Art (BFA)
Description
Students seeking professional portfolios will pursue the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (B.F.A.). This degree allows for a concentration in fine art, with areas of emphasis in ceramics, painting, and sculpture; or a concentration in expanded media arts, with areas of emphasis in printmaking and imaging arts as well as graphic design. The program permits the student to take a greater number of classes in studio art and art history.
Entrance to the B.F.A.: Students can choose to enter the B.F.A. Studio Art program during the regular UM admissions process. After completing the foundation core and having a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 and 2.5 GPA in all art and art history courses, B.F.A. students participate in the B.F.A. Foundations Review to stay in the B.F.A. degree.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Two associated science labs | 8 | |
| Select three hours in the area of fine or performing arts from the following: 1 | 3 | |
Music | ||
Dance | ||
Theatre Arts | ||
| Select three hours of humanities courses from the following areas: | 3 | |
African American Studies | ||
Classical Civilization | ||
Environmental Studies 101 | ||
Gender Studies 2 | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
| Topics in Gender and Culture | ||
| Men, Women, and Greek Life | ||
| Theories in Gender | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Cinema | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the Media | ||
| Women, Gender & the Environment | ||
| Advanced Queer Studies | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
Southern Studies (Any 1000 level) | ||
| Select three hours of Math at the 1000 level or above 3 | 3 | |
| Select three hours of history | 3 | |
| Select six hours of literature survey courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| Select three hours of Social Science courses from the following areas: | 3 | |
Anthropology | ||
Economic | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
| Select six to eight hours of natural science coruses with labs from the following areas: | 6-8 | |
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
Physics | ||
Astronomy | ||
| Total Hours | 41-43 | |
- 1
Studio and workshop courses cannot beused to satisfy this requirement. Acceptable freshman or sophommore-level courses are: Music 1010, Music 1020, Music 1030, Music 1040, Music 1050; LIBA 1300; Dance 2000; and Theatre 2010, 2020.
- 2
In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion courses will satisfy this requirement.
- 3
Except for MATH 2451 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and MATH 2452 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 2010 | Global Art: Prehistory to 1500 | 3 |
| ARTH 2020 | Global Art: 1300 to the Present | 3 |
| ARTH 4010 | Research and Writing in Art | 3 |
| Select six hours of art history electives at the 3000 level or above 1 | 6 | |
| ART 1010 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ART 1030 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ART 1110 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 2010 | Digital Imaging | 3 |
| ART 2110 | Drawing II | 3 |
| ART 4050 | Pre-Thesis Forum | 3 |
| ART 4997A & ART 4920 | Thesis and Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Select 12 hours of any art course at the 3000 level or higher | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 48 | |
- 1
Students in the fine art concentration are encouraged to take ARTH 3550 Modernism and ARTH 3570 Art Now. Students in the expanded media arts concentration are encouraged to select from ARTH 3570 Art Now, ARTH 3740 History of Graphic Design, or ARTH 3760 History of Photography. Students in the emphasis in graphic design must take ARTH 3740 History of Graphic Design.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Select an emphasis
Select an emphasis area within the B.F.A. in Art program
Other Academic Requirements
Students must maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA and a 2.5 GPA in all art and art history courses to continue their enrollment in the B.F.A. degree. A grade of C or higher is required for all courses
used toward the BFA in Art.
Concentration - Expanded Media Arts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select three Level I Studio EMA courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Creative Coding | ||
| Sonic Arts | ||
| Graphic Design I, Typography | ||
| Graphic Design II, Production Design | ||
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Digital Video I | ||
| Select one Level I Studio FA courses from the following: | 3 | |
| Beginning Painting | ||
| Beginning Sculpture | ||
| Beginning Ceramics | ||
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Select three Level II Studio EMA couses from the following: | 9 | |
| Creative Coding | ||
| Sonic Arts | ||
| Graphic Design II, Production Design | ||
| Web Design I | ||
| Letterpress | ||
| Intermediate Printmaking | ||
| Book Arts | ||
| Intermediate Photography | ||
| Intermediate Imaging Arts | ||
| Intro Alternative Photographic Processes | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Emphasis - Graphic Design
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select nine hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Illustration | ||
| Web Design I | ||
| Letterpress | ||
| Art Internship | ||
| Graphic Design III, Package Design | ||
| Advanced Graphic Design and Illustration | ||
| 3-D Modeling | ||
| Motion Graphics | ||
| Designing Interactivity | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Printmaking
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select nine hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Letterpress | ||
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Intermediate Printmaking | ||
| Book Arts | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Intermediate Photography | ||
| Intro Alternative Photographic Processes | ||
| Advanced Printmaking | ||
| Advanced Alt Photographic Processes | ||
| Printmaking | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Photography
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 9 hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Book Arts | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Intermediate Photography | ||
| Intermediate Imaging Arts | ||
| Digital Video I | ||
| Intro Alternative Photographic Processes | ||
| Advanced Imaging Arts | ||
| Advanced Alt Photographic Processes | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Fine Art
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select three Level I Studio FA courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Beginning Painting | ||
| Beginning Sculpture | ||
| Beginning Ceramics | ||
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Select one Level I Studio EMA courses from the following: | 3 | |
| Graphic Design I, Typography | ||
| Graphic Design II, Production Design | ||
| Intro to Printmaking | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Digital Video I | ||
| Select one Level II Studio FA courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Figure Drawing I | ||
| Intermediate Painting | ||
| Plein Air: Painting the Landscape | ||
| Intermediate Sculpture | ||
| Introduction to Digital Sculpture | ||
| Pottery | ||
| Handbuilding | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Emphasis - Painting
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select nine hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Intermediate Painting | ||
| Plein Air: Painting the Landscape | ||
| Painting | ||
| Painting | ||
| Plein Air | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Ceramics
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select nine hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Pottery | ||
| Handbuilding | ||
| Advanced Ceramics | ||
| Clay and Glaze Calculation | ||
| Pottery and Ceramics | ||
| Ceramic Material Research & Development | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Sculpture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 9 hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Intermediate Sculpture | ||
| Advanced Sculpture | ||
| Sculpture | ||
| Introduction to Digital Sculpture | ||
| Exploratory Blacksmithing | ||
| Advanced Digital Sculpture | ||
| Intensive Blacksmithing | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |