Iowa State University Arts Programs

The Department of Art and Visual Culture at Iowa State University offers degree programs focused on fine arts and visual culture, offering courses in studio arts, art history, and art education, and scientific illustration. Students combine coursework in studio art with another area of interest. Working with an advisor, students design their own programs of study.

Students will learn to: 

• Develop creative problem-solving abilities and traditional and innovative technical skills through the design, research, and creative processes;  
• Understand and express in multiple media the relationship between objects, aesthetics, and meaning;  
• Exhibit an awareness of their roles as artists and thinkers regarding the ethical, cultural, and ecological impacts of what they do.