Dr. Joseph Daun - Department Head
Art Building - Room 104A
903-886-5267

The Department of Art offers a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum in the visual arts leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Fine Arts. Subsequent acceptance into the graduate program allows students to pursue the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts. Majors receive broad-based instruction in the foundation areas and proceed through increasingly specialized programs of study that emphasize personal concepts and technical refinement.

Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees are offered in Art, Photography and Teacher Certification. Bachelor of Fine Arts are offered in Studio Arts with emphasis areas in Ceramics, Experimental Studies, Painting and Sculpture. The BFA is also offered in Art Direction, Design Communications, New Media and Communication Arts with emphasis areas in either Copywriting or Illustration.

The Bachelor's degree in Photography emphasizes applied photography and placement of graduates in professional positions.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Arts, i.e., Art Direction, Design Communications, New Media and Communication Arts (emphasis in Copywriting or Illustration) prepares students for careers in the advertising industry. Advanced courses in these areas are offered at the Universities Center at Dallas where new facilities, field trips and internships keep student abreast of the latest trends and technologies in the rapidly-growing field of Communication Arts.

The Department of Art utilizes several buildings on campus for its many different programs and courses, including the University Gallery that hosts an annual series of exhibits of interest to the University and the surrounding area.