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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027 General Studies Gold

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA

College/School: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Plan Code: FAARTCBFA

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120

minimum credit hours

Upper division minimum
credit hours

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Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
BFA Required Core
ARS 201 Art of Asia (GCSI) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARA 396 Professional Practices for Design and the Arts 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
Ceramics Lower Division Requirements
ARA 240 Encounters with Contemporary Art 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 111 Foundation Drawing 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 113 Pictorial Investigations and Color Theory OR ART 114 Expanded Arts Studio OR ART 116 Introduction to Digital Media 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 115 3D Design 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 257 Wheel Throwing I 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 261 Ceramic Survey 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 264 Ceramic Handbuilding I 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARA Elective ARE Elective ARS Elective ART Elective ATP Elective 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
Ceramics Upper Division Requirements
ART 366 Moldmaking 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 463 Ceramic Glaze Research 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 464 Ceramic Print and Surface 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 475 Ceramic Critique 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 482 Senior Exhibitions/Portfolio 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 394 Topic: Clay on the Wall: Installing Ceramic Art ART 394 Topic: Historical to Hysterical ART 394 Topic: The Readymade Object ART 394 Topic: Clay Interventions ART 466 Special Problems in Ceramics ART 494 Topic: Art on the Wall: Installing Ceramic Art ART 494 Topic: Ceramics + Site: Surface/Architecture/Land ART 494 Topic: Art and Science 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
ART 365 Ceramic Handbuilding II ART 367 Ceramic Vessels ART 368 Slipcasting ART 460 Ceramic Clay ART 494 Topic: Advanced Slipcasting 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
ARA Elective ARE Elective ARS Elective ART Elective ATP Elective 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6

Art History for Ceramics Requirements
Any courses that apply to Art History for Ceramics Requirements are permitted to "double dip" with any ASU Minor requirement.
ARS 101 Art from Prehistory Through Middle Ages (HUAD) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARS 102 Art from Renaissance to Modernism (HUAD) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARS 360 Buddhist Art ARS 362 Survey of Aztec, Maya and Inka Art ARS 368 Chicana/o Art ARS 369 Mexican Art (GCSI) ARS 394 Topic: Anime ARS 394 Topic: Culture, Heritage, & Craft in East Asia ARS 394 Topic: Islamic Art ARS 394 Topic: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art ARS 402 Art of Ancient Egypt (GCSI) ARS 403 Art of the Aztec Empire ARS 440 Identity and World Film ARS 443 Artists in Film: Artists' Biopics ARS 460 Art Now ARS 465 Native Art of North America ARS 472 Art of China (HUAD) ARS 473 Art of Japan (HUAD) ARS 475 Chinese Painting ARS 494 Topic: Histories of African Art and Visual Culture ARS 494 Topic: Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art: A Survey ARS 494 Topic: Oceanic Art ARS 494 Topic: Surrealism ARS 498 Topic: Art, Food and Consumption ARS 498 Topic: Contemporary Art of Asia ARS 498 Topic: Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia ARS 498 Topic: (Mis)Representing Justice: Art, Law and Censorship ARS 498 Topic: Modern & Contemporary Art of India and South Asia ARS 498 Topic: Global Art History: Methods and Meanings ARS 498 Topic: Refugee Modernism(s) ARS 498 Topic: Race, Gender, Class, and Animality in a Manuscript 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARS 330 The Portrait ARS 331 18th- and 19th-Century European Jewelry Design ARS 335 Fashion and Dress in Visual Culture ARS 340 Art in America ARS 345 Art and Television ARS 370 The Art of the Comic ARS 394 Topic: 20th Century American & European Jewelry Design ARS 394 Topic: Anime ARS 394 Topic: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art ARS 434 Revolution to Impressionism in 19th-Century Art ARS 438 Art of the 20th Century I (HUAD) ARS 439 Art of the 20th Century II ARS 440 Identity and World Film ARS 443 Artists in Film: Artists' Biopics ARS 445 History of Animation ARS 460 Art Now ARS 485 Women in the Visual Arts ARS 494 Topic: Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art: A Survey ARS 494 Topic: Surrealism ARS 498 Topic: Art, Alchemy & the Occult ARS 498 Topic: Art and Money ARS 498 Topic: Art & Technology ARS 498 Topic: Body in 19th Cent. Art ARS 498 Topic: Contemporary Art of Asia ARS 498 Topic: Photographs, Collections, Archives ARS 498 Topic: Refugee Modernism(s) ARS 498 Topic: The Art of the Document ARS 498 Topic: Theories of Modern Sculpture 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3

ASU 101 or College-Specific First-Year Seminar
ASU 101 or college-specific equivalent First-Year Seminar required of all first-year students.
ARA 101 ASU: The Art Experience 1 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	1
First-Year Composition
ENG 101 First-Year Composition AND ENG 102 First-Year Composition OR ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition OR ENG 107 First-Year Composition AND ENG 108 First-Year Composition 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6

Notes

All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including a minimum of 120 credit hours, with at least 45 credit hours in upper-division courses.
All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements.
Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.
Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.

Program Requirement

Art (Ceramics), BFA

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