BFA Departmental Honors

Please contact the Visual Arts Department for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses.

Requirements for BFA Departmental Honors:

1. Be declared as a BFA major;
2. Fulfill all the departmental requirements for a BFA, including:
3. If your emphasis is 2D, 3D, or Photography you must take the BFA Seminar and then the BFA Thesis. These cannot be take consecutively. At least one semester must separate these two courses. You must earn a grade of no lower than 3.7 in both of these courses.
4. If your emphasis is Visual Communications you must take the Design Seminar course and receive a 3.7.
5. Exhibit in a BFA show approved by the faculty or, if your emphasis is Visual Communications, participate in the Portfolio Review.
6. Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a departmental GPA of 3.7.
7. You are required to join and participate in the AIGA or the Student Art Guild.
8. You must take one honors course. This may be an Honors General Education course.

Students who have not completed their General Education requirements are encouraged to take Honors General Education classes