ART MINOR
The Art Minor is a 21-credit open enrollment program. The purpose of the program is to provide an opportunity for students enrolled in a liberal arts university to have a blended art experience based in critical thinking, theory, and practice. Course requirements have been designed to allow students with varying needs to access the program in an efficient manner for a wide range purposes.
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BA DEGREE – ART
Visual Arts students in the BA program will develop a general competence in the understanding, appreciation, and practices of visual arts. The program is designed to serve students who desire a broader exposure to the disciplines within the visual arts. It serves those who plan to enter professions within this field or pursue other paths that require artistic skill and knowledge, clear thinking, intellectual maturity, and aesthetic awareness. The BA Studio Arts program seeks to establish and nurture habits of thought and appreciation that will provide a source of life-long personal satisfaction to the student.
The BA in Art is a highly interdisciplinary program encouraging students to combine varied disciplines and approaches to their creative and academic work. It provides a broad-based creative education including opportunities both in and outside of art while focusing on collaboration, innovation and creative problem solving. Students have access to our entire range of courses, faculty, disciplines, and scholarships as they build their course of study and complete their degree requirements.
Students pursue traditional art pathways or develop areas of focus moving fluidly between artistic practice, curation, education, business, relational aesthetics, and social practice. In addition, many students successfully leverage the liberal arts education received through an Art BA to professional goals in law, medicine, business, and other fields.
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BFA DEGREE – ART
The BFA program is a professional degree focused on developing artists who function at the highest of levels and preparing students for graduate work in art. The program is a vibrant community of students and faculty working together closely in a wide range of disciplines. Students develop fluency in the traditions of art while being pushed to experiment and develop strong conceptually grounded artistic voices. The department and BFA program have an open structure allowing students to move freely between disciplines while developing as artists. Students can focus on one area of exploration or can work out an interdisciplinary program of study. Disciplines include Ceramics, Figure, New Genre, Painting/Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Students have beautiful classrooms, labs, and studio spaces, enjoy access to our museum of art and work closely with faculty in small classes and a highly personalized and mentored environment.
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