Program Requirement
Program details
Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027
General Studies Gold
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts,
BFA
College/School:
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Plan Code: HIARTATBFA
120
minimum credit hours
45
Upper division minimum credit hours
Curriculum Checksheet
| 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 |
| Art Therapy 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
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
ART 114 Expanded Arts Studio
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
ART 115 3D Design
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 |
|
ATP 200 Introduction to Art Therapy
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
| Art Therapy Upper Division Requirements | ||
|
ART 482 Senior Exhibitions/Portfolio
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
ATP 484 Internship
Students will enroll in ATP 484 twice.
6 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 6 |
|
15 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 15 |
| Art History for Art Therapy | ||
|
Any courses that apply to Art History for Art Therapy 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 |
| Art Therapy Psychology Requirements | ||
|
Any courses that apply to Art Therapy Psychology Requirements are permitted to "double dip" with any ASU Minor requirement. |
||
|
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
PSY 315 Personality Theory and Research
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
PSY 341 Developmental Psychology
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
PSY 366 Psychological Disorders
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
Upper Division
PSY Elective
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
| Art Therapy Mathematics and Statistics Requirements | ||
|
Any courses that apply to Art Therapy Mathematics and Statistics Requirements are permitted to "double dip" with any ASU Minor requirement. |
||
|
Mathematics (MATH)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
|
C | 3 |
|
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.
|
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|
ARA 101 ASU: The Art Experience
ARA 101 is required of first-year art majors only.
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
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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. |
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All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements. |
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Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course. |
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Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.
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