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The BFA is considered the professional degree in visual arts. A BFA prepares students to be lifelong practitioners of the studio arts who can demonstrate professional competencies — conceptual, technical and visual — in one specialized area.

Students can take coursework in:

Ceramics
Drawing
Graphic Design
Metalsmithing
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Textiles

All studio areas have access to state-of-the art technology and equipment. Faculty are practicing art professionals who maintain vigorous national exhibition schedules which makes SIUE’s art studio program one of the most comprehensive in the region.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts is considered the professional degree in visual arts. It is the entry-level degree by which students enter the professional field of graphic design, and is considered the necessary degree for a student interested in becoming a lifelong professional artist. Students will also be well prepared to pursue graduate studies.

Acceptance into the BFA program is an application process usually done in the second semester of the sophomore year, or beginning of the junior year. All art candidates begin as a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in art studio.

What can I do with a degree in art and design?

An undergraduate degree in art and design prepares majors for a wide variety of careers in:

Museums
Art galleries
Cultural institutions
Academia

Our students are also well-prepared for graduate school. Some of our recent graduates are pursuing advanced degrees at Indiana University, University of Nebraska, Maryland Institute College of Art, The State University of New York at Albany, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Syracuse University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Rhode Island School of Design, among others.