Visual Arts (BA)

The Visual Art Program Mission Statement:

The Visual Art Program facilitates 21st-century skills: creative and analytic thinking, collaborations, and communication in written, spoken, and visual language. Visual art programs interface traditional methods and practices, technology, new media, and self-reflection for students to be successful and competitive in an art career.

Participants who want to share their skills with K-12 students may enter our teacher preparation program. We use innovative, hands-on methods to stimulate creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking in our students.

Why choose Visual Arts

Our faculty members are highly qualified, each possessing the terminal degree (Master of Fine Arts or Doctor of Philosophy) in their area of expertise. Students and faculty participate in local, national, and international art shows, including many sponsored in the Rosenthal Art Gallery on campus.

What Will You Learn?

• Demonstrate synthesis of instructional design by devising lesson and unit plans appropriate to the learners' correct level of difficulty.
• Demonstrate effective application of multiple assessment procedures.
• Demonstrate synthesis of instructional design by devising lessons and/or projects that integrate content knowledge, global awareness, and interdisciplinary approaches.
• Demonstrate effective pedagogical practice in the classroom (Student teaching).
• Demonstrate application and analysis of content knowledge.

What Will You Do?

Graduates of our programs have pursued graduate work at venerated institutions (including Parsons The New School for Design), garnered national awards for artwork, and earned honors as Teacher of the Year.