雕塑区通过提供访问各种流程的方式来鼓励创造力和批判性思维。我们的支持教师为学生提供发现自己的手和视觉诗意感所必需的工具。我们的目标是在日益全球化和当代的世界中将这种个人风格与艺术和文化历史联系起来。我们推动该领域的跨学科研究，同时鼓励各学科之间的交叉授粉。
The 60-unit M.F.A. in Art option in Visual Arts emphasizes the experience and value of visual thinking and creative problem solving in art, as well as recognizing the concurrent importance of critical thinking, experimentation, innovation and perception. Graduate students must understand the history and traditions of art and their cultural, political and social relevance. They are encouraged to utilize and interact with the services, facilities and technologies offered throughout the University, as well as those provided by the Department of Art and Design. The program has areas of concentration in Ceramics, Drawing, Illustration, Painting, Photography/Video, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Students will acquire academic and professional knowledge and skills in various art media, concepts and methodologies. Students will produce an academic and professional body of individual and collaborative work suitable for a master of fine arts degree, for the local, national and global marketplace. Students will solve visual problems at an academic and professional level, including understanding/application of the elements of art and principles of design. Students will utilize and apply critical thinking skills to communicate ideas for their intended audience at an academic and professional level in visual, oral, and written formats Students will acquire historical and contemporary knowledge of diverse cultural and aesthetic contexts, including political, visual and material culture. The Master of Fine Arts degree program in Visual Arts is the terminal degree for practicing artists and requires a minimum of 60 units. Students accepted into the program are encouraged to be registered full time, taking a minimum of 9 units per semester. <br><br>The Sculpture area encourages creativity and critical thinking by offering access to a wide variety of processes. Our supportive faculty provide students with the tools necessary to discover their own hand and sense of visual poetics. Connecting this personal touch with the history of art and culture in an increasingly globalized and contemporary world is our objective. We push the interdisciplinary aspects of the field while encouraging cross-pollination within various disciplines.