UT Dallas 2021 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Arts and Humanities

Visual and Performing Arts with Visual Arts Concentration (BA)

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)

Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)

This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop individual four-year plan.

Freshman Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
010 Core Course 3 010 Core Course 3
050 Core Course 3 020 Core Course3 3
060 Core Course 3 040 Core Course 3
ARHM 1100 First Year Seminar1 1 060 Core Course 3
Lower-Level Appreciation Course4 3 ARTS 2380 Visual Design Foundations 3
Lower-Level ARTS Studio5 3
  16   15
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
030 Core Course 3 030 Core Course 3
070 Core Course 3 070 Core Course 3
080 Core Course 3 090 Core Course 3
090 Core Course 3 Major Core6 3
Free Elective7 3 Free Elective7 3
  15   15
Junior Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
Major Core6 3 Major Core6 3
ARTS Studio8 3 ARTS Studio8 3
V&PA History9 3 V&PA Elective10 3
Related Course11 3 Related Course11 3
Free Elective7 3 Free Elective7 3
  15   15
Senior Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
V&PA Elective10 3 ARTS Studio8 3
V&PA Elective10 3 V&PA Elective10 3
Related Course11 3 Upper-Level Elective12 3
Upper-Level Elective12 3 Upper-Level Elective12 3
Free Elective7 3 Free Elective7 3
  15   15
NOTES:
1 Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.
2 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
3 Students must complete ALEKS exam prior to enrolling in a 020 core course.
4 Lower-Level Appreciation Course = AHST 1303 or 1304 or 2331 or FILM 2332. NOTE: If the student took one of these courses as their 050 core, then the student may choose any free elective in its place as a lower-level major requirement.
5 Lower-Level ARTS Studio = ARTS 1316 or 2316 or 2350 or 2381.
6 Major Core = ARHM 3342 and AP 3340 and and AP 3300.
7 Free Elective = any lower or upper-level course.
8 ARTS Studio = student must have 6 hours of 3000-level ARTS studios and 3 hours of 4000-level ARTS studios.
9 V&PA History = any 3000-4000 AHST course or historical FILM course.
10 V&PA Electives = any 3000 or 4000-level AHST, ARTS, COMM, CRWT, DANC, THEA, FILM, or MUSI course.
11 Related Courses = any 3000 or 4000-level ARHM, HUMA, ISAH, HIST, PHIL, LIT, RHET, or Languages.
12 Upper-Level Elective = any 3000 or 4000-level course.
Be sure to check prerequisites of Level 2 courses
120 semester credit hours required for graduation
This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising.
Updated: 2021-05-18 17:25:20 v2.4df49a