Newly approved by the Department Faculty for implementation in Fall 2002, are concentration areas in Book Arts, Computer Art Graphics, and Craft Design. It is a liberal arts program designed to give you broad exposure to the studio arts and art history. The Visual Art emphasis will prepare you as an artist or a craftsperson. With its liberal arts orientation, it is an ideal preparatory program for students planning to do advanced or graduate study in art and art history. The Art Education Program Area emphasis focuses on K-12 Teacher Education, preparing students to teach visual arts in the elementary, middle and secondary schools.
Students have an opportunity to study art history, art criticism, aesthetics and art production.
The Graphic Arts concentrations currently include a choice of Program Areas in Graphic Design Concentration or in Photographic Imaging Concentration. A concentration in the Computer Art Graphics Program Area is scheduled for implementation in Fall 2002. The graphic arts emphasis will prepare you for a career in the commercial fields of art, such as graphic design, illustration, advertising, publications, photography and other areas of visual communications. In this emphasis, you'll have the opportunity to complete a professional quality placement portfolio. Faculty The Faculty of the Visual Arts Department is diverse and highly skilled.