Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Discover all the places a MassArt education can take you.

Our undergraduate programs open doors to endless opportunities for personal, professional, and creative growth. As a MassArt undergraduate, you’ll explore art and design practices from across cultures and time. You’ll learn to approach artmaking from multiple perspectives and produce work that’s both sophisticated and meaningful. Working inside our incredible range of studios and art spaces alongside world-class faculty and a community of committed peers, you’ll learn to communicate your ideas clearly, think critically, and collaborate effectively.

During your first year of study — known as Studio Foundation Year — you’ll develop technical expertise that empowers you to explore within and beyond your chosen area of study. From there, you’ll dive into your chosen major, gaining the knowledge, tools, confidence, and experience you need to push boundaries and hone your creative voice.

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Studio Foundation

Build the fundamental skills you need to drive your creative development.

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BFA Major Programs

Animation

Develop the technical and creative skills to bring characters and stories to life as a professional animator.

Architecture

Learn to design elegant, functional, and resilient buildings, interiors, and structures.

Art Education

Connect with students of all ages as a skilled, imaginative, and socially engaged teaching professional.

Ceramics

Gain the technical skills to become a modern practitioner of one of humanity’s most enduring art forms.

Communication Design

Prepare to excel in disciplines such as print design, information design, user experience design, and branding.

Fashion Design

Learn the processes, techniques, and tools you need to become a creative and versatile fashion design professional.

Fibers

Gain an intensive grounding in traditional fiber techniques to support experimental work across all areas of art, artisanry, and design.

Film/Video

Immerse yourself in a curriculum that celebrates personal vision and experimentation across mediums and genres.

Glass

Explore glass as a unique medium for individual expression, and master one of the most versatile materials in our modern world.

History of Art

Learn to identify, classify, describe, and interpret works of art from a wide range of periods and cultures.

Illustration

Research and develop ideas, characters, and settings to enrich your illustrations and tell impactful stories.

Industrial Design

Hone your sketching, rendering, and prototyping techniques to solve design challenges and create new products.

Jewelry & Metalsmithing

Explore the methods and motives behind both traditional and contemporary metalwork.

Painting

While sharpening your skills and attention to detail through group critiques and faculty instruction, immerse yourself in independent creative thinking and artmaking.

Photography

From analog to digital, study the history and the skills that make up the modern practice of photograph production.

Printmaking

Master traditional printmaking techniques like etching, lithography, silkscreen, relief, photographic print processes, monotype, and woodcut.

Sculpture

Learn how to create three-dimensional sculptures at any scale using a range of different materials and methods.

Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM)

SIM is a highly individualized education built on one-on-one advising and student powered agency in which students design their own pathways.

Minors

Creative Writing

Become a skilled storyteller and explore different ways that visual art can accentuate the written word.

Ceramics

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Ceramics.

Fibers

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Fibers.

Glass

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Glass.

Jewelry & Metalsmithing

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Jewelry & Metalsmithing.

Performing Arts

Pair your art and design major with a minor in music, dance, theater, or live event production.

Sculpture

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Sculpture.

Sustainability

Gain new insight into how human actions impact our world and our future, and learn how to integrate sustainable practices into your artmaking.

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Undergraduate Curriculum

Core curriculum coursework provides a comprehensive academic foundation that will enrich your creative practice and broaden your understanding of the world.

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Humanities

Expand your knowledge and perspective through coursework in literature, writing, philosophy, film studies, history, musicology, civic engagement, and more.

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