The department offers an integrated curriculum of studio and art history courses that teach students how to engage in creative artistic practices and think critically about images in the world.?All?Art courses assume?that?images?are?embedded in?artistic,?social, political, and cultural?contexts.

In studio courses students express ideas and experiences through the creation of original artworks. They acquire thorough knowledge of the processes and vocabulary associated with the mediums of painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Students also develop problem-solving skills and the capacity for aesthetic judgment in order to express themselves in a creative visual language.