BA Degree

Tim McAlpine, PhD, Chair, Humanities & Fine Arts Division
Center for Global Citizenship - Room 106
(270) 384-8081  mcalpine@lindsey.edu 

Tim Smith, MFA, Art Program Coordinator
W.W. Slider Humanities Center - Room 101A
(270) 384-8079  smitht@lindsey.edu

Full-time Program Faculty:  David Edwin Meyers, MFA; Timothy W. Smith, MFA

Mission Statement

The mission of the Art Program is to provide students with the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge leading toward deeper appreciation of the visual arts, professional preparation, and individualized creative expression.

Complimented by an outcomes based liberal arts curriculum, the Art Program serves to engage students in the visual arts with studio concentrations, digital arts, art history, and content area requirements for art education.

Degree Requirements

A.  General Education Requirements:  36-47 hours

B.  Program Core Requirements:  17 hours

• Beginning Studio: Drawing (ART 1214) - 4 hours*
• Design & Color (ART 2164) - 4 hours*
• Art History I (ART 2733) - 3 hours*
• Art History II (ART 2743) - 3 hours*
• Modern Art (ART 3753) - 3 hours

Note:   ART 2733 and ART 2743 need not be taken in sequence.

*This course may satisfy general education requirements.

C.  Select one of the following emphasis areas (Studio or Digital Arts):   26-27 hours

1a - Studio Emphasis Requirements:  15 hours

• Digital arts elective - 3 hours                                                                         
• Studio elective (outside area of 2D or 3D concentration) - 4 hours                               
• Art Majors Seminar I (ART 3904) - 4 hours                                                
• Art Majors Seminar II (ART 4904) - 4 hours

1b - Studio Emphasis Electives:  12 hours (choose one area)

• Advanced Studio: Drawing (ART 3234) - 4 hours

                                      or

• Beginning Studio: Painting (ART 2314) - 4 hours                                        
• Advanced Studio: Painting (ART 3334) - 4 hours

                                      or

• Beginning Studio: Ceramics (ART 2414) - 4 hours                                      
• Advanced Studio: Ceramics (ART 3434) - 4 hours

                                      or 

• Beginning Studio: Sculpture (ART 2514) - 4 hours                                      
• Advanced Studio: Sculpture (ART 3524) - 4 hours

Note:   The advanced studio courses (ART 3234, ART 3334, ART 3434, ART 3524) may be repeated for credit. The twelve hours in a concentration are earned through repeating the specific advanced studio course.

2a - Digital Arts Emphasis:  18 hours

• Introduction to Photography (ART/JRNL 2153) - 3 hours                           
• Computer Graphics I (ART 2623) - 3 hours                                 
• Computer Graphics II (ART 3633) - 3 hours                                
• Digital Video Arts (ART 3643) - 3 hours                                     
• Interactive Media Design (ART/JRNL 3413) - 3 hours                
• Internship (ART PN03) - 3 hours

2b - Digital Arts Emphasis Electives:  8 hours

• Beginning and/or advanced studio elective(s) - 4-8 hours

D.  General Electives:  37-53 hours

Note:   In addition to a major, a student may select a minor. Courses taken for a minor reduce the number of general electives a student must take.

Note:   The major provides fewer than 39 hours of 3000-4000 level course work, therefore the remaining 3000-4000 level hours will need to come from a minor, liberal arts elective studies in depth, and/or general electives.

Note:   Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art also have the option to complete the Art Education P-12 Program through the Education Division and to be eligible for teacher certification. The program requires 39 hours of course work in Education that includes a semester of student teaching. Interested students should contact Dr. Janette Ralston, the Art Education P-12 Program Coordinator, for Education program advising.

Exit Assessment

Successful completion of a portfolio of work completed during the Art Majors Seminar or Art Internship.

TOTAL:  128 credit hours