BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Total units required for BFA degree: 120 Maximum units accepted in transfer: 60
No more than 24 units may be transferred into liberal arts and art history combined. No more than 12 units of major studio accepted as transfer credit. Up to 24 units maybe transferred into elective studio. All entering students are required to take a Writing Placement Examination upon matriculating.
Design and Technology Liberal Arts Requirements
33 units
Film
Liberal Arts Requirements
33
Liberal Arts Requirements
33
Studio Requirements
72
Studio Requirements
72
English Composition A*
3
Contemporary Practice
3
Contemporary Practice
3
English Composition B*
3
Conceptual Design and Practice
3
Introduction to Film
3
Humanities 200
3
History of Film or Special Topics in Film History
3
3
Collaborative Practice in Art, Design and Technology
3
Humanities 201 Science
3
Media Techniques Distribution
6
Distribution I
9
Mathematics
3
Advanced Film
3
3
Communications Design Distribution
3
Social Science
Film Electives
15
Studies in Global Culture
3
Designed Objects Distribution
3
+
3
Design and Technology Electives
Critical Theory B+
3
Senior Review Seminar
Elective
3
Electives in any studio discipline
33
Art History Requirements
15
Critical Theory A
15
Senior Review Seminar
3
Electives in any studio discipline
33
Art History Requirements
15
3
All BFA students must complete the liberal arts requirements for their degree. Writing Placement Examination required upon matriculation. Must be taken at SFAI. Courses that fulfill the distribution requirements are indicated each semester in the course descriptions.
Global Art History
3
Global Art History
3
Modernity and Modernism
3
Modernity and Modernism
3
Contemporary Art Now
3
Contemporary Art Now
3
History of Design and Technology
3
History of Film
3
Art History Elective
3
Art History Elective
3
Total
120
Total
120
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