Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fine Art

The BFA program teaches students the creative and technical skills needed to thrive as career artists. Advanced instruction is offered in non-figurative and figurative fine art, including painting, sculpting, and printmaking. The Sculpture department has one of the largest and most advanced facilities of its kind in North America, and university's state-of-the-art printmaking facilities merge traditional tools with cutting edge technology.

Undergraduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

Visual Communication

• Demonstrate craftsmanship and fine attention to detail
• (Painting & Printmaking) Produce a consistent body of work demonstrating proficiency in a breadth of fine art disciplines
• (Painting & Printmaking) Demonstrate basic skills in composition
• (Painting & Printmaking) Demonstrate effective use of color theory
• (Painting & Printmaking) Use value effectively when creating form
• (Painting & Printmaking) Use appropriate style and techniques to effectively execute ideas
• (Painting) Demonstrate effective use of proportion and gesture
• (Sculpture) Demonstrate understanding of three-dimensional composition, crafting (technical skill) and applying underlying concept to the overall sculpted solution
• (Sculpture) Demonstrate basic skills in 3D composition

Technical Execution

• (Printmaking) Demonstrate technical proficiency in a variety of printmaking processes
• (Sculpture) Execute sculptural solutions with media-specific technical proficiency

Concept Development and Critical Analysis

• Explore and clearly articulate concepts and creative possibilities with a given topic or subject
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of concept and execution of a given artwork

Professional Communication

• Describe and discuss artwork in a professional manner

Professional Readiness

• Produce a professional-standard portfolio of well-crafted artwork demonstrating personal vision
• Create professional self-promotional materials
• Demonstrate an understanding of pricing and the various possibilities to display and sell artwork

*Note App Fee Waiver in effect for ApplyBoard to reduce the application fee to $50*