Our Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art is offered in partnership with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts) across Huntington Avenue from our campus. In this major, your studio art classes are taken at the SMFA at Tufts, which allows students to explore a wide range of artistic media, including ceramics, drawing, film, metalsmithing, painting, performance, printing, sculpture, and sound in their extensive studio environments. Our students complete art and design history courses in our department and they have access to all the elective courses, co-op, and study-abroad programs; student resources; and activities that Northeastern University students experience.
The BFA in studio art degree is awarded by Northeastern.
Optional study abroad with University of the Arts London, based in the heart of one of the world's creative capitals, London. Students from this program will have the opportunity to spend their second spring semester in London studying fine art at Central Saint Martins.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC) and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), Differences and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through general electives.
Note: The BFA in studio art is a joint degree program offered in collaboration with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts), which is affiliated with Tufts University. Art and design history and general education requirements are offered at Northeastern University, and studio art courses, which are determined in consultation with academic advisors at the SMFA at Tufts, are targeted to each student’s unique program of study.
Art History Requirements for Studio Art
A cumulative grade-point average of 2.500 or higher is required for the art history requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art History Required Courses | ||
| ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | Visual Intelligence and Seminar in Visual Intelligence | 4 |
| ARTH 3000 | Topics in Visual Studies | 4 |
| ARTH 4000 | Topics in Visual Studies | 4 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art and Design History Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following (if ARTH 3000 or ARTH 4000—or any other topics course in the options listed below—is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the art and design history electives): | ||
| Buildings and Cities, A Global History | ||
| Architecture and the City in the Nineteenth Century | ||
| Modern Architecture | ||
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Art and Design Abroad: Studio | ||
| Art and Design Abroad: History | ||
| Art and Design Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics in Art and Design Studio | ||
| Interactive Media and Society | ||
| The Science of Art, the Art of Science | ||
| Topics in Design History | ||
| Modern Art and Design History | ||
| Contemporary Art and Design History | ||
| Survey of the Still and Moving Image | ||
| Topics in Visual Studies | ||
| Topics in Visual Studies | ||
| Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism | ||
| Special Topics in Art and Design History | ||
| Latin American Film | ||
| Japanese Film | ||
| Economics of the Creative Industries | ||
| Games and Society | ||
| Media, Culture, and Society | ||
| Advertising and Promotional Culture | ||
| American Film and Culture | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
| Popular Music as Media Form | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Film Music | ||
Studio Art Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Art | ||
| Specific courses are targeted to each student’s unique program of study, which is determined in consultation with an academic advisor at SMFA at Tufts and CAMD. Optional credits for London study abroad or SMFA at Tufts. These courses generally have the following course number: | 68 | |
| Museum of Fine Arts Studio (4 to 12 SH) | ||
Optional London study abroad for fine art at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Complete the following: | ||
| Studio Practice and Exhibition | ||
| Critical Disclosures | ||
| Studio Practice, Cross-Pathway, and External Projects | ||
| Senior Thesis Capstone | ||
| Senior thesis is a self-directed studio practice and exhibition under consultation of senior thesis faculty at SMFA at Tufts. These courses are generally in the SMFA subject area. Complete 8 semester hours of capstone or consult with an advisor. | 8 | |
| Museum of Fine Arts Capstone | ||
Studio Art Major Credit Requirement
Complete 96 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
136 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops Plan of Study
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTF 1000 | 1 | SMFA 3000 | 10 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | 0 |
| ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SMFA 3000 | 10 | Art history elective 2 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTH 3000 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| SMFA 3000 | 10 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| SMFA 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2010 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTH 4000 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| SMFA 3000 | 10 | ENGW 3314 (Online) | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SMFA 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| SMFA 3000 | 10 | SMFA 3000 | 10 | ||||
| SMFA 4000 | 4 | SMFA 4000 | 4 | ||||
| Art history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 138 | |||||||
Notes:
Optional study abroad with University of the Arts London, based in the heart of one of the world's creative capitals, London. Students from this program will have the opportunity to spend their second spring semester in London studying fine art at Central Saint Martins.