Fine Arts Division
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts
The Fine and Performing Arts Department offers a major in Fine Arts. Students interested in applied fine arts should follow the Studiotrack , and those interested in working in museums and galleries or pursuing graduate study in art history should follow the Art History track .

For the Fine Arts: Studio track, students must take the following nine foundational courses: Art 105, 106, 120, 130 or 251,155, 157, 205, 210, and 498.
In addition, students must take one 200-300 level studio elective course (Art 204, 206, 305, 320, or352); one 400-level studio elective course (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, or 470) and one 200-300 level art history elective course (Art 230, 250, 260, 270, or 360).
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Title: “Passing Through”
Artist: Milt Friedly, Professor of Art
Reproduced in Arthur Williams' book, The Sculpture Reference
Medium: Granite, Sand and Steel
Size: 36”h x 192”w x 108d

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For the Fine Arts: Art History track, students must take the following eight foundational courses: Art 105, 106, 120, 130 or251, 155, 157, 205, and 498.
In addition, students must take three 200-400 level art history elective courses (Art 230, 250, 260,270, 360, or 470), and one 200-300 level studio elective course (Art 206, 210,251 if not already taken as a foundational course, 305, 320, or 352).

Title: "Fog Bank"
Artist: Louise Schellenberg, Associate Professor of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 48" x 108"
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The academic and the practical courses in the Fine Arts Program aim to refine students’ creative potential, expand their judgment of the visual arts, and discern the contrasts and relationships among the arts of Western culture and those of other traditions.