艺术与设计学院通过提供一个学习环境，促进学生的批判性和创造性思维，鼓励各种观点并培养个人的艺术表达，促进对文化艺术的理解。学校鼓励开展创新和学术活动，以培养学生的概念和技术能力，并鼓励具有视觉清晰度的思想家。该师资来自不同的教育，专业和文化背景。通过有效的教学，艺术与设计学院可以帮助学生在个人，艺术和职业目标上实现卓越。
The School of Art and Design at Texas State University is dedicated to advancing the dynamic potential of art and design to positively impact individuals, communities, and the world. Our students build meaningful, sustainable futures by engaging in inclusive learning environments where diverse perspectives provide insights that support innovative thinking, conceptual and technical expertise, and career and professional readiness. Graduates from the School of Art and Design are flexible, highly skilled, and make significant contributions in and beyond the art and design fields. The faculty come from diverse educational, professional, and cultural backgrounds, and are actively engaged in their disciplines as regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized practioners and scholars. Exceptional teaching and mentoring within a welcoming, collaborative community positions our students to achieve excellence in their individual, artistic, and career goals.<br> The B.F.A. Studio Art program educates visually articulate artists with a solid foundation in the conceptual, technical, historical, and professional aspects of the visual arts through a broad range of studio and academic experiences. The Studio Art program has seven studio disciplines that provide outstanding opportunities for students to study in a range of areas including Ceramics, Drawing, Expanded Media, Metals, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. These areas also function to bridge students areas of artistic inquiry with other interests and mediums within the Studio program. The B.F.A. degree culminates in the capstone Thesis course, a final Thesis Portfolio, and a B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. The B.F.A. Studio Art program serves a wide range of student interests and pursuits, and prepares students for professional careers as artists and arts professionals. The School of Art and Design fosters creative and scholarly activities that develop students' conceptual and technical abilities and encourages visually articulate backgrounds.<br>A course designed to offer students the opportunity to experience and receive academic credit for professional related activities in the field of the studio arts.