The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is awarded upon completion of 120 credits, as designated by the program. A maximum of 60 credits can be transferred. Students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average and fulfill all requirements in a timely manner.
Note: This curriculum applies to students who enter Parsons as first-year students in fall 2013 and later. Current students who entered Parsons in a prior academic year and incoming/prospective transfer students with sophomore or junior standing should refer to the Parsons Catalog appropriate to their catalog year. Please see Academic Policies for more details.
| First Year | F | S |
|---|---|---|
| PUFY 1000 Integrative Studio 1 | 3 | - |
| PUFY 1010 Integrative Seminar 1 | 3 | - |
| PUFY 1100 Sustainable Systems* | 3 | - |
| PUFY 1020 Space/Materiality** | 3 | - |
| PUFY 1030 Drawing/Imaging** | 3 | - |
| PUFY 1040 Time** | - | 3 |
| PUFY 1001 Integrative Studio 2 | - | 3 |
| PUFY 1011 Integrative Seminar 2 | - | 3 |
| PLHT 1000 Objects as History* | - | 3 |
| Program Elective |
- | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | |
| Sophomore Year | F | S |
|---|---|---|
| PUCD 2025 Core Studio: Type | 4 | - |
| PUCD 2026 Core Lab: Type | 2 | - |
| PUDT 2035 Creative Computing | 3 | - |
| PLVS 2025 History of Graphic Design | 3 | - |
| Program Elective |
3 | - |
| PUCD 2000 Core Studio: Interaction | - | 4 |
| PUDT 2100 Core Lab: Interaction | - | 2 |
| Time-Based Elective |
- | 3 |
| ULEC University Lecture Elective |
- | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective |
- | 3 |
| 15 | 15 |
| Senior Year | F | S |
|---|---|---|
| ADHT Pre-Capstone Students will choose from of a range of courses designed to prepare them for their capstone experience. These will stress a reciprocal relationship between independent work and class time, practice and theory, which will enable them to reflect critically on art, design and visual practices as they relate to issues of sustainability, politics, and social justice. This is an upper-level methodology, research, and writing class that continues to refine the skills and thought processes students have acquired as they progress through Parsons: presentation skills, writing skills, self and peer reflection and assessment skills, executive skills, research skills and systems thinking. |
3 | - |
| PUCD 4205 Thesis 1 | 6 | - |
| Program Electives |
3 | 6 |
| Liberal Arts Electives |
3 | 3 |
| PUCD 4210 Thesis 2 | - | 6 |
| 15 | 15 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 120 |
* Objects as History and Sustainable Systems may be taken in any sequence, one in the fall semester and one in the spring.
** The three first-year studio courses—Drawing/Imaging, Space/Materiality, and Time—may be taken in any sequence, two in the fall semester and one in the spring.
