Bachelor of Arts in Art
Core Curriculum
All students must complete the University’s core curriculum . The specific requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Art consist of prescribed work, major requirements, and electives. In some cases, a course required for a major in the Bachelor of Arts in Art may also be counted toward the core curriculum; these courses are identified below.
Studio Art Major
Prescribed Work
- In the process of fulfilling degree requirements, students must complete two courses with a writing flag, one course with a quantitative reasoning flag, one course with a global cultures flag, one course with a cultural diversity flag, and one course with an independent inquiry flag. Courses that fulfill flag requirements are identified in the Course Schedule, registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/ . They may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements.
- Foreign language: Six semester hours beyond course 507, 508K, or the equivalent in one foreign language.
- Social and behavioral sciences: Six semester hours chosen from the following areas: anthropology, economics, geography, government, history, linguistics, psychology, and sociology. A course counted toward this requirement may not also be counted toward any core curriculum requirement.
- General culture: Three semester hours chosen from the following areas: architecture, classics (including classical civilization, Greek, Latin), comparative literature, humanities, philosophy, and interdisciplinary fields outside the Department of Art and Art History such as American studies, African and African diaspora studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies, Mexican American studies, and women’s and gender studies. The student is encouraged to choose coursework of a multicultural nature. Courses outside the Department of Art and Art History that are crosslisted with courses in the department may not be used to fulfill this requirement. A course used to fulfill this requirement may not also be counted toward any core curriculum requirement.
- Science, technology, and mathematics: Six semester hours of coursework. Courses must be chosen from computer science, mathematics, and the fields of study included in the science and technology, part I, requirement of the core curriculum. A course counted toward this requirement may not also be counted toward any core curriculum requirement.
Major Requirements
- Studio art: Thirty semester hours, consisting of Studio Art 303K, 303L, 304K, 304L, and eighteen additional semester hours of studio art, of which at least twelve hours must be upper-division.
- Art history: Twelve semester hours, consisting of Art History 302, 304, and six hours of upper-division coursework in art history. Three semester hours of this coursework may also be counted toward the visual and performing arts requirement of the core curriculum.
Electives
Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses either within or outside the Department of Art and Art History. Additional elective coursework may be needed to provide the total number of semester hours required for the degree.
Total Minimum Requirements
For the BAArt with a major in studio art: 120 semester hours as outlined above.
Art History Major
Prescribed Work
- In the process of fulfilling degree requirements, students must complete two courses with a writing flag, one course with a quantitative reasoning flag, one course with a global cultures flag, one course with a cultural diversity flag, and one course with an independent inquiry flag. Courses that fulfill flag requirements are identified in the Course Schedule. They may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements.
- Foreign language: Fifteen to nineteen semester hours, consisting of
- Nine semester hours beyond course 507, 508K, or the equivalent in one foreign language
- One of the following:
- Six additional hours of upper-division coursework in the foreign language used to fulfill requirement 2a
- Up to ten semester hours, consisting of course 506 and either 507or 508K , or the equivalent, in a second foreign language
- Social and behavioral sciences: Six semester hours chosen from the following areas: anthropology, economics, geography, government, history, linguistics, psychology, and sociology. A course counted toward this requirement may not also be counted toward any core curriculum requirement.
- General culture: Three semester hours in one of the following areas:
- Architecture
- Classics, including classical civilization, Greek, Latin (but excluding any courses in Greek or Latin that are used to fulfill the language requirement)
- Music
- Philosophy
- Radio-television-film
- Theatre and dance
- Programs of special concentration, such as women’s and gender studies and Latin American studies
A course used to fulfill requirement 4 may not also be counted toward any core curriculum requirement.
Major Requirements
- Studio Art 303K
- Art history: Thirty semester hours, consisting of
- Art History 302 and 304
- Twelve semester hours of upper-division art history, consisting of three hours in each of the following four areas:
- Ancient
- Medieval/Early Modern
- Modern
- Non-Western: African, Asian, Islamic, Latin American, Mesoamerican, Native American, Oceanic
- Art History 375
- Nine additional semester hours of art history
Three semester hours of the coursework counted toward requirement 2 may also be used to fulfill the visual and performing arts requirement of the core curriculum.
Electives
Seventeen to twenty-one semester hours chosen from courses either within or outside the Department of Art and Art History. Additional elective coursework may be needed to provide the total number of semester hours required for the degree.
Total Minimum Requirements
For the BAArt with a major in art history: 120 semester hours as outlined above.