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The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art prepares students to be critical, creative thinkers and makers. Students often become practicing artists who exhibit their work in galleries both near and abroad and might continue their research in graduate studies. Whatever your final career choice, the skills of the B.F.A. are appropriate for careers throughout the creative economy.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art is interdisciplinary.  Students select an emphasis of 9 credits in ceramics, digital, drawing, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture, and 6 credits a complementary area.  If the emphasis is in a two-dimensional area, the complementary area would be one of the three-dimensional areas; if the emphasis is in a three-dimensional area, the complementary area would be one of the two-dimensional areas.  Students also take at least 15 credits in interdisciplinary integrated media coursework.

Consistent with the Department of Art, student learning outcomes are designed around three assessable themes: research, execution, and articulation.

All students entering the department will be admitted under either the B.A. in Art, the B.A in Art Education, or the B.A. in Art History, Theory and Criticism. After completion of the foundation courses and one other course in ART, CDES or ARTH, those wishing to pursue the B.F.A. in Art or the B.F.A. in Communication Design will be required to pass a formal portfolio review for admittance into those programs. The department also offers the minor in Art, minor in Art History, Theory and Criticism, minor in Animation and Illustration, and the interdisciplinary Digital Media minor. Coursework leading to licensure in art education is available for those with an approved Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The art department’s programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).