At the undergraduate level, the BFA Visual Art Studies plan is designed to provide strong course content in visual art studies, studio art, art history, natural sciences and liberal arts. Most students in the program plan to teach and seek public school art teacher certification.
Students can also work toward other related career options through completion of the degree.
The graduate level Master of Arts degree plan is designed to strengthen student concepts of major issues in art education and to give students practical art teaching experience with special populations. All students in the M. A. program complete required courses, write a thesis proposal, take qualifying examinations, and write a thesis under the direction of a thesis committee. Others enter a Ph. D. degree program.