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Nov 30, 2024
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2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art, Graphic Design Concentration, B.F.A.
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Department of Art
615-898-2455
Jean Nagy, program coordinator
Jean.Nagy@mtsu.edu
The B.F.A. program is designed for those who wish to work professionally as artists in art-related fields and/or work toward a graduate degree (M.F.A.). All students pursuing a major in Art are required to complete the General Education requirements as specified by the department. Students should consult with their advisors each semester in order to plan their schedules of courses.
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General Education (41 hours)
General Education requirements include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
The following General Education course is recommended for this major:
Major Requirements (55 hours)
Graphic Design (21 hours)
Graphic Design Electives (16 hours)
Studio Courses (9 hours)
Choose three of the following courses:
Upper-Division Art History (6 hours)
Total hours in program: 120
Candidacy Program
The Graphic Design concentration includes a candidacy program based on successful completion of certain required classes with specified minimum grade point expectations and performance for retention in Graphic Design. The candidacy program imposes requirements in several areas:
- Admission to most upper-division professional courses in the Graphic Design concentration will be restricted to students admitted to candidacy.
- All students in the Graphic Design concentration should apply for admission to candidacy at the end of the semester in which they will have completed 45 semester hours of coursework.
- At a minimum, students in the Graphic Design concentration must have completed each of the following courses with a grade of C (2.00) or better before applying for candidacy:
ART 1610 - Two-Dimensional Design
ART 1620 - Drawing I
ART 1630 - Three-Dimensional Design
ART 1640 - Drawing II
ART 2310 - Graphic Design Technologies
ART 2325 - Typographic Design
ART 3325 - Word and Image
- At a minimum, students applying for candidacy in the Graphic Design concentration must have an overall GPA of at least 2.00 on all University-level coursework.
- Students applying for candidacy in the Graphic Design concentration must twice submit for juried review a portfolio containing work completed in the courses listed in item 3 above (specified graphic-related electives). (The majority of the work in the portfolio must be two-dimensional.) The first portfolio review will follow completion of ART 2325 and a second review will follow completion of ART 3325 . If after the second portfolio review a student is not admitted to candidacy the student may, with modifications, submit the portfolio one additional time before being asked to find another major or concentration.
Curriculum: Art, Graphic Design
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories. Sophomore Spring
- ART 2325 - Typographic Design 3 credit hours
- Upper-division art history 3 credit hours
- Studio elective 3 credit hours
- Humanities/Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- Mathematics 3 credit hours
Junior Fall
- ART 3325 - Word and Image 3 credit hours
- Graphic Design elective 3 credit hours
- Studio elective 3 credit hours
- Upper-division art history 3 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Junior Spring
- ART 3330 - Portfolio I 3 credit hours
- Graphic Design elective 3 credit hours
- Art cognate 3 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 credit hours
NOTE:
*Students who count ART 1920 as a Humanities/Fine Arts credit must choose one additional art course. |
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