ART & DESIGN
School of Visual & Performing Arts
Create a Successful Future at Seton Hill
Do you want to become a working artist? Help people heal with art therapy? Design the next iconic corporate visual identity? No matter what your future plans are (or even if you don’t have them figured out yet), Seton Hill’s Art and Design Department can keep you moving forward.
In the Art and Design Department you will benefit from:
• All the resources of an Apple Distinguished Schoolincluding a MacBook Air laptop provided by Seton Hill if you are a full-time student.
• Comprehensive courses that prepare you for a creative career.
• Immersive learning opportunities.
• Premier art-making and exhibition facilities in Seton Hill’s Arts Center.
• Personalized academic and career coaching.
• Accomplished artist-faculty who can get you ready for real-world careers.
• Internship experiences that provide you with practical experience and career options before you graduate.
• Substantial scholarships and aid.
Art & Design Student Clubs & Organizations
Getting involved in student groups is a great way to make future career contacts, gain practical experience and have fun.
Clubs and organizations popular with Art and Design majors include:
• Cosplay & Costuming Club
• Dungeons & Dragons Club
• Education Club
• Environmental Club
• Eye Contact Art & Literary Magazine
• Graphic Design Club
• Hogwarts Club
• Stitch to Serve
• Student Art Therapy Association
• Students in The Arts
70+ CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Internships, Study
Abroad & Other
Experiential
Learning
It’s important to get a feel for your future career while you’re still in college. Many Seton Hill students also want the opportunity to study abroad, help others, and expand their horizons as part of earning a degree. Depending on your goals, experiential learning at Seton Hill can take many forms, including:
• Exhibition opportunities - on and off campus.
• Internships and apprenticeships.
• Making a difference in the world through service learning.
• Study abroad - in short trips with faculty and fellow students, or longer-term with our university partners in other countries.
• Student teaching (for future art teachers).
Study Abroad
Seton Hill’s Arts Center
The Arts Center at Seton Hill has won multiple awards for its unique, yet functional, design. In the Center, you’ll enjoy:
• Graphic design studios equipped with iMac computers.
• A full digital fabrication lab with extrusion and resin printers, laser engravers, and a water jet machine.
• 3D printers that can achieve the accuracy of a stone setting, or print objects up to 1 meter tall.
• Metalsmithing studios.
• A clay studio.
• A sculpture studio.
• Welding facilities and a foundry.
• A photography studio.
• A printmaking studio.
• A drawing studio.
The Center also houses three exhibit spaces: the (outdoor) Art Yard, Harlan Gallery and Harris Gallery.
Art & Design Majors
Art - Fine Art Studio (B.F.A.)
Art - Studio Art (B.A.)
Art Education (B.A.)
Art History (B.A.)
Graphic & Interactive Design (B.F.A.)
Pre-Art Therapy (B.A.)
Graduate Program Art
Counseling (M.A.)
FOR EXAMPLE:
Earn Your Degree in 3 Years
Transfer at least 12 Advanced Placement, College in High School or Dual Enrollment credits to Seton Hill, and we'll work to schedule your remaining courses so that you graduate earlysometimes in only 3 years.
FastForward Bachelor's to Master's
Earn an undergraduate degree and a master’s together in less time, and for a discounted cost.
Afford & Apply: It’s Easy
Applying for admission and aid at Seton Hill is simple. (And free!)
Apply to Seton Hill. Apply online at setonhill.edu/apply. Start your application any time. You don’t have to complete it all at once.
Apply for Aid. Fill out the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and list Seton Hill as a school you’re interested in (our code is 003362). (For U.S. citizens only.) 1 2 PROVIDED BY SETON HILL Every Year $34 MILLION IN AID
SETON HILL COSTS LESS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
We create personalized aid packages for all students tailored to your specific circumstances and 99% of incoming students receive aid.
SCAN HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND AID.
Career Services for Life
At Seton Hill, you can prepare yourself for a strong career in any field, from art education to design to art therapy.
Our award-winning Center for Career and Professional Development will work with you and your professors so that you do career planning right along with your academic courses.
The Center can also help you to decide on a career, find the best internships, and land that first great job.
Even better: the Center’s services are always available to you after you graduate - for life!
RECENT SETON HILL ART & DESIGN GRADS HAVE MOVED INTO CAREERS AT:
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED Career Services Center
Seton Hill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and/or any protected category in regards to access and treatment in any education program or activity. Learn more, including how to report concerns or questions to the Title IX and Civil Rights Coordinator, at setonhill.edu/nondiscrimination.
