Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts

The Bachelor of Arts in studio art (BASA) requires a minimum of 120 credit hours of course work.

The BASA provides a general liberal arts degree program with specialization in studio art. For the BASA, 63 of the required 120 credit hours are in ART courses.

Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts Requirements

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 46 Hours Required
Minimun of "C-" required
Fundamental Academic Skills 15
ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
CREATIVE WRITING FOR THE ARTS (Writing in the Discipline)
PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS
ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT
DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
Distribution Requirements31
Natural Science - From two disciplines and at least one lab - 7 hrs
Social Science - From two disciplines - 9 hrs
Humanities and Fine Arts - From two disciplines- 9 hrs
Global Diversity - 3 hrs
US Diversity - 3 hrs
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS - 63 Hours Required
**Course will satisfy UNO's General Education requirement
^Course requires pre-requisite(s)
Minimum of "C" required
STUDIO CORE I
All of the following:12
FOUNDATION: DRAWING
FOUNDATION: 3D DESIGN
FOUNDATION: 2-D DESIGN
FOUNDATION: DIGITAL MEDIA
CORE ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEW (^)
ART HISTORY CORE 6
All of the following:
SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY I (**)
SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY II (**)
Select one Pre-Modern History Course 3
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ART (^)
EGYPTIAN ART (^)
GREEK ART (^)
ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ART (^)
WOMEN IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART (^)
EARLY MEDIEVAL ART (^)
LATE MEDIEVAL ART HISTORY (^)
NORTHERN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY (^)
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY (^)
BAROQUE AND ROCOCO ART HISTORY (^)
Select one Modern History Course3
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1850 (^)
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY (^)
MODERN ART I (ART OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, 1850-1920) (^)
MODERN ART II (ART OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, 1918-1968) (^)
CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY SINCE 1968 (^)
ART IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE SINCE 1900 (^)
Additional Art History Elective approved by advisor3
SELECT A CONCENTRATION36
Graphic Design
Illustration
Media Arts
Two Dimensional Arts
Three Dimensional Arts
ELECTIVES
Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours