Required Courses for Graduation with TAMS Diploma (Visual Arts and Design Track)
All students are required to enroll in a mathematics course each semester of the first year. Placement in mathematics courses is determined by the student’s score on the mathematics placement test given during summer orientation. Visual Arts and Design students who complete Calculus II or higher their first year must take CSCE 1030 the fall semester of the second year.
The TAMS Visual Arts and Design Track provides students with a strong background for the creative arts fields. Students take courses in drawing, design, art appreciation, and art history while taking advantage of the latest technologies in UNT’s newly renovated Art Building and having access to several on-campus galleries and art institutes. Students continuing on to pursue a degree within the College of Visual Arts and Design go into careers as photographers, museum curators, graphic and user-experience designers, illustrators, art educators and historians, and fashion and interior designers.
Course Sequence
| Fall 1 | Spring 1 | ||
| MATH 1650 or 1710 | 5/4 hours | MATH 1710 or 1720 | 4/3 hours |
| BIOL 1710 or 1711 & 1761 OR CHEM 1410/1413 & 1430 |
5 hours* OR 4 hours |
BIOL 1720 or 1722 OR CHEM 1420/1423 & 1440 |
3 hours* OR 4 hours |
| ENGL 1315 | 3 hours | ENGL 1325 | 3 hours |
| ART 1600 | 3 hours | ART 1700 | 3 hours |
| Seminar | ART 1301 | 3 hours | |
| Seminar | |||
| Total | 14-16 hrs | Total | 16-17 hrs |
| Fall 2 | Spring 2 | ||
| PHYS 1710, 1730 | 4 hours | PSCI 2305 or 2306 | 3 hours |
| MATH 1720 or CSCE 1030 or CNET 2300 or ENGR 1304 |
3/4 hours | CSCE 1030 or CSCE 1040 or CNET 2300 or ENGR 1304 |
3/4 hours |
| HIST 2610/2620 | 3 hours | HIST 2610/2620 | 3 hours |
| ART 1800 | 3 hours | ART 1900 | 3 hours |
| ENGL 2xxx-4xxx (Literature) | 3 hours | ENGL 2xxx-4xxx (Literature) | 3 hours |
| Seminar | Seminar | ||
| Total | 16-17 hrs | Total | 15-16 hrs |
Electives
Generally, TAMS students who maintain at least a 3.2 GPA are able to take electives after their first semester, provided that their course load does not exceed 19 hours.
*Students who choose to take the BIOL sequence must enroll in BIOL 1711/1761 during their first semester and BIOL 1722 during their second semester. The only exception to this requirement is if BIOL 1711 and/or BIOL 1722 are scheduled on the same days/times as the required ART courses and only one section of the ART courses fit a student’s schedule based on the other required courses. In other words, a student cannot avoid taking BIOL 1722 during the Spring semester by choosing THE sections of ART 1700 or 1301 that conflict with BIOL 1722 when other sections of those courses do not create a schedule conflict.