Fine Arts, AFA

INDIANA COLLEGE CORE

OTHER INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• IVYT 111 - Student Success CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• ARTS 250 - Fine Arts Portfolio CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 ^

PROGRAM SPECIFIC CORE

• ARTS 100 - Life and Object Drawing I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 101 - Life and Object Drawing II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 102 - Color and Design Theory I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 103 - Three-Dimensional Design CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 200 - Intermediate Drawing I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 204 - Exploration of Women in Art CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 206 - Materials and Processes CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 231 - Painting I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ARTS 2XX - Studio Electives CREDIT HOURS: 6

TOTAL CREDITS: 64

SYMBOL KEY

^ Capstone course

* Transfer General Education Core (TGEC) Certificate

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Gain functional competence with principles of visual organization, including the ability to work with visual elements in two and three dimensions; color theory and its applications; and drawing from observation and development of ideas.
• Present work that demonstrates perceptual acuity, conceptual understanding, and technical facility at an entry level in their chosen field(s).
• Become familiar with the historical achievements, current major issues, processes, and directions of their field(s).
• Be afforded opportunities to exhibit their work and to experience and participate in critiques and discussions of their work and the work of others.
• Learn to analyze works of art/design perceptively and to evaluate them critically.
• Develop an understanding of the common elements, principles and vocabulary of art/design and of the interaction of these elements and be able to employ this knowledge in analysis.
• Acquire the ability to place works of art/design in historical, cultural, and stylistic contexts.
• Students must acquire a working knowledge of technologies and equipment applicable to the mediums they have studied.
• Demonstrate an ability to participate in teams.
• Demonstrate discipline, time and project management in design, creation and realization of artwork(s) and written and oral communications.
• Demonstrate professionalism in work habits, an openness to change, and an awareness of the broad spectrum of the field of visual and performing arts.
• Demonstrate the foundational intellectual skills involved in written and oral communication and basic mathematical calculations, especially as they apply to the creation of artwork(s).
• Use basic knowledge from the scientific, humanistic/artistic, social/behavioral fields in research and artwork(s).
• Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills.