B.F.A. Curriculum and Requirements

Within the departmental curriculum, the first three semesters provide six introductory, medium-specific studio classes (drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, print media, and MAPS: media arts, performance, and sound) along with an intensive art seminar.

Following this, students select from advanced studios in which medium specificity accommodates and encourages developing student material and intellectual interests. In the second and third years, students may apply for semester programs at both AAP NYC and Cornell in Rome, which combine studio classes with seminars, studio visits, field trips, and internship possibilities aimed at providing added exposure to professional and global art worlds. All three campuses run robust visiting artist lecture series.

Upon return to Ithaca, the final three semesters focus on studios and seminar work based on strengthening self-directed practice while preparing for a thesis project.

• B.F.A. Curriculum and Requirements