MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Fiber: 120.0
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2022-23 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Color & Design | FF 120A or 120B | 3.0 |
| Form & Space | FF 130A or 130B | 3.0 |
| Systems & Time | FF 140A or 140B | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernisms | AH 101 or 201 | 3.0 |
| Ways of Seeing | AH 205 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Ways of Writing | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| History/ Politics Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Literature/Creative Writing Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Societies/Cultures Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Philosophy/ Religion Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Science Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
| * Within these categories, at least one course must carry the DEIG designation; two must must be taken at the 300 level; and one must be taken at the 400 level. | ||
Fiber MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Choose one course from the following: | ||
| Intro to Ceramics: Hand Build Form | CE 200 | 3.0 |
| Intro to Sculpture | IS 200 | 3.0 |
| Intro to Wood | IS 202 | 3.0 |
| Digital Fabrication: Pliable Plane | FB 361 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Fiber | FB 200 | 3.0 |
| Structure (FB 227, 238, 254 or 351) | FB | 3.0 |
| Surface Design (FB 331, 334 or 335) | FB | 3.0 |
| Fiber Elective 1 | FB | 3.0 |
| Fiber Elective 2 | FB | 3.0 |
| Fiber Elective 3 | FB | 3.0 |
| 3-D Elective 1 | CE/FB/IS | 3.0 |
| 3-D Elective 2 | CE/FB/IS | 3.0 |
| 3-D Elective 3 | CE/FB/IS | 3.0 |
| Junior Seminar | SS 300 | 3.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent I | FB 400 | 6.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent II | FB 401 | 6.0 |
| Studio Elective 1 | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective 2 | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective 3 | 3.0 | |