The B.A. in Art program provides instruction in the visual arts by emphasizing the various materials and concepts used to understand the nature of visual language. Students then choose additional courses from areas such as drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and experimental and media arts.
Our BFA admission is based on portfolio evaluation. The program is oriented toward professional practice or admission to a masters degree program.
The College of Liberal Arts Advantage: More Than a Major
When you study Art at the University of Minnesota, you gain the added advantage of a College of Liberal Arts education. At CLA, the liberal arts mean you get more than just a degree in one major or another; it means you will be exposed to different areas of study, to different ways of thinking and learning. In fact, the liberal arts teach you how to learn—how to ask the right questions, how to problem solve, and how to innovate. The liberal arts highlight the complexities of our world, because here at CLA you will study not just, say, politics or art but also where politics and art intersect, where science and ethics intersect, where economics and the environment intersect.