Bachelor of Fine Arts

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the studio intensive professional path for art majors.

Creative Mastery

The 15 credit concentration in your chosen medium which is the core of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program will take your artistic practice to a new level. Work closely with your faculty BFA committee for a year or more after the Midway Art Portfolio Review (MAPR). Refine your creative viewpoint and the craftsmanship which brings it to life.

Flor Widmar, Bachelor of Fine Arts 2015

Photos of Flor’s BFA exhibition Devoción de Abuela (Devotion to my Grandmother) > on Flickr

Your Solo BFA Exhibition

A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree will allow you to build a coherent body of work around your best ideas. Fill a gallery space. Figure out how to place each piece to enhance its impact and illuminate its relationships. Create an announcement card. Talk about your work and find out how your audience sees it at your artist talk. It’s a great experience to have under your belt!

Although art students in most Bachelor of Fine Arts programs exhibit at a group show, at SNU each candidate has their own show in one of the college’s dedicated gallery spaces.

SNU BFA Exhibitions on Flickr

Collyn Aubrey | In the Waiting Line >

Jessica Hayworth | BFA Exhibit >
Post-Grad Exhibit | Spoke Only on Sunny Days >

Sam Shear | BFA Exhibit >

Glen Cheriton | Aggregate of all our Joys and Sufferings >

Molly Allen | The Ontology of Blue >
POD Award Exhibit | Hypnagogia: The In Between >

Miranda McFarland | in, sight >

Stephanie Campbell | Oscillating Atmosphere >

Carly Petrie | Forever Altered Never the Same >

Karl Schwiesow | The Red Boat >

BFA or BA?

Students who are serious about a career as a studio artist often choose a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree over a BA to get ready for graduate school or their professional practice. The extra studio focus and solo exhibition are great way to prepare for your career in fine art. If you continue on to a graduate level MFA program, the transition is smoother because you have already been introduced to the same structure as an undergraduate at Sierra Nevada University.

Meet Collyn Aubrey, Bachelor of Fine Arts 2017

At SNC I found a true community of students and teachers, who pushed me to explore beyond traditional boundaries and believe in myself as an interdisciplinary artist. I would never want to experience undergraduate education any other way. . . . Read More

Find Out More

See the GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS > page for specific major course requirements.