Mission
Prepare聽students to become creative, open-minded, ethical, informed and contributing citizens through degree programs that blend the traditional core of liberal arts and science education with the most current aesthetic, critical, conceptual, pedagogical and technical art and art history knowledge and skills.
Support聽students and faculty in the advancement of the visual arts through education, research, service learning and engagement at the University, in the community as well as at the regional, national, and international levels.
Assist聽students in developing the critical thinking, creative problem-solving, work ethic, and oral, written, and visual communication skills necessary for success in their future careers or educational goals.
Vision
We are dedicated to providing a high-quality art and design education in an engaging and innovative environment.
Vision Goals
The following goals reflect the ten-year development plan (2017-2027) as well as the larger and long-term strategy for the department. Each year these goals are reviewed by the art faculty and staff and updated as needed.
By graduation, art majors are expected to:
Demonstrate聽artistic growth through the development of skills, techniques, and concepts
Demonstrate聽knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary art and design
Demonstrate visual literacy through written communications using aesthetic standards to analyze creative work or research
Demonstrate visual literacy through oral communications using aesthetic standards to analyze creative work or research
Demonstrate聽critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills necessary for success in future careers or educational goals
These learning outcomes are consistent for all art and art education majors. 聽They are met by specific courses required in the art or art education programs and purposely designed to meet the learning goals and educational objectives of each area. 聽