The AFA in Fine Arts curriculum at Ivy Tech is valid in the following locations:
Bloomington - Indianapolis
College-wide curricula of record
Ivy Tech curriculum details
- Agreement applies to students who graduate with the following associate degree from Ivy Tech 2016 and after.
- Students must submit a complete application for admission to Herron School of Art and Design. This includes an admission portfolio.
Symbol Key
^ = Capstone Course
A = Required for Statewide Transfer General Education Core (STGEC) Certificate
Your first two years at Ivy Tech
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| A | ARTH 101 | Survey of Art and Culture I | 3 |
| ARTS 100 | Life and Object Drawing I | 3 | |
| ARTS 102 | Color and Design Theory I | 3 | |
| ARTS 103 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 | |
| A | ENGL 111 | English Composition | 3 |
| IVYT 111 | Student Success in University Transfer | 1 | |
| Semester total: 16 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 | ||
| Survey of Art and Culture II | 3 | ||
| ARTS 101 | Life and Object Drawing II | 3 | |
| ARTS 206 | Materials And Processes | 3 | |
| A | SOCI 111 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective | 3 | ||
| Semester |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| ARTS 200 | Intermediate Drawing I | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Elective | 3 | |
| ARTS 204 | Exploration of Women in Art | 3 | |
| ARTS 2XX | Studio Elective | 3 | |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 | |
| A | MATH 135 | Finite Math or Higher | 3 |
| Semester total: 18 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| ARTS 231 | Painting I | 3 | |
| ^ | ARTS 250 | Fine Arts Portfolio | 3 |
| ARTS 2XX | Studio Elective | 3 | |
| A | PHIL 102 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| Semester total: 12 | |||
| Total hours: 64 |
IUPUI curriculum details
- Students will need a minimum of 62 credit hours at IUPUI to earn the BFA.
- The Women in Art course will transfer either directly as Herron’s Women in Art course or as HER-H 203, a variable topics art history course at Herron, depending on IUPUI’s Policy regarding transfer equivalency between 200- and 300-level courses. If the course transfers as HER-H 203, students should not take HER-H 340 as an art history elective at Herron.
- A portfolio is required for admission to Herron BFA degree programs. A mid-level portfolio review is required during the junior year. Senior thesis or capstone that includes exhibition is required in the senior year, typically within a studio course in the major area.
- BFA requires 125 credits, of which 76 must be studio course credits, of which 30 must be in the major. Actual remaining requirements for studio electives and major studio courses will depend on the student’s choices of studio electives at Ivy Tech and whether those courses fall into the major or studio elective category for the student’s BFA major at Herron.
Your last two years at IUPUI
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| HER H103 | Intro to Contemporary Art | 3 | |
| ENG L105 or L115 | Eng Lit | 3 | |
| HER Hxxx | Art History Elective | 3 | |
| HER D202 | Drawing IV | 3 | If required for chosen major and not taken at Ivy Tech. |
| HER | Studio Electives | 15-18 | Varies according to the status of Drawing IV. |
| HER | Studio courses In major | 27-30 | May be more or fewer according to major. |
| HER F299 | Integrated Studio for Transfers | 3 | |
| HER J410 | A Critical Approach to Art | 3 | |
| XXX | Open Elective (any course} | 3 | |
| Total Hours: 63 |