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Why Study Fine Arts, Design, and Art History
At Hofstra, the world is your canvas, a place to question, reimagine, and create. You’ll study how art and design shapes culture, from ancient masterpieces to future product concepts and immersive digital installations. Our programs in studio art, design, and art history give you the tools to think critically, make boldly, and connect ideas across disciplines.
Collaborate with students in psychology, computer science, or music business to push your practice in unexpected directions. Exhibit your work in our on-campus galleries, learn from visiting artists, and immerse yourself in New York City’s unparalleled art and design scene, just a short train ride away. Here, your creativity meets context, and your vision evolves into a voice that can influence culture, strategy, and design across industries.
Create What’s Possible
Explore ideas, materials, and mediums and foster the creative mindset that will advance your craft and career.
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Hofstra offers a comprehensive curriculum in art history, studio art, and design, with three different degrees in fine arts and art history.
A wide variety of electives are also available, with classes such as metalworking, motion graphics for digital media, design for smartphones and iPads, social media design, furniture design, packaging and branding design, documentary photography, and alternative photographic processes.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES & PROGRAMS
BA in Art History BSEd in Fine Arts Education BA in Fine Arts BS in Fine Arts Minor in Art History Minor in Business and Design Minor in Computer Applications and Digital Media Design Minor in PhotographyUNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Fine Arts Art HistoryCareer Path & Outcomes
A degree in fine arts or art history is great preparation for a career in many industries, including publishing, film, television, fashion, advertising, marketing, and auction houses.
Our graduates build creative careers as:
- Fine artists
- Furniture makers
- Jewelry designers
- Graphic and communication designers, social media and web designers
- Creative directors
- Illustrators
- Animators
- Photographers
- Educators
- Museum administrators
- Gallery administrators
Examples of places our students have found employment include:
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Adobe Inc.
- Tom Sachs Studio
- BerlinRosen
- DoSomething
- Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
- Joel Shapiro Studio
- GANNI
- Ronik Design
- Miya Ando Studio
- Artists Rights Society
- Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Your Path in Fine Arts, Design, and Art History
98%
Graduates who reported being employed or enrolled in graduate school within one year after graduation
86%
Employed graduates who accepted a position within six months after graduation
Experience Art Beyond the Studio
Facilities in Calkins Hall include:
The department’s recently renovated facilities include:
- State-of-the art computer labs
- Fully equipped wood, metal, and welding shops, as well as carving and plaster studios
- A ceramics studio that is an impressively light, airy, and well-equipped space
- Painting, drawing, sculpture, and new media; graphic design; and industrial design studios
- A professional-level photography studio where students take a full spectrum of photography courses and engage in the latest digital technologies
- Fully equipped black-and-white darkroom with 18 enlargers supporting hands-on engagement with analog photographic processes
Internships
Students gain a strong career head start through internships, made even more valuable by Hofstra’s proximity to the world’s largest art market, New York City. In a recent survey of graduates, 100% of fine arts majors reported completing an internship. Sites have included Gagosian Gallery, Golden Echo, GreenGale Publishing, Newsday, Pear the Agency, and Publishers Clearing House.
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Department of Fine Arts, Design, and Art History
Room 206A Calkins Hall