Graduate Certificate in Book Arts in Tuscaloosa United States | University of Alabama

The Graduate Certificate in Book Arts equips students to incorporate historical knowledge, materials, and techniques of book arts into their academic research or professional goals. Certificate recipients will gain historical perspective, conceptual insight, and practical skills in the three core studio disciplines of book arts (papermaking, letterpress printing, and bookbinding), along with an appreciation of book arts' role within the wider arts and crafts landscape.
This 15-credit certificate program serves scholars and professionals from various fields, offering foundational knowledge in book arts to support material book studies in other research or creative disciplines. Complementing primary areas of study or professional work, the certificate develops the skills needed to create and critically evaluate book artworks within both historical and contemporary contexts.