Bachelor's in Art, Applied Design: Jewelry and Metalwork

San Diego State University (SDSU) offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across a wide spectrum of fields, including science, engineering, business, humanities, and the arts. The university's strengths lie in its research initiatives, cutting-edge facilities, and its strategic location in San Diego, which provides students with access to numerous opportunities for internships and collaborations with industry leaders. SDSU is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning environment where students can thrive both academically and personally. Through its dedication to research, innovation, and community engagement, San Diego State University prepares graduates to excel in their chosen fields and make a meaningful impact in the local and global communities they serve.

The three-year MFA graduate program is a 60-unit course of study in studio, art history, and professional practice, ranked in the top 5 MFA programs in Jewelry and Metalwork by US News and World Report. Technical support and facilities are provided to enable access to the broadest range of materials and processes, including digital fabrication. A weekly graduate seminar offered each semester provides dialogue that challenges students to be curious, fearless, rigorous, and inventive thinkers and makers. Discipline-specific courses are complimented by multi-disciplinary graduate seminars, and studio electives, as well as dedicated graduate level professional practices, and college teaching experience courses. The program hosts an international roster of visiting artists/critics each semester. The diversity of work produced in the program is evidence of the program’s philosophy, which supports the individual voice as opposed to a program identity. The consistent character of the work is sophisticated personal expression, finding integrity in the contexts/subjects of jewelry and metalwork: domestic or personal scale, the inherent socio-political functions of decorative arts and fashion, conceptual design, and the languages of material and skill.