Studio Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art requires a minimum of 120 credit hours of course work.
The BFA provides a more extensive, well-rounded, performance-oriented art background which prepares students for a professional life in fine arts and post graduate study. For the BFA, 78 of the required 120 credit hours are ART classes.
To be admitted to the BFA program, students must meet other eligibility requirements (see the unit website or a Art & Art History advisor for details).
Studio Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 34 Hours Required | ||
| Minimun of "C-" required | ||
| Fundamental Skills | 15 | |
Writing – 6 hrs. | ||
| ENGLISH COMPOSITION I | ||
| COLLEGE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LITERACY | ||
Oral Communication – 3 hrs. | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS | ||
or CMST 2120 | ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE | |
Quantitative Literacy – 3 hrs. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING | ||
or MATH 1130 | QUANTITATIVE LITERACY | |
or MATH 1140 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | |
or MATH 1300 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT | |
Data Literacy – 3 hrs. | ||
Select one from the following: | ||
| DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION | ||
| ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | ||
Until Fall 2028, students can satisfy this requirement with an approved data literacy course, or any approved natural or social science general education course. | ||
| Breadth of Knowledge | 13 | |
Social Science – 3 hrs. | ||
Humanities – 3 hrs. | ||
Natural & Physical Science (must complete a lab) – 4 hrs. | ||
Arts – 3 hrs. | ||
| Individual and Social Responsibility | 6 | |
Cultural Knowledge – 3 hrs. | ||
Civic Knowledge and Engagement – 3 hrs. | ||
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS - 78 Hours Required | ||
| **Course will satisfy UNO's General Education requirement | ||
| ^Course requires pre-requisite(s) | ||
| Minimun of "C" required | ||
| STUDIO CORE I - | ||
| All of the following: | 12 | |
| FOUNDATION: DRAWING | ||
| FOUNDATION: 3D DESIGN | ||
| FOUNDATION: 2-D DESIGN | ||
| FOUNDATION: DIGITAL MEDIA | ||
| CORE ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEW (^) | ||
| STUDIO CORE II - | ||
| Select one of the following | 3 | |
| LIFE DRAWING I (^) | ||
| OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING FOR SKETCHBOOK (^) | ||
| Select one of the following | 3 | |
| WATERCOLOR I | ||
| ELEMENTARY PAINTING (^) | ||
| ELEMENTARY PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| Select one of the following | 3 | |
| ELEMENTARY SCULPTURE (^) | ||
| BOOK STRUCTURES | ||
| ELEMENTARY CERAMICS (^) | ||
| COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY (CGI) I: INTERACTIVE 3D VIRTUAL SPACES (^) | ||
| Select one of the following | 3 | |
| ILLUSTRATION 1: INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION (^) | ||
| MEDIA ARTS 1 (^) | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN 1 (^) | ||
| GAME DESIGN AS ART (^) | ||
| ART HISTORY COURSES - | ||
| All of the following: | 9 | |
| SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY I (**) | ||
| SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY II (**) | ||
| ART IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE SINCE 1900 (^) | ||
| Select One Pre-Modern History course | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ART (^) | ||
| EGYPTIAN ART (^) | ||
| GREEK ART (^) | ||
| ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ART (^) | ||
| WOMEN IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART (^) | ||
| EARLY MEDIEVAL ART (^) | ||
| LATE MEDIEVAL ART HISTORY (^) | ||
| NORTHERN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY (^) | ||
| ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY (^) | ||
| BAROQUE AND ROCOCO ART HISTORY (^) | ||
| Select One Modern Art History course | 3 | |
| HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1850 (^) | ||
| HISTORY OF DESIGN (^) | ||
| HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY (^) | ||
| GENDER & SEXUALITY IN MODERN ART (^) | ||
| MODERN ART I (ART OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, 1850-1920) (^) | ||
| MODERN ART II (ART OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, 1918-1968) (^) | ||
| CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY SINCE 1968 (^) | ||
| STUDIO ART ELECTIVES - | 27 | |
| Students select three 3000 level courses, three 4000 level courses, and three additional electives from the following courses not previously taken in Core II. | ||
| WATERCOLOR I | ||
| WATERCOLOR II | ||
| LIFE DRAWING I (^) | ||
| LIFE DRAWING II (^) | ||
| ADVANCED DRAWING I (^) | ||
| ADVANCED DRAWING II (^) | ||
| ELEMENTARY PAINTING (^) | ||
| INTERMEDIATE PAINTING (^) | ||
| ELEMENTARY PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| ADVANCED PAINTING (^) | ||
| ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN PRINTMAKING (^) | ||
| LETTERPRESS 1 | ||
| HAND PRODUCED BOOK II: LETTERPRESS PRINTING (^) | ||
| BOOK STRUCTURES | ||
| PAPERMAKING (^) | ||
| ELEMENTARY SCULPTURE (^) | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE (^) | ||
| ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (^) | ||
| ELEMENTARY CERAMICS (^) | ||
| INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS (^) | ||
| ADVANCED SCULPTURE (^) | ||
| ADVANCED CERAMICS (^) | ||
| OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING FOR SKETCHBOOK (^) | ||
| ILLUSTRATION 1: INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION (^) | ||
| ILLUSTRATION 2: THE STATIC IMAGE (^) | ||
| ILLUSTRATION 3: SEQUENTIAL IMAGES (^) | ||
| ILLUSTRATION STUDIO (^) | ||
| TYPOGRAPHY (^) | ||
| WEB DESIGN (^) | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN 1 (^) | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN 2 (^) | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 (^) | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO (^) | ||
| MEDIA ARTS 1 (^) | ||
| MEDIA ARTS 2 (^) | ||
| COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY (CGI) I: INTERACTIVE 3D VIRTUAL SPACES (^) | ||
| VIDEO ART (^) | ||
| GAME DESIGN AS ART (^) | ||
| DIGITAL GAME DESIGN (^) | ||
| MEDIA ART III (^) | ||
| COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY (CGI) II: 3D MODELING (^) | ||
| ADVANCED DIGITAL GAME DESIGN (^) | ||
| GAME DESIGN STUDIO (^) | ||
| BFA CAPSTONE SEQUENCE - | ||
| All of the following | 12 | |
| PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PRACTICES (^) | ||
| BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS INDEPENDENT STUDY I (^) | ||
| BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS INDEPENDENT STUDY II (^) | ||
| BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS THESIS (^) | ||
| ELECTIVES | ||
| Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours | ||
Studio Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Four Year Plan
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ART 1100 | FOUNDATION: DRAWING | 3 |
| ART 1210 | FOUNDATION: 2-D DESIGN | 3 |
| ART 2050 | SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY I | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 1110 | FOUNDATION: 3D DESIGN | 3 |
| ART 1220 | FOUNDATION: DIGITAL MEDIA | 3 |
| ART 2060 | SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY II | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 2000 | CORE ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEW | 0 |
| ART 2100 | LIFE DRAWING I | 3 |
| ART 3410 | ELEMENTARY PAINTING | 3 |
| ART 3130 | GRAPHIC DESIGN 1 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 3420 | INTERMEDIATE PAINTING | 3 |
| ART 3610 | ELEMENTARY CERAMICS | 3 |
| ART 3700 | INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ART | 3 |
| ART 3230 | BOOK STRUCTURES | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 4410 | ADVANCED PAINTING | 3 |
| ART 3310 | ELEMENTARY SCULPTURE | 3 |
| ART 3510 | ELEMENTARY PRINTMAKING | 3 |
| ART 4880 | MODERN ART I (ART OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, 1850-1920) | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 4320 | BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS INDEPENDENT STUDY I | 3 |
| ART 3100 | ADVANCED DRAWING I | 3 |
| ART 4020 | PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PRACTICES | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 4330 | BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS INDEPENDENT STUDY II | 3 |
| ART 3000 | MEDIA ARTS 1 | 3 |
| ART 2110 | LIFE DRAWING II | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 4220 | ILLUSTRATION 3: SEQUENTIAL IMAGES | 3 |
| ART 4920 | ART IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE SINCE 1900 | 3 |
| ART 3110 | ADVANCED DRAWING II | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION OR ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
This plan is not a contract and curriculum is subject to change
Additional Information About this Plan:
University Degree Requirements: The minimum number of hours for a UNO undergraduate degree is 120 credit hours. Please review the requirements for your specific program to determine all requirements for the program. In order to graduate on-time (four years for an undergraduate degree), you need to take 30 hours each year.
Placement Exams: For Math, English, Foreign Language, a placement exam may be required. More information on these exams can be found at https://www.unomaha.edu/enrollment-management/testing-center/placement-exams/information.php