Degree Requirements
Students must complete a total of 199 credit hours for graduation (237 for the option with visual arts teacher licensure). In consultation with faculty advisers, fine arts students determine their own interests and elect creative work in one of the program's three concentrations:
- Concentration A comprised of painting, drawing, and printmaking, represents two-dimensional art
- Concentration B consisting of sculpture and ceramics, represents three-dimensional art;
- Concentration C with photography and electronic arts, represents an art generally dependent on light-sensitive, electronic and/or chemical processes.
The plan of study within each emphasis is designed to ensure that students receive breadth in their studio experience while allowing them intense concentration in a single area.
In addition, students complete course work in art history and electives in humanities, sciences, and social sciences from other colleges in the university. The curriculum is completed with a senior thesis colloquy, which emphasizes professionalism, and culminates in an exhibition of the student's work. Seniors are required to participate in the annual DAAP senior show.
Students must obtain a minimum overall average of 2.0 and, in addition, must have at least a 2.0 average for the senior year to be eligible for graduation. In order to be eligible for graduation with honors, a student must have completed at least 90 credits in the college and have earned at least a 3.6 grade point average.
