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.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Art and Design department page.

Total Credits Required

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.) [Div IV]
AD 230 History of World Art: Ancient to Medieval (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 240 History of World Art: Renaissance to Modern (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 280 History of Photography (4 cr.)
AD 300 Japan and the West: Crosscurrents in Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 230 History of World Art: Ancient to Medieval (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 330 History of Renaissance Art (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 335 History of Baroque Art (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 345 Modernity in Art: The Nineteenth Century (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [Div IV]
AD 365 History of Modern Design (4 cr.) [Div IV]

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.

Bulletin Year: 2010 - 2011 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.