Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program is demanding, requiring a high level of commitment to advanced production and discourse in order to develop the professional competence of talented students toward successful entrance into the professional art field.
Students are admitted to the BFA degree program based on portfolio review. The BFA degree is specifically structured as a preprofessional and pre-MFA program, with a core foundation art curriculum and a general curriculum in both studio art and art history combined with ceramics-specific coursework. BFA majors complete a two-semester culminating course sequence focusing on advanced independent projects, contextualization, presentation, analysis, and discussion, as well as a supervised independent study course focused on the development of a culminating BFA exhibition.
To remain a BFA candidate, a successful student must maintain a specified minimum GPA in their discipline. See Program Options for specific GPA requirements.
Students who fall below a GPA of 3.0 in upper division courses in Ceramics for two consecutive semesters will be removed from this BFA program.
