A curriculum designed for your development as an artist.?Beginning in foundational courses on art and art theory, you'll explore aesthetic theories, learn the principles and elements of composition, study 2D design and color theory, and survey a wide range of available artistic media. As you continue through the program, you?ll develop concepts that are unique to your artistic vision as you realize your personal artistic voice. You?ll find that you gravitate toward certain media and concepts, and you?ll use these preferences to build a body of work that will be the starting point for your professional practice as an artist.

Authentic studio experience.?Each course has two parts: classroom instruction and studio work. Whether you?re taking Drawing & Structural Representation or Printmaking or Advanced Painting, you?ll create work in every course. And regardless of which medium you find your best expression in, you?ll use the concepts you?ve learned in the classroom to sharpen your skills and techniques in the studio. At the end of the program you?ll exhibit your work and learn how to put on future exhibitions as you grow as an artist.

The start of a journey.?The making of art is a life-long pursuit. Your choice to study studio art reflects your love of creating, your appreciation of aesthetics, and your recognition of the unique power that the visual has in communicating eloquently and influencing culture.

At BJU you?ll learn artistic expression from a biblical worldview and explore your own talents and interests in art as you understand yourself better. You?ll learn how to apply Scripture and your biblical worldview to all of life, even to situations where you?ll evaluate and interact with the contemporary visual arts culture.

By the end of your program of study, you?ll be equipped to take on a wide variety of artistic pursuits and to continue learning throughout your lifetime, glorifying the Creator with the talents and growth He has blessed you with.