AU 2024 Year-in-review
Across all of our campuses, we saw Jaguars excel and the university continued to record unprecedented growth in enrollment.
Do you want to use art to tell stories and help others understand the world around them?
Augusta University’s Art program offers an opportunity like no other — one that provides several concentrations to allow you to learn the skills you need to enter the art career that’s right for you, including general art, animation, digital and visual storytelling, graphic design, drawing/painting, sculpture/ceramics and printmaking/photography. This program from Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ Department of Art & Design prepares students for many exciting career options.
Follow your artistic passion and join us today.
Art, BFA is for you if you consider yourself
What You'll Study
A Bachelor of Fine Arts has several concentrations, allowing you to have a professional career in art by giving you hands-on skills in the techniques and technologies of your chosen field.
Focal Points
Experience-based Education
Dynamic faculty with deep connections in the art world bring in professional artists, designers, scholars and leaders from an array of fields to interact with students through lectures, workshops and critiques.
Taking advantage of our designation as one of Georgia’s four research universities, the department hosts a series of interactive talks sponsored by Leonardo: The International Institute for the Arts, Sciences and Technology that promote collaboration between the arts and sciences.
The Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art is located on campus and supports the arts and the department by promoting smart and relevant works by contemporary artists in all phases of their careers.
Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student, you’ll have opportunities to create your own research projects or work with faculty to tackle some of the world’s most complex and pressing challenges.
Pamplin College’s Center for Social Science Research involves students as active partners in research projects that assist local public and nonprofit agencies improve their effectiveness.
Student publications are an excellent way to find your voice and strengthen your portfolio, and Pamplin College has a wide range to get involved with.
Student clubs and organizations help you “plug in” to campus life in a way that can lead to meaningful connections, new interests and resume-enhancing experiences.
Your Future
With the BFA concentrations, graduates are prepared to step into specific careers associated with their fields of study, including animation, graphic design and photography. All Art majors graduate with communications and reasoning skills that are critical to a wide range of careers.
Learning Like No Other
Wide variety of in-demand concentrations prepares you for the career you want.
Dynamic campus with opportunities to interact in a multitude of collaborative ways.
State of the art facilities and technology provides the experience needed to step directly into your career.
The on-campus gallery and the department’s long history of hosting visiting artists and lecturers brings the greater art world to you.
Across all of our campuses, we saw Jaguars excel and the university continued to record unprecedented growth in enrollment.
"Regardless of how many times you hear 'Congratulations!' or 'We regret to inform you,' wherever you are is where you're meant to be," says Eboni Watts.
“This opportunity allows us to really hone in on our pedagogical skills for international relations," says Craig Albert, PhD.
Since the program began, it has received more than $125,000 in individual and group donations to the HGP university foundation account.