The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours is a professional degree integrating experiential training in performing arts and a strong liberal arts core curriculum. Bridge integrity of heart and skillful hands as you sharpen your craft in performance while cultivating excellence in leadership. Tyndale’s BFA prioritizes formation in character and creative craft. Learn to communicate beauty and meaning in ways that enrich culture and honour the Creator who has given the gift to create. Prepare for a career in the church or the marketplace through specialized training informed by a distinctively Christian perspective.
At Tyndale, your formation will be strengthened by opportunities to perform in and outside of the Tyndale community. Our Liberal Arts Core requirements that include Biblical Studies, Theology, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences provide a competitive advantage in careers spanning the performing arts. You’ll be challenged to image God through artistry.
Total Credit Hours
Minimum of 122 credit hours
Note: the Bachelor of Fine Arts is available as an Honours degree only which includes a more concentrated study in the major.
Components of a BFA (Honours) Degree
The BFA (Honours) degree consists of the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, a major, and electives.
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
A selection of core courses has been prescribed to be taken by all BFA Honours students. This core curriculum is intended to provide students with a well-balanced general education – helping students develop a logical and discriminating method of thinking, and an informed appreciation of the fine arts, literature, and the various ways in which our common culture is shaped and directed.
36 credit hours
- English, History and Global Studies, and Philosophy
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Biblical Studies and Theology
- Fine Arts
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
Majors
A major is the main area of study in your degree. When you apply to Tyndale’s BFA Honours degree, you generally declare your major, or the subject you want to study. Most of the courses in your degree will be in your major and you will graduate with a degree in that major. The Bachelor of Fine Arts is only available as an Honours degree which includes a more concentrated study in the major.
74 credit hours
BFA Honours Majors
Electives
Electives are any course from a variety of areas that you choose to take that may be outside of your major or the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum requirements to meet the total number of credit hours required in the BFA Honours degree.
12 credit hours