Specific Requirements for a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
- A minimum of 120 semester hours of academic college work in an approved program. The program must include 60 semester hours in the Core Curriculum.
- A minimum of 39 semester hours of work in courses numbered 3000 and above. Twenty-seven to thirty-two of these hours must be in the major field as specified by areas of concentration. Twenty-one of these hours must be taken at West Georgia. Also, 9 hours in the area of concentration must be taken at West Georgia.
- Thirty-three semester hours must be completed in residence. Twenty of these hours must be in the senior year.
- Attain a minimum institution grade point average of 2.0 and a grade point average of 2.0 in the courses used to satisfy the major field requirements.
- Satisfactorily complete Political Science 1101 and History 2111 or 2112. Exemption from history may be earned by passing appropriate tests.
- Not more than twenty-seven hours of the program may be done by extension or correspondence, nor may more than 27 hours be completed at off-campus sites.
- During the senior year, successfully present a solo exhibition of work. This exhibition must be held within the Department of Art.
- Courses of variable credit may be taken for a maximum of fifteen credits in one area of concentration.
- No independent studies or directed readings may be taken toward the fulfillment of any of the above degree requirements.
- No courses may be substituted for listed required courses.
- Admission to the Teacher Education requires a GPA of 2.7 and passage of PRAXIS I.
- Admission to the Teaching Internship requires the satisfactory completion of prerequisite education courses. Application must be made by May of the calendar year prior to the internship term.
- There is no physical education requirement, and physical education classes will not count as electives.
