Related expressive media such as theater, cinema, and television also rely on trained artists for visual design and direction. Art Department courses in exhibition design focus on the professional environment of the department gallery and provide intense, practical and theoretical training for gallery and art museum careers. Art and art history students with an interest in working with visual artifacts, and with the diverse professional aspects of presenting art and artists elect courses in this area. Opportunities upon graduating with a B.A. degree in art vary depending on the student's initiative and inclinations. A student dedicated to creative expression or scholarly research in the history of art may elect to pursue graduate education.
Graduate degrees open the door to teaching positions at the college-university level.
Those students who elect unrelated careers will find access to more rewarding cultural life experiences through their visual arts education. Both awards are given on the basis of merit as determined by a Department Scholarship Review Committee which meets each Spring and selects awards for the following Fall. Criteria and procedures are posted in the department. Funds are awarded after the 4th week census of the scholarship year. The amount of money to be awarded is not known until the Fall.