B.A./B.S. in Art (Visual Arts) - Art Therapy Concentration

If you’re drawn to helping people manage their emotions and wellbeing, and art is one of your personal interests, then explore the transformative impact of art therapy through our undergraduate art therapy program.

In the classroom, you’ll learn the creative use of art materials and practices that can assist with raising people’s self-esteem, improving their contact with reality, and with facilitating their personal development. Through fieldwork in the community, you’ll be introduced to organizations that work with people experiencing various illnesses, trauma, or challenges in living. You will witness and participate in the application of art therapy practices through supervised, hands-on experiences. Additional courses in studio art, art history, and psychology will challenge and enhance your discipline-specific skills and knowledge.

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts concentration in art therapy graduate with resume-building practical experience and are fully prepared to apply for advanced degrees in art therapy or counseling and to work in the mental health field.

Did You Know?

• UW-Superior offers one of the few undergraduate art therapy programs in the Midwest. It is the only undergraduate art therapy program in the University of Wisconsin system.
• You will have ample opportunities for off-campus internships and service-learning activities in the vibrant Superior-Duluth community.
• All our art professors are accomplished artists.
• The Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center facilities include spacious studios for painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, printmaking, drawing, woodworking, metalworking, stained glass mosaics, and weaving.

About UW-Superior

More than just classrooms, labs, and big buildings, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has stood as a landmark in the City of Superior since 1893, impacting countless lives and careers along the way.

UW-Superior fosters intellectual growth and career preparation that emphasizes individual attention and embodies respect for diverse cultures and multiple voices. See the many ways we’re keeping that promise to our students, the community, and ourselves.

Mission

Throughout its history, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has committed to improving the lives and livelihoods of people in northwestern Wisconsin and beyond by seeking knowledge and spreading it to all who may benefit.

Such commitment is reflected in its mission statement:

"The University of Wisconsin-Superior fosters intellectual growth and career preparation within a liberal arts tradition that emphasizes individual attention, embodies respect for diverse cultures and multiple voices, and engages the community and region." (Approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Feb. 6, 2015)

To accomplish these ends, the University will:

Provide students with a carefully articulated and comprehensive foundation in liberal studies as a base for all degree programs. Award associate and baccalaureate degrees in selected fields in education, arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, business, and pre-professional programs. Offer graduate programs in areas associated with its undergraduate emphases and strengths. Extend its undergraduate and graduate resources beyond the boundaries of the campus through alternative delivery of programs. Expect scholarly activity, including research, scholarship, and creative endeavor, that supports its programs at the associate and baccalaureate degree levels, its selected graduate programs, and its special mission. Maintain an inclusive campus community that challenges students to develop their intellectual, personal, cultural, and social competencies. Engage in appropriate inter-institutional relationships and community partnerships to enhance educational and service opportunities. Foster, with the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the development of cooperative and general outreach programming and the integration of the Extension function with that of this institution.

Vision Statement

The University of Wisconsin-Superior will be known as an institution that transforms learners, engages the community, and enhances the vitality of its region.

Values Statement

At the University of Wisconsin-Superior, we are committed to academic excellence, with an emphasis on student-focused learning, intellectual and personal development, continuous improvement, inclusivity, community partnerships, and global awareness.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to inclusive excellence; creating a space for all students regardless of background, economic status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, identity or spirituality to thrive and reach their fullest academic and personal potential. We provide individualized support for you throughout your educational journey.