Carson-Newman College
Graphic Design Photography Design
| Address: | 1646 S Russell Ave |
| Location: | Jefferson City, TN 37760 |
| Telephone: | (865) 471-2000 |
| Website: | www.cn.edu |
| Degree Type: | Associate's degree;Bachelor's degree;Master's degree |
| Enrollment: | 1958 |
| Setting: | Suburb: Small |
| Campus Housing: | Yes |
| Varsity Teams: | NCAA Division II (with football) |
| Site Title: | Welcome To Carson-Newman |
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About Carson-Newman College
Date: March 03, 2008
By: 2pencil
Carson-Newman College is located in Jefferson City in eastern Tennessee, about twenty miles northeast of Knoxville in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Jefferson City provides a small town atmosphere, but it has all the amenities provided by Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg just a short drive from campus. Additionally, students are close to Cherokee Lake and Douglas Lake, two TVA operated recreational facilities with excellent opportunities for sports and fishing, camping and recreational watercraft. The mountains offer equally great venues for hiking and camping.
The Art Department at Carson-Newman College is full of energetic artists and scholars. The college offers a BA degrees in either art or photography, and both degrees are steeped in traditional fine art foundations within a four-year liberal arts program. Carson-Newman has been an an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1992, so students can be assured that this art department meets national standards of quality.
Art majors at Carson-Newman may choose an emphasis area of drawing and painting, teaching, or graphic design. Photography majors do not declare an emphasis area, but many students choose courses in fine art photography, photojournalism, and commercial photography. Both majors require students to acquire traditional basic art-making skills, and then allow for considerable individual exploration at upper levels of study.
C-N Art majors attend studio classes in the Warren Art Building, which includes two art galleries, student studios, black and white and color darkrooms, a Mac computer design lab, classrooms, and faculty offices. The art faculty includes active professionals who have published and/or exhibited their works, and/or have won awards at the state, regional and national levels. Art and photography students participate in monthly exhibits in the Student Gallery and Art and they also have opportunities to gain experience through art assistantships for credit or pay through College Work Study.
Carson-Newman offers competitive scholarships to qualified full-time, traditional, first time degree-seeking, undergraduate students. Once a student is accepted to C-N, the student can qualify for a C-N Grant. The C-N Grant is based on a student's GPA from a previous high school and/or college. These monies are in addition to scholarships and loans offer at the Federal and state levels.
C-N's art department maintains a separate Web site where prospective students can find information about courses, faculty, special events and more. Visit this site to view galleries and to learn about what the school's art alumni are doing. This site provides an excellent way to learn more about what to expect from Carson Newman College.
