Visual Arts and New Media
Chairperson: Elizabeth Lee
216 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3537
VisualArts.NewMedia@fredonia.edu

 Academic Programs

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Requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics

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Requires admission to major. 18-credit hour Foundation Program plus 55 credit hours of Major Requirements. Total credit hours required: 73+ Visiting Artist Program.


Course Number Title Credit Hours

Foundation Program (18 credit hours):
ART 115 Masterpieces-Art to 1400 3
ART 116 Masterpieces-Art from 1400 to the Present 3
ART 100
Visual Concepts
3
ART 150
Drawing I
3
ART 155
2-D Design
3
ART 257
Sculptural Form and Content
3
or ART 273
Handforming Clay



Ceramics Major Requirements (55 credit hours):

Ceramics students must take ART 257 Sculpural Form and Content as part of the Foundation Program
ART 252 Life Drawing I 3
ART 255 Introduction to Photography 3
ART 258 Figure Modeling 3
ART 273 Handforming Clay 3
ART 274 Pottery on the Wheel 3
ART 285 Painting I 3
ART 373 Ceramic Form and Function 3
ART 374 Vessels as Sculpture 3
ART 441 Directed Studio Project 3
ART 495 Independent Studio Project 3
ART and MEDA studio electives 
** Electives may emphasize another major within the visual arts as advised

18**



Art History Electives

6

ART 460 Senior Seminar 1