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Integrative Studio Practice

The BFA in Integrative Studio Practice (ISP) is a professional undergraduate degree for students desiring the flexibility to pursue studies in more than one area to achieve their individual, artistic goals. Students in the program develop critical thinking skills, refine their intellectual and creative processes, and learn both traditional and contemporary aspects of artistic practice.

The ISP Program allows students to participate in a wide range of studies without the need to specify a single medium. Through careful counseling, individual goals and directions are established, and the students assisted in setting up a well-coordinated program of arts studies. The flexibility of this program enables
the student to combine studies in Ceramics, Drawing & Illustration, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Furniture Design, etc., to achieve objectives in keeping with specific goals. Opportunities following graduation are essentially the same as for students identifying with a single program.

Degree requirements

General Education

30 credits corresponding to IUPUI's Statewide Transferrable General Education Core.

Foundation Studies 

20 credits

Art History, Theory, and Criticism

15 credits distributed as follows:

  • HER-H101 History of Art I (3 cr.) (may be used to fill Arts/Humanities General Education requirement)
  • HER-H102 History of Art 2 (3 cr.) (may be used to fill Arts/Humanities General Education requirement)
  • HER-H103 Introduction to Contemporary Art (3 cr.)
  • HER-HXXX Art History electives (6 cr.)

Major Studio Requirements
Students must select two areas of concentration, designated here as "major studio" areas. Students divide their major studio courses between the two areas, typically enrolling in one course in each area each semester. Students must complete 6 credits of 400-level coursework in each of the two major studio areas, with all prerequisites for those courses.

39 credits distributed as follows

  • HER-D201 Drawing 3 (3 cr.)
  • HER-D202 Drawing 4 (3 cr.)
  • 200-level major studio (3 cr.)
  • 200-level major studio (3 cr.)
  • 300-level major studio (6 cr)
  • 300-level major studio (6 cr.)
  • 400-level major studio (6 cr.)
  • 400-level major studio (6 cr.)
  • HER-J410 Senior Capstone Requirement (3 cr.)
Studio Art Electives

21 credits

Non-Studio requirements

6 credits

Total:  125 credits

Last update: March 2016