Shepherd University Department of Art

The programs in the Department of Art are designed to provide students with a diversified experience in art and an in-depth experience in one major concentration area. Students are challenged and encouraged to grow creatively and professionally as artists, graphic designers, photographers, and teachers. They progress through a carefully-developed series of courses mixing the development of technical skills, language, and theories of the visual arts with the broad-based knowledge of the liberal arts essential to artists in the complex contemporary world. The programs lead to either the bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree, the only recognized degree for those who wish to compete for professional positions in studio art or to enter graduate school for an M.F.A., or the bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in secondary education with a concentration in art education for those who intend to enter the teaching profession.

View Application Procedure for incoming fall 2008 art students.

View Yearly Objectives for B.F.A. students.

View Frank Gallery Schedule for Fall 2007