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Dr. Hugh Foley, Department Head

The Mission and Goals of the Department of Fine Arts

The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to promote and encourage student success in various artistic and scholarly endeavors. To achieve this mission the department will:

1. Foster and encourage creativity, critical and creative thinking, and problem solving.
2. Stress independent thinking and competence in art theory and research through practical application.
3. Foster values of scholarship, creativity, appreciation of diversity, and community among our faculty, staff, and students.
4. Offer innovative and quality teaching within the classroom and the studio.

Programs

Students who successfully complete an approved program with emphasis in liberal arts, humanities, social sciences, or business subject areas are awarded the Associate in Arts degree.

These degree programs are designed as an integral part of the four-year programs if students ultimately pursue a baccalaureate degree.

Accounting
Business Administration
Criminal Justice Studies

Option: Collegiate Officer Program
Option: Law/Justice

Elementary Education
Liberal Arts

Option: General
Option: English
Option: English (Secondary Education)
Option: Native American Studies

Secondary Education

Option: Social Studies

Social Sciences

Option: Psychology
Option: Sociology

• Liberal Arts, Native American Studies Option, A.A.

Bachelor of Fine Art

Visual Arts

Option: Graphic Design
Option: Multimedia
Option: Photographic Arts
Option: Studio Art

The Bachelor of Fine Art in Visual Arts degree is designed to prepare students to achieve academic and professional goals in various art disciplines, while enriching them intellectually, culturally, and personally. This degree emphasizes the importance of the visual aspects of communication. Through knowledge acquired in interdisciplinary art and culture courses, this degree prepares art students to enter the fields of technology, preservation, advertising and corporate identity, entertainment, higher education, and art production.

• Visual Arts, Graphic Design Option, B.F.A.
• Visual Arts, Multimedia Option, B.F.A.
• Visual Arts, Photographic Arts Option, B.F.A.
• Visual Arts, Studio Art Option, B.F.A.

A minor requires completion of at least 18-24 designated credit hours of coursework outside the student’s major field, including a minimum of 9 upper-division credit hours, and may have a required core. The same courses may not be used to fulfill the requirements for both a major and a minor. To complete a minor, a student is required to earn six 3000-4000 level credit hours in that minor at RSU.

• Art History, Minor
• Arts, Minor
• Graphic Design, Minor
• Native American Studies, Minor

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