Printmaking, B.F.A.

Foundation Year (Art School)

All first-year students are required to complete the foundation program. It consists of multiple courses taken in tandem. These courses are designed to introduce the students to fundamental processes and principles of artmaking. The objective of the program is to develop the student’s perceptions, sensitivity and technical skills.

The typical first-year schedule is as follows:

Second Year of Study (Art School)

In the second year, students are required to select courses from a variety of studio offerings. The intent of the second year is to introduce specific media skills and processes in depth, and to provide a broad range of artistic experiences for the student prior to the declaration of the major. During the second year, students are required to select one 3-credit course, not in their intended major, from each of the following categories:

1. ceramics or sculpture
2. painting/drawing, or visual communication design
3. photography or media arts
4. printmaking or illustration

The remaining 12 credits of studio course work in the second year are elective. Students who have determined a major area of study are encouraged to use these elective studios to begin fulfilling the requirements of the major. Students who have not determined a major are encouraged to distribute these electives among different media.

Second-year students intending to major in visual communication design or illustration should consult with those departments prior to choosing studio electives in the second year.

In addition, students in the second year are required to elect at least one academic course each semester in order to maintain a reasonable completion rate of academic requirements.

Required credits: 36

(Taken in printmaking and cognate areas as required by the department)

The printmaking major is broken down into two primary print processes: lithography and etching. Beginning students are required to become familiar with both processes. The fundamentals of technique, process, and equipment are taught firsthand and refined at the intermediate levels. Printmaking majors are expected to pursue at least one of the primary processes through the advanced level but have the option to pursue both processes to an advanced level. The advanced levels become more sophisticated technically and allow students to pursue personal vision and style in their printmaking.

Required Courses for the Major

• GRA 230 - Lithography I 3 credit(s)
• GRA 232 - Etching I 3 credit(s)
• GRA 320 - Lithography II 3 credit(s)
• GRA 340 - Etching II 3 credit(s)
• GRA XXX Printmaking elective 3 credit(s)
• GRA XXX Printmaking elective 3 credit(s)
• GRA XXX Printmaking elective 3 credit(s)
• GRA 420 - Printmaking Studio I 3 credit(s)
• GRA 422 - Printmaking Studio II 3-6 Variable credit(s)

Cognate Requirements

• DWG 222 - Drawing I: Figure 3 credit(s)
• DWG 3XX Drawing elective 3 credit(s)
• PTG 220 - Painting I: Observational 3 credit(s)