General Scope and Purpose:

The James G. Gee Library collection of art materials supports the curriculum and research needs of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in the Art Department. This also includes non-majors taking art classes as electives. Gee Library also acts as community-based library and resources in the art related collections may also be used by the general public.

The scope of the art collection is in art history from antiquity to present; art theory, composition; art and technology; collections of seminal artists, style periods, art movements and genre; design; communications arts; photography; and electronic media.

The Texas A&M-Commerce Art Programs

The undergraduate curriculum focuses in the visual arts leading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Fine Arts.

• Major in Studio Art (BFA)- emphasis in Ceramics, Experimental Studies, Painting, or Sculpture.
• Major in Art (BA, BS) – nonspecialist
• Minor in Art – emphasis in Art History, Fine Arts, Communication Arts, or Photography
• Major in Communication Arts (BFA) – Art Direction, Design Communications, New Media, Communication Arts (with emphasis in Illustration or Copywriting).
• Major in Photography (BA, BS).
• Second Major in Photography.
• Minor in Photography.
  

Teacher Education Program

• Major in Art - Secondary Teacher Certification or All-Level Teacher Certification

The graduate program offers broad-based instruction in the foundation areas which progresses to increasingly specialized programs that leads to a Master of Science, Master of Arts, or Master of Fine Arts. The Teacher Education Program in Art is accredited by the State Board for Educator Certification.

General Subject Boundaries

The collection development emphasis is on purchasing current literature for undergraduate curriculum, graduate curriculum, and research needs.