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B.A. degree

The B.A. degree, which requires up to 60 credits in art, consists of three main parts:

  1. General education requirements of the university as outlined under the humanities curriculum.
  2. A core of foundation courses in art including drawing, design, photography and art history.
  3. Sixteen semester credits in a single studio concentration area from among those listed under the visual arts at K-State.

B.A. course requirements

Survey Art History I 3
Survey Art History II 3
20th Century Art History I 3
20th Century Art History II 3
ART 100 2D Design 3
ART 190 Drawing I 3
ART 200 3D Design 3
ART 210 Drawing II 3
ART 225 Figure Drawing I 3
2 Dimensional course choice 3
3 Dimensional course choice 3
Major concentration 15
Art Electives 12
Total hrs. 60

BFA degree

With 78 credits in art, the B.F.A. degree is oriented toward a professional art career. Those seeking a career in teaching and creative research or as a professional artist or art therapist would choose the bachelor of fine arts degree program. Almost always, entry into a M.F.A. graduate degree program requires the B.F.A. undergraduate degree.

BFA course requirements

Art History Courses
Survey Art History I 3
Survey Art History II 3
20th Century Art History I 3
20th Century Art History II 3
Art history elective 3

Core Classes
ART 100 2D Design 3
ART 105 Careers in Art Seminar 1
ART 190 Drawing I 3
ART 200 3D Design 3
ART 210 Drawing II 3
ART 225 Figure Drawing 3
2 Dimensional course choice 3
3 Dimensional course choice 3
2 or 3 Dimensional course choice 3
BFA Exhibition 2
Major concentration 21
Art electives 15
Total hrs. 78

For more information about art, contact:
Department of Art
Kansas State University
111 Willard Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-3705
785-532-6605
Fax: 785-532-0334
E-mail: art@ksu.edu

For more information about Kansas State University, contact:
Office of Admissions
Kansas State University
119 Anderson Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-0102
785-532-6250
E-mail: kstate@ksu.edu
http://www.ksu.edu/Consider/