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  • Graduate
    Admission Information:

    The programs recognize a dynamic relationship among the media disciplines such as ceramics, painting, drawing/illustration, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and interdisciplinay art studies and provide the artist-student with depth and breadth of technical knowledge, critical awareness, and communication skills to sustain and encourage innovation.

    • Assistantships, Scholarships, Fellowships
    • Excellent faculty-student ratio
    • 10-12 graduate program artist community
    • Excellent modern facilities and studios
    • Close to major U.S. art centers
    • International Study Abroad Program
    • Smith Career Resource Center

    Employment for the graduate with an MFA is found through a number of opportunities in art and design institutions: primary, secondary and higher education; post-graduate research and degree exploration; a wide array of private and public design art organizations and businesses; as well as positions in government agencies and affiliated national societies in the arts. Although the monetary rewards vary among individuals, employment opportunities for trained artists are found in cultural and artistic life in the country.

    Professional development opportunities for graduate students have been found in museums throughout the country; teaching positions in nationally recognized institutions of higher education; government agencies in the mid-west and throughout the country; as well as post-graduate research and degree opportunities in well-known universities throughout the nation. Bradley University is non-discriminatory with regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, handicap or place of national origin in its admission policy.

    Master of Fine Arts & Master of Arts

    The rewards for developing one's artistic talents are personal, professional and community based. The expression of emotions and concepts through an artistic medium stimulates and challenges society and contributes to the growth of the culture. Professional careers in the arts are challenging, demanding, and at times, frustrating, but for the persevering artist the rewards are deeply gratifying and personally enriching.

    The opportunities for professional development in the Bradley program are great with an intentionally small student-faculty ratio of 1:2. The relationships among students and faculty are warm and collegial. Studio spaces are closely maintained for each graduate student. There is a balanced relationship between an individual commitment to one's work and responsibility to the community of the college and the artist's community and the world.

    Requirements:

    Current Graduate Programs offered at Bradley University

    For further information contact:

    Randall Carlson, program coordinator
    Graduate Fine Arts Programs
    Department of Art
    Bradley University
    1501 West Bradley Ave.
    Peoria, Illinois 61625

  • Undergraduate
    Programs:

    Studio Art

    Studio Art Majors at Bradley University learn a diverse skill set, which includes technical knowledge, creative problem solving, and academic competence. A strong foundations program grounds each studio art major in traditional processes while also introducing them to digital and time-based arts. With three different degree options and seven concentrations including: ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, the studio art major is flexible enough to meet the needs of each individual student.

    Art History

    The Art History Major at Bradley University immerses students in the study of visual culture. Students learn to interpret the visual through methodologies dedicated to the historical, the material, the theoretical and the critical. Ways of addressing and analyzing the range of materials that constitute visual culture are emphasized in lectures and through the oral and written presentation of research and inquiry into specific objects, periods, and issues.

    Art Education

    Art Education Majors at Bradley University gain hands-on experience as they complete a studio major as well as the education requirements leading to teacher certification. This major encourages the understanding of the arts and other forms of visual culture, policy, and education for all students through a curriculum that is research-based, interdisciplinary, and intent on collaboration with communities within the University, state, nation, and world.

    Requirements:
    1. All art majors must complete the studio and art history core requirements. Often, these courses are prerequisites for higher level courses.
    2. Candidates for the BFA degree are required to participate in a senior exhibition. BA and BS candidates may participate in a senior exhibition if there is time and space available. A written request must be submitted to the department chair for approval before midterm of the semester prior to the one in which the exhibition is to be held. The request must include examples of the work to be exhibited. If the quality and appropriateness of the work is approved by the faculty, the request for exhibiting will be honored if scheduling permits. In no case should such permission be viewed as automatic or guaranteed even if the work is of high quality. All students participating in senior thesis exhibitions must register for ART 420/421.
    3. An overall gradepoint average of 2.5 must be maintained in the major.
    4. The department reserves the right to retain some student work for the University permanent collection. Films produced by the department are retained by the University at the discretion of the instructor.

  • Minor
    Requirements:

    The art minor is designed for students who would like to have a program for their own personal growth or enjoyment, or for an adjunct to other major interests such as business, publicity, broadcasting, advertising, philosophy, literature, or areas of the sciences, engineering and other courses of study where creativity, problem solving, and relationships between materials, skills, and content are of major concern. The studio art minor has two possible directions: two dimensional or three dimensional. Each requires 21 hours for completion.

    Option I - Two Dimensional - Total Hours Required for Minor 21

    Option II - Three Dimensional - Total Hours Required for Minor 21

    Minor in Art History - Total Hours Required for Minor 18

  • Teaching Certificate
    Admission Information:

    Undergraduate Admissions: Admission to the BA and BS studio art, art history, and Art Education degree programs are the same as for the University in general. (see University Admissions) There are no special admission requirements and no portfolio submission is necessary. Admission to the BFA program is not made until the Sophomore or Junior year and requires the submission of a portfolio. (see BFA application procedure)

    The art minor is designed for students who would like to have a program for their own personal growth or enjoyment, or for an adjunct to other major interests such as business, publicity, broadcasting, advertising, philosophy, literature, or areas of the sciences, engineering and other courses of study where creativity, problem solving, and relationships between materials, skills, and content are of major concern. The studio art minor has two possible directions: two dimensional or three dimensional. Each requires 21 hours for completion.

    Option I - Two Dimensional - Total Hours Required for Minor 21

    Option II - Three Dimensional - Total Hours Required for Minor 21

    Minor in Art History Total Hours Required for Minor 18

    Requirements:
    1. All art majors must complete the studio and art history core requirements. Often, these courses are prerequisites for higher level courses.
    2. Candidates for the BFA degree are required to participate in a senior exhibition. BA and BS candidates may participate in a senior exhibition if there is time and space available. A written request must be submitted to the department chair for approval before midterm of the semester prior to the one in which the exhibition is to be held. The request must include examples of the work to be exhibited. If the quality and appropriateness of the work is approved by the faculty, the request for exhibiting will be honored if scheduling permits. In no case should such permission be viewed as automatic or guaranteed even if the work is of high quality. All students participating in senior thesis exhibitions must register for ART 420/421.
    3. An overall gradepoint average of 2.5 must be maintained in the major.
    4. The department reserves the right to retain some student work for the University permanent collection. Films produced by the department are retained by the University at the discretion of the instructor.