ARTS BFA in Painting Requirements
Requirement
CMW (Writing)
Rules
AL
(2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin)
Course
Abbreviation
6 hours. Passed with a C or higher.
6 hours. Choose two of these: MATH 122, 141, 170, 172;
PHIL 110; STAT 110 or higher; CSCE 101 or higher
SCI (Scientific Literacy)
8 hours. Two lab courses from: ANTH, ASTR, BIOL,
CHEM, ENVR, GEOG 201/202, GEOL, MSCI, PHYS.
Courses need not be in the same field. Lab credit cannot be
applied without its co-requisite lecture. See Advisement
Handbook for list of suggested courses.
0-9 hours. Proficiency through the 122 level, demonstrated
by either passing Phase II of the Proficiency Test or
completing the 122 course. Students MUST take the level
that the placement test dictates - no higher, no lower.
GHS (Historical Thinking)
6 hours. (1) 100-level US History course. Choose from
HIST 111, 112. (1) 100-level non-US history course.
Choose from HIST 101-109.
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GFL (Language)
Critical Reading and
Composition
3
ENGL 102
Rhetoric and Composition
3
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AIU-CAS (Fine Arts and
Humanities - College of Arts and
Sciences)
Overlay: CMS (Speech)
!
1
3
3
1
3
1
3
3
3
ARTH 106
9 hours. ARTH courses are Additional Requirements to the ARTH ____
major and must be passed with a C or higher.
ARTH ____
All must be on the Advising Handbook approved list of
CMS, INF, and VSR courses. Two of the three overlay
Overlay: INF (Information Literacy) courses can fulfill other Carolina Core requirements. ENGL
102 satisfies INF only if taken at a USC campus during
Spring 2013 or later. Overlay courses cannot be used in
Overlay: VSR (Values, Ethics,
the major/minor/cognate.
Social Responsibility
3
3
GSS (Multicultural Understanding) 6 hours. 3 hours must be GSS approved. See Advising
Handbook for approved courses. Exclusions: 399,
internships, senior seminars, senior theses, social statistics.
AIU-CC (Aesthetic and Interpretive 3 hours. ARTH 106 is a an Additional Requirement for the
Understanding - Carolina Core)
major and must be passed with a C or higher.
Hours Semester Grade
ENGL 101
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N
ARP (Analytical Reasoning and
Problem Solving)
Course Title
ARTH ____
History of Western Art
3
Modern Art History
3
ARTH Elective
3
ARTH Elective 500 level
and above
3
All must be passed with a C or higher.
The ARTH courses listed on this worksheet under AIU-CC
and AIU-CAS are also requirements for the major.!
!
ARTS 102
Fall Semester: ARTS 410 & ARTS 500
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Spring Semester: ARTS 411 & ARTS 514
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester: ARTS 532 & ARTS 510
!
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Spring Semester: ARTS 511
2
3
ARTS 103
Fundamentals of Art
3
ARTS 104
3D Design I
3
ARTS 107
Color and Composition
3
ARTS 111
Basic Drawing I
3
ARTS 210
Intro to Painting
3
ARTS 211
Beginning Painting II
3
ARTS 232
Figure Structure I
3
Portfolio Review
0
Intermediate Painting I
3
ARTS 311
Intermediate Painting II
3
ARTS 410
Advanced Painting I
3
ARTS 411
Advanced Painting II
3
ARTS 500
Visual Meaning
3
ARTS 510
Capstone Painting I
6
ARTS 511
Capstone Painting II
6
ARTS ______
ARTS Elective 200 level
and above (ARTS 532
recommended)
3
ARTS ______
ARTS Elective 200 level
and above
3
ARTS ______
ARTS Elective 200 level
and above
3
ARTS 514
Workshop: Painting
3
ARTS 400
Senior Thesis Exhibition
0
Students who are considering pursuing an MFA are
ARTS 100
encouraged to take the following courses in their Junior and
ARTS 310
Senior years:!
JUNIOR YEAR
Intro to Visual Arts
Computing
AL
ARTS Major
All courses must be passed with a C or higher.!
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ARTS Foundations