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B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing:
Academic Requirements
In addition to fulfilling general degree requirements, undergraduate students majoring in painting/drawing must complete the following requirements (100–101 credits), as outlined below by semester and year:
Freshman Year | Sophomore Year | Junior Year | Senior Year
| Freshman Year: 25 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| VIS 1030/Art+Design Freshman Seminar | 0 credits |
| VDE 1150/Design I | 4 credits |
| VDR 1010/Drawing I | 4 credits |
| VSC 1010/Sculpture I | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 13 credits |
| VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting | 4 credits |
| VPR 1600/Extended Media | 4 credits |
| ARH 1020/History of Art Survey II | 5 credits |
| Sophomore Year: 23–24 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting | 4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| ARH —/Art history elective* | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 11–12 credits |
| VDR or VPA —/Elective in drawing or painting | 4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| ARH —/Art history elective* | 3–4 credits |
| *One semester each of modern and contemporary art history; may be taken in either order | |
| Junior Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| VDR or VPA 3500/Junior Studio I | 4 credits |
| VDR or VPA —/Upper-level elective in drawing or painting |
4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| VDR or VPA 3510/Junior Studio II | 4 credits |
| VDR or VPA —/Upper-level elective in drawing or painting |
4 credits |
| Studio art elective | 4 credits |
| Senior Year: 28 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| VIS 4470/Field Trips or a studio art elective or an art history course |
4 credits |
| Upper-level studio art elective | 4 credits |
| VIS 4990/Senior Project | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 16 credits |
| VDR or VPA 4400/Senior Seminar and Critique | 4 credits |
| VIS 4470/Field Trips or a studio art elective or an art history course |
4 credits |
| Upper-level studio art elective | 4 credits |
| VIS 4990/Senior Project | 4 credits |
Updated July 28, 2008