BFA.SCULP.120 - BFA: Sculpture (120)
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The following curriculum is applicable to students entering RISD as first-year students in Fall 2024. Transfer students follow the 126-credit curriculum.
2024 - 2025 | Curriculum | 4-year program
In Sculpture, the major studio course sequence forms the backbone of your student experience. During your sophomore year you focus on building basic skills, working across wood, metal, casting, performance, installation and video, while also learning about the histories of these skills.
Junior year emphasizes personal artistic voice and a deepening of skill acquisition. Through a range of studio electives and seminars covering contemporary sculpture issues, you develop command over conceptual and formal concerns and build skills on a project-by-project basis. Finally in senior year, you incorporate skills, literacies and expertise into a final degree project that you’ll include in a public group exhibition on campus.
Degree Requirements
FIRST-YEAR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | Studio Elective | 3 | 15 | |||
SOPHOMORE | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
SCULP 4745 - Sophomore Sculpture: Studio I | 6 | Optional | SCULP 4746 - Sophomore Sculpture: Studio II | 6 | ||
SCULP 4781 - Sculptural Practices I | 3 | SCULP 4782 - Sculptural Practices II | 3 | |||
SCULP 4783 - Sculpture Seminar I: Methods, Materials, Makers | 3 | Liberal Arts | 3 | |||
Liberal Arts | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 15 | 12 | ||||
JUNIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
SCULP 4721 - Junior Sculpture: Studio I | 3 | Optional | SCULP 4739 - Junior Sculpture: Studio II | 3 | ||
SCULP 4785 - Research Studio II: Community, Site, and Ethics | 3 | SCULP 4786 - Sculpture Seminar II: Visual and Critical Literacies (SEI) | 3 | |||
Sculpture Studio Elective | 3 | Sculpture Studio Elective | 3 | |||
Liberal Arts | 6 | Liberal Arts | 3 | |||
Total Credits | 15 | 12 | ||||
SENIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
SCULP 4717 - Senior Sculpture: Studio I | 3 | Optional | SCULP 4798 - Sculpture Degree Project | 6 | ||
SCULP 4787 - Senior Seminar: Pro Practices | 3 | Liberal Arts | 6 | |||
Liberal Arts | 6 | |||||
Total Credits | 12 | 12 | ||||
Total Program Credits: 120
Notes:
Sculpture Studio Elective: In consultation with your Academic Advisor, students choose from a suite of electives that support their emerging studio practices.
Optional Open Elective: In consultation with your Academic Advisor, Seniors in Sculpture may choose a studio elective that augments or compliments their on-going work toward their thesis presentation in the Spring semester. Students who choose to take Open Elective in the Fall of the Senior year will graduate with 129 credits.