The Department of Art and Art History offers majors in Art History and in Studio Art. Courses in both majors are designed to allow the student to develop a sensitive understanding of the visual arts past and present.

In studio courses, students will learn to conceive and express ideas in two- and three-dimensional media, to evaluate the aesthetic character of works of art, and to become more alert to their sociopolitical implications. The major also includes instruction required for licensure for early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescent to young adult teaching positions in art.

Art history courses are concerned with the production and reception of the visual arts within their social, religious, cultural, and political contexts. They are usually lecture-discussion courses primarily concerned with the cultural and historical factors affecting art; art as a revelation of human intelligence, imagination, and skill; and the tools—vocabulary, methods, approaches— used to study cultures through their artistic achievements.