The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Program is a four-year degree program that can be taken by UPCAT passers, shiftees from other UP Units, and qualifying transferee students from outside the University.
The different BFA Program offerings are designed to hone the artistic and design skills specific to the fields of practice, culminating in the development of individual thesis outputs.
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BFA VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Industrial Design explores the study of techniques, processes, theories and concepts needed in the design and development of products and systems. As a discipline that takes into account aesthetics, functionality, manufacturability, and marketability, Industrial Design can be described as the intersection where art, science and technology, and marketing meet. ID students are innovators who work with limitations and challenges, mindful of the environment, and design’s role in society.
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BFA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Industrial Design explores the study of techniques, processes, theories and concepts needed in the design and development of products and systems. As a discipline that takes into account aesthetics, functionality, manufacturability, and marketability, Industrial Design can be described as the intersection where art, science and technology, and marketing meet. ID students are innovators who work with limitations and challenges, mindful of the environment, and design’s role in society.
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BFA PAINTING
BFA Painting is a four-year baccalaureate program geared towards developing artists that possess high-level competencies in the practice of painting in the expanded field, reflective of a high level of formal excellence, humanity, and social responsibility.
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BFA ART HISTORY
The Art History program is focused on the study of the concepts and processes in the visual arts through the ages. The work of art is contextualized within its historical and aesthetic framework. Studio training provides the student technical knowledge of the artist’s tools and materials. Research documentation and critical analysis are the focus of the program.
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BFA ART EDUCATION
The Art Education program is directed towards the training of artist-teachers for the elementary and secondary levels. Studio work in the visual arts complemented by courses in education provide the student with a wide understanding of the creative process. The context upon which the curriculum is structured is the relation of the arts to cognitive and technical interest in teaching position.