(81 credits)
An outstanding faculty of metal artists train future practitioners in an extremely comprehensive program of study. Specific courses are offered in construction and fabrication, enameling, and metal forming as well as contemporary issues in metalwork. Unusually well-equipped studios provide complete facilities for practice in most techniques and formats associated with the discipline. Instruction is supplemented by frequent trips to galleries, museums, artists' studios and workshops. Emphasis in each class is placed on the balance of creative exploration and technical control.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Foundation Courses (15 Credits) | ||
| ARS100 | Drawing: Visual Thinking I | 3 |
| ARS101 | Drawing: Visual Thinking II | 3 |
| ARS102 | Design: Color | 3 |
| ARS103 | Design: Form | 3 |
| ARS112 | Art Seminar | 3 |
| Art History Courses (12 Credits) | ||
| ARH201 | Art of the Western World I | 3 |
| ARH202 | Art of the Western World II | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
ARH3xx/ARH4xx | Art History electives | |
| Required Metal Courses (27 Credits) | ||
| ARS220 | Basic Metal | 3 |
| ARS321 | Construction and Fabrication | 3 |
| ARS322 | Processes and Experimental Techniques I | 3 |
| ARS323 | Processes and Experimental Techniques II | 3 |
| ARS324 | Enameling | 3 |
| ARS326 | Metal Forming | 3 |
| ARS420 | Contemporary Ideas in Metal | 3 |
| ARS421 | Senior Studio in Metal I | 3 |
| ARS422 | Senior Studio in Metal II | 3 |
| Required Cognate Courses (9 Credits) | ||
| DDF205 | Computer Aided Design I | 3 |
| Select any two 200- or 300-level studio courses outside of Metal. | 6 | |
| Studio Electives (15 Credits) | ||
| Select five ARS and/or DDF courses. | 15 | |
| Required Senior Seminar (3 Credits) | ||
| ARS490 | BFA Seminar (writing intensive) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 81 | |
