Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

Art, B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree is designed for students planning to pursue an interdisciplinary double major or for those students seeking to minor in another field.

Both the B.F.A. and the B.A. degrees are appropriate for students planning to pursue a career in art education through the M.A.T. graduate program.

Art Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Art Major

Total Credit Hours:49

Professional Practices

Students must pass six times. Class should be taken for credit only once.
ART 1110Professional Practices in the Arts

0-1

Total Credit Hours:1

Art Foundations

ART 1120Drawing I

3

Total Credit Hours:15
Two-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
ART 2270Painting I

3

ART 2335Introduction to Printmaking

3

Three-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
ART 2230Ceramics: Handbuilding

3

ART 2660Sculpture I

3

Digital Media
Choose one:
GRDS 2200Foundations in Graphic Design

3

ART 2225Introduction to Digital Fabrication

3

ART 3315Digital Photography

3

Art Knowledge and Application

ART 3400Color and Concept

3

ART 3401Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts

3

Art History/Criticism

ART 2301Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance

3

ART 2302Art History: Renaissance to Present

3

ART 4430Art Criticism

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Senior Exhibition/Capstone

ART 4450Senior Capstone Seminar and Exhibition

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Major Electives

Additional 2000 level or above ART, GRDS Electives

12

Total Credit Hours:12

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Total Credit Hours: 120

ART 2301: This course also satisfies a general education requirement and appears in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, art majors may have 28 additional hours to use for electives. Students may use elective hours to earn a minor or another major, as well as to develop additional marketable skills. The number of elective hours students may take will depend on the courses taken to satisfy general education requirements.