Bachelor of Arts in Art

Hone your critical thinking and visual literacy skills, launch your art career
Unlock your artistic potential and explore your creativity with the Bachelor of Arts in Art program at UMass Boston. Designed for students with a passion for visual arts, this program offers a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum that emphasizes hands-on experience, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary exploration.

In this program, you will:

Develop technical skills and mastery of various media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and digital media, enabling you to create visually compelling and conceptually complex works of art
Fine-tune your critical thinking and analysis skills, and emerge prepared to evaluate and interpret works of art from a variety of cultural, historical, and theoretical perspectives
Enhance your professionalism and career readiness skills, including portfolio development, exhibition planning, and grant writing

Career Possibilities

Work as professional artists, exhibiting your works in galleries and selling them to collectors and patrons. Become an art teacher at various levels, providing instruction to students in schools and community centers. Or, work in art therapy, helping clients to use art as a means of expression and healing. Whatever your goals, UMass Boston is here to support you.

Become a(n):

Professional Artist
Art Educator
Arts Administrator
Museum Curator
Art Therapist
Graphic Designer

An official high school record leaving certificate and or graduation examination results or their notarized copies All documents in foreign languages must be translated by a certified professional Records must be sent directly from the institution to be considered official.
Academic recommendation letter from a school-based counsellor and or teacher.
500-word essay.
Test scores.
All nonnative speakers of English must demonstrate English language proficiency Students can demonstrate proficiency by submitting the following exams -
TOEFL 79 plus.
IELTS 6.0 plus.
SAT Evidence Based Reading and Writing ERWS component of 480 plus.
ACT Reading and English component scores totaling 34.