Art Program Requirements

Faculty

• David Baddley
• Matthew Kruback

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Program Goals

• Students will be exposed to, and gain experience in, a wide variety of fine art disciplines and ideas.
• Students will learn and develop the skills required to produce artwork of technical quality.
• Students will develop the sensitivity, understanding, and insight to produce artwork which is personally meaningful and creatively expressive.
• Students will develop the ability to write and speak articulately about their own and other’s artwork.
• Students will learn skills needed for preparing, publicizing, and hanging art exhibits.
• Students will learn to produce materials for professional presentation of their art for the purposes of gaining acceptance into exhibits, finding gallery representation, applying for grants, seeking publication and applying for graduate school.

Objectives

The Art Program offers an academic major leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. It also offers an academic major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, as well as an academic minor, and it provides courses for students planning to pursue graduate studies in art, students wishing to concentrate in teaching or practicing art, and those with an avocational interest in the visual arts.

The program is designed to give students the skills and confidence in their abilities needed to produce works of art. To this end, students are given general knowledge about art and art history and are schooled in a variety of techniques, including drawing, painting, photography, and ceramics. Students are encouraged to use and expand their imagination and to express their ideas creatively.

Program Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in courses required for BA and BFA Art majors. With the approval of the instructor, students may repeat specified studio courses for additional credit. Students must meet the university-wide graduation requirements in addition to the Art major:

• 124 total hours
• 30 upper division hours
• WCore or Honors College requirements

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (BFA) in Visual Art

After completing the Lower Division Art Courses, students apply for acceptance into the Bachelor of Fine Arts program by submitting a portfolio during Spring semester of the sophomore year. The portfolio should contain 8–12 examples of artwork that the student has produced while at Westminster University. The portfolio is due by the Friday before spring break in the main office of the College of Arts and Sciences. The BFA admissions committee will review the portfolios and notify students prior to registration for the Fall semester. Students who are not accepted may continue working as art majors in the BA track, and are encouraged to reapply again the following year. Transfer students will follow this same process for acceptance to the BFA track, except that the portfolio may contain artwork produced while studying at other institutions of higher education.

Recommended Plan of Study for BFA in Visual Art

Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Art

Recommended Plan of Study for Art Major

Art Minor