The art department is a student centered learning environment where individuals are challenged and learn to make connections within the visual art disciplines.

Art majors are prepared with the necessary skills to serve as: art teachers, art administrators, pre-professional art therapists, artists, and artist designers.

1. The art department strives to create a visual learning environment in which students are encouraged to make connections in all the visual art disciplines and to bring this knowledge to their future careers in the arts.

2. The art department encourages an environment of curiosity and discovery in which students can grow as artists, art educators, art therapists, art administrators and art designers.

3. The art major is one who can make connections with the discipline of art to the environment in which they live and serve.

Art students are prepared to make connections between the art disciplines through rigorous studio practice, fostering imagination and transformation; students bring this knowledge to their careers.