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
Professional Practices
Students must pass six times. Class should be taken for credit only once.
| ART 1110 | Professional Practices in the Arts | 0-1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1 |
Art Foundations
| ART 1120 | Drawing I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Two-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
Three-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
Digital Media
Choose one:
Art Knowledge and Application
Art History/Criticism
| ART 2301 | Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance | 3 |
| ART 2302 | Art History: Renaissance to Present | 3 |
| ART 4430 | Art Criticism | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Senior Exhibition/Capstone
| ART 4450 | Senior 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
Piedmont University Requirement
| PDMT 1101 | Intro to University 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 University must meet this University 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.