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The Visual Arts, B.A. degree is an interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizing the concepts, theories, design, aesthetics and skills that inform all visual arts, including those involving electronic mediated expression. Content consists of traditional methods and materials, emerging technologies, and current approaches to artistic production and theory. 

The State University of New York at Fredonia is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four-year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major, the Fredonia Foundations (FF), and other supporting courses. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. If you are committed to completing your degree in four years, we encourage you to consider signing up for the Fredonia in 4 program. For complete information about this degree program, please consult the university catalog at www.fredonia.edu/catalog

Sample Degree Plan

First Year

Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 100 Visual Concepts 3
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS 102 Foundations in 2D Form and Content 3
ARTS 105 Foundations in Drawing 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
TOTAL 16

Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS 221, 222 or 225 3
ARTS 240 or 270 3
ARTH 101 Art in Culture From Prehistory to 1400 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
TOTAL 16

Second Year

Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTH 102 Art in Culture From 1400 to the Present 3
ARTS xxx 200- or 300-level Studio Elective 3
ARTS xxx 200- or 300-level Studio Elective 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
TOTAL 16

Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTH xxx Art History Elective 3
ARTS xxx 200- or 300-level Studio Elective 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS xxx 200- or 300-level Studio Elective 3
ARTS xxx 300-level Studio Elective 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 2
TOTAL 15

Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS xxx 300-level Studio Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 2
TOTAL 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS xxx 300-level Studio Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 13

Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
ART 120 Visiting Artist Program 1
ARTS xxx 400-level Studio Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 13

GRAND TOTAL: 120

This Sample Degree Map is based on the requirements published in the University Catalog.

About This Program

Visual Arts BA Program

Visual Arts and New Media

  • 217 Rockefeller Arts Center State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063

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