Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art, Media and Design

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, Media, and Design offers a studio-specific curriculum that identifies and promotes continuing contact with the enduring values of student's artistic heritage and the application of these values to the future. The educational aim of the department is to provide, through individualized mentoring, a focused foundation in studio art practice. The curriculum emphasizes fundamental artistic concepts through project-based learning, problem-solving, experimentation in studio courses, and through development of the student's artistic voice.

The Department of Art, Media, and Design offers three concentrations, Studio Art, Photography and Media Art, and Graphic Art, leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Each of the concentrations is comprised of courses specifically designed to enhance students' creativity, productivity, artistic and analytic skills, and mastery of tools and materials. Through individualized mentoring and a choice of electives, students are aided in planning for a variety of diverse art-related professions and graduate school options.

Studio Art: Designed to develop artistic skills and abilities in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and digital imaging.

Areas of Specialty:

Drawing and Painting and Printmaking,

Sculpture,

Digital Imaging in Studio Art,

Graphic Art

Photography and Media Art: Designed to develop artistic skills and abilities in photography, digital photography, video, and web art. Areas of Specialty:

Photography,

Digital Photography,

Graphic Art,

Intermedia/Web Art and Video Art

Graphic Art: Designed to develop artistic skills and abilities in primarily two-dimensional media, focusing on an intersection of art and design that can include photography, drawing, printmaking, text, digital imaging, web art, the graphic novel, and the artist book and poster.​​ Areas of Specialty:

Photography, Intermedia/Web Art and Video Art,

Drawing and Painting and Printmaking

Complementary Minors in related areas: Students in the BFA in Art, Media, and Design have the option of complementing their major for extended artistic study and/or expanded career possibilities with minors in: Communication and Media, Graphic Design, Creative Writing, Art-Related Service Learning, Illustration, Animation, Game Design, Digital Cinema, Marketing (for non-business majors), History of Art and Architecture, American Politics, Psychology, International Politics, Public Law and Political Thought, Environmental Studies/Science, and Sustainability Studies. For details please visit the college/departmental website for the minor(s) in which students are interested.

Students majoring in Art, Media, and Design (BA) or Art (BA) are restricted from earning this major.