Program Overview
Program Overview
Our Art + Design B.F.A will challenge you to strengthen your creative voice as a designer or professional artist and to hone your visual-material problem-solving. In the Art + Design program, you will build professional, adaptable skills that will propel you into innovative careers. You will focus on developing your ideas and techniques with intensive faculty instruction, hands-on practice in the studio, and with real-world clients and service learning. You will become a strong, marketable visual thinker with opportunities in a wide variety of creative disciplines.
Degree Fit
This program could be a good fit if you:
- Have strong skills in art or design
- Work well with technology
- Are committed to your craft
- Have a creative, expressive, curious personality
Career Outcomes
With this degree, you could become a/an:
- Studio artist
- Digital photographer
- Advertising artist/designer
- Exhibition Designer
- Editorial Designer
- Editorial Illustrator
- Technical/Medical Illustrator
- Commercial Illustrator
- Web designer
- Art educator
- Art director
- Creative Director
- Creative Consultant
- Mural/public artist
- Printmaker/Screenprinter
- Packaging Designer
- Multimedia Design
- User Interface (UI) Designer
- User Experience (UX) Designer
- Experience Designer
- Concept Artist
- Cartoonist
Program Structure
The program features a year-long Senior Studio and exhibition of your personal work in your final semester. You will get a strong foundation in art and design practices before focusing on one of the areas of emphasis: Painting, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Printmaking, Interaction Design, or Experience Design, Ceramics, or Drawing.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Studio Art & Design B.F.A. program at the University of Idaho aims to foster students' creative voices and equip them with visual-material problem-solving skills. The program emphasizes the development of professional and adaptable abilities through intensive faculty instruction, hands-on studio practice, and real-world client and service-learning experiences. Graduates will emerge as strong, marketable visual thinkers with opportunities in various creative disciplines.
Outline:
The program provides a solid foundation in art and design practices before allowing students to specialize in one of the following areas of emphasis:
- Painting
- Graphic Design
- Sculpture
- Printmaking
- Interaction Design
- Experience Design
- Ceramics
- Drawing
Teaching:
The program features intensive faculty instruction and hands-on studio practice. Faculty members provide guidance and support to students as they develop their ideas and techniques.
Careers:
Graduates of the program can pursue careers as:
- Studio artist
- Digital photographer
- Advertising artist/designer
- Exhibition Designer
- Editorial Designer
- Editorial Illustrator
- Technical/Medical Illustrator
- Commercial Illustrator
- Web designer
- Art educator
- Art director
- Creative Director
- Creative Consultant
- Mural/public artist
- Printmaker/Screenprinter
- Packaging Designer
- Multimedia Design
- User Interface (UI) Designer
- User Experience (UX) Designer
- Experience Designer
- Concept Artist
- Cartoonist
Other:
The program is available on-campus in Moscow, Idaho.
The University of Idaho (U of I) is a public land-grant research university located in Moscow, Idaho. Established on January 30, 1889, and opening its doors on October 3, 1892, it was the state's sole university for 71 years until 1963
Overview
- Type: Public land-grant research university
- Enrollment (Fall 2023): Approximately 11,849 students, including 9,796 undergraduates and 1,929 graduate students
- Campus Size: 1,585 acres
- Mascot: Joe Vandal
- Athletics: Competes in NCAA Division I FCS – Big Sky Conference
Academics
U of I offers over 200 areas of study for undergraduate and graduate students . The university comprises ten colleges and schools, including:
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- College of Art and Architecture
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Graduate Studies
- College of Law
- College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
- College of Natural Resources
- College of Science.
Campus and Facilities
The Moscow campus features:
- Administration Building: An iconic Collegiate Gothic-style structure with an 80-foot clock tower .
- Bruce M. Pitman Center: A hub for student services, including financial aid, admissions, and student media.
- Kibbie Dome: A multi-purpose indoor stadium for various sports and events.
- Arboretum and Botanical Garden: A 65-acre site with diverse plant species .
