Art (BAS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (baS) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind | |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II | |
ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List. | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List. | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 4 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List. | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 41 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 10 |
Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List. Choose one 3-hour course from HIST/FA/SS Course List or LANG/BL Language Course List. Choose one 4-hour course from STEM LL Course List. | |
Major Core | 9 |
ART 3319 - Visual Communication ART 4380 - The Arts and the Creative Process ART 4385 - Studio Research | |
Specialization Electives | 24 |
Choose 24 additional hours in art electives, 12 of which must be upper level. Minimum of 15 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 12 credit hours of which must be upper-level. ART 1301 - Design I ART 1302 - Design II ART 1303 - Drawing I ART 2303 - Drawing II ART 2310 - Painting I ART 3303 - Drawing III ART 3304 - Watercolors ART 3305 - Art History I ART 3306 - Art History II ART 3310 - Painting II ART 3314 - Photography II ART 3318 - Web Design ART 3321 - Graphic Design I ART 3322 - Graphic Design II ART 3325 - Lettering and Typography ART 4301 - Internship in Art (S-L) ART 4303 - Drawing IV ART 4309 - Painting III ART 4310 - Painting IV ART 4321 - Advertising Design (S-L) ART 4327 - Color and Composition ART 4328 - Illustration I ART 4329 - Illustration II ART 4330 - Special Topics in Art | |
Electives* | |
Upper-Level | 9 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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