BA / BFA Visual Arts

The Visual Arts program prepares students for careers as artists, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and fabricators, as well as careers in education, business, galleries and museums, and not-for-profit organizations.The B.A. in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts or Art History, or Visual Arts K-12 Teacher Education, or the BFA in Studio Art, is also the first step for students interested in graduate study in art or art history. Visual Arts students are constantly pushed to develop their critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills, which are consistently listed among the skills Fortune 500 companies desire most.The successes of our alumni are the best evidence of the quality of our program, Graduates of the Stockton Visual Arts program have attended top-ranked graduate programs and gone on to successful careers as photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, and in museums and galleries around the county.Within the Visual Arts program you can pursue a B.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Art Teacher Certification for K-12, Art History, or a B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degree in Studio Art. Students in the BFA select a concentration from Photography, Studio Art (painting, printmaking, sculpture) or Visual Communications (graphic design or Illustration).This curriculum provides the student with the foundation and advanced skills necessary for a career in the arts, graduate study, and preparation for a broad range of general career paths.