Visual Arts
Undergraduate Programs
Why Study Visual Arts?
Stretch your creativity with a collaborative community of creative professionals.
UMBC’s Visual Arts Department is committed to guiding future artists and design professionals to think independently, work entrepreneurially, and implement creative solutions to real world problems. You will experiment across media and learn to move skillfully between technologies, processes, and modes of thinking. Offering BA, BFA, and MFA degree options, the Visual Arts Department provides a chance for you to explore career options in visual arts and design that will position you for finding a job in today’s market.
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Which Program is Right for You?
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design
Use your imagination and think analytically to understand the role of the artist in our culture today.
VIEW Bachelor of Fine Arts DETAILS →Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts
The BA degree requires 48 credit hours and lends more easily to the combination of multiple majors, minors and/or certificate programs and for the selection of coursework from the broad range of disciplines available in a liberal arts setting.
VIEW Bachelor of Arts DETAILS →Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts (Fine Arts)
The BFA Degree requires 72 credit hours in visual arts coursework and provides a more in-depth program of study in a chosen concentration while also creating the opportunity for interdisciplinary experimentation in other visual arts media. Students who intend to pursue graduate studies in art should consider choosing this degree.
VIEW Bachelor of Fine Arts DETAILS →Minor in Art History and Museum Studies
Develop your visual arts and design skills with a focus on studying history and embracing the technological changes of today.
VIEW Minor DETAILS →Minor in Cinematic Arts
Take your creative skills in digital video production to the next level to open up new opportunities in this rapidly evolving and high-demand industry.
VIEW Minor DETAILS →Minor in Photography
Learn to use tools from the past and explore technological advances in photography to develop your creative eye for capturing our visual world.
VIEW Minor DETAILS →Minor in Print Media
Explore your creative side with an introduction to printmaking and contemporary applications for print media.
VIEW Minor DETAILS →Concentration in Animation
Develop your visual arts and design skills with a focus on studying history and embracing the technological changes of today.
VIEW Concentration DETAILS →Concentration in Graphic Design
Develop your visual arts and design skills with a focus on studying history and embracing the technological changes of today.
VIEW Concentration DETAILS →Concentration in Photography and Cinema
UMBC’s Photography and Cinematic Arts concentration will give you the creative skills needed to engage an audience, tell a story, and see opportunities that no one else sees
VIEW Concentration DETAILS →Concentration in Print and Intermedia Arts
Develop your visual arts and design skills with a focus on studying history and embracing the technological changes of today.
VIEW Concentration DETAILS →Concentration in Visual and Media Arts
The Visual & Media Arts degree track fosters intellectual and technical flexibility for students who desire to develop skills in a variety of media and provides them the option to continue to expand on areas of study within and outside of the department of visual arts.
VIEW Concentration DETAILS →Tuition, Scholarships & Financial Aid
UMBC works to provide students with adequate need-based funding.
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Contact Information
UMBC Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation Contact Information
Mailing Address
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
and Orientation
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250
OFFICE LOCATION
Albin O. Kuhn Library
on the lower level next to Library Pond
Admissions Staff
410-455-2292
Available Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
admissions@umbc.edu
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