Students in the visual arts give form to their intellectual and emotional experiences.  They learn how art is a significant form of creating and responding to culture.  They experiment and take risks.  And as they refine their skills, they gain a high level of technical ability to achieve their personal, aesthetic vision and prepare for professional practice within their chosen fields.

If you choose to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) program at the University of Dayton, your options include the disciplines of art education, fine arts studio, photography, and visual communication design.  Art education prepares you to teach grades  K-12 and bring your own artistic expertise into the early, middle, and secondary school settings.  Fine arts studio offers instruction in such areas as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and illustration with the possibility of working closely with faculty members on independent projects outside the normal classroom structure.  Photography offers the technical and theoretical training for you to pursue artistic, commercial, journalistic, or scientific applications.  Visual communication design offers program options in graphic design and computer imaging and prepares students for careers in such areas as graphic design, advertising, and publishing.

An education in the visual arts also includes becoming familiar with art history and learning the varied roles that visual arts play in the lives of human beings.  Students articulate their own visions and are constantly challenged by their peers and by faculty to seek fresh perspectives.  If you choose a B.F.A program at the University of Dayton, you will find that you have entered upon an exciting, unparalleled journey of  personal and professional growth.

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