As a student in the Department of Printmaking, you will receive the technical and aesthetic instruction and learn the critical-thinking skills necessary to develop as working print artists. You will create work in a variety of fine art print media to develop a distinctive vision and a professional approach. Printmaking is an extension of drawing, thus, drawing and compositional skills are developed along with those of printmaking. You will learn the basics of the major techniques and must achieve mastery in lithography and etching. Black-and-white and color processes are taught in all media within the program. You are also encouraged to pursue other areas of the printmaking curriculum, such as relief, monotype, letterpress printing, and book arts. Aesthetic understanding is developed through studio projects leading to more self-directed work on the upper levels.