SENIOR YEAR
JUNIOR
YEAR
SOPHOMORE
YEAR
FRESHMAN
YEAR
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN STUDIO ART – DESIGN
(4 Year Plan) - SAMPLE
Semester I
Year One Fall
Cr.
Semester II
Year One Spring
Cr.
VUSM 100 Franciscan Values & Traditions
ENGL 103 WC I & Information Fluency
ARTS 111 Artistic Awareness
ARTS 112 Foundations Design I
ARTS 1XX Foundations: Art History Survey
3
3
3
3
3
ENGL 104 WC I & Information Fluency
Philosophical and Moral Inquiry ARTS
121 Foundations Drawing II ARTS 122
Foundations Design II
3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester
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Cumulative total credits
Year Two Fall
15
9
15
Total credits this semester
Cumulative major credits
Cumulative total credits
Year Two Spring
12
15
27
VUSM 200 Living in a Diverse World
Quantitative Literacy
ARTS 308 Drawing III
Scientific Reasoning in Natural Science
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS 350 or 351 WCII & OC
3
3
3
4
3
3
Scientific Reasoning in Social Science
ARTS 207 Printmaking
ARTS 216 Painting
Historical Analysis
ARTS 300 Figure Drawing
3
3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester
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Cumulative total credits
Year Three Fall
19
24
46
Total credits this semester
Cumulative major credits
Cumulative total credits
Year Three Spring
15
33
61
VUSM 300 Serving the Common Good
ARTS 305 Studio Elective
Philosophical & Moral Inquiry
ARTS 350 or 351 Art History
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
3
3
3
3
3
Literary Analysis
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
Theological Inquiry
ARTS Studio Elective
3
3
3
3
3
Total credits this semester
Cumulative major credits
Cumulative total credits
Year Four Fall
15
42
76
Total credits this semester
Cumulative major credits
Cumulative total credits
Year Four Spring
15
51
91
3
3
3
3
3
Integrating Faith & Practice
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
ARTS 489 Advanced Studio Problems
ARTS 490 Senior Research Paper
ARTS Studio Elective
3
3
3
1
3
VUSM 400 The Ethical Life
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS BFA Concentration Area
ENGL 320 American Renaissance Literature
HIST 221 The City in History
Total credits this semester
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Cumulative total credits
Indicates Foundations Core Courses
Indicates Mission Seminars
18
60
109
Total credits this semester
Cumulative major credits
Cumulative total credits
Indicates Ways of Thinking Courses
Indicates Major Requirements
* New (Replacement) Course
16
70
125
Program changes include: 1) a change in the name of this program from “Graphic Arts & New Media” to “Design;” 2)
students pursuing a BFA emphasis in Design would follow the same curriculum as the other Bachelor of Fine Arts
emphases (i.e., Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Interdisciplinary Media and now
with this change, Design as an option, instead of Graphic Arts & New Media; 3) a reduction from 75 to 73 of the major
credit load by virtue of its alignment with the other emphases; 4) a reduction of studio electives by three credits, offset
by an increase of three in required studio courses with the addition of ARTS 489; 5) the addition of ARTS 239, 339,
COMM 118, 141, 230, 321, 332 and 421 as art electives; and 6) a reduction of three credits in required 100-level art
history courses by consolidating the two semester survey into one semester. This is a sample plan reflective of a
typical student.