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The Undergraduate Program in Drawing

The BA degree is intended for the student desiring a liberal education with a concentration in art, while the BFA provides for more professional training in the studio area. The BFA is the required undergraduate degree for admission to most Master of Fine Arts programs. See the Art Department's Undergraduate Program for more information.

Undergraduate Core Courses

ART 1050—Drawing I (3)
Basic practice in fundamentals of drawing. Various approaches to drawing problems in black and white. Studies from the human figure and still life. Expendable materials fee required.

ART 2200—Drawing II (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 1050. Emphasizes drawing the human fi gure in a variety of black and white media. Prerequisite: ART 1050. Expendable materials fee required.

ART 2210—Beginning Color Drawing (3) Theory and practice in the use of pastel working from stilllife, landscape, and portrait. Expendable materials fee required. Prerequisites: ART 1010 and 1050.

ART 3200—Drawing III (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 2200. Emphasis in basic anatomical knowledge in drawing the human figure. Expendable materials fee required. Prerequisite:
ART 2200.

ART 3210—Intermediate Color Drawing (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 2210 with emphasis on design and organization. Prerequisite: ART 2210. Expendable materials fee required.

ART 3220—Anatomical Drawing (3)
Anatomical structure of human fi gure as it relates to art. Drawing from live model; emphasis on gross anatomy as defi ned by skeletal and muscular structure. Expendable materials fee required. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and two semesters of drawing. Web: http://www.missouri.edu/~mla49/

ART 4200—Drawing IV (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 3200, with increased emphasis on expressive drawing and composition. Repeatable to 15 hours. Expendable materials fee required. Prerequisite: ART 3200.

ART 4210—Advanced Color Drawing (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 3210 with emphasis on the expressive properties of color in figural compositions. Repeatable to 15 hours. Prerequisites: ART 3210 or instructor’s consent. Expendable materials fee required

ART 4220—Advanced Anatomical Drawing (3)
Continuation of Art-Drawing 3220, Anatomical Drawing, with and emphasis on formal analysis of the fi gure in drawing based on superfi cial and deep anatomical structure. Prerequisites: ART 3200 or 3220 and graduate standing. Web: http://www.missouri.edu/~mla49/

ART 4285—Problems in Drawing (cr.arr.)
Prerequisites: departmental consent.

 

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contact: Mark Langeneckert, Director of Drawing | Department of Art | A126 Fine Arts Bldg. | Columbia, MO 65211-6090
phone: 573-882-3555 | fax: 573-884-6807 | email: langeneckertm@missouri.edu