4-Year Plan

Mapped out below is a four year plan for all visual arts majors in their respective concentration. Use it as a guide to graduate on time.

View the online catalog for course descriptions and more information.

Ceramics

Freshman Year

Required Courses

Fall Semester

• ENGL 103/104 or 101, 3 Credits
• MTHS 102,105 or MATH 102,105
• UNIV 100, 3 Credits
• VIAR 101 Design I, 3 Credits
• VIAR 111 Drawing I, 3 Credits

Spring Semester

• ENGL 102 or 115, 3 Credits
• MATH Elective, 3 Credits
• VIAR 102 Design II, 3 Credits
• VIAR 112 Drawing II, 3 Credits
• VIAR 121 Survey of the Arts (Spring Only), 3 Credits

Total Credits: 30

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Sophomore Year

Required Courses

Fall Semester

• VIAR 122 Survey of the Arts II, 3 Credits
• VIAR 209 Sophomore Portfolio Review, 0 Credits
• VIAR 211 Drawing III, 3 Credits
• VIAR 380 Intro to Ceramics, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits
• SCIENCE Elective, 3 Credits

Spring Semester

• VIAR 220 Modern Art, 3 Credits
• VIAR 385 Intermediate Ceramics, 3 Credits
• VIAR 235 Art and the Computer, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits
• Literature Elective, 3 Credits

Total Credits: 30

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Junior Year

Required Courses

Fall Semester

• VIAR 312 Conceptual Formal Development Drawing, 3 Credits
• VIAR 323 Art Since 1945, 3 Credits
• VIAR 385 Intermediate Ceramics, 3 Credits
• SCIENCE Elective, 3 Credits
• CMCN Elective, 3 Credits

Spring Semester

• VIAR 480 Advanced Ceramics, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits
• SCIENCE Elective, 3 Credits
• BHSC Elective, 3 Credits

Total Credits: 30

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Senior Year

Required Courses

Fall Semester

• VIAR 409 Senior Art Project I, 3 Credits
• VIAR 480 Advanced Ceramics, 3 Credits
• VIAR Elective 321 Studies in Art History, 3 Credits
  OR
• VIAR 422 Studies in Art History, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits
• VIAR Intermediate Studio Elective, 3 Credits

Spring Semester

• VIAR 410 Senior Art Project II, 3 Credits
• VIAR 480 Advanced Ceramics, 3 Credits
• BHSC Elective, 3 Credits
• HIST Elective, 3 Credits
• VIAR Studio Elective, 3 Credits

Total Credits: 30