Program Overview

Major in Art (B.F.A.), Metalsmithing Concentration

The Metalsmithing concentration offers students the opportunity to explore a range of traditional techniques and processes, while emphasizing formal and conceptual development within their own artistic practice. Class projects introduce and strengthen technical skills, and provide awareness of both historical and contemporary practice within the field. Students are encouraged to enter regional and national juried exhibitions, to participate in workshops and conferences, and ultimately to locate and establish a place for themselves within the field of contemporary jewelry and metalsmithing, either professionally, academically, or both.

Requirements

• A minimum grade of C (2.000) or better is required in ART 345, ART 346, ART 445, ART 446.
• The program requires a total of 120 credits.

Freshman Year

• ART 105: Issues and Practices in Art (1 credit)
• ART 110: Global Art History I (3 credits)
• ART 111: Global Art History II (3 credits)
• ART 120: Foundations--Time and Structure (3 credits)
• ART 135: Foundations - Form and Observation (3 credits)
• ART 160: Foundations - Color and Composition (3 credits)
• ART 170: Foundations - Materials and Space (3 credits)
• CO 150: College Composition (GT-CO2) (3 credits)
• Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 31

Sophomore Year

• ART 212: Global Art History III (3 credits)
• ART 245: Metalsmithing and Jewelry I (3 credits)
• Select three courses from the following:
  • ART 230: Photo Image Making I
  • ART 235: Drawing Materials and Techniques
  • ART 240: Pottery I
  • ART 250: Fibers I
  • ART 255: Introduction to Graphic Design
  • ART 256: Introduction to Electronic Art
  • ART 260: Painting I--Fundamentals and Representation
  • ART 265: Introduction to Printmaking
  • ART 270: Sculpture I
• Upper-Division Art History (3 credits)
• Biological and Physical Sciences (7 credits)
• Historical Perspectives (3 credits)
• Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 31

Junior Year

• ART 345: Metalsmithing and Jewelry II (4 credits)
• ART 346: Metalsmithing and Jewelry III (4 credits)
• Art Elective (3 credits)
• Upper-Division Art History (3 credits)
• Upper-Division Art Elective (4 credits)
• Advanced Writing (3 credits)
• Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
• Upper-Division Non-Art Elective (3 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 30

Senior Year

• ART 400: BFA Portfolio (1 credit)
• ART 445: Metalsmithing and Jewelry IV (4 credits)
• ART 446: Metalsmithing and Jewelry V (4 credits)
• Upper-Division Art Elective (4 credits)
• Upper-Division Non-Art Electives (9 credits)
• Non-Art Electives (any level) (6 credits)
• Total Credits: 28

Upper-Division Art History Courses

• Select 6 credits of Upper-Division Art History Courses total, at least 3 of which must satisfy AUCC categories 4A and 4B.
• Available courses include:
  • ART 309: Pre-Columbian Art of the Andes
  • ART 310: History of American Art to 1945
  • ART 311: Art of West and Central Africa
  • ART 312: Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica
  • ART 313: Art of East and Southern Africa
  • ART 314: Gender and Feminisms in Art History
  • ART 315: United States Art
  • ART 316: Art of the Pacific
  • ART 317: Native North American Art
  • ART 320: Global Encounters in Art
  • ART 409: Museum Collections--Storage to Exhibition
  • ART 410: Greek Art
  • ART 411: History of Medieval Art
  • ART 412: History of Italian Renaissance Art
  • ART 414: History of Baroque and Rococo Art
  • ART 415: History of 19th Century European Art
  • ART 416: History of European Art, 1900 to 1945
  • ART 417: Roman Art
  • ART 418: Contemporary Artists and Art Critics
  • ART 420: Travel Abroad-Art History in Italy
  • ART 492A: Seminar: Art History
  • ART 496H: Group Study: Art History

Major Completion Map

• Semester 1:
  • ART 105: Issues and Practices in Art (1 credit)
  • ART 110: Global Art History I (3 credits)
  • ART 135: Foundations - Form and Observation (3 credits)
  • ART 160: Foundations - Color and Composition (3 credits)
  • CO 150: College Composition (GT-CO2) (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 16
• Semester 2:
  • ART 111: Global Art History II (3 credits)
  • ART 120: Foundations--Time and Structure (3 credits)
  • ART 170: Foundations - Materials and Space (3 credits)
  • CO 150: College Composition (GT-CO2) (3 credits)
  • Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 15
• Semester 3:
  • ART 212: Global Art History III (3 credits)
  • Select two courses from the following:
    • ART 230: Photo Image Making I
    • ART 235: Drawing Materials and Techniques
    • ART 240: Pottery I
    • ART 250: Fibers I
    • ART 255: Introduction to Graphic Design
    • ART 256: Introduction to Electronic Art
    • ART 260: Painting I--Fundamentals and Representation
    • ART 265: Introduction to Printmaking
    • ART 270: Sculpture I
  • Biological and Physical Sciences (4 credits)
  • Historical Perspectives (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 16
• Semester 4:
  • ART 245: Metalsmithing and Jewelry I (3 credits)
  • Select one course from the following not previously taken:
    • ART 230: Photo Image Making I
    • ART 235: Drawing Materials and Techniques
    • ART 240: Pottery I
    • ART 250: Fibers I
    • ART 255: Introduction to Graphic Design
    • ART 256: Introduction to Electronic Art
    • ART 260: Painting I--Fundamentals and Representation
    • ART 265: Introduction to Printmaking
    • ART 270: Sculpture I
  • Upper-Division Art History (3 credits)
  • Biological and Physical Sciences (3 credits)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 15
• Semester 5:
  • ART 345: Metalsmithing and Jewelry II (4 credits)
  • Art Elective (3 credits)
  • Upper-Division Art History (3 credits)
  • Advanced Writing (3 credits)
  • Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 16
• Semester 6:
  • ART 346: Metalsmithing and Jewelry III (4 credits)
  • Upper-Division Art Elective (4 credits)
  • Upper-Division Non-Art Elective (3 credits)
  • Elective (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 14
• Semester 7:
  • ART 445: Metalsmithing and Jewelry IV (4 credits)
  • Upper-Division Non-Art Elective (3 credits)
  • Non-Art Electives (any level) (6 credits)
  • Total Credits: 13
• Semester 8:
  • ART 400: BFA Portfolio (1 credit)
  • ART 446: Metalsmithing and Jewelry V (4 credits)
  • Upper-Division Art Elective (4 credits)
  • Upper-Division Non-Art Electives (6 credits)
  • Total Credits: 15

Program Total Credits

• The program requires a total of 120 credits.