University of Oregon

Course Details

BA(Digital arts)

Course Description

Explore Your Creativity, Prepare for Your Future The UO’s Department of Art will prepare you for a career in the fields of the visual arts, digital arts, and design. Through the making of art, the department aims to help each individual think critically, communicate clearly, and work creatively. Two different majors, art and digital arts, are offered at the B.A. or B.S. undergraduate level. The professional baccalaureate degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, requires an additional, fifth year of studio intensive work. For the B.F.A. degree, students major in a specific media area. Major in art and you’ll choose from courses in ceramics, drawing and painting, fibers, metalsmithing and jewelry, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. You’ll start your art studies learning basic design and drawing as part of the foundations program. You’ll work with a wide range of media and techniques as you explore the grammar and vocabulary of visual language in two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and time-based projects. The UO's program in digital arts encourages students to combine new media and visual art theory with strong technical sophistication, a rich sense of visual design, and an ability to articulate artistic research. You’ll take classes in interactivity, video art, animation, installation, imaging, programming, design, and art and design history. If you’d like to earn a professional degree, the fifth year B.F.A. builds on the understanding and abilities gained over the previous four years. Students apply to the B.F.A. program in a specific media area during their senior year. You’ll work intensively in the studio, develop an independent body of work, and mount an exhibition. B.F.A. students in digital arts spend their fifth year in residence in Portland at the UO White Stag, focusing on research, production, and installation in a technologically sophisticated studio environment. The Department of Art values the contribution of both art majors and students choosing art course work as part of their broad liberal arts education. If you choose a major other than art, you’re still encouraged to explore the studio experience as part of your liberal arts education, honing valuable skills such thinking visually and creatively, communicating and expressing ideas, and responding to feedback.

Course Duration

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3year

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BA(Digital arts) University of Oregon