Mount Marty College offers two types of art minors: art education and commercial art. These programs help students perceive beauty and apply aesthetics in the world around them. They are an active and practical part of the student growth process here at Mount Marty College. Students participate in a world that requires creative thinking and solutions. Students minoring in art may choose an emphasis to compliment a major in education, psychology (art therapy), religious studies, or business.

The art education emphasis, when completed along with an approved teaching major (these majors are listed in the Teacher Education section of this bulletin), prepares the student to teach art at the elementary and secondary level. Religious education majors can pursue an art education minor with an emphasis in liturgical design. Students who combine an art minor with a major in business or English will strengthen their qualifications in those job markets. Curriculum options include painting and drawing, design, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, art history, and education, as well as other studio classes.

The Art Department provides understanding and association in relationship to art's nature-balance, line, shape, color, and proportion.