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Sculpture Requirements

The information here may reflect program requirements for future academic years. If you are a current student and would like to see the current or prior years’ requirements for this program, please see the University Catalog.


The Sculpture major requires the completion of 60 semester hours, which includes eight three-credit required courses, one three-credit Art History course, one three-credit 400-level course from a selected menu of courses, eight three-credit elective credits, and six credits of Thesis Project. This 60-credit major contributes to the 121 credits required for the BFA degree.

In addition to the program requirements listed below, all BFA students must complete Foundation & General Education requirements that contribute to the 121 credits required for the BFA degree.

Program Curriculum

Required Program Courses

  • IM201 Theory and Practice

  • IM301 Theory and Practice (2 classes, 6 credits)

  • SC291 Sculpture I (3 classes, 9 credits)

  • SC391 Sculpture II (2 classes, 6 credits)

Art History

  • IS215 History of Object, Space and Time

Program Electives

  • Complete 1 course from the following courses:

    • PR471 Print Studio

    • SC491 Experimenting With Materials

    • PR411 Advanced Artist Publications

    • PH474 Advanced Photographic Investigations

    • IM401 Theory & Practice

  • Complete 24 additional credits from any of the following subjects:

    • Animated Arts (AA), Creative Writing (CW), Drawing (DR), Graphic Design (GD), Illustration (IL), Intermedia (IM), Painting (PA), Painting and Drawing (PADR), Photography (PH), Printmaking (PR), or Sculpture (SC).

Applied Creative Practice

Course Outline

Investigate a wide spectrum of sculptural methods including stand-alone objects, site-specific works, multiples, installations, sculptural interventions, performance, and any number of hybrid forms of three-dimensional engagement.

ID Course Title Course Req
Integrated Studies (9 cr. required)
IS101 Core Seminar 1 3
IS102 Core Seminar 2 3
IS106 Place-Based Inquiry 3
Applied Creative Practice (3 cr required)
ACP100 Introduction to Creative Citizenship 3
First-Year Seminar (1 cr. required)
FD100 **First Year Seminar 1
Studio Courses (3 cr required)
Studio Elective 3
Foundation Studio (15 cr. required)
FD101  Visual Elements: 2D 3
FD102 Visual Elements: Digital Tools 3
FD105  Drawing 1 3
FD111  3D Design 3
FD112  Time Arts 3
TOTAL 31
At the completion of First Year: 31 cr. earned to date 31

**FD100 First Year Seminar is required of all first-years with fewer than 30 transfer credits.

ID Course Title Course Req
Art History (3 cr. required)
IS215  History of Object, Space and Time 3
Integrated Studies (6 cr. required)
IS220Q Interdisciplinary Seminar (Q) 3
IS200 Interdisciplinary Seminar 3
Applied Creative Practice (3 cr required)
ACP200 Creative Project Management 3
Studio Courses (18 cr. required)
SC291  SC291 Beg. Sculpture I: (various topics) 3
SC291  SC291 Beg. Sculpture I: (various topics) 3
SC291  SC291 Beg. Sculpture I: (various topics) 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
IM201  Theory & Practice 200-level 3
TOTAL 30
At the completion of Second Year: 61 cr. earned to date 61
ID Course Title Course Req
Integrated Studies (6 cr. required)
IS220Q Interdisciplinary Seminar (Q) 3
IS200 Interdisciplinary Seminar 3
Applied Creative Practice (6 cr. required)
ACP300 Creative Entrepreneurship and Career Readiness 3
ACP301 or ACP302 Applied Learning Internship or Applied Learning Elective 3
Studio Courses (18 cr. required)
SC391  Int. Sculpture II: (various topics) 3
SC391  Int. Sculpture II: (various topics) 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
IM301  Theory & Practice 300-level 3
TOTAL 30
At the completion of Third Year: 91 cr. earned to date 91
ID Course Title Course Req
Integrated Studies (3 cr. required)
IS200 Interdisciplinary Seminar 3
Applied Creative Practice (12 cr. required)
ACP400 Senior Seminar 3
ACP401 Thesis Critique Seminar 3
ACP499 Thesis Project 6
Studio Courses (15 cr. required)
*400-level studio course (from menu) 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
Studio Elective 3
TOTAL 30
At the completion of Fourth Year: 121 cr. earned to date 121

*Menu of 400-level studio courses:

  • PR471 Print Studio
  • SC491 Experimenting With Materials
  • PR411 Advanced Artist Publications
  • PH474 API: Investigations
  • IM401 Theory & Practice

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