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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Art, Visual Arts, B.A., Academic Map   

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.

Major Core (15 hours)


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.

Minor (15-18 hours)


Electives (7-13 hours)


Curriculum: Art, Visual Arts


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


  • 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

Subtotal: 15 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

Subtotal: 13 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • 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

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • 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

Subtotal: 15 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

Subtotal: 15 Hours


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