General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) [Credit Hours: 42]

Additional Requirements [Credit Hours: 4]

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major [Credit Hours: 18]

• ART 1010 - Drawing I (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 1020 - 2D Art and Design Foundations (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 1030 - 3D Art and Design Foundations (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 1132 - Digital Art and Design Foundations (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 2531 - Art History I (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 2532 - Art History II (3 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements [Credit Hours: 9]

Select 9 credit hours from the following upper division Art History courses:

• ARTH 3110 - Ancient Near Eastern Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3120 - Ancient Egyptian Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3130 - Ancient Aegean Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3140 - Art of Ancient Greece (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3150 - Roman Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3160 - Early Christian & Byzantine Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3210 - 18th Century Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3261 - Italian Mannerism (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3272 - Northern Renaissance Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3282 - Pre-Columbian Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3377 - Graphic Design History (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3380 - Women in Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3435 - African Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3436 - African American Art History (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3437 - American Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3470 - Islamic Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3531 - Medieval Art & Architecture (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3532 - Italian Renaissance Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3533 - Baroque Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3534 - 19th Century Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 3599 - Professional Practice in Art History (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 4251 - Modern Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 4276 - Art Theory and Criticism (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 4435 - Art History Travel Study (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 4531 - Post-Modern Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTH 4830 - Independent Study in Art History (3 Credit Hours)

Exploratory Studio Art Courses [Credit Hours: 21]

Select twenty-one (21) credit hours from the following courses. Twelve (12) credit hours must be at the 3000 level or above.

• ART 1011 - Drawing II (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 1536 - Animation I (3 Credit Hours) 1
• ART 2000 - Advanced Placement Studio (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2135 - Painting: Introduction (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2230 - Ceramics: Introduction (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2235 - Digital Dimensions (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2236 - Small Metals Design: Fundamentals (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2330 - Typography I (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2331 - Visual Thinking in Graphic Design (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2335 - Photography: Introduction (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2430 - Print, Paper, Book Arts: Introduction (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 2536 - Animation II (3 Credit Hours) 1
• ART 3131 - Drawing III (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 3132 - Figure Drawing (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 3230 - Ceramics: Intermediate (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 3236 - Small Metals Design: Intermediate I (3 Credit Hours) 1
• ART 3335 - Photographic Imaging II (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 4334 - Photographic Imaging III (3 Credit Hours)
• ART 4536 - 3D Animation (3 Credit Hours) 1
• ART 4590 - Selected Topics In Art (1-3 Credit Hours)
• ARTS 2400 - Introduction to Fibers (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3140 - Intermediate Darkroom Photography (3 Credit Hours) ²
• ARTS 3160 - Manipulated Silver Print (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3610 - Screen Printing (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3630 - Fabric Design (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3640 - Weaving (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3680 - Environmental Art (3 Credit Hours)
• ARTS 3700 - Figure Sculpture (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3720 - Fiber Sculpture (3 Credit Hours) 2
• ARTS 3840 - Advanced Photographic Media (3 Credit Hours)
• Other exploratory studio ART/ARTS courses from both campuses available with advisor consent.

Required Capstone [Credit Hours: 3]

• Statesboro Campus:

• ART 4988 - Capstone in Studio Art (3 Credit Hours)

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  Savannah Campus:

• ARTS 4700 - Senior Portfolio (3 Credit Hours)

• and  ARTS 4740 - Senior Exhibition (0 Credit Hours)  OR

• ARTS 4710 - Senior Seminar (3 Credit Hours)

• and ARTS 4740 - Senior Exhibition (0 Credit Hours)  

Minor - Required

• Select fifteen (15) credit hours of Minor courses 

* Note: all Minors require nine (9) credit hours at the 3000 level or above

Foreign Language

• Select 0-6 credit hours of Foreign Language 

Electives

• Select 6-12 credit hours of Electives (outside of major) at or above the 3000 level 

Total Credit Hours: 124

Other Program Requirements

• Must earn a minimum grade of “C” in all ART/ARTS/ARTH courses.
• Must successfully complete prerequisites for courses and take courses in proper sequence.
• All BFSDoArt programs have been written to allow students to complete their major or minor at either the Armstrong campus or Statesboro campus with no travel. However, because the campuses have different resources and faculty expertise, the possibility to travel off of their home campus to enrich their education is an exciting possibility.

Advisement

Undergraduate Academic Advisement at Georgia Southern is provided to all degree-seeking undergraduate students by professional advisors. Academic Advisors are located on all three Georgia Southern University campuses. Students are required to meet with their assigned Academic Advisor at least once a semester. For more information visit the Academic Advisement  catalog page.