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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2009 Mason Gross School of the Arts Programs of Study Visual Arts 081  

Visual Arts 081

See Art in the Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students section for the bachelor of arts (B.A.) program information.

The bachelor of fine arts program in visual arts is for students who want to become professional artists and who wish to pursue their specific professional goals within the stimulating intellectual climate of Rutgers University. The education offered by Mason Gross School of the Arts differs from an art school program that focuses exclusively on studio skills. At Mason Gross School of the Arts, studios and seminar discussions together confront students with a wide range of techniques, materials, visual languages, and cultural issues. Creation and critical analysis go hand in hand. The program assumes that to be a surviving professional artist in the 21st century one should be educated to make informed choices, not only about aesthetic strategies, but also about who to work for and how to serve the demands of society and oneself.

Work toward the B.F.A. degree starts with foundation courses that introduce the techniques and materials as well as the artistic and cultural questions of contemporary art. Intermediate and advanced courses provide concentrated training in six major areas: ceramics and sculpture, video, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, and graphic design.* Students are asked to focus in one of these six areas. They may be grouped in agreeable arrangements such as painting and drawing or design and printmaking. Enrollment in advanced graphic design courses is limited to 20 students.

The B.F.A. program in visual arts is committed to the development of both personal expression and cultural analysis through which a student prepares to face the aesthetic, social, and personal choices involved in being a professional artist.

* Acceptance to the B.F.A. program does not guarantee admittance to the graphic design concentration.

 
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