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B.A. in Visual Art Studies (VAST)

Recommended Academic Plan

Freshman Year

First Semester:
ART 165 - Concepts of Space3
ART H 111 - Ancient to Medeival Art3
English 15 (GWS) - Rhetoric and Comp.3
Foreign Language (BA)4
PSU 3 - Freshman Seminar1
Total Semester credits:14
Second Semester:
ART 166 - Concepts of Form3
ART H 112 - Renaissance to Modern Art3
ART 168 - The Digital Medium3
Foreign Language(BA)4
GQ3
Total Semester credits:16

Sophomore Year

Third Semester:
ART 265 - Concepts of Color3
ART 269 - Methods and Materials I3
Foreign Language(BA)4
GS3
GN3
Total Semester credits:16
Fourth Semester:
ART 266 - Concepts of Light3
GS3
GN3
Art (BA)3
GH3
Total Semester credits:15

Junior Year

Fifth Semester:
ART 365 - Themes and Issues I3
ART 468 - Intermediate Digital Medium3
GHA3
GQ3
CAS 100 (GWS) - Effective Speech3
Total Semester credits:15
Sixth Semester:
ART 366 - Themes and Issues II3
GN3
Elective3
BA Other Cultures3
Soc. Behavioral Sci (BA)3
Total Semester credits:15

Senior Year

Seventh Semester:
ART 465 - Individual Approaches3
ART 469 - Methods and Materials II3
English 202 (GWS) - Effective Writing3
GH3
Elective3
Total Semester credits:15
Eighth Semester:
ART 466W - Individual Approaches II6
ART H 400 level3
Humanities (BA)3
Elective3
Elective3
Total Semester credits:18

Contact: Ms. Rebecca Strzelec
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
Office: 131 Misciagna Center
Phone: 814-949-5108
E-mail:
WWW: http://www.personal.psu.edu/ras39