The Department of Art and Design provides professional degrees in Art and Design as well as a liberal arts degree in Art Education. These programs foster critical and analytic thinking and problem solving skills, communication skills, individual initiative anad responsibility, professional knowledge and performance skills in a broad range of art media, and an understanding of historical context and the role of art and design in the history of humankind. The primary emphasis is on the development of concepts, skills, and sensitivities essential to the professional artist, designer, or art educator.