Art, Creative Photography Concentration, B.F.A.

Admission Requirements

Upon admission to the University as an art major, students are placed in the Bachelor of Arts category, whether entering as a freshman or transferring from a community college. Upon proof of completion of the 12 lower-division studio units listed below with a “B” (3.0) or better grade-point average, students may contact the Art Department for changing their academic objective to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art.

• ART 103 - Two-Dimensional Design (3)
• ART 104 - Three-Dimensional Design (3)
• ART 107A - Beginning Drawing (3)
• ART 107B - Beginning Painting (3)

Program Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 81 units in art: The 12 units of studio art “Admission Requirements” plus 12 units of Art History and 57 units of art. The major is divided into 21 units of lower-division preparation and 48 upper-division units. In addition to the minimum 69-unit requirement for the B.F.A. degree, students must meet the other university requirements for a bachelor’s degree.

To earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, students must achieve a “C” (2.0) or better in all art courses required for the degree.

In addition to ART 300 - Writing in the Visual Arts (3)  (*below), students must also take and pass the Examination in Writing Proficiency (EWP).

Lower-Division Studio Electives

• ART 106A - Beginning Ceramics (3)
• ART 106B - Beginning Ceramics (3)
• ART 117 - Life Drawing (3)
• ART 123 - Descriptive Drawing (3)
• ART 205A - Beginning Crafts (3)
• ART 205B - Beginning Crafts (3)
• ART 207A - Drawing and Painting (Experimental Methods and Materials) (3)
• ART 207B - Drawing and Painting (Experimental Methods and Materials) (3)
• ART 216A - Beginning Sculpture (3)
• ART 216B - Beginning Sculpture (3)
• ART 217 - Life Drawing for Animation (3)
• ART 223A - Lettering and Typography (3)
• ART 223B - Lettering and Typography (3)
• ART 223C - Typography into Graphic Design (3)
• ART 238 - Photo Visual Concepts (3)
• ART 247 - Introduction to Linoleum and Woodcut Prints (3)
• ART 253 - Introduction to Traditional Animation (3)
• ART 255 - Introduction to 3D Computer Animation (3)
• ART 263 - Perspective Drawing (3)

Upper-Division Studio Art Electives

• ART 305A - Advanced Crafts (3)
• ART 305B - Advanced Crafts (3)
• ART 306A - Advanced Ceramics (3)
• ART 306B - Advanced Ceramics (3)
• ART 307A - Drawing and Painting (3)
• ART 307B - Drawing and Painting (3)
• ART 310A - Watercolor (3,3)
• ART 310B - Watercolor (3,3)
• ART 315A - Jewelry (3)
• ART 315B - Jewelry (3)
• ART 316A - Sculpture (3)
• ART 316B - Sculpture (3)
• ART 317A - Life Studies, Drawing (3)
• ART 317B - Life Studies, Painting (3)
• ART 317C - Sculpting Life Forms (3)
• ART 318A - Drawing and Painting the Head and Hands (3)
• ART 318B - Portraiture (3)
• ART 323A - Graphic Design (3)
• ART 323B - Graphic Design (3)
• ART 324 - Beginning Glass Casting (3)
• ART 326A - Ceramic Sculpture (3)
• ART 326B - Ceramic Sculpture (3)
• ART 330 - Creative Papermaking (3)
• ART 336 - Moldmaking and Cast Sculpture (3)
• ART 337 - Animal and Wildlife Drawing (3)
• ART 338A - Creative Photography (3)
• ART 338B - Creative Photography (3)
• ART 346 - Kinetic Sculpture (3)
• ART 347A - Printmaking Etching (3)
• ART 347B - Printmaking Lithography (3)
• ART 348 - Artists’ Books (3)
• ART 353A - Animation Preproduction (3)
• ART 353B - Animation Production (3)
• ART 355 - 3D Computer Animation (3)
• ART 357 - Woodcuts and Monotypes (3)
• ART 363A - Illustration (3)
• ART 363B - Illustration (3)
• ART 363C - Digital Narrative Illustration (3)
• ART 364A - Stained Glass (3)
• ART 364B - Stained Glass/Kiln Working (3)
• ART 367 - Elements of Sequential Art (3)
• ART 373 - Cartooning and Caricature (3)
• ART 380 - Art and Child Development (3)
• ART 410 - The Digital Studio (3)
• ART 424A - Glass Blowing (3)
• ART 424B - Glass Blowing (3)
• ART 439 - Creative Photo Studio Projects (3)
• ART 448 - Special Studies: Artists’ Books and Art (3)
• ART 453A - Exhibition Design (3)
• ART 453B - Exhibition Design (3)
• ART 478 - Studio Expanded: Other Genre (3)
• ART 483A - Special Studies in Graphic Design (3)
• ART 483B - Visual Development and Background Painting (3)
• ART 483C - Special Studies in Illustration (3)
• ART 483D - Special Studies in Exhibition Design (3)
• ART 483E - Computer Assisted Graphics (3)
• ART 483F - Design for Interactive Art (3)
• ART 483G - Entertainment Graphics (3)
• ART 483H - Landscape Painting and Location Drawing (3)
• ART 483I - Motion Graphics Design (3)
• ART 484A - Ceramics (3)
• ART 484B - Glass Blowing (3)
• ART 484C - Glass Casting (3)
• ART 485A - Jewelry (3)
• ART 485B - General Crafts (3)
• ART 485C - Metalsmithing (3)
• ART 485F - Papermaking (3)
• ART 486A - Modeling and Fabrication (3)
• ART 486B - Casting (3)
• ART 487A - Senior Critique, Drawing and Painting (3)
• ART 487B - Special Studies, Life Painting (3)
• ART 487C - BFA Capstone, Drawing and Painting (3)
• ART 487D - Special Studies, Printmaking (3)
• ART 487E - Special Studies in Entertainment Art/Animation (3)
• ART 487S - Special Studies in Sequential Art (3)
• ART 489 - Special Studies in Creative Photography (3)
• ART 495 - Internship in Art (3)
• ART 499 - Independent Research (1-3)

Upper-Division Art History Electives

• ART 301 - Ancient Art (3)
• ART 302 - Medieval Art (3)
• ART 311 - Foundations of Modern Art (3)
• ART 312 - Modern Art (3)
• ART 320 - History of Architecture Before the Modern Era (3)
• ART 401 - History of Women Artists (3)
• ART 413 - History of Contemporary Art (3)
• ART 431 - Renaissance Art (3)
• ART 460 - Pre-Columbian Art (3)
• ART 461 - American Art: 20th Century (3)
• ART 462 - Latin American Art from 1800 to the 1950s (3)
• ART 463 - Native North American Art (3)
• ART 464 - Museum Conservation (3)
• ART 465 - Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)
• ART 466 - Museum Education (3)
• ART 470 - History and Aesthetics of Photography (3)
• ART 472 - Native Arts of California and the Southwest (3)
• ART 475 - Professional Practices in the Arts (3)
• ART 480T - Selected Topics in Art History (3)
• ART 481 - Seminar in Art History (3)