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If accredited as a college, most art schools grant a Bachelor Of Fine Arts , or a Fine Art B.A. in the United Kingdom, and perhaps other degrees. ART SCHOOL CULTURE Students in art school are typically known to have Bohemian values and an art school lifestyle. The art school lifestyle is often characterised with the high sensitivity to implicit or subtextual meanings, contempt for Mass Media , being sexually provocative, and heavily concerned with Social Protest and Cultural Theory . (''see also Postmodernity '') ART SCHOOLS Art and design schools in the United States In the U.S. Art and Design schools that offer BFA and/or MFA degrees break down into basic types with some overlap and variations. At the most fundamental is a small, private art or design school. Maine College of Art, Minneapolis College of Art, etc. would be representative of that model. Add to that the larger private art schools, of which there are few, like the Rhode Island School of Design, Savannah College of Art & Design or University of the Arts, Philadelphia. These are also partnerships between art schools and universities such as the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College or Herron School of Art at Indiana University. There is one state supported independent art school in the U.S., the Massachusetts College of Art. Next up the scale in size would be a large art or design department, school, or college at a university. If it is a college, such as the College of Design at Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa, it would typically contain programs that teach studio art, graphic design, photography, architecture, landscape architecture, interior design or interior architecture, and art, design, and architecutral history areas. Sometimes these are simply the School of Art, Architecture, and Design like at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne or the School of Art. Some variations on that theme can be found. The essential element to know is that programs at universities tend to include more liberal arts courses and slightly less studio work compared to dedicated but independent schools of art. The final and most common state supported or private program would be at a university or college. It is typically a BA program but might also be a BFA, MA, or MFA. These programs tend to emphasis a more general degree in art and do not require a major in a specific field but might offer Concentrations. A Concentration is not accepted by some accredting or professional organizations as enough study in some fields for success as a professional. This is the case for graphic design where typically the minimal degree is a BFA Major in Graphic Design. |
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