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Jan 23, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Art, Visual Arts Concentration, B.A.
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Art and Design
615-898-2455
Laura Cochrane, program coordinator
Laura.Cochrane@mtsu.edu
The B.A. program in Art with a concentration in Visual Arts is designed for those who wish to pursue broad studies in art, design, and art history at the graduate level. Students should consult with their advisors each semester in order to plan their schedule of courses.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
48 hours |
| Major Core |
15 hours* |
| Visual Arts Concentration |
33 hours |
| Foreign Language |
6 hours |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
7-13 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
- ART 1920 (CCE)
- 3 credit hours from foreign language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)
Major Requirements (48 hours)
Majors must maintain a GPA of at least 2.00 in the major.
Visual Arts Concentration (33 hours)
21 hours from the following:
- 2D Studio 3 credit hours
- 3D Studio 3 credit hours
- Graphic Design 3 credit hours
- Studio or Graphic Design 6 credit hours
- Art History (upper division) 6 credit hours
Foreign Language (6 hours)
B.A. students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.
Curriculum: Art, Visual Arts
Sophomore Fall
- ART 1640 - Drawing II 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Foreign Language/elective 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- Foreign Language/elective 3 credit hours
- Elective 1 credit hour
- Minor course 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours
Junior Spring
- ART 1910 - Survey of Non-Western Art 3 credit hours
- 2D or 3D Studio course 3 credit hours
- Graphic Design course 3 credit hours
- Minor course 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- ART 4060 - Art Capstone 3 credit hours
- Studio Art/Graphic Design courses 3 credit hours
- Upper-division Art History 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- 2D or 3D Studio 3 credit hours
Senior Spring
- Minor courses 6 credit hours
- Studio Art/Graphic Design course 3 credit hours
- Elective/Minor course 3 credit hours
- Upper-division Art History 3 credit hours
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