Art & Design
Enjoy the exploration of many types of art in WOU’s Art & Design program. Not only will you master key principles and skills in art and visual communications design, but you’ll also learn creative problem-solving processes along the way. The program combines art theory and studio practice as well as art history, graphic design, interactive media and much more! Get practical skills that are in demand in a wide range of industries and settings.
credits required for the Art & Design major
students enrolled in the Art & Design program
students per class on average in the Art & Design program
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of master's degree can be completed as an undergrad at WOU
Sample four-year degree plan
Learning outcomes
- Cultivate lifelong strategies for creative thinking, skill-building, and active practice of art and design.
- Engage in the world through critical inquiry and design process and analyze art and design in context.
- Integrate vision, language, form, and materials for communication and self-expression.
Career opportunities
- Graphic designer
- Art teacher
- Sculptor
- Painter
- Ceramist
- Printmaker
- Photographer
- Illustrator/animator
Art & Design minor
You’ll work with your adviser to choose your ideal combination of upper- and lower-division classes for this minor. You might explore drawing, design, art history, exhibition design or non-Western art — this minor is what you make it!
credits required for the Art & Design minor
Faculty
PAULA BOOTH
NTT Assistant Professor, Art
503-838-8607 | boothp@wou.edu | CH 309
JENNIFER BRACY
Professor, Art
503-838-8534 | bracyj@wou.edu | ITC 206D
CLAY DUNKLIN
NTT Assistant Professor, Art
503-838-9460 | dunklinc@wou.edu | CH 103
MICHAEL FREEMAN
Professor of Art History, Art
503-838-8326 | freemanm@wou.edu | CH 109
ERIC FREY
NTT Assistant Professor,
freye@wou.edu
JODIE GARRISON
Professor, Art
503-838-8027 | garrisonj@wou.edu | CH 310
MARY HARDEN
Associate Professor, Art
503-838-8460 | hardenm@wou.edu | CH 110
PETE HOFFECKER MEJIA
Assistant Professor, Art
hoffeckermejiap@wou.edu | CH 204
REBECCA MCCANNELL
Professor, Art
503-838-8442 | mccannr@wou.edu | CH 312
SUNG EUN PARK
NTT Assistant Professor, Art
503-838-8149 | parks@wou.edu | CH 005
GREGORY POULIN
NTT Assistant Professor, Art
503-838-8241 | pouling@wou.edu | CH 203
DANIEL TANKERSLEY
Art Department Head, Art
503-838-9658 | tankersley@wou.edu | ITC 206B
JENNIFER VAUGHN
NTT Assistant Professor, Art
503-838-9618 | vaughnj@wou.edu | ITC 206C
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