Studio, Drawing and Painting or Printmaking Concentration, B.F.A.

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Concentration Requirements

Drawing and Painting (DPP) Concentration

Area G: Major Courses (60 Hours)

The following courses are required in Area G for students who are accepted into the Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking (DPP) concentration. ART 4980 , Special Problems (1-6), may be used to adjust program in order to meet the 60-hour requirement in Area G. Consent of the Area Coordinator and instructor are required. Acceptance to the DPP concentration is determined by application and portfolio review following completion of at least two DPP 3000-level courses from the art core sequence listed below.

In order to graduate, students must have taken the CTW course required for this concentration (ART 3910 ). This course should be taken at the appropriate time, as described below.

ART 3910 - Critical Issues in Contemporary Art-CTW 3 Credit Hours
ART 3400 - Space, Scale, Time: Digital Possibilities 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Core Requirements (9 Hours)

DPP 2100 - Intermediate Drawing 3 Credit Hours
DPP 3000 - Life Drawing 3 Credit Hours
DPP 3050 - Introduction to Printmaking 3 Credit Hours

Art History: Select one course (3 Hours)

AH 4610 - Twentieth-Century European and American Modernism 3 Credit Hours
AH 4700 - Contemporary Art: Theory and Criticism 3 Credit Hours
AH 4720 - Feminist Issues in Contemporary Art 3 Credit Hours

Art and Art History Electives (6-8 Hours)

Any 4000-level art history course and/or one to two 3000/4000-level studio courses outside Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking

Drawing and Painting Requirements (16 Hours)

DPP 3200 - Painting with Water-Based Media 3 Credit Hours
DPP 3300 - Painting with Oil-Based Media 3 Credit Hours
DPP 3600 - Drawing Research 4 Credit Hours
DPP 4940 - Portfolio I 3 Credit Hours
DPP 4950 - Portfolio II-CTW 3 Credit Hours

Select from below for a total of 16 Hours

(Students should register for these courses a combined total of 4 times.)

DPP 3900 - Selected Topics in Drawing and Painting 4 Credit Hours
DPP 4500 - Directed Study in Drawing and Painting 4 Credit Hours

Select one course from below (3-4 Hours)

(Note: if 6 credit hours were taken in area 4, must take 4 credit hours here)

DPP 3150 - Intaglio/Etching & Lithography 4 Credit Hours
DPP 3250 - Screen Print and Experimental Printmaking 4 Credit Hours
DPP 3350 - Monoprinting 3 Credit Hours
DPP 3550 - Book Arts 3 Credit Hours

Printmaking (DPP) Concentration