The Lamar Dodd School of Art, as a leader in academic innovations in art and design, is invested in faculty, facilities, and a dynamic curriculum that changes how students engage with the world.

The School of Art prepares students to be fully engaged citizens, utilizing art and design as significant means of inquiry, integral tools for problem solving, and means for addressing critical issues both locally and globally. Through a committment to innovate teaching and learning, the curriculum balances the history and traditions of art and design with evolving integration of contemporary ideas in visual culture, new technology, and interdisciplinary practice.

The School of Art offers BFA and AB degrees, and a minor at the undergraduate level, as well as MFA, MA, MAEd, and PhD degrees at the graduate level.