Why choose Visual Arts at WSU?

• Opportunities to use art and design processes to foster critical thinking and creativity.
  
  
• Opportunities to be involved in communication design and public art projects for the Northern Utah community.
  
  
• A comprehensive curriculum in art and design that promotes a diversity of responses to the world around us.
  
  
• The Department of Visual Arts is housed in the Kimball Visual Arts Center, one of the most complete facilities in the Intermountain West. Interested students are welcome to tour the facility.
  
  
• Twelve full-time faculty lead studio activities in both traditional and experimental artistic media. Each instructor holds an advanced degree and is intensely involved with personal creative work in addition to teaching.

What degrees/certificates are available?

Bachelor of Science or Arts (BS or BA)
There are several areas of emphasis for a BS or BA:
    Art Teaching Composite
    Two Dimensional
    Three Dimensional
    Photography
    Visual Communication/Design
    Visual Communication/Illustration

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Art

Departmental Honors: Art

Minor: Art

Minor: Art History

Teaching Minor: Art

Minor: Photography

What courses are offered through online/distance learning?

The visual arts department offers Art 1010, Introduction to the Visual Arts online. This three-hour course satisfies the Creative Arts category under the Breadth Requirement in General Education. Check the current class schedule online for instructors and times or click here.

What are the employment opportunities?

Visual arts graduates may work as graphic designers, photographers, teachers, web and media designers, arts administrators and self-supporting artists. Some graduates choose to study at the graduate level and go on to become architects or professors.  For more information, go to Career Services.

What will I learn in the program?

As an art major or minor, your powers of observation, your perception and your understanding of the visual environment will increase. Individuals with a disciplined work ethic will learn problem-solving methods using analytic and synthetic reasoning and to balance hard reasoning with fantasy and play. You'll learn to exercise judgement, to think creatively and independently, and to express yourself confidently using visual media. The nature of this personal growth in critical thinking, self-propulsion and individual awareness will prepare you for careers in the visual arts, fields related to the visual arts, and even professions outside the arts.

Where can I find out more about the programs?

College of Arts & Humanities
Weber State University
1904 University Circle
Ogden,  UT 84408-1904
phone 801-626-6424
email arts&humanities@weber.edu

Department Contact Mark Biddle
mbiddle@weber.edu 

Department Phone 801-626-6762

Is there an application deadline?

Although there is no application deadline, we encourage you to apply early and register for classes. Contact the visual arts department for specific information or to schedule advisement.