

Ed, B

Writing Intensive I (1000+)

Ed, O

Writing Intensive II (3000+)

G, O

American Government or History

Ed, B, O

Math 1100/1120, 1160, 1180

Ed, B

Math Reasoning Proficiency

Ed, B, O

Capstone

G, O

Diversity Requirement (di)

For students beginning college Fall ’17 or later