Crafts - B.F.A. Program Requirements

• Ceramics Concentration
• Glass Concentration
• Jewelry and Metals Concentration
• Textile Arts Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts:KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (67 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
WIC	ART	40008	Professional Practices in Visual Arts*	3
	ARTC	25300	Textile Arts: Pattern	3
		25400	Ceramics I	3
		25600	Glass I	3
		25700	Introduction to Jewelry/Metals	3
		45099	Senior Project: Crafts	4
	ARTC KBA	xxxxx 45080	Crafts Elective or Studio Experience in Crafts (1-6)	6
	ARTF	14000	Drawing I	3
		14001	Drawing II	3
		14022	Two-Dimensional Composition	3
		14055	Sculpture I	3
		14060	Painting I	3
		24001	Drawing III	3
		24020	Digital Media	3
		24055	Sculpture II	3
KFA	ARTH	22006	Art History I: Ancient and Medieval Art	3
KFA		22007	Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art	3
		4xxxx	Art history upper-division elective	6
	ARTx KBA		Craft or Fine Arts elective or Studio Experience in Crafts or Fine Arts  (1-6)	6
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)
Type	Title			Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities			3
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (upper division)			9
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)
	Ceramics (18)
	Glass (18)
	Jewelry and Metals (18)
	Textile Arts (18)
MINIMUM TOTAL				125

Students are required to plan and execute a senior project in the area of ceramics. The project is presented to a committee of at least three faculty members from the School of Art. The committee chair must be from the area of specialization and records the grade for the course. The senior project consists of a written summation, an exhibition in the School of Art and an image documentation of the project.

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned with to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

Ceramics Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			18
ARTC	35095	Crafts: Selected Topics (3)
	35400	Ceramics II (3)
	45092	Field Experience Travel Study Crafts (1-3)
	45095	Crafts: Selected Topics (1-6)
	45096	Individual Study: Crafts (1-6)
	45400	Advanced Ceramics (2-6)
TOTAL			18

 

Glass Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			18
ARTC	35095	Crafts: Selected Topics (3)
	35600	Glass Blowing (3)
	35601	Sculptural and Kiln-Formed Glass (3)
	45092	Field Experience Travel Study Craft (1-3)
	45095	Crafts:Selected Topics (1-6)
	45096	Individual Study: Crafts (1-6)
	45600	Advanced Glass Working (2-6)
TOTAL			18

 

Jewelry and Metals Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			18
ARTC	35095	Crafts: Selected Topics (3)
	35700	Jewelry Concepts and Techniques (3)
	35701	Metalsmithing Concepts and Techniques (3)
	35702	Enameling Concepts and Techniques (3)
	35703	Textile Techniques in Metal (3)
	45092	Field Experience Travel Study Crafts (1-3)
	45095	Crafts: Selected Topics (1-6)
	45096	Individual Study: Crafts (1-6)
	45700	Design and Production (3)
	45701	Tableware (3)
	45702	Advanced Enameling (3)
	45703	Large-Scale Enameling (3)
	45704	Advanced Studio Jewelry Metals Enameling (3)
TOTAL			18

 

Textile Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			18
ARTC	35095	Crafts: Selected Topics (3)
	35300	Textile Arts: Dimensional (3)
	35301	Fiber Arts: Screen and Block Printing (3)
	35302	Textile Arts: Feltmaking (3)
	35303	Textile Arts: Tapestry (3)
	35304	Textile Arts: Pictorial Weaving (3)
	35350	Textile Arts: Design and Production (3)
	35703	Textile Techniques in Metal (3)
	45092	Field Experience Travel Study Crafts (1-3)
	45095	Crafts: Selected Topics (1-6)
	45096	Individual Study: Crafts (1-6)
	45301	Textile Arts: Advanced Studio (3)
TOTAL			18