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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: FAARTIBFA

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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 Core Requirements
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
Expanded Arts Lower Division Requirements
ARA 240 Encounters with Contemporary Art 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 111 Foundation Drawing OR ART 115 3D Design 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 113 Pictorial Investigations and Color Theory 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 114 Expanded Arts Studio 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 116 Introduction to Digital Media 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 216 Contemporary Art in Practice: Methods, Making, Meaning 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 121 Introduction to Photography I ART 122 Introduction to Photography II ART 203 Photography: Material Studies I ART 206 Digital Photography I ART 207 Digital Photography II ART 211 Drawing ART 214 Figure Drawing ART 215 Photography: Digital Compositing ART 223 Painting ART 227 Watercolor ART 253 Introduction to Printmaking ART 256 Art Zines: Self-Publishing, Protest and Change 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 216 Contemporary Art in Practice: Methods, Making, Meaning ART 218 3D Tools ART 231 Sculpture I ART 235 3D Tools for Sculptors ART 261 Ceramic Survey ART 264 Ceramic Handbuilding I ART 272 Introduction to Metals and Jewelry ART 274 Introduction to Woodworking ART 276 Introduction to Textiles 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 121 Introduction to Photography I ART 122 Introduction to Photography II ART 203 Photography: Material Studies I ART 206 Digital Photography I ART 207 Digital Photography II ART 211 Drawing ART 214 Figure Drawing ART 215 Photography: Digital Compositing ART 223 Painting ART 227 Watercolor ART 253 Introduction to Printmaking ART 256 Art Zines: Self-Publishing, Protest and Change OR ART 216 Contemporary Art in Practice: Methods, Making, Meaning ART 218 3D Tools ART 231 Sculpture I ART 235 3D Tools for Sculptors ART 261 Ceramic Survey ART 264 Ceramic Handbuilding I ART 272 Introduction to Metals and Jewelry ART 274 Introduction to Woodworking ART 276 Introduction to Textiles 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARA Elective ARE Elective ARS Elective ART Elective 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
Expanded Arts Upper Division Requirements
ARA 330 Issues in Expanded Arts 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARA 489 Writing Art and Design Criticism (HUAD) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 439 Studio Inquiry: Practice and Cultural Context 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 443 Performance Art: Actions, Gestures, Journeys 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 480 Building Immersive Environments and Discourses 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 482 Senior Exhibitions/Portfolio 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ART 302 The Still and Moving Image: Digital Photography and Video ART 312 Illustration ART 378 Digital Textiles ART 417 Storyboarding and Narrative Sequencing ART 424 Stop Motion Animation ART 440 Experimental Video Art ART 442 Art and Community ART 444 Short Subject: Documentary Video ART 449 Computer Animation and Video ART 494 Topic: Art and Science ART 494 Topic: Time, Narrative & the Multiple ART 494 Topic: Visual Prototyping ART 494 Topic: Women/Art/Technology 15 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	15

Art History for Expanded Arts Requirements
Any courses that apply to Art History for Expanded Arts are permitted to "double dip" with any ASU Minor requirement.
ARS 101 Art from Prehistory Through Middle Ages (HUAD) OR 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: Global Art History: Methods and Meanings ARS 498 Topic: (Mis)Representing Justice: Art, Law and Censorship ARS 498 Topic: Modern & Contemporary Art of India and South Asia 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 (Expanded Arts), BFA

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