Department of Art, Architecture, and Design

The Department of Art, Architecture and Design offers an undergraduate education in the arts that combines the depth of an art and design school training with the breadth and flexibility of a liberal arts curriculum. In a university that has for generations helped shape innovation, industry, and design in the United States, we educate students to become the makers and designers, builders and creators of tomorrow. The department also offers distinctive opportunities for hands-on and experiential learning outside the classroom. We view this as critical to the future of undergraduate art instruction, and endeavor to give all students equitable opportunity to harness the skills they learn in the classroom for real-world application, as important tools for inquiry, dialogue, inclusion, remediation, and service in the community and world at large.