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Degrees, Options & Minors

The PSU Art Department offers a variety of degree options to meet your needs. A portfolio is a requirement for admission to the Art programs.

Bachelor's Degrees

• The Bachelor of Arts degree in Art provides broad experience in the visual arts and a foundation for further studies. Student receive a grounding in studio art and art history courses, followed by your choice of a Studio Art options in:
  
  • Ceramics
  • Drawing
  • Graphic Design
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
    
    
• The Bachelor of Fine Arts is a professional degree providing an intensive foundation in visual arts and art history and concentrated study in either Graphic Design or Visual Art (see 2D and #D Studio Art choices below). Portfolio reviews are required annually. The program culminates in the annual B.F.A. Exhibition of a final project.
• • Graphic Design Option
  • 2D Studio Art Option
  • 3D Studio Art Option
    
    
• The Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education qualifies you to teach art at the K-12 level in the state of New Hampshire as well as most other states.

• The combined BFA/MAT is a 5 year plan of study combining the BFA degree with the MAT in Teaching for K-12 certification in Art Education graduate degree. Students have the opportunity to plan ahead and select up to 12 credits of required Art Education courses and 6 credits of graduate courses (if they have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average) during their undergraduate BFA degree program. The remaining MAT courses and the student teaching internship are completed within the fifth year following acceptance into the College of Graduate Studies. Thus, students achieve these two dynamic degrees within a 5 year program of study.

Minors

• Art
• Art History
• Ceramics
• Drawing
• Graphic Design
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Sculpture