The Master of Arts in Art provides a balance of study and practice for those who wish a career in the visual arts, or who want to prepare for further graduate work in the field. The program offers the following areas of concentration: art history, ceramics, crafts (including jewelry/metalsmithing and woodworking), creative photography, drawing and painting (including printmaking), exhibition design, glass, graphic design, illustration, and sculpture. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1974, the Department of Art offers programs that include: the scholarly fields of art history, theory, analysis and criticism, the studio fields of ceramics, game art, animation and immersive media, creative photography and experimental media, drawing and painting (including printmaking), entertainment arts and animation, exhibition design, glass, graphic and interactive design, illustration, jewelry and metals, and sculpture, and the single subject teaching field of art education/teaching.