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Fine + Digital Art (B.F.A.)

72 hours

This major is for the person who desires a broad interdisciplinary approach to Fine and Digital Art. This degree will integrate coursework from studio and historical courses, and facilitate the exploration of traditional and technology based approaches to creating art.

An OC graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fine and Digital Art will:

  1. Demonstrate a commitment to scholarship, creative expression, and independent thought.
  2. Demonstrate effective visual problem solving skills.
  3. Produce an organized, coherent body of work and critically defend it.
  4. Demonstrate a working understanding of art-design history, genres, movements, and practitioners.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of faith in their personal creative expression.
  6. Analyze and respond to personal experience, professional standards, ethics, and global perspectives.
  7. Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate peer and professional work in their discipline.
  8. Demonstrate a competency in current technology, and its applications in multiple design disciplines.

Students must complete a minimum of 122 hours including the major, core, and minor if required. Elective hours may be needed to reach 122 hours.

12 HOURS FOUNDATION

18 HOURS REQUIRED

12 HOURS PAINTING

12 HOURS ART HISTORY

9 HOURS OF ELECTIVES

9 HOURS PROFESSIONAL EMPHASIS CHOSEN FROM

Gaming + Animation

Communication Design

Interior Architecture

Art History (cannot be duplicated within degree)

*Instructor Permission only

University Core Curriculum

B.F.A. - 51 Hours - Courses May Not Be Repeated Within Core

COMMUNICATION, 9 HOURS

MATHEMATICS, 3 HOURS

  • Appropriate to major

REQUIRED BIBLE, 6 HOURS

BIBLE ELECTIVES, 3 HOURS

CAPSTONE, 3 HOURS

POLITICAL SCIENCE, 3 HOURS

AMERICAN HISTORY, 3 HOURS

GREAT WORKS, 3 HOURS

SCIENCE, 6 HOURS

  • One course must include a lab

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, 3 HOURS

LIBERAL ARTS, 9 HOURS

  • 9 hours from any Liberal Arts except Art: Communication, English, Family Science, Foreign Language, History, Mathematics, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Science.