Founded in 2000, the School of Art has become a significant force in the field of art education after years of development. The School currently offers three undergraduate programs: Fine Arts (Teacher Education), Environmental Design (Non-Teacher Education), and Visual Communication Design (Non-Teacher Education), as well as a three-year college program in "Art Design" established in 2017. The current student enrollment is nearly 800.

The School boasts comprehensive teaching facilities, including an art gallery, specialized laboratories, and a computer network laboratory, which can meet the practical and technical needs of different majors. Additionally, there are over 30 specialized studios, 3 computer network technology training rooms (equipped with over 200 teaching computers), 2 multimedia classrooms, 2 still life storage rooms, 1 painting storage room, 1 multi-functional exhibition hall, and 3 comprehensive internship and training rooms. These facilities collectively create an excellent teaching and creative environment, providing a solid guarantee for teaching activities.

The School has a strong faculty of 43 full-time and part-time teachers, including 4 professors and 10 associate professors. Over 70% of the teachers hold master's degrees. The faculty demonstrates outstanding research capabilities, having undertaken 19 provincial-level teaching and research projects, 22 departmental-level projects, published over 10 monographs and textbooks, and publicly published more than 300 teaching/research papers and paintings in provincial-level and above journals, enhancing teaching quality through profound academic expertise.

The School consistently adheres to the educational philosophy of fostering virtue and cultivating talents, closely integrates social needs, and actively guides students to participate in artistic creation and design practice. Over the years, under the careful guidance of teachers, students have actively participated in various design and fine arts creation competitions, achieving repeated success in national-level events such as the National College Student Advertising Competition and the National College Student Snow Sculpture Competition. They have also achieved excellent results in provincial-level competitions like the Jilin Provincial University Visual Arts Competition, Jilin Provincial College Student Art Exhibition, and Jilin Provincial Ice and Snow Creative Competition.

Regarding internships and employment, the School places high importance on the construction of off-campus internship bases. The Fine Arts program has established internship bases including the Affiliated Primary School of Jilin Normal University, the Affiliated Middle School of Jilin Normal University, Changchun Wuxian Xingren Art School, Changchun Baichen Art High School, the Linzhou City Shibanyan Sketching Base in Henan Province, and the Shanhaiguan Sketching Base. The Environmental Design program has cooperated with entities like Qingdao Wenjin Construction Group and Jilin Ziyu Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. to establish internship and training bases. The Visual Communication Design program has jointly built internship bases with Jilin Provincial Animation Group Co., Ltd. and Siping Shunda Expansion Advertising Decoration Company. By organically integrating teaching, internship training, and employment, the School effectively broadens students' employment channels. Graduates are highly welcomed by employers, and the employment rate has ranked among the top in the university for many consecutive years. The Environmental Design program has become a provincial-level first-class program construction site.

In the future, the School of Art will continue to strive diligently to cultivate more outstanding application-oriented art talents.

Fine Arts (Teacher Education)

Educational Objectives:This program aims to systematically cultivate high-quality talents with solid basic theories in Fine Arts, fundamental professional skills, and modern educational concepts. Students will be able to adapt to the needs of basic education reform and development in the new era, becoming qualified middle school art teachers, education and teaching researchers, and application-oriented talents with innovative capabilities in art-related fields.

Program Features:This program focuses on the deep integration of scientific education theory and teaching methods, emphasizing the cultivation of basic teacher qualities and teaching abilities. The curriculum is closely aligned with students' future career development needs, highlighting the diversity and hierarchy of practical teaching, and stressing teaching reform and innovation. By refining professional knowledge content and the curriculum system, it cultivates students' artistic creation ability, aesthetic literacy, and educational teaching practice ability, enabling them to possess strong professional competitiveness.

Main Courses:Basic Sketching, Basic Color, Foundational Chinese Painting, Printmaking Fundamentals, Oil Painting Fundamentals, Calligraphy, Folk Art, Computers and Imaging, Middle School Art Teaching Methods, Research on Art Curriculum Standards and Textbooks, etc.

Career Directions:Graduates can engage in roles such as Art Teacher in regular middle schools, Art Teacher in educational training institutions, self-media art creation, art gallery curation, art management, and related work. They can also pursue master's degrees in Fine Arts, Art Education, and related fields.

Duration and Degree:Four years, awarded with Bachelor of Arts degree.

Application Requirement: Candidates must possess a valid certificate of passing the provincial Fine Arts major unified examination from their source province and participate in the National Unified Examination for Cultural Courses of Ordinary Higher Education Institutions. Some institutions may require participation in university-organized tests or submission of a portfolio; specific requirements are subject to the current year's admissions brochure.

Environmental Design

Educational Objectives:This program cultivates high-skilled, application-oriented professionals with both integrity and ability, who solidly master the basic theoretical knowledge of environmental design and possess certain practical application abilities. Graduates will be able to work in fields such as architecture, urban planning, landscape design, and interior design, and meet the teaching and research needs of this major.

Program Features:This program emphasizes the characteristics of cultivating application-oriented talents, placing practical teaching and hands-on ability training in a key position. In the talent cultivation process, it closely aligns with the employment situation and market demands, ensuring that practical teaching links in the curriculum align with employment requirements. On one hand, it highly emphasizes the cultivation of students' professional knowledge such as design vocabulary and design concepts; on the other hand, it focuses on strengthening students' spatial imagination ability and creative thinking ability, while vigorously fostering their team spirit. Leveraging the resources of the provincial-level first-class program construction site, it continuously innovates teaching models to further highlight the program's characteristics.

Main Courses:Design Sketching, Design Color, History of Modern World Design, Sketch Presentation Techniques, Ergonomics, Environmental Design Research, Creative Thinking and Design Case Analysis, Computer-Aided Design Adobe Illustrator, Computer-Aided Design CAD, Decorative Structure and Material Research, Commercial Space Design, etc.

Career Directions:Decoration design companies, architectural design companies, decorative material companies, landscape design companies, soft decoration design companies, real estate development companies, and other enterprises and institutions.

Duration and Degree:Four years, awarded with Bachelor of Arts degree.

Application Requirement: Candidates should possess a valid certificate of passing the provincial Fine Arts major unified examination from their source province.

Visual Communication Design

Educational Objectives:This program focuses on cultivating high-quality, application-oriented design talents who possess abilities in visual communication design creativity, theory, and practice; have professional knowledge and skills in areas such as graphic design, advertising, display, new media, and artificial intelligence within the field of visual communication design; and can work in design, planning, research, production, service, and management units engaged in various aspects of visual communication design, research, and management.

Program Features:This program maintains close ties with the job market, values the cultivation of students' practicality and innovation, and proposes an "Artisan vs. Master" comparative teaching model. It also focuses on gradually aligning curriculum optimization with the job market, achieving an organic combination of coherent teaching thinking and skills.

Main Courses: Decorative Graphics and Creativity, Pattern Study, Font Design, Traditional Chinese Patterns, Design Psychology, Logo Design, Packaging Design, Motion Graphics Design, Northeast Regional Culture Expression, etc.

Career Directions:Advertising design companies, media design companies, new media companies, design consulting firms, product design departments, and other enterprises and institutions.

Duration and Degree:Four years, awarded with Bachelor of Arts degree.

Application Requirement: Candidates should possess a valid certificate of passing the provincial Fine Arts major unified examination from their source province.

Art Design

Educational Objectives:This three-year college program cultivates high-level technical application-oriented specialists who are well-rounded morally, intellectually, physically, and aesthetically, can master relevant knowledge in art and psychology, possess good artistic accomplishment, practical art design operation, and expression abilities, can master the basic theories and professional knowledge of interior design, and can engage in interior decoration, interior furnishings, furniture design, and related technology and management.

Program Features:The Art Design program emphasizes teaching reform and values the cultivation of students' practical operation abilities. It adopts a "2+1" and "Project + Tutorial System" talent cultivation model. The practical teaching content is designed in combination with theoretical teaching and industry practice, making it highly targeted, enabling students to quickly adapt to society after graduation.

Main Courses:Design Sketching, Design Color, Fundamentals of Composition, Quick Problem Design, CAD and Decorative Engineering Drawing, Office Space Design, Commercial Space Design, etc.

Career Directions:Art design companies, architectural decoration companies, cultural communication companies, publishing companies, and other enterprises and institutions.

Duration:Full-time junior college major with a three-year academic system.

Application Requirement: Candidates should possess a valid certificate of passing the provincial Fine Arts major unified examination from their source province.

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