NYIT's fine arts program gives students an unparalleled head start in a variety of exciting and creative artistic professions. Students work with an accomplished, award-winning faculty of professional artists, designers, and animators who have contributed substantially to the emerging field of art and technology in many significant ways. The faculty artists are active members of professional organizations such as Siggraph, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and the International Sculpture Center.

As a student in the fine arts program, you'll begin with solid foundation classes in 2-D and 3-D design and drawing. Then you'll add courses from one of three concentrations: computer graphics, computer design, and visual arts education.

1. Computer Graphics (CG)

Computer graphics is an exciting creative profession that has transformed the fields of television, film, animation, and the Internet. Computer graphics specialists produce new and traditional media content that reflects the emergence of developing technologies such as universal broadband access. CG professionals combine expertise in advanced computer hardware and software with a strong sense of aesthetic vision, creativity, and artistic skill.

2. Graphic Design

Graphic design is a creative profession that has become vital to business and media all over the world. Art directors and graphic designers, who must have hands-on abilities in the fine arts — drawing, painting, or sculpture — and strong computer expertise, use advanced hardware and software to create advertisements, packaging, promotional materials, Internet projects, and other vehicles that allow businesses and manufacturers to visually display their products and services.

3. Visual Arts Education

Visual arts education program is an important component of the BFA program and the department is committed to continually developing the program with the School of Education. The sequence of required courses in the visual arts has been structured to provide a solid base in drawing and design, art history, and the studio arts, including computer graphics. Options provide flexibility and enable teacher candidates to explore areas of interest and talent. The visual arts concentration develops knowledge and technical skills needed to teach all aspects of the P-12 visual arts curriculum.