Art BA Degree

Prepare for an Art Career or Grad School

A bachelor of arts degree in art with a concentration in general art studies or art history from The University of Texas at Tyler prepares you to enter a career in community art education, K-12 art education, art therapy or gallery assistant, or fields of curatorial, museum, gallery or collection management

• Study in state-of-the-art facilities using the latest digital and audio technology.
• Get one-on-one attention from professors you’d expect only at a small private university.
• Learn from professors who are practicing artists and committed scholars.

Our graduates have gone on to become successful practicing artists, museum curators, managers of private collections, art directors and graduate art students.

Bachelor’s Degree in Art or Art History Focus: Spans Centuries. Exciting & Relevant.

• Prepare exhibitions for the university’s Meadows Gallery and at the Tyler Museum of Art.
• Examine art from ancient to contemporary on the Tyler campus in facilities rated among the best in Texas and nationwide. Spanning more than 30,000 square feet, art facilities feature the latest audio and digital technology.
• Concentrate your art degree in a particular field of art by minoring in a subject such as curatorial studies, studio art, chemistry, anthropology, English or history.
• Join the Studio Art & Art History Association (SAAHA) that sponsors museum trips, guest speakers and student art sales.
• Attend art classes that are purposely kept small for maximum student-professor interaction.