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 Google docs, so the student must also possess a Google docs
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 (34 hours required)
- Take all of the following courses from the ART CORE (22 hours):
- ART 102, Drawing I - 3 hours
- ART 105, Gaphic Media - 3 hours
- ART 118, Color and Design - 3 hours
- ART 202, Drawing II - 3 hours
- ART 211, 3-D Design - 3 hours
- ART 221, Art History Survey I - 3 hours
- ART 222, Art History Survey II - 3 hours
- ART 496, Senior Project - 1 hour (Prereq: Department Permission)
- 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 214, Painting I - 3 hours
- ART 216, Water Based Media - 3 hours
- ART 228, Creative Photography - 3 hours
- ART 230, Ceramics I - 3 hours
- ART 244, Glass I - 3 hours
- ART 246, Sculpture I - 3 hours
- ART 314A, Painting II - 3 hours
- ART 328, Photography: Digital - 3 hours
- ART 330A, Ceramics II - 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 352A, Drawing III - 3 hours
- ART 352B, Drawing IV - 3 hours
- ART 403, Individual Problems in Art - 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 (41 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ART 218, Introduction to Design - 3 hours
- ART 301, Typography I - 3 hours
- ART 305, Graphic Applications - 3 hours
- ART 309, Graphic Imaging - 3 hours
- ART 318, Design I - 3 hours
- ART 351, Typography II - 3 hours
- ART 355, Web Design and Motion Graphics - 3 hours
- ART 368, Design II - 3 hours
- ART 413, Design Practicum - 3 hours (Prereq: Department Permission)
- ART 418, Graphic Design III - 3 hours
- ART 456, Portfolio Design - 2 hours (prereq: Department Permission)
- ART 478, Design IV - 3 hours
- Take 6 Elective hours from the following design courses:
- ART 304, Computer Animation I - 3 hours
- ART 319, Design Illustration I - 3 hours
- ART 369, Design Illustration II - 3 hours
- ART 403, Individual Problems in Art - 3 hours
- ART 450, Special Topics - 3 hours
- ART 451, Typography III - 3 hours
