BFA Studio Art - Printmaking Concentration

The School of Art and Design promotes the understanding of art in culture by providing a learning environment that advances students’ critical and creative thinking, encourages diverse perspectives, and nurtures individual artistic expression. The School fosters creative and scholarly activities that develop students’ conceptual and technical abilities and encourages visually articulate thinkers. The faculty come from diverse educational, professional and cultural backgrounds. Through effective teaching, the School of Art and Design helps students achieve excellence in their individual, artistic and career goals.

The School of Art and Design offers six programs leading to the following degrees:

All Art and Design majors are encouraged to enter the annual student exhibition and to take advantage of the Texas State Galleries and the Art and Design Lecture Series. An active internship program is available for all qualified Art and Design majors.

All students majoring in Studio Art or in Photography are required to participate in Portfolio, Practice and Exhibition (ARTS 4200) and the Senior Art Exhibition (ARTS 4000) within the academic year they plan to graduate. All students majoring in Studio Art (Teacher Certification in Art, Early Childhood through Grade Twelve) are required to meet teacher certification requirements. Refer to the Office of Educator Preparation (OEP). All students majoring in Communication Design are required to meet the program’s admission requirements. These students are also required to participate in Senior Portfolio Presentation and Self-Promotion (ARTC 4315) and Senior Show and Review (ARTC 4200) within the academic year they plan to graduate. All students majoring in Art History are required to complete a theories and methods course (ARTH 4323).

Students enrolled in the School of Art and Design B.A., B.F.A., or M.F.A. programs must maintain high scholastic standards and develop a mastery of the knowledge and methods of their respective discipline. Students are expected to demonstrate emotional and mental fitness in their interactions with others, use skills and methods that are generally accepted in the profession, and conform to the code of ethics of their respective discipline and the university’s honor code. A student’s acceptance in any program does not guarantee the student’s fitness to remain in that program. The faculty is responsible for verifying that only those students who continue to meet program standards are allowed to continue in any program.

Members of the faculty, using their professional judgments, evaluate student fitness and performance continuously. The criteria used by the faculty to make such judgments include instructors’ observations of student performance in class or in activities related to courses. Students who are not making satisfactory progress or who are not meeting program standards should consider withdrawing from the program.

In this context, the term “satisfactory progress” refers to an academic judgment made regarding the student’s fitness and performance. It is a judgment that the student has failed to meet program standards rather than a judgment made on the basis of the student’s violation of valid rules of conduct. Disciplinary matters are referred to Student Justice.