Undergraduate Art Studio Programs include emphasis in ceramics, drawing, electronic art, glass design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. The BFA degree options include: Art Studio, Electronic Arts, and Interior Design.

Students enrolled in the BA in Art, Option in Art Education who plan to teach at the K-12 levels must qualify for a California teaching credential in art, which includes completing a professional education program.

Department of Art and Art History faculty are a dedicated group of artists and scholars deeply involved with art, both student work and their own. As teachers, they maintain high standards that employ both well-tested and innovative methods. In class and individual critiques, faculty investigate aesthetic, political, historical, and ethical issues.Our artists, scholars, and designers have won public commissions, shown with established museums and galleries, received awards for teaching, written for key journals, and have been participants at conferences in the United States and abroad. Renowned visiting artists, art historians, and critics introduce challenging concepts in lectures, exhibitions, workshops, and critiques of student work.

Students work in well-equipped labs and studios for ceramics, electronic art, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and interior design. Woodshops and welding shops are available (safety training required). The Ira Latour Visual Resources Collection houses digital images, slides, books, films, prints, photographs, and periodicals supporting art courses. Holdings and online subscriptions are provided through the generous bequest of the Walter Kohn Art History Endowment. The University Art Gallery and Janet Turner Print Museum mount shows of historical and contemporary art every semester, as well as maintaining permanent study collections. Three on-campus galleries display student work, as do private galleries in the community.