Our department offers you the option of breadth and versatility through its Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree programs in Art History. Or intensive professional preparation at the undergraduate level with Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) programs in Visual Communication Design/Graphic Design or Studio Arts. All degree programs, whether BA or BFA, are designed to fit within a four-year program of study; all require completion of 120 semester hours, which include the University Core Curriculum.

To ensure that students emerge as fully educated professionals as well as soundly trained artists, all degree programs entail Curriculum for Liberal Education requirements as well as opportunities to take free elective course work. The University Curriculum for Liberal Education brings students into contact with vital areas of human knowledge and their relevance to moral, philosophical, and social issues that confront humanity. Elective courses are abundant and readily accessible from a wide range of disciplines across the entire University.

For more information, please contact the Art & Art History Department at (540) 231-5547 and continue to reference this site as it is ever changing with the latest information.