2024 - 2025 Major Map
Art (Photography), BFA
School/College: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
FAARTPHBFA

Term 1 0 - 16 Credit Hours Critical course signified by critical course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
critical course
ARA 101: ASU: The Art Experience
1   C 
critical course
ART 116: Introduction to Digital Media
3   C 
critical course
ART 121: Introduction to Photography I
3   C 
 
ENG 101 or ENG 102: First-Year Composition OR
ENG 105: Advanced First-Year Composition OR
ENG 107 or ENG 108: First-Year Composition
3   C 
 
Mathematics (MATH)
3    
 
Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOBE)
3    
Term hours subtotal: 16
Term 2 16 - 31 Credit Hours Critical course signified by critical course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
critical course
ART 111: Foundation Drawing OR ART 115: 3D Design
3   C 
critical course
ART 122: Introduction to Photography II
3   C 
 
ARS 101: Art from Prehistory Through Middle Ages (HUAD OR HU & H) OR ARS 102: Art from Renaissance to Modernism (HUAD OR HU & H)
3   C 
 
ENG 101 or ENG 102: First-Year Composition OR
ENG 105: Advanced First-Year Composition OR
ENG 107 or ENG 108: First-Year Composition
3   C 
 
Quantitative Reasoning (QTRS)
3    
critical course
Complete ENG 101 OR ENG 105 OR ENG 107 course(s).
   
Term hours subtotal: 15
Term 3 31 - 47 Credit Hours Critical course signified by critical course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
critical course
ART 114: Expanded Arts Studio OR ART 115: 3D Design
3   C 
 
ARS 201: Art of Asia (GCSI OR HU & H & G) OR ARS 202: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (GCSI OR HU & H & G)
3   C 
 
Lower Division Photography Elective
3   C 
 
American Institutions (AMIT)
3    
 
Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (SCIT)
4    
critical course
Complete Mathematics (MATH) requirement.
   
Term hours subtotal: 16
Term 4 47 - 62 Credit Hours Critical course signified by critical course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
critical course
ARA 240: Encounters with Contemporary Art
3   C 
 
ARS 250: History of Photography (HUAD OR HU)
3   C 
 
3D Art Course
3   C 
 
Lower Division Photography Elective
3   C 
 
Governance and Civic Engagement (CIVI)
3    
Term hours subtotal: 15
  • Gather documentation of your past work for your professional portfolio.
  • Explore internships.
Term 5 62 - 78 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by necessary course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
necessary course
Upper Division Photography Elective
3   C 
 
ARA OR ARE OR ARS OR ART Upper Division Elective
3   C 
 
Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (SCIT)
4    
 
Elective
6    
Term hours subtotal: 16
Term 6 78 - 93 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by necessary course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
necessary course
ARA 396: Professional Practices for Design and the Arts
3   C 
 
Upper Division Photography Elective
6   C 
 
Sustainability (SUST)
3    
 
Upper Division Elective
3    
Term hours subtotal: 15
  • Art Upper Division Elective cannot be ARA 311 or ARS 300.
Term 7 93 - 108 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by necessary course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
necessary course
ARA OR ARE OR ARS OR ART Upper Division Elective
3   C 
 
Upper Division Art History Asian/African/Native Am./Latin Am. Focus
3   C 
 
Upper Division Photography Elective
3   C 
 
Upper Division Elective OR ART 484: Internship
3    
 
Upper Division Elective
3    
Term hours subtotal: 15
  • ARS Upper Division Elective cannot be ARS 300.
  • Art Upper Division Elective cannot be ARA 311 or ARS 300.
  • Gather professional references.
Term 8 108 - 120 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by necessary course Hours Minimum Grade Notes
necessary course
ART 482: Senior Exhibitions/Portfolio
3   C 
 
ARS Upper Division Elective
3   C 
 
Upper Division Photography Elective
6   C 
Term hours subtotal: 12
  • ARS Upper Division Elective cannot be ARS 300.
  • Art Elective cannot be ARA 311, ARS 100 or ARS 300.
  • Complete ART 482 Senior Exhibitions/Portfolio and finalize portfolio.