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    University of North Texas
   
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Visual Arts and Design


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Main Office
Art Building, Room 101

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #305100
Denton, TX 76203-5017

Phone: 940-565-4001

 

Art Education
E-mail: cvad.arteducation@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-7559

Art History
E-mail: cvad.arthistory@unt.edu
Phone: 940-565-4777

Design
E-mail: cvad.design@unt.edu
Phone: 940-565-3621

Studio Art
E-mail: cvad.studio@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-7671


Web site: cvad.unt.edu

 

Karen Hutzel, Dean

Eric Ligon, Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs
Heidi Strobel, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

Faculty  

The College of Visual Arts and Design fosters creative futures for its diverse student population and the region through rigorous arts-based education, arts- and client-based studio practice, scholarship and research.

The University of North Texas is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190; 703-437-0700.

The College of Visual Arts and Design is organized into departments based on the following programs.

Art Education

The Department of Art Education offers the BFA, MA and PhD with a major in art education and a graduate academic certificate in art museum education.

Art History

The Department of Art History offers the undergraduate minor, BA and MA in art history, with an opportunity for an accelerated BA leading to MA graduate track program.

Design

The Department of Design offers the BFA degree with majors in communication design, fashion design and interior design and the MFA degree with a major in design and concentrations in fashion design and interior design. Also offered is the MA with a major in design and concentrations in interior design for sustainability and interaction design. Both the fashion design and interior design graduate curricula focus on the development of creative scholarship. The MA with a major in design and concentration in interaction design is designed to help individuals and organizations gain the skills, methods and experiences needed to define meaningful, effective and successful human-centered products, services and systems.

Studio Art

The Department of Studio Art offers BFA and MFA degrees in studio art with concentrations in ceramics, drawing and painting, metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Admission requirements

Prospective applicants must meet admission requirements for the Toulouse Graduate School as well as the requirements for the area of study within the College of Visual Arts and Design. Detailed application procedures and requirements are available for the Department of Art Education, Department of Art History, Department of Design, and Department of Studio Art in this catalog, through the web site www.cvad.unt.edu or by calling the department office. Students are admitted to the MFA in studio art in fall terms/semesters only.

Courses

    Art

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