The Department of Art offers a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art and Master of Arts with an emphasis in Art History. Graduate students focus on an individualized program of study, supported by required coursework and mentorship with the graduate faculty. Art History students can concentrate on topics within Medieval to Contemporary Western European art, and Arts of the Americas. Master of Fine Art students are encouraged to work across disciplines and cultivate their personal research with the broad context of 21st-century art, art history and theory. The department supports work in and across the following areas: ceramics, graphic design, time-based media, lens-based media, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture and museum conservation.