Statement of Purpose
As a creative community, the Fine Arts program is dedicated to the practice and scholarship of contemporary fine visual arts. Our goal is to prepare emerging artists for success in professional studio practice, graduate programs and creative enterprises. The department provides students with the professional tools, experiences and the evolving environment required to realize a critical, self-directed body-of-work.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Process and Technique: Effective application of materials, processes and techniques appropriate to art making using strategic aesthetics that enhance and support the visual arts.
- Artistic Intention: Ability to identify and communicate the role of intention as it relates to art making and how it applies to a self-directed body of work.
- Context: Ability to identify and communicate the historical and contemporary context of art making and how it applies to their own practice.
- Studio Practice: Students will demonstrate an ability to maintain a rigorous and dedicated studio practice. Demonstrate responsibility for independent learning and perseverance towards goal attainment. Demonstrate an ability to create a cohesive body of work.
- Professional Practices: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and apply the role of professionalism as it relates to the visual arts. Demonstrate effective communication of a professional body of work both verbally and in written form. Demonstrates professionalism in an ability to pursue a professional studio practice.
General Education Curriculum
Liberal Arts
General Education
Two (2) from the following.
Art History
Program Curriculum
First Year Community
Fine Arts Major
Fine Arts Studio Electives
Five (5) from the following.
Electives
Open Electives
Recommended: INTE 301 Internship
Concentrations for Fine Arts Majors
A student who majors in Fine Arts can choose a concentration in one or more of the following areas: Painting, Photography and Media Arts, Print Media, and Sculpture and Expanded Media. Each concentration is detailed below. In addition to the three (3) courses/9 credit hours within the concentration, the student must complete their Fine Arts Thesis within the area of the concentration in order to receive the distinction.
Painting Concentration
Students who complete the concentration in Painting will develop advanced technical and conceptual problem-solving skills to create original works of visual art. Through a range of foundational to advanced classes, students will be provided the experience to synthesize the use of drawing, direct/indirect paint applications, color and digital resources with painting media. FINE 271 Painting is a required course for this concentration.
Photography and Media Arts Concentration
Students who complete the concentration in Photography and Media Arts will develop advanced technical and conceptual problem-solving skills to create original works of visual art. Through a range of foundational to advanced classes, students will be provided the experience to synthesize the use of photographic processes and techniques, lighting and studio applications, color and digital resources with photography and lens-based media. FINE 201 Photography & Media Arts is a required course for this concentration.
Print Media Concentration
Students who complete the concentration in Print Media will develop advanced technical and conceptual problem-solving skills to create original works of visual art. Through a range of foundational to advanced classes, students will be provided the experience to synthesize the use of printmaking processes and techniques in both analog and digital form using a wide range of studio applications, color, and digital resources relevant to Print Media. FINE 208 Print Media is a required course for this concentration.
Sculpture and Expanded Media Concentration
Students who complete the concentration in Sculpture and Extended Media will develop advanced technical and conceptual problem-solving skills to create original works of visual art. Through a range of foundational to advanced classes, students will be provided the experience to synthesize the use of three-dimensional sculptural and extended media processes and techniques, utilizing a wide range of tools, materials and relevant media. FINE 230 Sculpture and Expanded Media is a required course for this concentration.
BOAD course can be: BOAD 210 or BOAD 304