This proposed emphasis will mesh with the Division s existing art courses, including digital imaging offerings, and will create new linkages with the University s expanding communications program. Graphic Design will require two new tenure-track faculty members and dedicated studio spaces. The largest national art enrollments are in Graphic Design because it provides professional employment opportunities. At present, no other city institution offers a thorough 4-year program in Graphic Design, although there is a clear local market for it. The definition of Graphic Design is expanding to include internet-based and cinematic applications.
Strategy Create six new tenure-track faculty positions and maintain all current faculty lines.
In filling these faculty positions, the Division aims to serve the needs of the multicultural population of San Antonio and the region by further diversifying the ethnicity and gender of the faculty. An additional tenure-track faculty member in Photography. Rationale Currently photography students are limited to one faculty member. This additional position is necessary both to serve the high current student demand for additional photography courses and to provide computer-mediated expertise for all art students as well as for the proposed Digital Imaging concentration. An additional tenure-track faculty member in Ceramics and Sculpture.