SDSU School of Art, Design, and Art History

Welcome

Our Mission

The School of Art, Design, and Art History is committed to excellence in the visual arts and design, intellectual development, interdisciplinary research, and creative growth. The faculty, professionally active artists, designers, scholars, critics and educators, seek to develop a high degree of professional competence in future artists, art historians, art educators and designers within the rich environment of a large, culturally diverse urban university. The School strives to assume a leadership role in the visual arts and design by serving as a cultural resource for San Diego State University, the Southern California and Baja community, and the related professions.

Our primary goal is to educate our students in the highest criteria of creative endeavor as it is practiced today. We encourage the exchange of ideas between creative disciplines, through which students can begin to work productively within a truly multidisciplinary learning context. The School of Art, Design, and Art History strives to establish an environment that bridges disciplines that have historically been seen as separate artistic endeavors, by providing access to all of the intellectual and physical resources within the entire School.

Program Concentrations

The School of Art, Design, and Art History offers the B.A, M.A, and M.F.A. degrees in the visual arts. While focused on the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary art practice, the School includes concentrations in Art (ceramics, furniture, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles), Design (graphic design, interior design, multimedia), and Art History (nineteenth century, modern, Latin American, and contemporary western art, Asian art and history of museums). The School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

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