Bachelor of Arts Major in Art

Our mission is to provide aspiring artists and graphic designers with intensive, integrative, relevant, and rewarding educational programs of excellent quality in a personal, supportive, and collaborative environment. We seek to graduate creative individuals who think critically and historically, communicate effectively, and act responsibly in our global society. We are also committed to providing studio and art history courses to non-art majors as part of Pacific's General Education Program and to contributing to the aesthetic quality of the campus. To accomplish this mission: Our undergraduate curricula include art and design theories, histories, and experiential learning in both traditional and contemporary visual arts media, providing a strong basis for informed reflection, critical thinking, independent inquiry, and imaginative expression. Our undergraduate curricula in Graphic Design and Studio Art combine a thorough visual arts education with a comprehensive grounding in the fertile, intellectual heritage of the Humanities and the liberal arts. Our faculty members inform and inspire; their teaching expertise is enriched by their professional experience as artists, designers, and historians. Undergraduate research, internships, and study abroad experiences are encouraged. We promote interdisciplinary partnerships and collaborations with other units within the university and within our community to create educational opportunities and reach to broader audiences. We engage in ongoing assessment of our programs. Bachelor of Arts in Art Demonstrate competence with the principles of visual organization, including the ability to work with visual elements in two and three dimensions; color theory and its applications; and drawing. Apply knowledge of the principles of visual organization to conduct formal analysis of artworks. Demonstrate a working knowledge of media, technologies and equipment applicable to their area of emphasis. This includes environmentally responsible practice. Identify the major historical achievements in world art, ethical and formal issues, current processes, and directions of their area(s) of emphasis. Integrate skills in studio practice, theory, analysis, media and technology to address a variety of art problems, independently and in collaboration with others. Demonstrate through public exhibition the capability to produce work that embodies a coherent set of artistic and intellectual goals. (Senior Art Exhibition) Demonstrate ability to form and defend value judgments about art and to communicate art ideas, concepts, and requirements to professionals and laypersons related to the practice of the major field. (Senior Thesis) Bachelor of Arts Major in Art Students must complete a minimum of 124 units with a Pacific cumulative and major/program grade point average of 2.0 in order to earn the bachelor of arts degree with a major in art.