Art and Art History
Within the framework of the university’s mission to educate the whole person, the Department of Art and Art History fully embraces the primacy of a liberal arts education. To enable this goal, the faculty of the department utilize philosophical, ethical, social and historical developments in their teaching of the visual arts.
Through creative and scholarly study competence is developed in the studio arts on both technical and conceptual levels. The discipline of art history methodologies are approached from a phenomenological and critical stance. The faculty seek to develop unique capabilities for individual artistic expression and to provide students with the intellectual and aesthetic means to make informed choices in a rapidly changing world.
To implement these goals, the faculty is committed to excellence in teaching, vitalized by creative activity and scholarly research. The Studio Art and Art History faculty at LMU provide a solid pedagogy in the visual arts while expanding humanitarian and social consciousness in their students. The department is deeply committed to a curricular flexibility which reflect the technological, intellectual, professional, and aesthetic needs of our students.
All degree offerings in the Department of Art & Art History are fully accredited programs. All majors are provided a diverse, well-rounded general education by the required University Core Curriculum, which seeks to develop a student’s analytical skills and ability to communicate, and to encourage an appreciation for their culture and the world.
The Department of Art & Art History is a member of NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design), and provides an undergraduate program which is recognized nationally.
The Department of Art & Art History offers two majors: Art History (ARHS) and Studio Arts (STAR).