Department of Art and Art History
The Art and Art History Department at Saint Joseph's University offers courses in art history, graphic design, painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, pottery, ceramics and mosaics. The department boasts three art buildings that include lecture classrooms and studios for painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, digital and darkroom photography.
Through practice, study and research in a variety of disciplines, the Art and Art History Department fosters an appreciation of the transformative nature of art both personally and culturally. Studio and lecture courses in the visual arts and art history integrate intellectually informed, hands-on instruction with elements of creative freedom, independent thought and critical insight.
Providing strong faculty mentorship in both traditional and contemporary methods, the Department encourages individuality and ingenuity in every student. The broader-based curriculum and the rigor of concentration in a specific discipline equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to flourish beyond the undergraduate experience. The department’s award-winning faculty of artists and scholars are also dedicated teachers who challenge students to express themselves and respond to their immediate and global context.
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My advisor helped me research the importance of the arts within the medical field and introduced me to an internship at PCOM where I helped cultivate a new medical humanities program for first-year medical students."
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It truly does make a difference when students can see and feel the care from their teachers, and the art department was never lacking."
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I appreciate the challenge that was placed on me by the teachers I've had and can definitely say that they will remain useful for my future career plans involving branding."
