Fine Arts
SUNY Adirondack's Fine Arts degree program studies art and design. Students have access to courses in many media, including drawing, painting, two- and three-dimensional design, graphic arts, photography and art history. Students choose a focus and have a more developed awareness of studio practices in one area.
- Degree
- Associate in Science
- Program Type
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Transfer Degree
- Pathway
- Arts, Media & Culture
- Additional Program Option
- Hybrid
- Credits
- 64
Learning outcomes
- Students will acquire basic drawing skills and design skills as well as an understanding of elements of art and principles of design.
- Students will understand the nature of working in a collaborative studio environment and the level of personal responsibility in such an environment.
- Students will be prepared to engage in public discourse about issues of image making in all media both traditional and new, including aforementioned elements and principles. Students will be able to tie these concepts to observations about their artwork and the artwork of their peers as well as iconic works of art throughout history.
- Students will develop a working knowledge of the history of art.
- Students will have a familiarity with and technical understanding of the use of materials involved with the making and preservation of artworks.
- Students will be able to focus more specifically and have a more developed awareness of studio practices in one or more of the following areas: drawing, painting, working with the human form, and printmaking, graphic design and photography.
Curriculum and requirements
Students partake in open-life drawing sessions, and exhibition and work-study opportunities. Field trips to local galleries and museums, as well as New York City and Boston, are available. Additionally, art-focused International Study trips to Europe and other areas abroad are available.
On her way
I never saw drawing as a career until [SUNY Adirondack]. Art was just a fun thing I did at night when I listened to music, but now I have a foundation and an idea what I want to do and how I want to impact the world with my art.”
