Art and Design BA
- Major
- BA
- In-Person
- Greeley
- Graphic Design
- Visual Art (Grades K-12)
- Studio Art
4 Years
Program Overview
With a degree in Art and Design from UNC, you can build your own degree based on the medium you most enjoy or include teaching licensure in your journey. Explore three concentrations and multiple areas of focus to set yourself up for your career.
Our hands-on studio opportunities in state-of-the-art facilities and our in-depth classroom experiences with both artistic and academic priorities will prepare you to become a leading artist, designer, or art educator. We pride ourselves in our small class sizes and individualized instruction that help you find your identity as a visual artist.
Join us, and grow into who you are.
Studio Art Concentration: Take 57 credits in your required major, then you’ll select your 300/400-level studio art courses selected with your faculty advisor.
Studio Art Concentration – Degree Requirements
Graphic Design Concentration: Take 63 credits in your required major, you’ll build a solid foundation in a variety of mediums, then go on to complete classes in Graphic Design, including brand identity.
Graphic Design Concentration – Degree Requirements
Licensure: Visual Art (Grades K-12): Take 70 credits in your required major, including 6 area of focus credits selected with your advisor. Then complete 22 credits for licensure.
Licensure – Degree Requirements
Studio Art: A 21-credit minor that allows you to build your creative skills in a variety of mediums.
Four-Year Plans help you see your course load every semester as a full-time student.
Courses are subject to availability. Students must consult with their major advisor to receive information on any additional graduation requirements and course sequence guidance.
Four-Year Plan – Studio Art Concentration
Concentrations
Concentrations are your way to define your degree. In Art and Design, you’ll graduate with a body of work that has been molded over your semesters of learning, no matter what concentration you choose.
Build your artistic skillset, dive into art history and get into the studio to create. Studio Art is focused on preparing you as an artist and craftsperson.
It is also an ideal program for students planning to do advanced or graduate study in art and art history.
Focus in creating designs intended for everyday use in professional spaces. With classes like Corporate and Brand Identity Design, Packaging, and Motion Graphics, you’ll be ready to enter the industry when you graduate.
You will plan, analyze, create and evaluate visual solutions to communication problems.
An internship is required for this concentration.
Want to teach art? This concentration will end with you being an art teacher prepared for the K-12 level and teaching in your very own classroom.
This concentration requires you to take classes for an area of focus. Choose from art history, graphic design or an area of studio art.
The area of focus must be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor and you will end with an intentional and cohesive body of work.
Artist Alumni
Honored Alumnus
“You have to ask like: ‘What are you giving back to people through the work that you’re doing?’ I use my body and skills to collaborate with others and try to tell their stories.”
Armando Silva, '10
Visual Arts
Artist
Alumnus
“The support I had from my professors who were actively practicing what they were teaching who had many years of experience bringing that wisdom to the table through their support — through the school’s support — I was able to create a new field that I really wanted to work in.”
Mackey Saturday, '07
Visual Arts
Designer and Creative Director
Art at UNC
Three Galleries
There are three galleries where we display student, faculty and alumni art around campus, the Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery in Campus Commons, the Mariani Gallery and the unique Oak Room Gallery.
Areas of Study
Studio artists, you can concentrate on one or more of these areas: ceramics, drawing, integrated media arts, painting, printmaking, and sculpture and digital fabrication.
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio reviews are optional.
New and returning UNC students have the option to fill out the UNC Scholarship Application as well as submit a portfolio through the School of Art and Design portfolio submission form to be considered for talent-based and foundation scholarships.
What is Licensure?
A teaching licensure is Colorado’s way of certifying that you’re qualified to teach. It shows you’ve completed the required coursework, passed state exams and gained classroom experience.
Think of it like a driver’s license, but for teaching.
Our program in Art and Design: Licensure Visual Art (Grades K-12) program includes everything you need for K-12 licensure. When you graduate, you’ll be ready to apply for your Colorado Initial Teacher License and start your teaching career.
If you have questions about Licensure, email Licensure@unco.edu
Have Questions? We're Here to Help!
- PVA@unco.edu
- (970) 351-2993
- Crabbe Hall