The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Arts serves both the Texan and Mexican metropolitan communities of El Paso and Juarez. Located in the Fox Fine Arts Center of the University of Texas at El Paso campus, the art school features a complete visual arts program for earning Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. Students select majors from fields including art education, drawing, ceramics, metals, painting, ceramics, sculpture and printmaking.
The University of Houston School of Art offers both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. Its Bachelor of Fine Arts degree includes concentrations in painting, sculpture, photography, digital media and graphic communications. Students working for a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history study historical art trends where they can earn 36 hours of art history. The school also offers a Bachelor of Arts degree for students desiring to teach art.
The Rice University Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, also in Houston, Texas is on the Rice University campus and serves students concentrating on visual arts, studio, theater tracks or film studies. The department has courses such as sculpture, drawing, painting, critical theory, printmaking, photography, acting and directing and film production. Majors or double-majors in either dramatic or visuals arts help students in careers including art history, museums and galleries, or teaching. The school has a state-of-the-art cinema that screens films from throughout the world.
The University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design, in Denton, Texas, is one of the largest, most comprehensive visual arts program in the United States, according to the University of North Texas website. It offers 13 degree programs for undergraduate and graduate work. Degrees include visual art studies, art history, art education, art and design studies and interdisciplinary art. The school also has graduate academic certificates in art museum education and arts leadership.