This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT an MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed/School Core: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed/Major: Historical Perspectives:ARHT 245 - MASTERPIECES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION or Gen Ed/Major: Global Awareness: ARHT 204 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ART TRADITIONS
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY – ARTS 214 - BASIC CERAMICS (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 101 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING OR ARTS 201 - BASIC PAINTING (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 202 - or ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/Major: Historical Perspectives:ARHT 245 - MASTERPIECES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION or Gen Ed/Major: Global Awareness: ARHT 204 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ART TRADITIONS
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 202 - or ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: Upper-Level Sculpture Elective (1 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ARTS Upper Elective or Upper Level Sculpture Elective (2 of 3) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: ARTS Upper Elective or Upper Level Sculpture Elective (3 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARHT 300 Level-WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ARTS Upper Elective or Upper Level Sculpture Elective (3 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Major: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS or Service Learning (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: ARTS 408 - SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION WI (HRS 4
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
- GLOBAL AWARENESS (Recommended: ARHT 204 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ART TRADITIONS (Spring Only))*
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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