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Nov 28, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Art Major (BA)
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Art Major- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Please see the Department of Art web page at https://www.unlv.edu/art/academic-programs/art-program for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at https://www.unlv.edu/degree/ba-art-painting-drawing-printmaking, https://www.unlv.edu/degree/ba-art-photography, and https://www.unlv.edu/degree/ba-art-sculptural-practices.
Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Fine Arts Advising Center at www.unlv.edu/finearts/advising.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Program Accreditation - National Association of Schools of Art and Design nasad.arts-accredit.org/
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate functional levels of drawing skills with varied media.
- Recognize and be able to interpret major works of art pertaining to the art history courses taken.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of the elements and principles of students’ chosen area of concentration
- Articulate and critically respond to both familiar and unfamiliar works of art through critical dialogue.
- Understand the function of presentation and/or the exhibition process of personal works in public gallery or other cultural venue.
University Graduation Requirements
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Art Degree Requirements - Total 120 Credits
(See note 1 below) General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 37-40 Credits
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirements - Credits: 19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts:
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
- Social Science: 9 credits
- One course each from three different fields
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 10 credits
- Two courses from Life and Physical Science; at least one course must have a lab
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International
Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: https://www.unlv.edu/provost/multicultural-requirements
Art Core Requirements - Credits: 24
Major Degree Requirements - BA in Art - Painting/Drawing/Printmaking Concentration - Subtotal 40 Credits
General Electives - Credits: 16-29
Major Degree Requirements - BA in Art - Photography Concentration - Subtotal: 36 Credits
General Electives - Credits: 23-26
Major Degree Requirements - BA in Art - Sculpture Concentration - Subtotal: 30 Credits
Electives - Credits: 26-29
Notes
- Of the 120 credits required, 42 of these credits must be in upper-division course work (300-400), including courses taken in the major.
- may be taken only after completing at least one 400-level art history course with a B or better.
- may not be taken for Art History credit by Studio Majors.
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