Academic Majors
PrattMWP students complete the first two years of their Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in Fine Arts, Communications Design, Photography or Art and Design
Education at our beautiful Central New York campus before fulfilling
their degree requirements at Pratt/Brooklyn. Students are prepared for
their careers through instruction in the renowned “Pratt curriculum,”
the same academic plan and quality instruction offered on the Brooklyn
campus.
Students work in a variety of studio and classroom settings, and have
frequent visits to museums, galleries and artists’ studios. In their
senior year, students are expected to create a consistent body of work
that culminates in an exhibition.
This program leads students to one of three major creative careers:
Illustration - the art of picture-making for the purpose of
communicating ideas and information; Graphic Design - total information
design, where pictures and words are created and designed to convey
messages; and Advertising Art Direction - a focused combination of
visual and verbal information design that creates an advertising message.
The photography department is committed to the education of artist/professionals who have acquired a comprehensive understanding of the artistic and professional options inherent in the field of photography. The curriculum is designed to create a broad-based knowledge of photography from traditional photographic techniques to the digital darkroom, including aesthetics, history, and artistic and professional practice.
While developing their studio art skills in the renowned Pratt
curriculum, students also begin the process of developing as
communicators and instructors. Many Art and Design Education students
complete work toward certification in teaching fine arts in grades Pre-K
through 12.
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