Revised
UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: _Virginia Bradley, Chairperson Dept. of Fine Arts and Visual Communications ____________________________________phone number_x8219 or x2244_________
Action: Program Change in Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Major Fine Arts _______________________________________________________________________________________
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration,
revise major/minor/concentration,
academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change,
etc.)
Effective
term________06F________________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current
degree______BFA Major Fine Arts
_____________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
change leads to the degree of: _____BFA Major Fine Arts
_________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
name:_________________Bachelor
of Fine Arts, Major Fine Arts _________________________________________
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if applicable)
Revising
or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:_Revising BFA Fine Arts, Major Fine
Arts___________________________
(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate minor:_______________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement change:____________________________
(Attach your Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:__________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor / concentration:______________________________________
List program changes for curriculum revisions:
BFA Major Fine Arts
Freshmen Foundations
Students will complete the 18 credits of Freshmen Foundation and apply by portfolio to the Bachelor of Fine Arts at the end of their freshmen year.
Art 110 Foundation Drawing I 3 credits
Art 111 Foundation Design I 3 credits
Art 112 Foundation Drawing II 3 credits
Art 113 Foundation Design II 3 credits
Art 114 Foundation Colloquium(Fall) 0 credits
Art 115 Foundation Colloquium (Spring) 0 credits
Art 116 Intro to Digital Imaging 3 credits
Art 117 Research Studio 3
credits
Total Freshmen Foundation 18 credits
Sophomore year all students will take 18 credits, to include:
Fine Arts Core:
Sophomore Year
Fine Arts Core
Art 231 Beginning Painting 3 credits
Art 243 Intro to Printmaking 3 credits
Art 250 Beginning Sculpture 3 credits
Art 290 Beginning Ceramics 3 credits
Art 280 Beginning
Photography 3
credits
Total Fine Arts Core 15credits
Plus Fine Arts Elective 3
credits
Total Sophomore year 18 credits
Junior and Senior Year s
Fine Art Electives 36 credits
(to
be taken from all Department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications
offerings at 200, 300 & 400 level; 200, 201, 210, 211, 230,
241, 244, 246, 306, 307, 309,310, 311, 312, 313,315, 318, 319, 330, 331, 332,
333, 334m 340, 341, 342, 344. 350, 351, 366, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 391,407,
412, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 432, 433, 440,
441, 450, 451, 466, 481, 483, 486, 487 ,490, 491 )
Art 416 Professional Practices 3 credits
Art 417 BFA Exhibition 0 credits
Total Junior and Senior Years 39 credits
Total BFA/ Fine Arts Degree Credits 75 credits
(minimum credit requirement for degree)
Art History Requirement 12 credits
Four classes from Art History, or
3 Art History classes and FAVC 315 Contemporary Issues.
A student may double count 315 as an upper division studio elective and as an art history.
OLD BFA Fine Arts (starts on the bottom of the left hand column and continues on the next page).
List new courses
required for the new or revised curriculum:
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is
dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge
list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
none
Other
affected units:
(List other departments affected by
this new or revised curriculum. Attach
permission from the affected units. If
no other unit is affected, enter “None”)
none
Rationale:
(Explain your reasons for creating,
revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
The Department is moving to a cross
disciplinary curriculum. We are educating the artists and designers of tomorrow
and want to create a broad curriculum for students to use as a palette. Being
an artist in the art arena today does not necessarily mean working alone in a
studio. Today’s artistic practice
includes collaboration, problem solving and crossing boundaries between
traditional artistic disciplines. The
needs of today’s artist are broadly based rather than in a singular artistic
discipline. For example, a 2-diminsional
artist might include painting, printmaking, computer imaging and video in an
exhibition. Students need a broad base
of experience on their artistic palette to move forward with an artistic
career.
The BFA Fine Art Program revision is based on eliminating the
concentrations from the major (Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture and
Printmaking) to encourage cross-disciplinary work across the Fine Art
curriculum. The BFA Fine Arts Program revision proposal demands that all
sophomores take a “core” of intro classes in painting, photography,
printmaking, sculpture and ceramics. Upon completion of the sophomore “core”
students will have a basic conceptual and technical understanding of each
discipline. Currently we have seniors who take a 200 level course and find they
wish they had taken the course earlier to build upon. The new Fine Arts BFA
Degree Program will present artistic possibilities to students at a much
earlier point in their artistic education. Alternatively,
a student does have the option after completing the sophomore core of take
courses in one concentration. For
example they could take every painting
course that is offered as they fill their 300/400 requirements. Students will chart their courses through
advising sessions with faculty.
The students will then elect (under
the mentorship of their advisor) the 12 classes (36 credits) to take their
junior and senior years. The classes
they elect will further develop their visual, creative and critical abilities.
Students will be encouraged to explore cross-disciplinary themes in their work
as they move from medium to another. For example, a student might be developing
themes based on the figure in painting and at the same time be working on a
correlated series in printmaking.
Student will still be required to
take 12 credits of Art History or 9 credits of Art History and 3 credits of Art
315 Contemporary issues.
Program
Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum
as it should appear in the Course Catalog.
If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the
present curriculum.)
Concentration requirements have been
eliminated and replaced with 36 credits of 300 and 400 level FAVC electives to
create an interdisciplinary emphasis.
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
MAJOR: FINE ARTS
Foundation
Requirements
ART
110 Foundation Drawing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ART
111 Foundation 2D Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ART 112 Foundation Drawing II . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
ART
113 Foundation 3D Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ART
114 Foundation Colloquium (fall semester) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
ART
115 Foundation Colloquium (spring semester) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
ART114/115 Required fall and spring of freshman year
ART
116 Introduction to Digital Media. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ART
117 Research Studio: Process and Product . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total Freshmen Foundation 18
Sophomore year all students will take
18 credits, to include:
Fine Arts Core:
Sophomore Year
Fine Arts Core
Art 231 Beginning
Painting 3
credits
Art 243 Intro to
Printmaking 3
credits
Art 250 Beginning
Sculpture 3
credits
Art 290 Beginning
Ceramics 3
credits
Art 280 Beginning
Photography 3
credits
Total Fine Arts Core 15credits
Plus Fine Arts Elective 3
credits
Total Sophomore year 18
credits
Junior and Senior Years
Fine Art Electives 36
credits
(to
be taken from all Department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications
offerings at 200, 300 & 400 level; 200, 201, 210, 211, 230,
241, 244, 246, 306, 307, 309,310, 311, 312, 313,315, 318, 319, 330, 331, 332,
333, 334m 340, 341, 342, 344. 350, 351, 366, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 391,407,
412, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 432, 433, 440,
441, 450, 451, 466, 481, 483, 486, 487 ,490, 491 ).
Art 416 Professional
Practices 3
credits
Art
417 BFA Exhibition 0
credits
Total Junior and Senior Years 39
credits
Total BFA/ Fine Arts Degree
Credits 75
credits
(minimum
credit requirement for degree)
Art History Requirement
12 credits
Four classes from Art
History, or
3 Art
History classes and FAVC 315 Contemporary Issues.
A student may double count
315 as an upper division studio elective and as an Art History.
The B.F.A. degree requires
75 credit hours minimum of
art
courses and 86 credit hours maximum. All grades in art courses
must be
C- or better.
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting
documentation.)
Department Chairperson Virginia Bradley Date 10/05/05
Dean of College Date
Chairperson, College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
& Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
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