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Program checklist · BFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA

Suffolk University · Boston, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BFA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
50.1101
Credits (computed from items)
208-217
Catalog edition
2025-2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168005
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168005_c0621af5
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

48 items
  1. Associate of Arts, AA
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Associate of Science, AS
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Associate of Science in Paralegal Studies, ASPS
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Bachelor of Arts, BA
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Bachelor of General Studies, BGS
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Bachelor of Science, BS
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Foundation Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Art History
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Arts Administration
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Asian Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  12. Black Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  13. CAS Honors Community Scholars
    Not resolved to a course
  14. CAS Self-Designed Major
    Not resolved to a course
  15. Computer Science
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Criminal Justice
    Not resolved to a course
  17. Environmental Science
    Not resolved to a course
  18. Environmental Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  19. Forensic Science
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Global and Cultural Communication
    Not resolved to a course
  21. Global Cultural Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  22. Graphic Design
    Not resolved to a course
  23. History and Literature Honors
    Not resolved to a course
  24. Interior Design
    Not resolved to a course
  25. International Relations
    Not resolved to a course
  26. Media and Film
    Not resolved to a course
  27. Paralegal Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  28. Political Science
    Not resolved to a course
  29. Politics, Philosophy and Economics
    Not resolved to a course
  30. Public Relations
    Not resolved to a course
  31. Radiation Science and Therapy
    Not resolved to a course
  32. Religious Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  33. Restorative Justice Practices
    Not resolved to a course
  34. Social Media
    Not resolved to a course
  35. Studio Art
    Not resolved to a course
  36. Women's and Gender Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  37. Youth and Community Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  38. College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs
    Not resolved to a course
  39. Sawyer Business School Undergraduate Programs
    Not resolved to a course
  40. Sawyer Business School Graduate Programs
    Not resolved to a course
  41. Dual Degree Graduate Programs
    Not resolved to a course
  42. INTO Suffolk Programs
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  43. Catalog Links
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  44. Catalog Home
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  45. Site Map
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  46. All Catalogs
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  47. Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA
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  48. All BFA degree programs require the successful completion of the following:
    Not resolved to a course

Core Requirements: 13-15 courses, 49-58 credits

313 items
  1. Minimum Total Credits Required for Degree Conferral: 124 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    124
  2. First-Year Experience
    Not resolved to a course
  3. First-Year Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
  4. First-Year Writing
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Creativity and Innovation
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Social, Cultural, and Global Perspectives
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Science, Technology, and Engineering
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Studies in Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Ethical and Philosophical Inquiry
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Human Behavior and Societies
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Social and Intellectual History-Visual and Performing Arts Theory and History
    Not resolved to a course
  12. First-Year Experience: 2 courses, 6 credit
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  13. Students must attend expanded advising sessions and community meetings in addition to the following courses:
    Not resolved to a course
  14. Choose one of the following:
    Not resolved to a course
  15. Creativity and Innovation: Integrated Studio I
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Digital Orthographics
    Not resolved to a course
  17. First-Year Seminar: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  18. Choose one First-Year Seminar course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  19. Fixing the World- Energy and Water: The Science of Solutions
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Enlightened Insanity
    Not resolved to a course
  21. The Boston Theatre Scene: the Inside Experience
    Not resolved to a course
  22. The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
    Not resolved to a course
  23. Getting Over It: Dealing With the Aftermath of Group Conflict/Mass Atrocity
    Not resolved to a course
  24. The Mask Behind the Face
    Not resolved to a course
  25. Tragedy and Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  26. Sacred Hoops and Sneaker Pimps: Understanding the American Hoop Dream
    Not resolved to a course
  27. Heroes, Antiheroes and Outsiders: Reading the Graphic Novel
    Not resolved to a course
  28. Politics, Power and the Media
    Not resolved to a course
  29. American Gothic: Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O'Connor and Annie Proulx
    Not resolved to a course
  30. Film Adaptation
    Not resolved to a course
  31. Beacon Hill: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy
    Not resolved to a course
  32. The Meaning of Life
    Not resolved to a course
  33. Classical Civilizations: Pathways to Wisdom
    Not resolved to a course
  34. In the First-Person: Storytelling in the 21st Century
    Not resolved to a course
  35. Brave New Worlds
    Not resolved to a course
  36. The Playwright and the Stage
    Not resolved to a course
  37. Space Missions: From Moon to Mars and Beyond
    Not resolved to a course
  38. History of Boston
    Not resolved to a course
  39. Cinema-Monde: Global Challenges on Film
    Not resolved to a course
  40. Fantasy Fiction: Imaginary Worlds
    Not resolved to a course
  41. Immortality: Real and Imagined
    Not resolved to a course
  42. The United States Mexican Border
    Not resolved to a course
  43. Understanding the Vast Sweep of Chinese Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  44. What Is a Fact?
    Not resolved to a course
  45. Writing Stories of Self in Society
    Not resolved to a course
  46. Nasty Women in American Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  47. Mad Criminals
    Not resolved to a course
  48. Curators, Collections and Exhibits
    Not resolved to a course
  49. Socially-Conscious Storytellers in a Political World
    Not resolved to a course
  50. The Psychology of Nutrition
    Not resolved to a course
  51. Urban and Contemporary Art
    Not resolved to a course
  52. Black Lives Matter: Past, Present, Future
    Not resolved to a course
  53. Writing Your Future: Genes and Gene Editing
    Not resolved to a course
  54. Dark Ecologies
    Not resolved to a course
  55. Power: What Is How to Get It
    Not resolved to a course
  56. Understanding Global Public Policy
    Not resolved to a course
  57. Human Rights in the 21st Century
    Not resolved to a course
  58. The History of Rap, Hip Hop and Popular Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  59. True Crime
    Not resolved to a course
  60. Death, Dying, & Grieving in America (settlement to 1870)
    Not resolved to a course
  61. Quantum Reality, Information, and Computing
    Not resolved to a course
  62. Sinatra: Voice of the 20th Century
    Not resolved to a course
  63. Our Plastic Problem
    Not resolved to a course
  64. Generals, Explorers, and Smokejumpers: Disaster Leadership
    Not resolved to a course
  65. The Age of Renaissance and Reformation
    Not resolved to a course
  66. Diversity and Inclusion: a View From the Arts and Media
    Not resolved to a course
  67. Sustainable Development
    Not resolved to a course
  68. American Popular Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  69. Social Meanings of Money
    Not resolved to a course
  70. Video Games As Expressive Art
    Not resolved to a course
  71. Data Visualization: Seeing Is Believing
    Not resolved to a course
  72. Boston in Film and Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  73. Socialism v. Capitalism
    Not resolved to a course
  74. I Fought the Law and I Won: Debating 21st Century Civil Rights in the Law
    Not resolved to a course
  75. Boston and Book History
    Not resolved to a course
  76. Philosophy in the City
    Not resolved to a course
  77. Gender and Media: Taylor Swift
    Not resolved to a course
  78. Students in the CAS Honors Program should choose one First-Year Seminar course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  79. Honors Enlightened Insanity
    Not resolved to a course
  80. Honors The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
    Not resolved to a course
  81. Honors Heroes, Antiheroes and Outsiders: Reading the Graphic Novel
    Not resolved to a course
  82. Honors American Gothic
    Not resolved to a course
  83. Honors The Meaning of Life
    Not resolved to a course
  84. Honors Brave New Worlds
    Not resolved to a course
  85. Honors Fantasy Fiction: Imaginary Worlds
    Not resolved to a course
  86. Honors Nasty Women in American Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  87. Honors Mad Criminals
    Not resolved to a course
  88. Honors Curators, Collections and Exhibits
    Not resolved to a course
  89. Honors Attention in the Age of Distraction
    Not resolved to a course
  90. Honors Human Rights in the 21st Century
    Not resolved to a course
  91. Honors Our Plastic Problem
    Not resolved to a course
  92. Honors Data Visualization: Seeing is Believing
    Not resolved to a course
  93. Honors Boston in Film and Literature
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  94. Honors Boston and Book History
    Not resolved to a course
  95. First-Year Writing: 1-3 courses, 4-12 credits
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    4-12
  96. Students must complete one of the following tracks:
    Not resolved to a course
  97. Track 1: 2 courses, 8 credits
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    8
  98. First-Year Writing I
    Not resolved to a course
  99. First-Year Writing II
    Not resolved to a course
  100. Track 2: 3 courses, 12 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  101. First-Year Writing I
    Not resolved to a course
  102. First-Year Writing II
    Not resolved to a course
  103. Track 3: 3 courses, 12 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  104. Developmental Writing I
    Not resolved to a course
  105. First-Year Writing I
    Not resolved to a course
  106. First-Year Writing II
    Not resolved to a course
  107. Track 4: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  108. Honors Advanced First-Year Writing
    Not resolved to a course
  109. Creativity and Innovation: 1 course, 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  110. Creativity and Innovation: Integrated Studio I
    Not resolved to a course
  111. Creativity and Innovation: Integrated Studio II
    Not resolved to a course
  112. Math: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  113. Choose one Math course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  114. Math for the Modern World
    Not resolved to a course
  115. Topics in Finite Mathematics
    Not resolved to a course
  116. Calculus for Management and Social Sciences
    Not resolved to a course
  117. Calculus I
    Not resolved to a course
  118. Calculus II
    Not resolved to a course
  119. Social, Cultural, and Global Perspectives: 1 course, 3-4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    3-4
  120. Choose one SCGP course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  121. Gay and Lesbian Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  122. Arts of Asia
    Not resolved to a course
  123. Global Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Art
    Not resolved to a course
  124. Women, Art and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  125. Introduction to Asian Studies: Culture, People, Ideas
    Not resolved to a course
  126. Global Business Ethics
    Not resolved to a course
  127. Introduction to Black Studies I: Survey of the Discipline
    Not resolved to a course
  128. Introduction to Black Studies II Research and Writing
    Not resolved to a course
  129. West African History Through Film and Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  130. The History of Panafricanism
    Not resolved to a course
  131. Intercultural Communication
    Not resolved to a course
  132. World Cinema
    Not resolved to a course
  133. Gender, Sexuality, and Communication
    Not resolved to a course
  134. Asian Popular Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  135. Documentary Film and the Image of Conflict in the Middle East
    Not resolved to a course
  136. Women and Crime
    Not resolved to a course
  137. Foundations of Reading and Writing II
    Not resolved to a course
  138. Great Books of the World I
    Not resolved to a course
  139. World Literature in English
    Not resolved to a course
  140. Latinx Literature Today
    Not resolved to a course
  141. Tactical Rhetoric: Advocacy & Activism, Propaganda & Power
    Not resolved to a course
  142. African-American Nonfiction
    Not resolved to a course
  143. African-American Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  144. Green and Sustainable Business
    Not resolved to a course
  145. Business French in a Communicative Context
    Not resolved to a course
  146. Introduction to Asian Studies: Culture, People, Ideas
    Not resolved to a course
  147. Cultures and Social Transformations in Asia
    Not resolved to a course
  148. Public History in Practice
    Not resolved to a course
  149. Narrating the Past With Digital History
    Not resolved to a course
  150. Modern East Asia
    Not resolved to a course
  151. History of the Mediterranean
    Not resolved to a course
  152. Building Urban America: City Design and Architecture From 1700-1880
    Not resolved to a course
  153. History of Islam
    Not resolved to a course
  154. History of Modern Europe, 1650-1945
    Not resolved to a course
  155. U.S. Women's History Colonial to 1865
    Not resolved to a course
  156. The Early American Republic: Politics and Culture in the New Nation
    Not resolved to a course
  157. Monumental Women: Female Public Space
    Not resolved to a course
  158. Domestic Violence, Abuse and Neglect
    Not resolved to a course
  159. Social Change
    Not resolved to a course
  160. Honors Social Change
    Not resolved to a course
  161. Ethics and Civic Life
    Not resolved to a course
  162. Feminist Philosophy
    Not resolved to a course
  163. Philosophy of Race and Gender
    Not resolved to a course
  164. Women in Spirituality
    Not resolved to a course
  165. Chinese Philosophy
    Not resolved to a course
  166. Latin American Philosophy
    Not resolved to a course
  167. Evolution of the Global System
    Not resolved to a course
  168. Politics and Religion
    Not resolved to a course
  169. Global Politics of Sport
    Not resolved to a course
  170. Comparative Social Movements
    Not resolved to a course
  171. Organizational Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  172. Introduction to World Religions: Western Traditions
    Not resolved to a course
  173. Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions
    Not resolved to a course
  174. Global Travel Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
  175. Sacred Hoops and Sneaker Pimps: Understanding the American Hoop Dream
    Not resolved to a course
  176. Cinema-Monde: Global Challenges on Film
    Not resolved to a course
  177. Introduction to International Business
    Not resolved to a course
  178. Cultural Diversity
    Not resolved to a course
  179. Native Women's Health
    Not resolved to a course
  180. Sociology of Globalization
    Not resolved to a course
  181. Intermediate Spanish II
    Not resolved to a course
  182. Advanced Composition and Conversation
    Not resolved to a course
  183. Intro to Cultural Texts
    Not resolved to a course
  184. Spanish for the Professions
    Not resolved to a course
  185. From Oedipus to Hamilton: Shaping Society Through Theatre
    Not resolved to a course
  186. Broadway Musicals
    Not resolved to a course
  187. Introduction to Theatre: Contemporary American
    Not resolved to a course
  188. Women, History, and Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  189. Women, Science, and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  190. Introduction to Gender Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  191. From Prophetess to Poetess: African Women Since 1800
    Not resolved to a course
  192. Global Women's Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
  193. Queer Narratives
    Not resolved to a course
  194. Re-Imagine the World: Transnational Feminism in Film
    Not resolved to a course
  195. Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE): 2 courses and corresponding laboratories where applicable, 8 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    8
  196. Humans and the Evolutionary Perspective
    Not resolved to a course
  197. Introduction to the Cell
    Not resolved to a course
  198. Introduction to the Cell Laboratory
    Not resolved to a course
  199. Organismal Biology
    Not resolved to a course
  200. Organismal Biology Laboratory
    Not resolved to a course
  201. Biology's Big Questions
    Not resolved to a course
  202. General Chemistry I
    Not resolved to a course
  203. Computer Science:
    Not resolved to a course
  204. Ants, Rumors and Gridlocks
    Not resolved to a course
  205. Environmental Science:
    Not resolved to a course
  206. Coastal Geology
    Not resolved to a course
  207. College Physics I
    Not resolved to a course
  208. College Physics Lab I
    Not resolved to a course
  209. University Physics I
    Not resolved to a course
  210. University Physics Lab I
    Not resolved to a course
  211. University Physics II
    Not resolved to a course
  212. University Physics Lab II
    Not resolved to a course
  213. Introduction to Forensic Biology
    Not resolved to a course
  214. Introduction to Forensic Biology Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  215. Introduction to Forensic Chemistry
    Not resolved to a course
  216. Introduction to Forensic Chemistry Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  217. Environmental Science
    Not resolved to a course
  218. Environmental Science Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  219. Food Chemistry
    Not resolved to a course
  220. Introduction to Cancer Care
    Not resolved to a course
  221. Honors Introduction to Cancer Care
    Not resolved to a course
  222. Service Learning-Introduction to Community Cancer Care
    Not resolved to a course
  223. Service Learning-Honors Introduction to Community Cancer Care
    Not resolved to a course
  224. Introduction to Astronomy
    Not resolved to a course
  225. Introduction to Astronomy Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  226. Structure of the Universe
    Not resolved to a course
  227. Structure of the Universe Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  228. Everyday Chemistry
    Not resolved to a course
  229. Inner Workings of the Physical Universe
    Not resolved to a course
  230. The Built World: How Humans Engineer Environments
    Not resolved to a course
  231. The Built World: How Humans Engineer Environments- Honors
    Not resolved to a course
  232. Science and Life in the 21st Century
    Not resolved to a course
  233. Contemporary Science and Innovation
    Not resolved to a course
  234. Physics for Future Presidents
    Not resolved to a course
  235. Measuring the World
    Not resolved to a course
  236. Studies in Literature: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  237. Choose one Studies in Literature course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  238. Ireland to America (and Back Again): Irish and Irish-American Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  239. Introduction to Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  240. World Literature in English
    Not resolved to a course
  241. Studies in British Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  242. Studies in American Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  243. Horror Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
  244. Literature of War
    Not resolved to a course
  245. Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation
    Not resolved to a course
  246. Young Adult Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  247. Immigrant Stories
    Not resolved to a course
  248. Rebels and Renegades in American Women's Writing
    Not resolved to a course
  249. School Stories: Narratives of Power and Class
    Not resolved to a course
  250. Shakespeare From Stage to Screen
    Not resolved to a course
  251. Latinx Literature Today
    Not resolved to a course
  252. Sports and Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  253. English Literature I
    Not resolved to a course
  254. English Literature II
    Not resolved to a course
  255. American Literature I
    Not resolved to a course
  256. American Literature II
    Not resolved to a course
  257. Sex and Power in the Middle Ages
    Not resolved to a course
  258. Medieval Monsters, Monks, and Maidens
    Not resolved to a course
  259. Classical Mythology
    Not resolved to a course
  260. 20th Century Female Gothic
    Not resolved to a course
  261. Honors 20th Century Female Gothic
    Not resolved to a course
  262. Jane Austen
    Not resolved to a course
  263. African-American Nonfiction
    Not resolved to a course
  264. Whitman and Dickinson
    Not resolved to a course
  265. Women Writing the American West
    Not resolved to a course
  266. Contemporary American Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
  267. Women in Classical Antiquity
    Not resolved to a course
  268. Literature of the Vietnam War and the Post 9/11 Wars
    Not resolved to a course
  269. Philosophy and Literature: Feodor Dostoevsky and the Great Philosophical Novel
    Not resolved to a course
  270. Latin American Theater and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  271. Heroines, Hotties and Hubris: Adolescent Girl's Books
    Not resolved to a course
  272. Feminist Literature
    Not resolved to a course
  273. Global Women's Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
  274. Ethical and Philosophical Inquiry: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  275. Choose one Ethics course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  276. Global Ethics
    Not resolved to a course
  277. Ethics and Civic Life
    Not resolved to a course
  278. Social Ethics: The Good Life
    Not resolved to a course
  279. Contemporary Moral Issues
    Not resolved to a course
  280. Human Behavior and Societies: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  281. Choose one Human Behavior and Societies course from those listed below:
    Not resolved to a course
  282. Advertising and Public Relations:
    Not resolved to a course
  283. Media and Pop Culture
    Not resolved to a course
  284. Introduction to Media
    Not resolved to a course
  285. Social Identity and Intergroup Relations
    Not resolved to a course
  286. Applied Microeconomics
    Not resolved to a course
  287. Global Macroeconomics
    Not resolved to a course
  288. Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems
    Not resolved to a course
  289. Environmental Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  290. Political Science:
    Not resolved to a course
  291. Introduction to American Politics
    Not resolved to a course
  292. Evolution of the Global System
    Not resolved to a course
  293. General Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  294. Introduction to Lifespan Development
    Not resolved to a course
  295. Introduction to Sociology
    Not resolved to a course
  296. Social Justice
    Not resolved to a course
  297. Environment and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  298. Women's and Gender Studies:
    Not resolved to a course
  299. Women, Science, and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  300. Social and Intellectual History/Visual and Performing Arts Theory and History: 1 course, 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  301. Women, Art and Society
    Not resolved to a course
  302. The History of Panafricanism
    Not resolved to a course
  303. Visual and Global Contexts
    Not resolved to a course
  304. Shakespeare From Stage to Screen
    Not resolved to a course
  305. Getting Started With Oral History
    Not resolved to a course
  306. The History of Black Music in America
    Not resolved to a course
  307. An Enduring Conflict: the American Civil War
    Not resolved to a course
  308. Law, Literature & History
    Not resolved to a course
  309. Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
    Not resolved to a course
  310. Modern Political Theory
    Not resolved to a course
  311. From Oedipus to Hamilton: Shaping Society Through Theatre
    Not resolved to a course
  312. Introduction to Theatre: Prehistory to Melodrama
    Not resolved to a course
  313. From Prophetess to Poetess: African Women Since 1800
    Not resolved to a course
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