Fine Arts (B.F.A./Visual Communication and Design Program)

Program: B.F.A.
Department of Visual Arts, VCD Program
College of Visual and Performing Arts

Visual Arts Building 213 ~ 260-481-6709 ~ www.ipfw.edu/vpa

The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

• Visual Communication and Design provides an exceptional professional degree program which combines creative development in an artistic discipline with career preparation. 
• Visual Communication and Design students demonstrate: 
  • effective skills in written, oral, and multimedia communication while articulating their ideas in an appropriate media.
  • visual information literacy skills and quantitative reasoning as a means of gaining written and visual knowledge while  drawing reliable conclusions in their chosen discipline.

• Visual Communication and Design students demonstrate:
  • effective skills in written, oral, and multimedia communication while articulating their ideas in an appropriate media.
  •  visual information literacy skills and quantitative reasoning as a means of gaining written and visual knowledge while  drawing reliable conclusions in their chosen discipline.
  • critical thinking and problem solving while also evaluating their ideas and technological competencies.
  • artistic and scholarly collaboration with continuous personal growth to the highest levels of personal integrity and professional ethics.
  • knowledge and skills based upon an understanding of historical traditions that formed one’s own and other cultures
  • a commitment to mutual respect through free and open visual inquiry and communications.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts program includes general education, art/design history, visual art, and design studio courses and offers concentrations in computer art, graphic design, and photography.

Students are eligible for admission to the B.F.A. major after (1) completing 45 credits of study with a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher and a grade of C or better in each VCD course and (2) receiving approval for admission by the faculty after a portfolio review. A student may not enroll in any course numbered 300 or above until these criteria are met.

Admission

The student must meet the requirements of IPFW. Admission to the Department of Visual Arts does not confer acceptance to the B.F.A. major. Newly admitted students are assigned to either a pre-B.F.A. or A.S. program. Later acceptance to the B.F.A. area of concentration is dependent upon satisfying the requirements of a portfolio review.