Engage in broad and critical intellectual exploration of contemporary questions and debates in arts and education
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Gain breadth of knowledge about visual traditions in diverse cultures and historical eras while also specializing in your chosen area
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Take your design experience and training to the next level and bring skills from other disciplines into conversation with design research
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Position yourself at the top of the industrial design field by working hand-in-hand with professors and peers to engage with the philosophies and practices that shape the contemporary discipline
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Explore making as a way of thinking and engaging the world, through Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography, Printmaking and more.
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