Visual Arts and New Media - B.A. Degree
Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Office: 217 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3537
Michele Bernatz, Chairperson
Email: visualarts.newmedia@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/visual-arts-new-media
Major Requirements
Core Courses:
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
| ARTH 102 | Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present | 3 |
| ART 100 | Visual Concepts | 3 |
| ARTS 102 | Foundations in 2-D Form and Content | 3 |
| ARTS 105 | Foundations in Drawing | 3 |
| ARTS 240 | Foundations of 3-D Form and Content | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 270 | Foundations in Clay | 3 |
| ARTS 222 | Cinema Arts I | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 225 | Digital Foundations | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTS 221 | Foundations of Time-Based Media | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Visiting Artist Program:
NOTE: The Visiting Artist Program is only required each semester the student is a major within the department.
Additional Requirements:
- Visual Arts/New Media studio courses at the 300-level or above (9 credit hours) - Excluding all ARTS 490 and ARTS 497 courses
- Advanced Level ARTS Course: 400-level in Animation + Illustration, Ceramics, Film + Video, Graphic Design, Painting + Drawing, Photography or Sculpture (3 credits hours), excluding all ARTS 490 and ARTS 497 courses
- Art History elective (3 credit hours)
- ARTS studio electives as advised (12 credit hours, only 3 credit hours of ARTS 490 or ARTS 497 allowed)
- Capstone experience (by advisement)
Total Credit Hours: 56