Overview
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies, offered by the Department of Art, is one of the nation's top programs in the discipline and provides students access to exceptional faculty, world-class facilities, and strong regional and national professional networks.
Tyler Printmaking majors join a welcoming community of artists and educators. Bridging tradition and innovation, students learn the full range of printmaking techniques from the simplest to the most technically advanced. Students learn how to think critically and solve problems, working with professors, and side-by-side with graduate students. Tyler provides access to the resources of a large, public research university combined with the intimacy of an art school.
Tyler BFA students take full advantage of the school's location in Philadelphia, a vibrant art center with a strong printmaking tradition, to find internships and jobs, explore museums and galleries, launch creative practices, start businesses and earn placements in the most competitive graduate programs.
Designed to complement the studio experience with tools to support a studio practice or pursue graduate studies, the Entrepreneurship coursework enhances students' career options. Graduates of this degree program will possess requisite business skills to support themselves as visual artists or entrepreneurs in art and related fields.
Each student moves from a common foundation curriculum that introduces materials and processes and prepares them for success in a range of fields of study. Those who select Art as their major will work side-by-side with majors in Visual Studies, Art Education and Art Therapy. The dynamic exchange of ideas that result from these interdisciplinary conversations spur intellectual risk and drive research-based creative concepts.
Upon graduation, students have the practical skill sets and honed aesthetic for successful careers in studio art, art education and design, as well as attend top-tier graduate programs.
Campus Location: Main
Program Code: TA-PRNE-BFA
Admissions
Admission to Tyler's Studio Art (Bachelor of Fine Arts) programs is based on a review of academic credentials and portfolio review. For detailed information on how to apply, please visit Tyler's Studio Art admissions page.
Study Abroad
Students who plan to study abroad should arrange to meet with their academic advisor and the Education Abroad and Overseas Campuses office as early as possible, preferably during the freshman year, in order to explore options and plan the sequence of courses that would be most appropriate.
Accreditation
Temple University is a non-profit accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). NASAD establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials for art and design and art/design-related disciplines, and provides assistance to institutions and individuals engaged in artistic, scholarly, educational and other art/design-related endeavors.
Contact Information
Amze J. Emmons, Program Head
Tyler School of Art Building, Room 260C
215-777-9126
amze.emmons@temple.edu
These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Summary of Requirements
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies may be conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 126 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00. All Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies majors must complete the General Education requirements.
- Students must earn a C- or better in either ART 2701 or ART 2702 and one of the introductory printmaking courses (ART 2704, ART 2705/ART 2706, ART 2707) to enter the Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies major.
- The required Junior/Senior studio courses and ART 3796 (capstone) must be completed with a C- or better to fulfill major requirements.
Major Requirements for BFA in Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sophomore Prerequisites | ||
| Select one Survey of Printmaking course from the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of Lithography and Serigraphy | ||
| Survey of Etching and Relief | ||
| Select one introductory Printmaking course from the following: | 3 | |
| Serigraphy 1 | ||
| Etching 2 | ||
or ART 2706 | Intaglio Printmaking | |
| Lithography 3 | ||
| Junior and Senior Requirements | ||
| Select two of the following (not taken as sophomore prerequisites): | 6 | |
| Serigraphy 1 | ||
| Etching 2 | ||
or ART 2706 | Intaglio Printmaking | |
| Lithography 3 | ||
| Select two Advanced Printmaking courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Advanced Serigraphy (fall only) | ||
| Advanced Etching (fall only) | ||
| Advanced Lithography (spring only) | ||
| Select three Specialized Printmaking courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Printmaking Workshop (Intermedia, fall only) | ||
| Relief and Monoprint Workshop (spring only) | ||
| Color Print Workshop (Intermedia, spring only) | ||
| Senior Projects Workshop/Seminar (spring only) | ||
| ART 3796 | Art Career Workshop (WI, Capstone) | 3 |
| Entrepreneurship Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Planning to Start Your Own Business | ||
| Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | ||
| Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | ||
| Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | ||
| Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | ||
| Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | ||
| Special Topics - Strategic Management | ||
| Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | ||
or SGM 3685 | New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | |
| Select one of the following: 4 | 3 | |
| Field Internship | ||
| Professional Practices in Art | ||
| Art Careers Promotion | ||
| The Business of Design (WI) | ||
| Field Internship | ||
| Creative Cottage Industrialist | ||
| Rome Internship | ||
Suggested Academic Plan
Please note that this is a suggested academic plan. Depending on your situation, your academic plan may look different.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking with Entrepreneurial Studies
Suggested Plan for New Students Starting in the 2024-2025 Academic Year
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| FDPR 1511 | Foundation Drawing 1 | 3 |
| FDPR 1521 | 2D Foundation Principles | 3 |
| FDPR 1531 | 3D Foundation Principles/W | 3 |
| FDPR 1503 | Woodshop Fundamentals | 1 |
| ARTH 1155 or ARTH 1955 | Arts of the World I: Prehistoric to 1300 or Honors Arts of the World I: Prehistoric to 1300 | 3 |
| ENG 0802 | Analytical Reading and Writing [GW] or Analytical Reading and Writing: ESL [GW] or Honors Analytical Reading and Writing [GW] | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| FDPR 1512 | Foundation Drawing | 3 |
| FDPR 1522 | 2D Foundation Principles | 3 |
| FDPR 1532 | 3D Foundation Principles/C | 3 |
| FDPR 1502 | Investigations of Art and Design | 1 |
| ARTH 1156 or ARTH 1956 | Arts of the World II: 1300 to the 21st Century 1 or Honors Arts of the World II: 1300 to the 21st Century | 3 |
| IH 0851 or IH 0951 | Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY] or Honors Intellectual Heritage I: The Good Life [GY] | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of Lithography and Serigraphy | ||
| Survey of Etching and Relief | ||
| ART or GAD 2000-2999 Sophomore Studio Elective | 3 | |
| ART or GAD 2000-2999 Sophomore Studio Elective | 3 | |
| IH 0852 or IH 0952 | Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ] or Honors Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good [GZ] | 3 |
| GenEd Quantitative Literacy Course GQ | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Serigraphy 2 | ||
| Etching 3 or Intaglio Printmaking | ||
| Lithography 4 | ||
| ART or GAD 2000-2999 Sophomore Studio Elective | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Planning to Start Your Own Business | ||
| Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | ||
| Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | ||
| Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | ||
| Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | ||
| Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | ||
| Special Topics - Strategic Management | ||
| Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | ||
| New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | ||
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| Select two of the following (not previously taken): | 6 | |
| Serigraphy 2 | ||
| Etching 3 or Intaglio Printmaking | ||
| Lithography 4 | ||
| Select one of the following (not previously taken): | 3 | |
| Planning to Start Your Own Business | ||
| Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | ||
| Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | ||
| Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | ||
| Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | ||
| Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | ||
| Special Topics - Strategic Management | ||
| Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | ||
| New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | ||
| Art History Elective WI 5 | 4 | |
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Advanced Printmaking Course 6 | 3 | |
| ART 3796 | Art Career Workshop [WI] (Capstone) | 3 |
| ART or GAD Studio Elective | 3 | |
| Art History Elective 7 | 4 | |
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| Advanced Printmaking Course 6 | 3 | |
| Specialized Printmaking Course 8 | 3 | |
| Select one of the following (if not taken previously): | 3 | |
| Planning to Start Your Own Business | ||
| Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | ||
| Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | ||
| Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | ||
| Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | ||
| Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | ||
| Special Topics - Strategic Management | ||
| Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | ||
| New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | ||
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| GenEd Breadth Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Specialized Printmaking Course 8 | 3 | |
| Specialized Printmaking Course 8 | 3 | |
| ART or GAD Studio Elective | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 3 | |
| Field Internship | ||
| Professional Practices in Art [WI] | ||
| Art Careers Promotion | ||
| The Business of Design [WI] | ||
| Field Internship | ||
| Creative Cottage Industrialist | ||
| Rome Internship | ||
| Open Elective 7 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 126 | |
- 1
These 2 courses constitute the waiver for the GenEd Arts category if the courses are completed with a C- or better.
- 2
Prerequisite for ART 3704.
- 3
Prerequisite for ART 3705.
- 4
Prerequisite for ART 3706.
- 5
Students taking a WI course from the list of Tyler entrepreneurship courses may take a non-WI Art History elective.
- 6
Choose from ART 3704 (fall only), ART 3705 (fall only), and ART 3706 (spring only). Two different advanced courses are required.
- 7
Students completing a 3-credit Art History 2000+ elective must select a 4-credit open elective to reach the minimum 126 credits to earn the BFA degree.
- 8
Choose from ART 3701 (fall only), ART 3702 (spring only), ART 3703 (spring only) and ART 4602 (spring only). Three distinct specialized courses are required.
- 9
These courses cannot fulfill both a requirement for the major and a requirement for this category.
Please Note: An approved study abroad program waives the GenEd Global/World Society (GG) requirement; however, these credits must be made up with academic coursework taken outside of Tyler departments to be in compliance with BFA accreditation. BFA majors interested in studying abroad should consult with an academic advisor to determine if a semester (generally spring semester of second year) or a summer program would be the best option to remain on track for graduation.