Undergraduate Catalog | 2015-2016 Previous Edition
Department of Art and Art History
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http://art.uncc.edu
Degree Programs
Majors
The Department of Art and Art History offers a diverse and comprehensive program leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art (a professional degree with concentrations in Studio Art or Art Education), a Bachelor of Arts (a liberal arts degree in Studio Art), and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Students pursuing the B.F.A. in Art are required to select a studio concentration in ceramics, digital media, fibers, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, print media, or sculpture; or an Art Education concentration leading to a K-12 Licensure.
Minors
Students may earn a Minor in Art History.
Course Requirements
The degree programs are structured upon the following premises:
- Students need a basic level of skill and aesthetic sensitivity in a variety of studio disciplines.
- Students need an awareness of the common core of historical and theoretical knowledge in the arts.
- Students need in-depth knowledge to critically synthesize formal and conceptual aspects of work in a specific area of study.
Studio Art courses are open to Art majors only. Most Art History courses are open to any major. Students must receive a grade of C or above in all courses applied to the major or minor (a grade of B or above is required in ARTE 2100 for students in the Concentration in Art Education). Students cannot advance to the next course in a sequence until a grade of C or above is earned in prerequisite courses (a grade of B or above is required in ARTE 2100 for students in the Concentration in Art Education). Students seeking admission to Art or Art History majors must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5. A GPA of 2.5 (in major courses only) is required for graduation. Students seeking admission to and graduation from the Concentration in Art Education have additional requirements (see the section on the Concentration in Students intending to earn either the B.F.A. in Studio Art/Art Education or the B.A. in Art should take three ARTB 120x courses, one ARTH course (ARTH 1211 , ARTH 1212 , or ARTH 2110 ), and UWRT 1101 in the first semester of their Freshman year. All of the General Education courses should be organized around the Art requirements. It is usually not possible to graduate in four years without taking this number of Art courses right away. Prerequisite sequencing dictates the time to graduation, and all students should become thoroughly familiar with course descriptions in the UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Catalog.
All transfer courses are automatically reviewed by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Students seeking to appeal the official transfer designations for ARTx courses, must provide the Department Academic Advisor with copies of the official course descriptions and a syllabus for each course requested for consideration. Portfolios of creative work from each of the individual studio courses may also be required.
Academic Advising
All Art and Art History majors are required to meet with the Academic Advisor in the Department of Art and Art History each semester. Students will not be able to register for any course at UNC Charlotte without attending the mandatory advising meetings. The Academic Advisor is available year-round.
Career mentoring in studio, art history, and art education is offered by individual faculty members who are active professionals in those areas of study. Contact is best done by email or telephone. Most professors are available for appointments from the first day of classes until the last day of classes each Fall and Spring semester. Requirements for degrees and minors, as well as 4-year B.F.A. calendars are available in the department office and online at art.uncc.edu.
Students seeking to confirm that General Education graduation requirements are met should use the automated CAPP Degree Evaluation system online in 49er Express (49erexpress.uncc.edu). Those seeking confirmation of Art requirements must contact the Academic Advisor.
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