The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2026-2027 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: 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 101 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH 001 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 1
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (Recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY OR ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE OR ARTS 207 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 201 - BASIC PAINTING (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed/Major: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – ARHT 245 - MASTERPIECES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (recommended)* (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY OR ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE OR ARTS 207 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH 002 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 2
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed/Major: - GLOBAL AWARENESS – ARHT 204 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ART TRADITIONS (recommended)* (Spring only) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY OR ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE OR ARTS 207 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 210 - LIFE DRAWING (Spring only) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH 003 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 3
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (1 of 3) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARHT 300 Level WI (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (2 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS Upper Level Elective (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: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (3 of 3) (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 408 - SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION (Spring only) 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:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
Note: Three writing intensive courses are required in the major (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan above).
*These courses are major requirements that will double count for the GenEd, BUT only two courses in the major are allowed to double count. If you have already double counted two courses in the major for the GenEd category, you will NEED to select another course for the GenEd.
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