These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2023-2024. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2023 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking may be conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 126 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00. All Printmaking majors must complete the BFA curriculum and General Education requirements.

  • Students must earn a C- or better in either ART 2701 or ART 2702 and one of the introductory printmaking courses (ART 2704, ART 2705/ART 2706, ART 2707) to enter the Printmaking major.
  • The required Junior/Senior studio courses and ART 3796 Art Career Workshop (capstone) must be completed with a C- or better to fulfill major requirements. 

Major Requirements for BFA in Printmaking

Sophomore Prerequisites
Select one Survey of Printmaking course from the following:3
ART 2701
Survey of Lithography and Serigraphy
ART 2702
Survey of Etching and Relief
Select one introductory Printmaking course from the following:3
ART 2704
Serigraphy 1
ART 2705
Etching 2
or ART 2706
Intaglio Printmaking
ART 2707
Lithography 3
Junior and Senior Requirements
Select two of the following (not taken as sophomore prerequisite):6
ART 2704
Serigraphy 1
ART 2705
Etching 2
or ART 2706
Intaglio Printmaking
ART 2707
Lithography 3
Select two Advanced Printmaking courses from the following:6
ART 3704
Advanced Serigraphy (fall only)
ART 3705
Advanced Etching (fall only)
ART 3706
Advanced Lithography (spring only)
Select three Specialized Printmaking courses from the following:9
ART 3701
Printmaking Workshop (Intermedia, fall only)
ART 3702
Relief and Monoprint Workshop (spring only)
ART 3703
Color Print Workshop (Intermedia, spring only)
ART 4602
Senior Projects Workshop/Seminar (spring only)
ART 3796Art Career Workshop (WI, Capstone)3
1

Prerequisite for ART 3704.

2

Prerequisite for ART 3705.

3

Prerequisite for ART 3706.