Total credits required for a BFA in Fiber: 120.0
Current students should log into MyMICA or contact their Advisor for their personalized degree plan. If an integrated degree in Humanistic Studies, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.
The following degree plan is for students who entered in the 2016 - 17 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Critical Inquiry | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 9.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 6.0 | |
Fiber MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Introduction to Fiber | FB 200 | 3.0 |
| Junior Seminar | SS 300 | 3.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent I | FB 400 | 6.0 |
| Senior Fiber Independent II | FB 401 | 6.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Introduction to Ceramics | CE 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Sculpture | IS 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Wood | IS 202 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Material Construction | FB 227 | 3.0 |
| Woven Imagery | FB 238 | 3.0 |
| Weaving: Color and Pattern | FB 254 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Surface Resist Dyeing | FB 234 | 3.0 |
| Silkscreening on Fabric | FB 331 | 3.0 |
| 3D Studio Electives | CE, FB, or IS | 9.0 |
| Fiber Studio Electives | FB | 9.0 |
| Studio Electives | 9.0 | |