Art Major
Visual Communication and Design Comprehensive
Bachelor of Fine Arts
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BFA Fine Arts Related requirement = 0
- Major Option = 75
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 120
- Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BFA in Visual Communication and Design Comprehensive = 120
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees
must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
- Visual Communication and Design Requirements (40 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ART 102, Drawing I - 3 hours
- ART 118, Color and Design - 3 hours
- ART 202, Drawing II - 3 hours
- ART 214, Painting I - 3 hours
- ART 221, Art History Survey I - 3 hours
- ART 230, Ceramics I - 3 hours
- ART 246, Sculpture I - 3 hours
- ART 252, Life Drawing - 3 hours
- ART 321, Art History Survey II - 3 hours
- ART 499, Senior Exhibit - 1 hour
- Take 6 hours from the following Art History courses:
- ART 226, Non Western Survey I: Art in India, China and Japan - 3 hours
- ART 303, History of Renaissance Art - 3 hours
- ART 310, Art of Baroque and Rococo Era - 3 hours
- ART 325, History of Modern Art - 3 hours
- ART 326, History of American Art - 3 hours
- ART 405, History of 19th Century Art - 3 hours
- ART 409, History of Nebraska Art - 3 hours
- ART 415, Late Modern: Art Since the '50s - 3 hours
- ART 422, Women in Art - 3 hours
- ART 425, Critical Perspectives - 3 hours
- ART 426, Medieval Art - 3 hours
- ART 440, Special Problems in Art History - 3 hours
- ART 474, Special Topics in Art - 3 hours
- ART 475, Cultural Studies Through Art - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours from the following studio courses:
- Take 3-6 hours from:
- ART 216, Water Based Media - 3 hours
- ART 228, Creative Photography - 3 hours
- ART 244, Glass I - 3 hours
- ART 304, Computer Animation I - 3 hours
- ART 314A, Painting II - 3 hours
- ART 314B, Painting III - 3 hours
- ART 330A, Ceramics II - 3 hours
- ART 330B, Ceramics III - 3 hours
- ART 335A, Printmaking II - 3 hours (Prereq: ART 235A or ART 235B)
- ART 344A, Glass II - 3 hours (Prereq: ART 244)
- ART 346A, Sculpture II - 3 hours
- ART 346B, Sculpture III - 3 hours
- ART 352A, Drawing III - 3 hours
- ART 352B, Drawing IV - 3 hours
- ART 369, Design Illustration II - 3 hours
- ART 403, Individual Problems in Art - 3 hours
- ART 454, Computer Animation II - 3 hours
- Take 0-3 hours from:
- ART 235A, Printmaking I - Intaglio and Relief - 3 hours
- ART 235B, Printmaking I - Silkscreen - 3 hours
- Visual Communication and Design Specialization Requirements (35 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ART 218, Introduction to Graphic Design - 3 hours
- ART 301, Typography I - 3 hours
- ART 305, Computers & Design - 3 hours
- ART 318, Graphic Design I - 3 hours
- ART 319, Design Illustration I - 3 hours
- ART 351, Typography II - 3 hours
- ART 355, Electronic Imaging - 3 hours
- ART 368, Graphic Design II - 3 hours
- ART 413, Design Practicum - 3 hours
- ART 418, Graphic Design III - 3 hours
- ART 450, Special Topics - 2 hours
- ART 468, Package Design - 3 hours
12 Apr 2012
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