Studio Art BFA Option
This option is available within the Art major at the following location:
- Corvallis
The Studio Art BFA option offers concentrations in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation-arts, printmaking, and expanded media. The primary objective of offering the BFA is to provide professional education in visual art at the undergraduate level and to enable graduates to enter studio-based careers within the creative industries.
Option Code: 830
Options follow the learning outcomes of the major. For this option, refer to the learning outcomes of the Art major.
Students may not use courses in which they have earned less than a C- to satisfy BFA requirements. A minimum 3.00 grade-point average must be maintained in all art courses used to meet BFA requirements.
The required lower-division studio courses must be completed before taking upper-division studio courses for the major program. All students seeking a major or a minor must see a departmental advisor on a yearly basis.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lower-Division | ||
| Studio Art Lower-Division Required Courses | ||
| ART 117 | 3-D CORE STUDIO | 4 |
| ART 121 | DIGITAL CORE STUDIO | 4 |
| Lower-Division Art Electives | ||
| Select three 200-level studio art courses from the following: | 12 | |
| COLOR IN THE VISUAL ARTS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO TIME-BASED ART | ||
| DRAWING II: FIGURE | ||
| DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINTMAKING I | ||
| PAINTING I | ||
| SCULPTURE I | ||
| Select three 200-level art history courses from the following: | 9 | |
| +*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: PREHISTORY TO HIGH MIDDLE AGES | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: GOTHIC TO BAROQUE | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: NEOCLASSICISM TO CONTEMPORARY | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART | ||
| *HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *PHOTOGRAPHY: HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE AND ART | ||
| Upper-Division 1 | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| ART 339 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES FOR ARTISTS | 3 |
| ART 366 | ART SINCE 1945 | 3 |
| ART 462 | DIRECTIONS AND ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | 3 |
| ART 495 | EXHIBITION DESIGN | 1 |
| Electives | ||
| Select 44 credits from the following courses, with at least 20 credits at the 400-level: 2 | 44 | |
| DRAWING CONCEPTS | ||
| DRAWING III: FIGURE | ||
| CONCEPTS IN DIGITAL IMAGING | ||
| VIDEO ART | ||
| INSTALLATION | ||
| ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINTMAKING: RELIEF | ||
| PRINTMAKING: INTAGLIO | ||
ART 377 | ||
| PRINTMAKING: MONOTYPE | ||
| PRINTMAKING: SCREEN PRINTING | ||
| PAINTING II: THE FIGURE | ||
| PAINTING II: CONCEPTS | ||
| PAINTING II: ABSTRACT AND MULTIMEDIA | ||
| PAINTING II: NEW GENRE | ||
| SCULPTURE II | ||
| NEW MEDIA: INTERACTIVE | ||
| DRAWING IV | ||
| DRAWING IV/FIGURE | ||
| SONIC ARTS | ||
| ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY II | ||
| OFF THE SCREEN - VIDEO INSTALLATION ART | ||
| PRINTMAKING STUDIO | ||
| PRINTMAKING: ADVANCED SCREEN PRINTING | ||
| PAINTING III | ||
| SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ARTS | ||
| Select three art history courses from the following, with at least one course at the 400-level: | 9 | |
| *EARLY CHINESE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY | ||
| *LATE CHINESE ART AND CULTURE | ||
| *CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART | ||
| *ART OF JAPAN | ||
| *ANCIENT GREEK ART | ||
| *ANCIENT ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART | ||
| *HISTORY OF MODERN ART 1900-1945 | ||
| ART SINCE 1945 | ||
| *HISTORY OF DESIGN | ||
| ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| DIRECTIONS AND ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | ||
| CULTURAL STUDIES OF THE MUSEUM | ||
| HISTORY OF PRINTMAKING | ||
| Additional Electives | ||
| Select 12 credits in studio art, photography and digital studio, or art history at the 300/400-level | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 104 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
- +
Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
- 1
The 400-level studio block may be any combination of painting, printmaking, sculpture, or drawing courses
- 2
Four of these credits may be at the 200-level
Option Code: 830