Transmedia Sculpture Emphasis, Fine Arts BFA

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Introduction

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The transmedia sculpture emphasis combines 21st Century digital practice with 5000-year-old metal casting process. Students are exposed to a vast array of art making tools, media and methods in art making - including metals, wood, casting and mold making, performance, live media and interactive digital work.

Through a sequence of studio classes, students develop a portfolio appropriate for professional exhibition, admission to graduate school and preparation for work in art fabrication, design and public art.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Major

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Consult the College of Arts & Media at CAM@ucdenver.edu for more information.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required for each course applied toward a College of Arts & Media major, minor or certificate requirement. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will not fulfill a major, minor or certificate requirement. A grade of P is acceptable for courses in which the only grade available is Pass or Fail.
All upper-division visual arts courses must be taken at CU Denver unless approved otherwise by Department of Visual Arts faculty.
At least 27 semester hours of visual arts credits (at any level) must be taken at CU Denver.
At least 24 semester hours of total visual arts courses must be upper-division.

Take all of the following Visual Arts Foundation courses:
FINE 1100 - Drawing I
FINE 1400 - Two Dimensional Design
FINE 1500 - Three-Dimensional Design
FINE 2155 - Introduction to Digital Photography
FINE 2600 - Art History Survey I
FINE 2610 - Art History Survey II
Take one of the following Transmedia Sculpture Emphasis courses (entry-level):
FINE 2405 - Introduction to Digital Design
FINE 2500 - Bronze Casting
Take all of the following Transmedia Sculpture Emphasis courses (entry-level):
FINE 2510 - Wood and Metal Sculpture
FINE 3405 - Introduction to Digital Video
Take all of the following Transmedia Sculpture Emphasis courses (completion of all above courses highly recommended before continuing emphasis):
FINE 3500 - Installation Art
FINE 3505 - Environmental Art
FINE 3510 - Mold Design & Casting
FINE 3525 - Modeling for Manufacture
FINE 3530 - Electronic Art
FINE 3550 - Iron Casting
FINE 4500 - Electronic Performance
FINE 4505 - Sculptural Rendering
FINE 4510 - Advanced Sculpture
Take the following Visual Arts course:
FINE 4990 - Contemporary Art: 1960 to Present
Take three semester hours of Pre-20th Century Art History elective.

Take three semester hours of upper-division Art History elective.

Take nine semester hours of Studio Arts electives.

Take six semester hours of Visual Arts electives. These may include studio, lecture, internship or art history courses.
Take the following Capstone course:
FINE 4950 - Studio BFA Thesis
Please contact the College of Arts & Media at CAM@ucdenver.edu for course sequencing, any prerequisite updates and for lists of approved electives and more information about this emphasis.