Apr 25, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Art Studio, B.A.

The B.A. in Art Studio is a broad liberal arts degree. This is a perfect degree for students wishing to explore a wide variety of interests in and out of art studio. Students can choose a minor, double major or simply a focus on another subject area on campus. This flexible degree is available to students wishing to focus in a single medium or a combination of the following media: ceramics, digital media, drawing, fiber, painting, photography, printmedia, and sculpture.

The major in art studio must include the following:

College Requirements

Music, Theatre and/or Arts Administration Credit(s): 6
plus 39 hours at 300-level or above

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements. The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

ART 301 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: GCCR hours: 3

First Year Foundation Requirements

Progression Requirement

Students must have earned at least a letter grade of C in each of the premajor foundation courses.

Art Studio Foundations

A-S 101 - CREATIVE PRACTICES Credit(s): 1 (taken first semester)
Choose one 100 level A-H course from approved list Credit(s): 3
A-H 106 - RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART Credit(s): 3
A-S 1 - FOUNDATION EXHIBITION Credit(s): 0 *
A-S 102 - 2D Credit(s): 3
A-S 103 - 3D Credit(s): 3
A-S 130 - DRAWING Credit(s): 3
A-S 200 - DIGITAL ART Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Premajor hours: 19

Foundation Exhibition

Each student in the Foundations Program must participate in an exhibition during the spring semester. Students will select and submit one art piece from a UK Foundations course, present it professionally, and provide an artist’s statement. Participation in this exhibition is required and is tracked in A-S 1 - FOUNDATION EXHIBITION .*

*A-S 1 offered spring only. Transfer students should enroll in A-S 1 the first spring semester in which they are enrolled.

Major Requirements

21 credit hours of studio courses at or above the 300 level, including the Studio Core requirement (9 credit hours). To fulfill the Studio Core, students must first complete one course from each of the following categories:

Studio Core

Category One Options: 3

†A-S 350 : Two-Dimensional subtitle required.

A-S 310 - PAINTING I Credit(s): 3
A-S 320 - PRINTMEDIA: SCREENPRINT/RELIEF Credit(s): 3
A-S 321 - PRINTMEDIA: INTAGLIO/LITHOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
A-S 330 - INTERMEDIATE DRAWING Credit(s): 3
A-S 331 - EXPLORATION OF THE HUMAN FORM Credit(s): 3
A-S 350 - INTRODUCTION TO FIBER Credit(s): 3 †

Category Two Options: 3

A-S 355 - INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE Credit(s): 3
A-S 360 - INTRODUCTION TO HOT METALS: FABRICATION Credit(s): 3
A-S 361 - INTRODUCTION TO HOT METALS: CASTING Credit(s): 3
A-S 370 - CERAMICS I Credit(s): 3

Category Three Options: 3

A-S 300 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
A-S 340 - INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN, MEANING AND IMAGE Credit(s): 3
A-S 345 - WEB DESIGN Credit(s): 3
A-S 346 - DIGITAL VIDEO Credit(s): 3
A-S 347 - MULTIMEDIA: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
A-S 348 - CIRCUITS AND BITS: INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TOPICS IN ARTS Credit(s): 3
A-S 380 - BLACK AND WHITE DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3

Other Requirements

3 credit hours of art studio at the 500 level
6 credit hours of art history at or above the 300 level
A-S 490 - SENIOR SEMINAR (1 credit hour; taken during the final semester of study)
Participation in a Graduating Seniors’ Juried Exhibition in final semester of study

Subtotal: Major hours: 31

Electives

Students must complete 31 hours of electives, 9 of which must be outside of art studio, in a related area; the other 22 are free electives.

Art Studio, B.A.

College Requirements

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

X. Global Dynamics