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BFA Candidacy review is required during the second half of your 4th semester.  
History of Art I and II DO NOT count toward LAS.
If you are completing the Art History Minor, your History of Art I and II count 
for the minor but no other classes can count for both your major and your minor.
For more information please see 
http://www.colum.edu/info/curriculum/requirements/New%20LAS%20Core%20Summary.pdf
                                                                                
Req'd A & D Foundation                      Courses:  7/ 7

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-1210      Drawing I                            3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     22-1220      Fundamentals of 2-D Desig        3
 22-1220      Fundamentals of 2-D Design           3       C  
 22-1230      Fundamentals of 3-D Design           3       C  
Students can take Photography I plus Darkroom Workshop I -OR- Digital 
Photography for Non-Majors plus one of the following: Digital Imaging I, History
of Photo II, Photography in Chicago Now, or Studio I (requires instructor's 
permission). 
                                                                                
 23-1100      Foundations of Photography I         3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     23-1250      Digital Photography for N        3
 22-1101      History of Art I: Stone Age to       3       C  
 23-1101      Darkroom Workshop I                  3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     23-2201      Digital Imaging I                3
     23-7760      Photography in Chicago No        3
     23-2655      History of Photography II        3
     23-2300      Studio I*                        3
 22-1102      History of Art II: Renaissance       3       C  

Req'd FineArt Foundation                    Courses:  5/ 5

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2258      Contemporary Issues in New Med       3       C  
 22-2220      Contemporary Issues in Paintin       3       C  
 22-2251      Contemporary Issues in Sculptu       3       C  
 22-2224      Contemporary Issues in               3       C  
 22-2259      BFA Review in Fine Art*              0       P  

Req'd UpperLevel Courses                    Courses:  4/ 4

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2120      Art Since 1945                       3       C  
 22-3110      Twentieth Century Art Theory         3       C  
 22-3263      Professional Practices for           3       C  
 22-3264      Critique Seminar*                    3       C  

Choose one 3-D elective from the following list:
                                                                                
Req'd 3-D Elective                          Courses:  1/ 1

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-1236      Synthetic Material for Casting       3       C  
 22-1285      Anatomical Modeling*                 3       C  
 22-2230      Sculpture: Materials and             3       C  
 22-2231      Woodworking For Sculpture            3       C  
 22-2242      Jewelry and Objects I*               3       C  
 22-2240      Ceramics I*                          3       C  

Choose two 4-D electives from the following list:
                                                                                
Required 4-D Electives                      Courses:  2/ 2

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2234      Installation/4-Dimensional           3       C  
 22-2236      Performance Art                      3       C  
 22-2250      Body Space Image                     3       C  

Choose 18 credit hours of Fine Art electives from the following list:
                                                                                
Req'd Fine Art Electives                    Courses:  6/ 6

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2214      Figure Drawing I                     3       C  
 22-2221      Painting Strategies*                 3       C  
 22-2225      Printmaking Strategies*              3       C  
 22-3211      Creative Drawing Studio*             3       C  
 22-3226      Multimedia Strategies in             3       C  
 22-3227      Materials and Techniques in          3       C  
 22-3231      Experimental Photography/            3       C  
 22-2222      Watercolor Studio                    3       C  
 22-1246      Mural Painting                       3       C  
 22-1236      Synthetic Material for Casting       3       C  
 22-1285      Anatomical Modeling*                 3       C  
 22-2230      Sculpture: Materials and             3       C  
 22-2231      Woodworking For Sculpture            3       C  
 22-2242      Jewelry and Objects I*               3       C  
 22-2240      Ceramics I*                          3       C  
 22-2234      Installation/4-Dimensional           3       C  
 22-2236      Performance Art                      3       C  
 22-2250      Body Space Image                     3       C  
 22-2252      Themes in Contemporary Art:          3       C  
 22-3253      Studio Tutorial*                     3       C  
 22-3254      Topics in Studio Art*:               3       C  
 22-3999      Ind Proj:Art and Design*             1       C  
 22-2260      Color Strategies                     3       C  
 22-2241      Ceramics II/Studio                   3       C  
 22-2243      Jewelry and Objects II*              3       C  
 22-3225      Multiplicity: Theory and             3       C  
 22-3232      Experimental Photography             3       C  
 22-3242      Jewelry and Object Strategies*       3       C  
 22-3270      The Journal: Writing, Editing,       3       C  
 22-3901      Extending/Accessorizing the          3       C  

Choose any two Fine Art Workshops from the following list:
                                                                                
Any Fine Art Workshop                       Courses:  2/ 2

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-1270      Jewelry Workshop                     1       C  
 22-1271      Fine Art Workshop: Frame &           1       C  
 22-1272      Fine Art Workshop: Papermaking       1       C  
 22-1274      Small Metals Cast Workshop           3       C  
 22-1275      Digital Video Editing Workshop       1       C  
 22-3250      Visiting Artist Workshop I*          1       C  
 22-1250      Scale Model Fabrication: Makin       1       C  
 22-1255      Pedestals, Plinths, and              1       C  
 22-1276      Workshop in Printmaking              1       C  

Choose one Non-Western Art History elective from the following list:
                                                                                
Non-Western Art Hist. El                    Courses:  1/ 1

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2140      Introduction to Arts of Africa       3       C  
 22-2141      Art and Ritual                       3       C  
 22-2142      Art of India                         3       C  
 22-2145      Arts of Africa                       3       C  
 22-2150      The Art of Mexico: The Olmecs        3       C  

Choose one Art History elective from the following list:
                                                                                
Art History Elective                        Courses:  1/ 1

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 22-2110      History of Twentieth Century         3       C  
 22-2120      Art Since 1945                       3       C  
 22-2135      African-American Art Since 190       3       C  
 22-3105      Dada, Surrealism, Futurism           3       C  
 22-1131      History of Architecture I            3       C  
 22-1132      History of Architecture II           3       C  
 22-1140      Architecture in Chicago Now          3       C  
 22-2170      History of Communication Desig       3       C  
 22-2171      Modern and Contemporary Design       3       C  
 22-2172      Design Culture Now                   3       C  
 22-2175      Fashion: An Historical               3       C  
 22-2176      Contemporary Fashion*                3       C  
 22-1120      Art in Chicago Now                   3       C  
 22-2130      American Art, 1840-1940              3       C  
 22-3100      Topics in Art History:               3       C  
 22-2100      History of European Art: Topic       3       C  
 22-3120      Theory/Practice Art Exhibition       3       C  
 23-2650      History of Photography I:            3       C  
 23-2655      History of Photography II*:          3       C  
 23-4705      History of Photography Seminar       3       C  
 23-7760      Photography in Chicago Now           3       C  


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