Current and Prospective Students

The Department of Art and Art History has 31 staff members and 80 faculty: 16 Professors, 26 Associate Professors, 14 Assistant Professors, 2 Senior Lecturer, 13 Lecturers, 9 Assistant Instructors. The Department has 17 Professor Emeriti.

The student-to-teacher ratio for the Department is 9 to 1. The ratios for each of the Divisions of the Department are as follows:

• Art Education/Visual Art Studies – 9 to 1
• Art History – 7 to 1
• Design – 11 to 1
• Studio Art – 8 to 1

The total student enrollment in the department for the 2009-2010 academic year is 719 divided among the following undergraduate and graduate programs:

Undergraduate Programs
544 total undergraduate students:

Bachelor of Arts in Art:
Art History: 102
Studio Art: 90

Bachelor of Fine Arts:
Design: 69
Studio Art: 238
Visual Art Studies: 45

Graduate Programs
175 total graduate students:

Master of Arts in Art Education (M.A.) – 40 students

Master of Arts in Art History (M.A.) – 35 students in ancient, medieval, modern, theory, non-western (Asian, African, Islamic, Native American, Oceanic, pre-Columbian) art history

Doctorate of Philosophy in Art History (Ph.D.) – 56 students in ancient, medieval, modern, theory, non-western (Asian, African, Islamic, Native American, Oceanic, pre-Columbian) art history

Master of Fine Arts in Design (M.F.A.) – 14 students

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art (M.F.A.) – 30 students in ceramics, drawing and painting, metals, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and transmedia