Art

The School of Visual and Media Arts provides a comprehensive education in studio art, including intensive hands-on studio practice, art history, criticism, and theory. Programs provide thorough professional training for students interested in careers in the field of art.

Undergraduate degree offerings include the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art. Areas of specialization are:

• Ceramics
• Drawing
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture

Media Arts

The undergraduate program in Media Arts offers a Bachelor of Arts degree that consists of a uniquely integrated curriculum centered in digital technology as a storytelling and artistic medium. The course of instruction is comprehensive and combines the areas of digital filmmaking and integrated digital media. The undergraduate program also offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees with majors in

• Media Arts
• Game Design and Interactive Media
• Sound Design and Media Technology

For more information on the academic programs and to experience the creative work of Media Arts students please visit the Media Arts website.

Advanced Placement Policy

All students, including those who have taken AP examinations, must submit a portfolio to challenge art classes. Undergraduate students may challenge foundations courses only ARTZ 105A and ARTZ 108A.

Portfolios are reviewed at the beginning of each semester. The challenge process waives the requirement to take a specific class, but does not provide any credits. The process of portfolio reviews is as follows:

• Students submit a portfolio of ten .jpeg files or pieces of actual work to the school office two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
• If challenging more than one course, students submit examples of work for each course, for example:
  • ten drawing samples for ARTZ 105A, or 
  • ten 3-D pieces for ARTZ 108A.

Transfer Students

Students with transfer credits from another institution must contact the school director for review of transfer transcripts to assess course equivalents.