DEPARTMENT OF
Art + Design
The work of artists and designers informs and forms cultures, benefits society, and empowers the global marketplace of ideas. Drawing from a broad range of visual disciplines and experiential opportunities across the globe, the Department of Art + Design teaches visual fluency in today’s technology-driven world and transforms talented and dedicated students into multidimensional professionals and artists.
Majors Art
Design
Media Arts
BA Art BA
Art with a concentration in Visual Arts
BFA
Studio Art see SMFA partnership
BFA
Design with a concentration in Experience Design
BFA
Design with a concentration in Graphic and Information Design
BFA
Design with a concentration in Interaction Design
BFA
Media Arts
BFA
Media Arts with a concentration in Animation
BFA
Media Arts with a concentration in Photography
BFA
Media Arts with a concentration in Video Arts
Minors
Animation Art
Flexible Curriculum
Art History
Northeastern offers a range of curricular options encouraging students to design their own course of study or merge two majors together—even across colleges—into a single combined major.
Experience Design Game Art Graphic and Information Design Interaction Design Photography Video Arts
MORE INFORMATION ONLINE
northeastern.edu/camd/artdesign
Experiential Learning
Co-op
Art + Design students have access to immersive opportunities to extend their learning abroad and through professional experiences, with global programs from Europe to Cuba and an exceptional range of cooperative education (co-op) partners.
AMC Networks America’s Test Kitchen Boston Beer Company Boston Globe
Global Experiences
BzzAgent
Art Minor at the Burren College of Art
Commonwealth Financial Network Dana Farber Cancer Institute Elevin Photography Feinstein Kean Healthcare Flocabulary Hasbro KIND Snacks Museum of Fine Arts PayPal
Dialogues of Civilization •• Art in Ireland Burren College of Art •• Design and Photo in Berlin •• Photography in Cuba •• Photography in Rome and Venice •• Short Animated Film Production in London •• Video Art in Iceland Traditional Semester Abroad
Reebok
•• Austria
Rue La La
•• France
Saks Fifth Avenue
•• Hong Kong
Sametz Blackstone Associates
•• Italy
WGBH
•• Spain
Y&R
International Co-op
Our partnership with the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) brings together Northeastern’s innovative approach to Art + Design with the SMFA’s worldclass instruction in contemporary and fine arts. Through the partnership, Northeastern Art + Design students have increased access to courses across mediums, including printmaking, ceramics, performance art, sound art, welding, and jewelry. Transparency II by Mollie Davis, AMD’17 (Studio Art)
Detail of Weather Forecast by Masato Nakada, AMD’06 (Design major)
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Self Portrait by Mettie Ostrowski, AMD’14 (Photography minor) Early Action Early Decision Regular Decision
“Swing and a Miss” senior animation capstone project by Alex Falcon, AMD’14; Kyle Maguire, AMD/CIS’14; Anthony Gentles, AMD’14; Mimi Lin, AMD/CIS’15; Devon Fisher, AMD’15 (Media Arts)
A portfolio is required for admission to the BFA in Studio Art program. Portfolios are optional for all other majors.
northeastern.edu/camd/portfolios
Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115
CALL
617.373.2347
art.design@neu.edu
VISIT
northeastern.edu/camd/artdesign
Caption Needed: City Mural in Ryder Hall by KathrynResilent Kerr, AMD’18