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.
In the second semester of the sophomore year, every art major must take and satisfactorily pass the
Sophomore Portfolio Review. The review will be offered online, via TaskStream, so the student must also possess a TaskStream
account. The submitted portfolio will contain examples of artwork as well as written works. Details are available on the art
department website. Each student must pass the SPR in order to be allowed to register for junior level courses, and/or to continue
in the BFA program.
- 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 222, Art History Survey II - 3 hours
- ART 230, Ceramics I - 3 hours
- ART 246, Sculpture I - 3 hours
- ART 252, Life Drawing - 3 hours
- ART 499, Senior Exhibit - 1 hour
- Take 6 hours from the following Art History courses:
- 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 331, Non Western Survey I: Art in India, China and Japan - 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: either ART 235A or ART 235B AND successful completion and passing of the Sophomore Portfolio Review)
- ART 344A, Glass II - 3 hours (Prereq: ART 244 and successful completion and passing of the Sophomore Portfolio Review)
- 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
