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Degrees and Programs |
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Program Description
Courses in the Department of Art develop our students'
perceptual skills, their access to the imagination, and their ability to
think critically and independently. Instruction in use of art materials
and specific arts processes enables students to create original artworks
reflecting their evolving vision. Our program also fosters a broad cultural
awareness of the visual arts in society. Graduating majors should be able
to clearly express their ideas about artmaking. In addition, their grasp
of historical and contemporary aesthetic issues should inform their own
work. We offer excellent facilities, small classes taught by a distinguished
faculty, space to work, a guest lecturer series, and field trips to museums,
galleries and artists' studios.
Seven options for the B.A. degree are offered: Art History, Art Studio (general),
Digital Graphics, Multimedia, Photography (jointly offered by the Departments
of Art and Mass Communication), Pictorial Arts (Drawing/Printmaking/Painting),
Spatial Arts (Ceramics/Sculpture). The major consists of 64-78 units; the
B.A. requires 186 units.
The department also offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree. This
is a professional degree offering students the opportunity to develop a
higher level of expertise. It is often the degree of choice for those who
intend to pursue graduate studies or attend other professional schools.
It allows time for concentrated work within a specific art discipline: Digital
Graphics, Multimedia, Photography, and Traditional Arts. B.F.A. candidates
will complete a 102 unit major within the 198 unit university degree.
The department is also part of the interdisciplinary graduate M.A. degree
program in Multimedia (see the Multimedia chapter in the graduate section
of this catalog).
The Art Department offers minors in Art Studio, Art History, and Multimedia.
The Departments of Art and Mass Communication offer a joint minor in Photography.
In addition, the Art Department offers an option in the Liberal Studies
major. A Certificate Program in Art Museum and Gallery Studies is offered
through the Division of Extended and Continuing Education.
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Features
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- State of the Art Electronic Media Facilities
- 100,000 slides in the Department Slide Library
- Three fully equipped Painting and Drawing studio spaces
- 3000 square foot machine shop which is fully equipped and professionally
staffed
- Sculpture and Ceramic studios and a large outdoor working
space
- Printmaking facility
- Excellent Photography facilities
- 2000 square foot University Art Gallery with a year round program
of changing exhibits
- Guest Artists Lecture Program hosts lectures and workshops
by prominent artists, authors and gallery directors
- Video Art Collection of historical and contemporary art videos
- Student Art Gallery for solo or group Advanced Student Exhibitions.
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Major Requirements (University Catalog) |
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