PROGRAMS
All our faculty believe that an education in art and design should be both challenging and enjoyable, as are the career possibilities which follow. The creative industries are now recognized as a vital and growing sector of the national economy, employing around 30% of the working population. An education in art and design is also an education through art and design, enabling you to develop valuable transferable skills in creativity, communication, organization, problem-solving, and expanding the possibilities for your future.
The School provides a range of studio BFA programs with majors in Crafts (focusing on Ceramics or Metals), Graphic Design, Industrial Design, New Media, Painting, Photography, and Sculpture, as well as BFA programs in Art Education and Art History. Combinations of study as double degrees are encouraged. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also offers a BA in Art History.
In addition to the courses associated with the undergraduate programs there are a variety of subjects available as electives. These include bookmaking, Japanese aesthetics, and printmaking, as well as digital photography, multimedia, computer animation and other digital media.
The School of Art + Design is accredited by the National Association of Schools Art and Design, and is regarded as one of the outstanding public university art programs in the United States.
