The College of New Jersey

What you'll study

Core courses provide foundational skills and allow students to narrow focus as they progress. The program includes traditional studio courses and opportunities to pair studio work with related disciplines.

• Fine art studio courses cited include Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Painting, and Printmaking.
• Students may combine fine art studio classes with graphic design courses to explore illustration and applied communication uses of their work.
• Some students design individualized pathways—for example, combining biology and studio art for medical illustration.
• Facilities supporting coursework include drawing, painting, and printmaking studios; wood shop; plaster area; metal fabrication; ceramics; digital arts labs and studios; photography studios; student exhibition spaces; a makerspace; and the TCNJ Art Gallery housed in the Art and Interactive Multimedia (AIMM) Building.

Entry requirements

The program page does not list specific admission criteria on the provided text. Prospective students are directed to apply or request information from the college for details about admissions and any portfolio expectations.

Career prospects

Graduates enter a variety of museum, gallery, and graduate-school trajectories. Alumni have taken jobs and internships at regional and national institutions such as Grounds for Sculpture, the International Sculpture Center, the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, David Zwirner Gallery, The Frick Collection, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fine arts alumni have also been accepted to graduate programs at schools including Maryland Institute College of Art, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Savannah College of Art and Design, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Scholarships & funding angle

The source text does not specify scholarships or funding, so applicants should consult TCNJ’s admissions and financial aid offices or the program’s request-info channel for up-to-date scholarship, grant, and internship funding opportunities associated with the arts program.