CAREERS IN
ART and ART HISTORY
We prepare our students to be able to
compete for the most competitive M.F.A. programs in studio art, Ph.D.
programs in art history, or M. Arch. programs in architecture, but
students interested in an art major should also be aware that this
kind of education also prepares students for a wide variety of other
types of graduate or professional training. Very often the most important
career choice a liberal arts student will make is yet ahead: the shift
in field from what they took as an undergraduate to what they will
take in graduate school or in their choice of careers. We prepare our
students for this event.
Students in studio art can also go into a wide variety of careers or advanced
training relating to design, teaching, consultation, business, commercial art,
jewelry design, computer graphics, movie/television production, etc. Computer
imaging has opened up a whole new field for the trained studio artist.
Students in art history find that their training in research, writing, and broad
historical knowledge serves them well for a wide variety of fields, such as gallery,
museum, consulting, individual entrepreneurship in design related businesses.
Careers in gallery or museum work usually require a major in art history. A minor
in art history and a major in any other humanistic discipline, such as history
of language and literature, English, philosophy, religion, etc. is also an effective
preparation for application to a masters program in art history.
Most students in the architecture studies minor go to three year Master of Architecture
programs in architecture or design, but others have gone into contract archaeology,
their own furniture design business, construction, display design, community
development, art history etc. Any number of majors can complement a minor in
architectural studies which gives our students the flexibility to meet the ever
changing career opportunities of a global community. |
