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Art and Design Major - Bachelor of Fine Arts 

	This degree is for students who wish to be fully prepared professionals in the visual arts with the appropriate credentials for participation in professional associations in various fields of art and design. The program combines the advantages of professional art school experience with the university’s concern for intellectual support of professional action. It prepares students to participate more broadly in the arts beyond the limits of studio skills.
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 Total Credits Required for Degree  128
 Liberal Studies  30-40
 Health Promotion Requirements  2
Required Credits for Art and Design B.F.A. 86
General Requirements: Core Courses and Art History Electives 34
Core Courses 26
 AD 100 The Art and Design Experience  2
 AD 110 Ideas in Art and Design History  4
 AD 160 Physical Structures and Concepts  4
 AD 175 Visual Structures and Concepts  4
 AD 270 Social Structures and Concepts  4
 AD 303 Individual Art Review  2
 AD 403 Senior Exhibition  2
 AD 485 Theories and Practices of Art and Design  4
Art History Electives  8
Choose two courses from the following: 
 AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 230 History of World Art: Ancient to Medieval  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 240 History of World Art: Renaissance to Modern  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 260 Why America Looks This Way  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 280 History of Photography  (4 cr.)    
 AD 300 Japan and the West: Crosscurrents in Art and Architecture  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 330 History of Renaissance Art  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 335 History of Baroque Art  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 345 Modernity in Art: The Nineteenth Century  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture  (4 cr.) [VI]   
 AD 365 History of Modern Design  (4 cr.) [VI]   
Art and Design Concentration 20
100 Level Course in Concentration (4 cr.) 
200 Level Course in Concentration (4 cr.) 
300 Level Course in Concentration (4 cr.) 
400 Level Course in Concentration (4 cr.) 
B.F.A. Seminar in concentration (4 cr.) 
Specific Requirements 32
Because of the nature of the differences in the BFA vocational applications, each concentration requires a different set of support courses. See Art and Design - Specific B.F.A. Requirements for a listing of concentrations and their specific requirements. 

	This major does not require a minor.