DRAWING CARD: UW-Stout Unveils Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration

11 Sep 2024


News, Dunn County

Illustration has been a common thread uniting students in UW-Stout’s School of Art and Design for many years. Now, they can pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration, the only degree of its kind in the Universities of Wisconsin.

The program, approved last spring by the UW Board of Regents, gets underway with the fall semester. Classes began Wednesday, Sept. 4. Enrollment is open.

“This had been on our wish list for a while,” said Professor Dave Beck, who was director of the School of Art and Design through the spring. “We wanted to develop it in a way that reflects our own sensibilities in SOAD and the university’s polytechnic mission.”

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