Bachelor degrees in Fine + Studio Arts, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective; anatomy; the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio; and art portfolio marketing.
The concentration in the Practice of Art enables students to become fluent in the discipline of the practice of visual arts. Students will be taught to develop critical and analytical thinking as well as the discipline‘s techniques and methods as a means to explore artistic, intellectual and human experience. Students will build towards creating a personal vision beginning with primary studies in drawing and introductory art history, proceeding on...
The Studio Art concentration develops essential skills in several media through intensive studio courses for a wide range of art-related career options or graduate study. An internship may be arranged for 6 credits as
a supplement to classroom instruction.
The Studio Art major is designed both for the student artist and the student interested in art. Courses are offered in painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, film making, and digital technology. These courses are conceived as an integral part of the University curriculum, and the studio major provides a solid basis for continuing work in graduate school and art-related fields such as design, art criticism, teaching, conservation, art therapy, publishing,...
The Media Studies and Communication Technologies concentration introduces students to the theory and practice of the study of media as part of their communication studies major. Through advising, students have the ability to more deeply explore their particular area of interest. Students may select elective courses that focus on film and media studies, including courses on media history, theory and criticism; journalism, including news gathering and...
The speech communication concentration within the communication studies major provides a broad perspective of communication knowledge and skills within interpersonal, group, social, national and international situations. Students who choose this concentration will become acutely aware of speech communication subjects such as interpersonal, group, gender, rhetoric, political and inter cultural communication.
The Department of Art offers concentrations in Fine Arts.
The undergraduate program offers a broad‑based training in the visual arts. In addition to course work, internships give firsthand experience in such areas as graphic design, musicology, exhibition planning and community art programs. Students planning to pursue graduate study at some point in their careers should work closely with their advisers to select appropriate course work beyond...
Studio art courses offer students an opportunity to engage in the study and practice of visual language. The learning of artistic methods and media is embedded in intellectual inquiry and critical analysis, so that the study of studio art serves as a meaningful focus of a liberal-arts education. Art is seen as a means of communicating human experience; therefore students learn to ’read“ images and to visually represent their own ideas. Areas of specialization...
The Photography program ensures that students produce technically and aesthetically sound work. Under the guidance of a faculty of working professionals in the field of photography, students fine tune their style, both in terms of content and approach. Before choosing a concentration, students develop the technical, critical and practical skills that are required in the challenging and diverse photography...
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