The Art Program provides an intensive education in the visual arts through a diverse and comprehensive curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Arts Degree. The program meets the needs of students working to become exhibiting artists, computer graphics and animation professionals, art teachers or scholars generally educated in the arts. It also prepares students for graduate school studies or for a wide range of career choices in art-related professions. Students major in Art Education or in Art with a concentration in Studio Art or Computer Graphics & Animation. An art minor is also available.
The program serves non-majors by providing art appreciation courses to fulfill general core requirements, by providing teacher education training courses in art to help prepare students for K-12 licensure and by making a large selection of courses available to all students wishing to pursue interests in selected areas of the curriculum.
The program supports excellence in teaching and fosters the aesthetic, intellectual, professional, personal and social development of its students. The curriculum balances the teaching of technical knowledge and skills with the development of critical, conceptual and creative abilities. Faculty members are well recognized professional artists, with a diversity of viewpoints and educational training that encourages students to investigate and appreciate different forms of art expression.
The Art program is accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges (SACS) and The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).