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Visual Art Extended Minor
This program may interest those who wish to obtain a bachelor of arts (BA) degree by completing an extended minor program. The program offers studio, history and theory courses in visual art, giving a good introduction to contemporary art issues and practices. A extended minor may be used for the purpose of teaching in public and private schools.
Methods and concepts courses are offered simultaneously as upper and lower division courses; with the exception of FPA 269/369. They may only be completed once for credit, either as a lower division course or an upper division course, but not both.
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Program and course admission is contingent upon University admission. Contact Student Services for admission procedures, requirements and deadlines. Entry to all programs and to many courses is by audition, interview or application. Contact the school’s office for information on procedures and deadlines.
Although the University operates on a trimester system, most FPA courses are planned in a two term (fall and spring) sequence. Consequently, students enter in the fall term (September) and are advised to contact the school in the preceding January for program entry and requirements information.
Transfer Credit and Advanced Standing
Unassigned or general elective (type 2 and 3, respectively) transfer credit awarded for courses completed at other recognized post-secondary institutions will not automatically entitle students to advanced standing in the school’s programs. Advanced standing is generally given on an individual basis as a result of an audition or interview.
About the School鈥檚 Course Offerings
Students are encouraged to take advantage of interdisciplinary offerings within the school. As many programs depend on a continuing sequence of courses completed in order, students should plan carefully to gain the maximum benefit and efficiency from their study. Note that not all courses are offered every term and several are offered on a rotational basis, i.e. every third or fourth term. An advisor is available to help plan study programs.
Students are reminded that the school is an interdisciplinary fine and performing arts department, and are strongly advised to acquaint themselves with the many disciplinary courses that are available.
Special Topics Courses
The subject matter (and prerequisites) of special or selected topics courses vary by term.
Prior Approval Prerequisite
Where a prerequisite is or includes 鈥榩rior approval,鈥� approval must be obtained before enrolling in the course. Contact the school for further information.
Program Requirements
BFA Academic Continuance Policy
After a student has declared a major in Contemporary Arts, he or she will need to maintain their BFA Program GPA (FPA) at a minimum of 3.0. Maintenance of the BFA Program GPA level will be evaluated at the end of the 1st and 2nd academic years, normally at the end of the Spring Semester. A student who falls below a BFA Porgram GPA of 3.0 will lose their status as major, and meed with the SCA advisor. If the student has finished first year, they will normally have one year to increase the BGA Program GPA to 3.0 or above in order to re-establish the major. If the student has finished second year, they will need to meet with the Area Coordinator and the Advisor to determine
- if the BFA Program GPA can be raised and the major can be re-established and
- plan their academic career for either re-establishing the major or pursuing a SCA Extended Minor, and the FCAT BA Double Minor.
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 30 units including all of
A hands-on studio course modeled on the progressive development of artistic practice from simple mark-making to full scale installation. Through a process of continuous transformation, an original idea is developed in a sequence of methods, materials and scales. Some research is required. A course materials fee is required.
A continuation of the work begun in FPA 160, with emphasis on particular problems in the visual arts worked through a series of projects, culminating in the Campus Project, a site-specific public work designed, built and installed at the end of the term. Some research is required. A course materials fee is required. May be of particular interest to students in other departments. Prerequisite: FPA 160.
An introduction to the visual arts of the nineteenth century. Formal and thematic approaches to the arts will be introduced, with attention to the social, institutional, national, and international contexts of art. Breadth-Humanities. Breadth-Humanities.
A study of the visual arts from the twentieth century to the present, with attention to the artists, artworks, movements, and discourses that re-defined the functions and meanings of art. The debates of modernism, postmodernity, postcolonialism, feminism, and the avant-garde will be systematically explored. Breadth-Humanities. Breadth-Humanities.
Introduces innovations in the fine and performing arts to show the range of possibilities open to those who wish to employ or understand the use of moving images in their disciplinary and multidisciplinary art practices. By the completion of the course students should have a good sense not only of previous innovations and traditions, but of the contemporary scene as well.
Introduces theoretical concepts and historical issues that have informed the creation, perception, interpretation, and analysis of selected artworks in formative epochs, such as the Renaissance, Romanticism, Modernism, or Postmodernism. Prerequisite: 24 units including six in the history or theory of the fine or performing arts. Students with credit for FPA 211 Introduction to Contemporary Theory in the Arts may not take this course for further credit.
This course permits students to work extensively in a mature critical studio environment on a combination of freely chosen and assigned projects in various contemporary media. Reading will be required. Prerequisite: FPA 111, 161, 168 and prior approval. A course materials fee is required.
Continues work done in FPA 260-3. Work will combine freely chosen and assigned projects in a variety of contemporary media. Readings will be required as an integral part of studio work. Prerequisite: FPA 260 and status as an approved visual art major. A course materials fee is required.
and six units of
A studio course introducing drawing practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or permission from Visual Art Area. A course materials fee is required.
A studio course introducing painting practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or permission from Visual Art Area. A course materials fee is required.
A studio course introducing sculptural practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
A studio course introducing photographic practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Prerequisite: FPA 161 and status as an approved major or extended minor in visual art or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
A studio course introducing topics in art-making practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. May repeat for credit. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
* may be completed more than once under a different topic. Topics may change every term and include, but are not limited to, installation practices, performance practices, digital 2D practices, and time-based media practices. Contact the school for further information.
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 15 units including six units of
Presents drawing practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Additional assignments will be required for students taking the course at this level. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
Presents painting practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Additional assignments will be required for students taking the course at this level. (studio). Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
Presents sculptural practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Additional assignments will be required for students taking the course at this level. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
Presents photo-based practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Additional assignments will be required for students taking the course at this level. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
A studio course presenting topics in art-making practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. This course may be taken more than once for credit under a different topic. Prerequisite: FPA 160 or Visual Art Area permission. A course materials fee is required.
and nine FPA upper division units including one history/theory courses.
* *may be completed more than once under a different topic. Topics may change every term and include, but are not limited to, installation practices, performance practices, digital 2D practices, and time-based media practices. Contact the school for further information.
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