您将通过基础课程（包括绘图，二维和三维设计以及艺术入门史）获得用于视觉思维的语言。然后，您至少选择一个集中的工作室区域，在其中建立成熟的创意表达水平。这种深入的参与使您能够为将来的目标创建专业水平的投资组合。我们的许多毕业生选择继续攻读美术硕士课程。纽约州立大学匹兹堡艺术系的友好，专业和协作型教师在一流的工作室教育中提供设施，学生可以每周7天每天18小时访问。通过学生领导的普拉茨堡视觉艺术协会和视觉艺术家系列活动提供课外活动。普拉茨堡州立艺术博物馆（Plattsburgh State Art Museum
You will acquire the language for visual thinking through a foundation curriculum that includes drawing, two- and three-dimensional design and introductory art history. Then you choose at least one studio area of concentration in which you build a mature level of creative expression. This in-depth involvement enables you to create a professional-level portfolio for your future goals. Many of our graduates choose to continue their education in a Master of Fine Arts program. The friendly, professional and collaborative faculty of the SUNY Plattsburgh Art Department provide a first-class studio education in a facility to which students have access 18 hours a day, seven days a week. Extracurricular opportunities are offered through the student-led Plattsburgh Association of the Visual Arts and the Visual Artist Series. The Plattsburgh State Art Museum, with its Museum without Walls program and Sculpture Park, is another valuable resource. And SUNY Plattsburgh's location is unique: lakes, rivers, forests and mountains abound, while urban centers such as Montreal in Canada and Burlington, Vt., are within an hour's drive from campus.