This degree program provides you with the skills to pursue careers and advanced study in a variety of different fields. Many of our alumni work in design firms, galleries and arts organizations. Others have enrolled in graduate school to study art history, anthropology, marketing and other disciplines.

The curriculum provides a broad overview of material culture and examines images for their visual properties, history and function. Courses are taught by multiple academic departments across campus and provide you different perspectives on:

• How images communicate to viewers
• The physical, technical, social and historical value of images
• The social, philosophical and psychological reasons why humans make and need images

During your first few semesters, you'll work on completing the college's core curriculum. The core curriculum provides a general understanding of art, design and art history. After completing the core requirements, you'll take courses in:

• Global art history
• Art and business
• Computer art, studio art or museum studies
• Disciplines outside the College of Visual Arts and Design, including anthropology, merchandising, film or foreign languages

You'll also be required to complete a minor. Marketing, merchandising, entrepreneurship, anthropology or computer education are minors that complement the IADS major.