10 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

An outstanding faculty of Metal artists at State University of New York at New Paltz train future practitioners in an extremely comprehensive program of study. Specific courses are offered in construction and fabrication, enameling, and metal forming as well as contemporary issues in metalwork. 

Sculpture students at State University of New York at New Paltz are provided with large and well-equipped work spaces necessary for creating sculpture in a broad range of sizes. The instructional program is supplemented by trips to galleries, museums, and stone yards.

This Visual Arts degree from State University of New York at New Paltz allows great flexibility in the studio arts because the student may choose to concentrate their studies in one particular studio or pursue an interdisciplinary path. 

The Art History department at State University of New York at New Paltz is committed to providing students with a broad and varied understanding of world art traditions, and to fostering an approach to interpreting art based on sound critical thinking, analytical skills, and an awareness of historical context.

The Printmaking Program at State University of New York at New Paltz prepares students to be professional artists and to teach art at the college level. The objective is to offer a program that thoroughly grounds the student in a broad range of traditional, contemporary, and innovative techniques. 

The Department of Music at State University of New York at New Paltz strives to educate students by providing a rigorous undergraduate core program in music within the liberal arts context. We aspire to promote integrated student learning through a diversity of offerings within the department and across the campus.

Upon completion of the art foundation core and basic studio classes in a particular medium, students in the BA or BS  Ceramics program at State University of New York at New Paltz may choose to apply to one of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree programs. 

Professional skilled fine arts Photography graduates at State University of New York at New Paltz help students to explore various aspects of this popular discipline, including manipulative, experimental, mixed media, and digital photographic techniques.

The Graphic Design option at State University of New York at New Paltz offers courses that range from the historically based to the technologically advanced. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of how visual communications are accomplished, through discussions of communication theory and contemporary practice. 

Professional Painting graduates, representing varied stylistic approaches, work closely with students in encouraging them to explore the many possibilities for image development offered by different media techniques and conceptual processes at State University of New York at New Paltz.