You are in the official 2000-2001 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 2000-2001 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
B.A. in Art
Areas of Emphasis: Drawing/Painting, Ceramics/Sculpture,
Printmaking/Photography, Crafts/Design, Art History
Graphic Design Option
M.A. in Art
Areas of emphasis:
Art Education
Art History
Interior Design
Studio Art
Faculty
Nancy K. Brian, Chair
Lawrence L. Anderson, Jennifer Bracy, Richard Delaney, Paulette S. Fleming, Charles F. Gaines, Ed Gillum, Patricia L. Hennings, Thomas McDougall, Richard McQuone, William E. Minschew Jr., Daniel G. Nadaner, Raphael X. Reichert, Diana S. Seah, Charles Shields, Gina Strumwasser
The faculty of the department offer diverse, skilled, and professional approaches to art and design education. The methods of teaching reflect distinctive yet complementary ways and means of introducing their disciplines while guiding students through the program with a sense of dedication and commitment to the education of artists, designers, and scholars.
The facilities of the department not only include the requisite studios, computer labs, and support facilities, but include an art gallery and a lecture hall in a contemporary art building complex.
Art and Design
The Department of Art and Design offers a B.A. in Art, a graphic design option, and a B.A. in Interior Design. The department's academic programs also include a minor in art, a secondary single subject waiver credential in art, and a master's degree with areas of study in studio, art education, interior design, or art history.
The department's program of study is derived from an educational conviction that a foundation in the crafts of art and design is an essential prerequisite to the production of works exhibiting sophistication both conceptually and visually.
Art. Courses offered in the history of art examine, identify, and appreciate the visual arts from prehistory to the present. This is implemented in a manner that reflects the department's commitment to a humanities perspective based on a belief in the fundamental unity of the arts and the ideas that give them form.
The studio classes offer the student of art a variety of complementary disciplines to explore. Selected areas of concentrated study lead toward skilled applications and projects that demonstrate proficiency in graphic experimentation and expression.
The variety of offerings in studio art, art education, and the history of art encourage individualized strategies for formulating coherent programs. This results in a unique opportunity for occupational preparation in a variety of careers in the visual arts.
Graphic Design. Through a combination of traditional drawing and rendering techniques and state-of-the-art computer applications, the graphic design program prepares students for careers in the graphics and advertising fields, including graphic design, advertising, publishing, film, and television.
Courses explore the many aspects of design, typography, illustration, computer graphics, Internet design, the professional practices commonplace in the field, and the history of graphic design.
Graduates have gone on to successful careers locally and nationally, and have been the recipients of numerous awards and honors.
Interior Design. The interior design major is accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER). Interior design combines an excellent foundation of color, drafting, design - including computer-aided design (CAD) - professional practice, space planning, and presentation skills with unique strengths in architecture, building systems, and materials.
Graduates have been placed in residential, contract, and institutional interior design firms, architectural firms, art galleries, set design, and contract and residential sales. Our students are actively involved in national and West Coast interior design competitions and are recipients of numerous awards.
Career Opportunities
Completion of the art major - or interior design major - enables graduates to pursue advanced study leading to careers in fields such as:
Prospective students should contact faculty in their area of interest
to further explore specific career opportunities.
