Programs Students who major in art will develop the capacity to make tangible their aesthetic responses to experience. By increasing awareness of themselves, their environment and their culture and by learning to think and act creatively, students prepare themselves for a life enriched through art. The broadly based Bachelor of Arts program with a concentration in art provides students with a diversified background suitable to all manner of generalist applications and an excellent foundation for further study in various disciplines. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program is for students interested in art as a profession. It is an intensive program of study aimed at developing a foundation of attitudes, traits, and abilities with which to begin a lifetime as an artist.
Emphasis is placed on students' personal experiences as the source of artistic motivation.
The broadly based liberal studies curriculum provides students with a diversified background which, in concert with their professional training, should lead to a successful career in art, and applied art vocations. Another choice for the student is to take a Minor in art. This program allows the student to major in another area yet take seven courses in the Art Department. This program is for the student who is interested in the practice and study of art on a personal level. The university offers two minor programs in art, one in studio and another in art history.