Visual Arts

Program Goals

The mission of the Visual Arts Department is to provide academic, aesthetic, and technical instruction to develop the creative and analytical potential of students. Art faculty offer structured curricula in a nurturing environment where students are stimulated to ask questions, enabled to solve problems, and challenged to become competitive in their chosen field of study. The Visual Arts Program illustrates the important role played by African Americans in visual art and challenges students to evolve that knowledge to find their role in the arts within a technologically infused global environment. By encouraging discovery through experimentation, the Visual Arts program prepares its students for advanced studies in the liberal arts and creative careers.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Visual Arts program major, students will be able to:

• Acquire and apply a variety of techniques, concepts, and skills for the research or creation of fine art and design.
• Analyze and evaluate the formal and conceptual qualities of artworks in a variety of contexts.
• Create original works of art, design, or writing based on research, planning, and theses.
• Develop a professional art or design practice in relation to contemporary and historical discourses shown through portfolios of artwork or writing.

View student work and learn more about opportunities in the visual arts at our portfolio site.

Requirements

Please see the University Catalog for more information and program requirements.

Contact

For more information contact the Visual Arts Department.