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Art and Art History
 
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Art and Art History
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Acquisition Specialist

Advertising Artist

Advertising Designer

Airbrush Artist

Animator

Antiques Dealer

Architectural Model Builder

Architectural Renderer

Arial Photographer

Art Administrator

Art Buyer

Art Conservator

Art Consultant

Art Critic

Art Dealer

Art Director

Art Exhibition Coordinator

Art Graphic Assistant

Art Historian

Art Teacher

Art Therapist

Artist

Artist’s Agent

Assistant Curator

Auctioneer Transporter

Audio Visual Artist/Designer

Bank Note Designer

Billboard Artist

Bookplate Artist

Book Illustrator/Designer

Book Jacket Designer

CAD Designer

Calligrapher

Car and Bus Cart Artist

Case Manager

Caricaturist

Cartoonist

Catalog Illustrator

CD/Record Cover Designer

Ceramic Artist

Cinematographer

City Hall Reporter

Color Expert

Consultant

Corporate Designer

Costume and Mask Designer

Courtroom Sketcher

Copyist

Custom Decorator

Designer

Direct Mail Artist

Direct Mail Layout Designer

Display Artist

Display Designer

Display Painter

Docent

Drafter

Editorial Illustrator

Engraver

Engrosser

Environmental Designer

Etcher

Exhibit Designer

Fabric Designer

Fashion Artist/Designer

Film Maker

Floral Designer

Furniture Designer

Freelance Letter/Designer

Gallery Owner

Gemologist

Graphic Arts Technician

Graphic Designer

Graphist

Greeting Card Artist

Glass Blower

Illustrator

Impressionist

Interior Decorator

Internet Home Page Designer

Jewelry Designer

Kitchenware Designer

Label Designer

Landscape Architect

Layout Artist

Manager/Owner

Magazine Cover Artist

Magazine Designer

Magazine Illustrator

Mannequin Decorator

Mechanical and Production Artist

Medical Illustrator

Memorial Designer

 

 

Millinery Designer

Motion Picture Animator

Motion Picture Scenic Designer

Municipal Graphic

Designer

Mural Artist

Museum Artist

Museum Curator

News Editor

Newspaper Artist

Newspaper Illustrator

Newspaper Layout Artist

Photographer

Photojournalist

Press Operator

Printing Designer

Printing Layout Artist

Producer (Radio & TV)

Proprietor

Product Designer/Illustrator

Quality Assurance

Quick Sketch Artist

Sales Representative

Sculpturist

Scientific Illustrator

Set Designer/Illustrator

Silhouette Artist

Silkscreen Artist

Stained Glass Artist

Stencil Cutter

Still Photographer

Stylist

Tattoo Artist

Technician

Teacher

Textile Designer

Topographer

Toy Designer

Tracer

Trademark Designer

TV Graphic Designer

Typographical Artist

Visual Merchandiser

Upholstery Fabric Designer

Urban Designer

Web Designer

 

Students majoring in art history become familiar with Western and non-Western art and architecture from ancient times to the present. We are fortunate to have faculty from other departments on campus contribute their expertise in such areas as early China, the Aegean bronze age and Russia.  Many occupations today require a college educated individual who can write and speak well, solve problems, learn new information quickly and work well with others on a team.  This means that college graduates use their education in a wide variety of fields, and your future career may relate more to your personal career interests, work values and transferable skills than any specific academic major.  However, the following list contains a representative sample of job titles of former graduates with an Art major.  Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider.  Students obtaining employment immediately upon graduation are usually those with the best college records and a willingness to relocate to find a job.  Some of these jobs also require education beyond a bachelors' degree.