Art, B.S.

Program Overview

The B.S. Art degree equips students with critical and artistic skills for contemporary art and design practices. It fosters collaboration, innovation, and diverse perspectives. Students can pair the degree with other majors to pursue specific career goals, including creative director, art teacher, and studio artist. The program offers various options, including a Graphic Design option and a B.S. Art Education degree for teaching careers.

Program Outline

Outline:

• The B.S.
Art degree provides students with the critical and artistic skills needed to excel in contemporary, multidisciplinary art and design practices.
• The curriculum fosters positive collaboration, the creation of innovative and technically advanced art works, and encourages the sharing of diverse points of view.
• Students can pair the B.S.
Art degree with many different majors on campus in order to work toward specific career goals.

Teaching:

• The department offers five ways to complete a degree:
• The Bachelor of Science in Art degree
• The Bachelor of Science in Art degree with Graphic Design option
• The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
• The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Graphic Design option
• The Bachelor of Science in Art Education degree
• All studio art majors begin their undergraduate career in the B.S.-Art program.
After completing the foundations and studio breadth coursework, and going through the proper advising steps, students can declare one of the other art programs, such as a BFA or the BFA-Graphic Design Named Option.
• The Bachelor of Science in Art Education provides essential preparation for careers in art education.
Graduates of the Art Ed program earn a B.S.-Art Education degree, a Wisconsin teaching license in K-12 art education, and gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to teach the visual arts in public and private schools, at the elementary and secondary levels, and in community settings such as art museums, maker spaces and senior centers.

Careers:

• Potential career paths for Art majors include:
• creative director
• content marketing manager
• arts coordinator and studio manager
• ceramics
• glassblowing
• metal fabrication
• illustration
• commercial or fine arts photographer
• primary/secondary school art teacher
• gallerist
• studio artist
• Our graduates also work as community arts organizers, user experience designers, technical assistants for major film companies, jewelry designers and fabricators, book designers, museum preparator and more!