The Corcoran College of Art and Design, founded in 1890, is the only professional college of art and design in Washington, DC. The school is affilliated with the Corcoran Gallery of Art. It offers BFA degrees in several areas of Fine Arts, Design and Photography and AFA degrees in Fine Art, Interior Design, Digital Media Design, Graphic Design and Photography, as well as Master's Degrees in Interior Design and a BFA/MA in Teaching[1]. As of 2001, about 350 fulltime students were enrolled in the BFA program. The College's Continuing Education Program, which offers partial- or non-credit classes to children and adults, draws more than 3,500 participants every year. 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museums main focus is American art. ... The Bachelor of Fine Arts, or BFA, or B.F.A. is an undergraduate degree. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lens and mounting of a large format camera Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. ... An associates degree is a degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges and some bachelors degree-granting colleges and universities in Canada and the United States upon completion of a course of study equivalent to the first two years in a four-year college or university. ... Jump to: navigation, search Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ... Jump to: navigation, search Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... Jump to: navigation, search A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Education WikEd is a MediaWiki set up specificially for educators and education research. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous...