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
- B.F.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 50.0702
- Total credits (published)
- 61
- Credits (computed from items)
- 181
- Catalog edition
- 2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 230737
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_230737_1b14234b
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Program Requirements
0 items
Art and Design Requirements
1 item
- Complete the requirementsNot resolved to a course61
Emphasis Requirements
5 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Emphasis Elective Requirements:
electives · 18 items
- Take ONE of the following classes:Not resolved to a course3
- As published: “Arts Management (3)”3
- As published: “Art Theory and Criticism (3)”3
- As published: “History of Contemporary Art (3)”3
- As published: “Renaissance Art History (3)”3
- As published: “Southern Baroque Art History (3)”3
- As published: “Nineteenth-Century Art History (3)”3
- As published: “Modern Art and Architecture History (3)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Art and Design Internship (1-6)”2
- Complete any ART/ARTH courses not already used (6 credits must be upper division).Not resolved to a course15
Core Requirements
major core · 0 items
General Education Requirements
general education · 11 items
- or: ENGL 1005 Foundations of Academic Writing3
- 3
- Complete one of the following: (Note: A higher level MATH course may substitute for this requirement)Not resolved to a course3
- As published: “Quantitative Reasoning (3) (recommended for Humanities or Arts majors)”3
- As published: “Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra (6)”6
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course3
- HIST 2700& HIST 2710US History to 1877and US History since 1877 (6)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “American History (3)”3
- As published: “US Economic History (3)”3
- As published: “American Heritage (3)”3
- As published: “American National Government (3)”3
Distribution Courses:
5 items
- BiologyNot resolved to a course3
- Physical ScienceNot resolved to a course3
- Personal, Professional, and Civic GrowthNot resolved to a course3
- HumanitiesNot resolved to a course3
- Social/Behavioral ScienceNot resolved to a course3
Discipline Core Requirements Courses taken to fulfill individual program emphases will not also count toward the Discipline Core Requirements (credit will not count twice)
major core · 15 items
- 3
- 3
- Complete 9 credits from the following list (please note: ART 1210 is required for Illustration BFA degrees, ART 1110 is required for Painting/Drawing BFA degrees, ART 1400 is required for Graphic Design and Illustration BFA degrees, ART 1750 is required for Photography BFA degrees):Not resolved to a course9
- 3
- As published: “Observational Drawing (3)”3
- As published: “Ceramics I (3)”3
- As published: “Graphic Computer Applications (3)”3
- As published: “Graphic Design I (3)”3
- As published: “Intro to Digital Imaging (3)”3
- As published: “Painting I (3)”3
- As published: “Art and Design Lecture Series (1) (Must be taken 2 times)”2
- 3
- 3
- As published: “BFA Project (3) (Must be taken in two consecutive semesters)”6
- Complete any course 1000+Not resolved to a course5
Source. Utah Valley University, catalog 2026 — https://catalog.uvu.edu/arts/art-design/art-design-bfa-photography-emphasis/. Captured page pages/0053.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.