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Crafts or Fine Arts - B.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ART 10022 2D Composition 3  
  ART 10023 3D Composition 3  
  ART 20024 Digital Media 3  
  ARTF 14000 Drawing I 3  
  ARTF 14001 Drawing II 3  
  ARTF 14060 Painting I 3  
KFA ARTH 22006 Art History: Ancient and Medieval Art 3  
KFA ARTH 22007 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art 3  
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (40-53 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  Kent Core Humanities 3  
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6  
  Kent Core Additional 6  
  General Electives (lower or upper-division) 2 10-23  
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (42-55 credits)
  Crafts (42)  
  Fine Arts (55)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 120  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Number of credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours

Crafts Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (42 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ARTC 25300 Textile Arts: Pattern 3  
  ARTC 25400 Ceramics I 3  
  ARTC 25600 Introduction to Glass Working 3  
  ARTC 25700 Introduction to Jewelry Metals I 3  
  ARTH Art History upper-division elective 3  
  Any ART/ARTC/ARTF/ARTH/KBA electives 1 12  
  Choose from the following: 15  
  ARTC Any 30000 level Art Craft electives    
  ARTC Any 40000 level Art Craft electives    
  KBA 45080 Studio Experience in Crafts 2    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 42  
  1. ART/ARTC/ARTF/ARTH/KBA electives:
    1. One elective must be writing intensive, completed with minimum C (2.000) grade. Suggested course: ART 40007  Arts Engagement: Interpreting for a Community (3)
    2. Maximum 6 credit hours of the following travel-study courses may be applied toward the required 12 credit hours of art electives:
      1. ARTC 45092 Field Experience Travel Study Crafts (1-3)
      2. ARTF 44092 Field Experience Travel Study Fine Art (1-3)
    3. These courses may not be applied toward the required 18 credit hours of upper-division ARTF electives. Students may apply these courses toward fulfilling general electives, with no maximum credit hours required. These courses will fulfill the experiential learning requirement.
  2. KBA 45080 may be used in the "art elective" category.

 

Fine Arts Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (55 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ARTF 14055 Sculpture I 3  
  ARTF 24001 Drawing III 3  
  ARTF 24005 Sophomore Review: Fine Arts 1 C
  ARTF 24010 Introduction to Fine Art Photography 3  
  ARTF 24040 Printmaking I 3  
  ARTF 24055 Sculpture II 3  
  ARTF 24060 Painting II 3  
  ARTH 32066 Late Modern Art 3  
WIC ART 40007 Arts Engagement: Interpreting for a Community 3 C 1
  Any ART/ARTC/ARTF/ARTH/KBA electives 2 9  
  Upper-division Fine Art Electives and KBA Studio Experience: choose from the following: 18  
  ARTF Any 30000 level Fine Art electives    
  ARTF Any 40000 level Fine Art electives    
  KBA 44080 Studio Experience in Fine Arts 3    
  Choose from the following: 3  
  ARTF 34040 Printmaking: Intermediate Intaglio (3)    
  ARTF 34041 Serigraphy I (3)    
  ARTF 34042 Lithography (3)    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 55  
  1. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  2. ART/ARTC/ARTF/ARTH/KBA electives:
    1. Maximum 6 credit hours of the following travel-study courses may be applied toward the required 9 credit hours of art electives, these course will fulfill the experiential learning requirement:
      1. ARTC 45092 Field Experience Travel Study Crafts (1-3)
      2. ARTF 44092 Field Experience Travel Study Fine Art (1-3)
    2. These courses may not be applied toward the required 18 credit hours of upper-division ARTF electives. Students may apply these courses toward fulfilling general electives, with no maximum credit hours required. These courses will fulfill the experiential learning requirement.
  3. KBA 44080 may also be used in the "art elective" category.