BFA ART AND DESIGN  – 2005-07 Catalog
Art & Design Department
Dexter Bldg. (34), Room 170
805 756-1148

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

ART 101 The Fundamentals of Drawing (C3)*

4

ART 131 2-Dimensional Design Fundamentals

3

ART 132 Beginning Color Theory

3

ART 134 3-Dimensional Design I

3

ART 148 Beginning Sculpture

4

ART 181 Computer Imaging and Design

3

ART 201 Intermediate Drawing

3

ART 203 Art Theory and Practice

3

ART 211 Art History: Ancient-Renaissance

4

ART 212 Art History: Renaissance-Baroque

4

ART 221 Basic B/W Photography

3

ART 222 35mm Intermediate B/W Photography

3

ART 224 Intro. Artificial Lighting - Photography

3

ART 312 Art History-20th Century Art

4

Art History. Select two courses from: ART 310, 311, 316, 317, 318

4,4

ART 460 Professional Practices

2

ART 461 Senior Project

2

ART 462 Senior Portfolio Project

2

ART 463 Undergraduate Seminar

2

Concentration courses (see below)

55

 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required;  4 units are in Major.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (20 units)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics 

8

B2 Life Science

4

B3 Physical Science

4

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

B5 elective

 

Area B elective (select one course from B1-B5)

4


Area C  Arts and Humanities (12 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts *4 units in Major

0

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)

4

 

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ELECTIVES

0

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one)

Graphic Design Concentration

 

ART 133 Color and Design

3

ART 232 Beginning Graphic Design

3

ART 313 Design History

4

ART 331 Typographic Design

3

ART 332 Symbology

3

ART 333 Corporate Identity

3

ART 430 Advanced Typographic Design

3

ART 431 Package Design

3

ART 432/435/486/487

3

ART 433 Editorial Design

3

Select 24 units from:  any Art courses not already required in the major core, GRC 101, 337

24

 

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Photography and Digital Imagery Concentration

ART 314 History of Photography

4

ART 322 Color Photography

3

ART 323 Introduction to Digital Image Making

3

ART 324 Photographic Expression: B/W

4

ART 325 4x5 Camera Techniques

3

ART 326 4x5 Camera/Commercial

3

ART 327 Portraiture B/W

3

ART 329 Editorial and Corporate Photography

3

ART 483 Video and Multimedia Production

4

ART 427 Illustration Photography

3

ART 428 Portfolio Production Photography

1

ART 486 Advanced Digital Image Making

3

Select 18 units from: Any ART course not already required in the major core, GRC 101, 202, TH 330

18

 

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Studio Art Concentration

 

ART 133 Color and Design

3

ART 209 Beginning Painting

3

ART 241 Glass Fusing and Forming

3

ART 245 Ceramics

3

ART 255 Jewelry Design

3

ART 301 Advanced Drawing

3

ART 302 Life Drawing

3

ART 309 Intermediate Painting

3

ART 348 Intermediate Sculpture

3

ART 353 Intermedia/Art

4

Select 24 units from: Any ART course not already required in the major core (See course descriptions for repeatable units)

24

 

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