Art, BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts – 4 years: Art (General Fine Arts) at UT Permian Basin is a professional degree designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to become professional artists and designers, and to develop the kind of inquiring mind that will lead to continued study at an advanced or professional level in the field. The total semester credit hours required for a BFA in Art is 120.
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree are required to enter two competitions (local, area, state, national, or international) prior to graduation.
Degree Requirements
- It is the student's responsibility to read the catalog and be familiar with and fulfill all the requirements for the BFA degree.
- Complete at least 120 sch for the BFA degree. At least 48 sch must be completed at the junior/senior level, and 24 of the last 30 must be taken at U.T.P.B.
- At least 30 sch must be taken at UTPB.
- Obtain at least a C grade in all major courses. Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or C average in all courses applicable toward the BA degree.
General Education Requirements
Communication
History (U.S. History)
| HIST 1301 | History Of The Us To 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History Of The Us Since 1877 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Language, Philosophy, and Culture
Mathematics
Life and Physical Science
Political Science (U.S., State of Texas and Local Government)
Creative Arts
Social and Behavioral Science
Component Area
| COMM 1315 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Component Area Option
Total Credit Hours: 42
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The BFA is a professional degree designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and experiences necessary to become professional artists.
All Art majors will be required to meet the visual arts core or its equivalent. Students transferring to UT Permian Basin must also meet these requirements before taking junior and senior level Art courses.
Freshman Visual Arts Core
Sophomore Courses
| ARTS 2310 | Figure Composition | 3 |
| ARTS 2348 | Digital Art | 3 |
| Lower Level Art Elective | 3 |
| Lower Level Art Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Junior or Senior Level Art Requirements
(33 sch)
| Sculpture | 3 |
| Painting | 3 |
| Printmaking | 3 |
| Ceramics | 3 |
| Drawing | 3 |
| ARTS 4393 | BFA Seminar | 3 |
Two Art History courses before the Twentieth Century
Two Art History courses related to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
Junior or Senior Level Art Electives
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Two Competition Entries
Students pursuing the BFA in Art are required to enter two art competitions (local, area, state, national, or international) prior to graduation.