Utah Valley State College 2008-2009 Course Catalog - (Page 91) Art and Visual Communications Art and Visual Communications department chair: Steve bule Office: GT 535A Telephone: 801-863-7378 drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, or photography as elective credit or as a foundation for a career in fine art. before applying to the BFA. For additional requirements, please refer to the Bachelor of Fine Arts Requirements. faculty: Professor Douglas D. Anderson Steve Bule Bob deWitt Catherine Downing Jon Turner Associate Professor Susan Parkinson Perry Stewart Assistant Professor Simon Blundell Jim Godfrey Hyunmee Lee Mark Talbert Lecturer Courtney Davis Advisor: Rae Ann Ellis Office: GT 619C Telephone: 801-863-6412 Office Manager: Staci Owens Office: GT 535 Telephone: 801-863-4312 cArEEr opportunItIES Career opportunities are many and varied. Modern communication systems have an everincreasing need for signs, symbols, books, brochures, labels, and innumerable other visual messages and documents. Companies employ people in such areas as screen printing, computer imaging, photography, pre-press composition and layout, design, and illustration. Graduates in visual arts are qualified to seek employment with such organizations as advertising agencies, business or industrial graphics departments, news agencies, and other desktop publishing and computer graphics workplaces. Many mid- and large-size companies also have in-house art/ design departments requiring people with various artistic and technical skills. proGrAmS Six options are available: a One-year Certificate, the Associate in Applied Science Degree, the Associate in Science or Arts Degree, the Bachelor of Science or Arts Degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, and the Bachelor of Science in Technology Management Degree. bachelor of fine Arts (bfA) requirements: Certificate in Art and visual communications Discipline Core Requirements: • • • • • ART 1120 ART 1400 ART 1110 ART 1050 ARTH 2710 30 Credits 18 Credits 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Elective Requirements: or ARTH 2720 • ART 1130 2D Design Graphic Computer Applications Drawing I Photography I History of Art to the Renaissance (3.0) History of Art from the Renaissance 3 D Design • Any ART course not already taken (See Department Advisor). 12 Credits 12.0 AAS in Art and visual communications • • or • • • • General Education Requirements: School of the Arts Interim Dean: Kathie Debenham Office: GT 605a Telephone: 801-863-6820 Advisory Committee: Stephen Hales, Stephen Hales Creative, Inc.; David Canaan, SBG Partners; Jeff Bell, Springville High School. In order to apply to the BFA, students must first meet the requirements of the AS or AA degree in the Art and Visual Communications Department and submit a portfolio for the annual BFA review held in March. If the student has an AA or AS degree in an area of study other than art, the student will need to complete the 27 credits of the AVC core classes that have not already been completed before applying to the BFA. Students are accepted into the BFA based on the portfolio review, a minimum GPA of a 3.2 in the AVC program, and by maintaining a minimum overall GPA of 2.7. Students must maintain this GPA throughout the BFA degree in order to remain in the degree. For more information, contact the Academic Advisor. bfA requirements for transfer Students: • ART 1120 2D Design • ART 1400 Graphic Computer Applications • ART 1110 Drawing I • ART 1050 Photography I • ART 1130 3 D Design Emphasis: Complete one of the following: • Design/Illustration • Graphic Design • Photography Discipline Core Requirements: ENGL 1010 Introduction to Writing MAT 1010 Intermediate Algebra* (4.0) ACC 1150 Fundamentals of Business Math* Social or Behavioral Science Biology or Physical Science P.E. or Health ARTH 2710 History of Art to the Renaissance (3.0) or ARTH 2720 History of Art from the Renaissance 16 Credits 64 Credits 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 15 Credits 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1 Completion of a minimum of 64 semester credits. 2 Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above. (Departments may require a higher GPA.) 3 Residency hours--minimum of 20 credit hours through course attendance at UVU. 4 Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements. Footnotes: * See AVC advisor Graduation Requirements: 33.0 33.0 33.0 Emphasis in design/Illustration Emphasis Requirements: • • • • • or • or • ART 2210 ART 2230 ART 2240 ART 2460 ART 2630 ART 1650 ART 2640 ART 2650 ART 200R proGrAm dEScrIptIon The Art and Visual Communications Department provides both technical and aesthetic training in fine arts, design, and illustration areas as well as traditional and computer-based graphics production processes. The art and visual communications industries have always offered challenging and rewarding careers to artistically talented individuals. This trend will only continue in the future, but now these professions are demanding workers with both artistic and technical skills. Students will receive hands-on and theoretical training needed for entry-level employment in many exciting and diversified fields. In addition to career training, the Art and Visual Communications Department provides opportunities to explore the possibilities of Transfer students can apply to the BFA if they have an AA, AS, BA, or BS art degree from another school. If the student is transferring without a degree, the student must complete the remaining requirements for the AA or AS in the Art and Visual Communications Department before applying to the BFA. For additional requirements, please refer to the Bachelor of Fine Arts Requirements. bfA requirements for Students with an AAS degree: Emphasis Elective Requirements: • ART 2590 Drawing for Illustration Illustrative Media and Techniques I Illustrative Media and Techniques II Interactive Design I Painting I Watermedia I Painting II Watermedia II Art and Visual Communications Lectures (1.0) Portfolio 33 credits 21 Credits 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 Students who have received an AAS degree from the Art and Visual Communications Department will be placed in the AA or AS degree in the Art & Visual Communications Department to complete the remaining General Education requirements before applying to the BFA. Students with an AAS degree in a field other than art must finish the remaining requirements of the AA or AS in the Art and Visual Communications Department Complete 12 credits of any ART/ARTH courses not 12.0 previously used. Students are STRONGLY ADVISED to fulfill part of this requirement with the following courses: • ART 3210 Illustration I (3.0) • ART 3220 Illustration II (3.0) • ART 361R Figure Drawing I (3.0) • ART 3290 Rendering the Human Head (3.0) 12 Credits Emphasis in Graphic design Emphasis Requirements: • ART 1430 • ART 1410 • ART 2410 Digital Prepress Typography and Layout I Typography and Layout II 33 credits 21 Credits 3.0 3.0 3.0 Utah Valley University Catalog 2008–2009 91
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