The Department of Art offers a Master of Fine Arts degree in the fields of painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, metalsmithing and jewelry, and visual communication (graphic design). As established by the College Art Association and accepted by all accredited universities, the Master of Fine Arts degree is the terminal degree in visual arts education and thus is equivalent to terminal degrees in other fields. It is a graduate program wherein the emphasis is placed upon the studio practice of art, with the intent of educating students for professional careers as artists and designers or as university teachers of the visual arts.

There are fifteen full-time graduate faculty members who, in addition to their teaching, are active in exhibiting or publishing.

Graduate Student Gallery