The School of Art is a nationally leading institution that supports a broad range of art practice and inquiry; fosters a challenging and innovative learning environment for creative and academic exploration; encourages critical thinking; and provides technical and professional mentoring, ultimately advancing student achievement and excellence.
The School of Art is committed to cultivating and maintaining an environment that provides access, equity, inclusion and a vibrant interchange between the university and the community – locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Students are taught to be actively engaged and socially responsible artists, scholars and educators. The curriculum is designed to nurture and encourage curiosity, compassion, collaboration, individual purpose, cultural diversity and global awareness, and to address pressing social concerns.
Students develop long-lasting relationships with internationally-renowned faculty and a network of professionals. The School of Art prepares its graduates as creative professionals who will shape the cultural narratives that will come to define our time.
Undergraduate programs
• Bachelor of Arts in Art concentrations: art history*, art studies*, museum studies* Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art concentrations: animation, art education, ceramics, digital photography (online only), expanded arts, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture
• Minors and certificates: art history*, arts in education, studio art* *online option
Graduate programs
• Master of Arts in Art concentrations: art education, art history
• Master of Fine Arts in Art focus areas: animation, ceramics, digital technology, expanded arts, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture
• Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Environment and the Arts concentration: history, theory and criticism
Rankings
MFA program in the top 15 nationally, ceramics 4th, photography 6th – U.S. News & World Report
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts comprises six schools and two museums across two states and four cities, as well as online.