Performance and Creative Arts

These majors are "hands-on." You will spend a significant amount of time in studios, practice rooms, or on stage. Your work is often evaluated through portfolios, recitals, or live performances.

Art and Art History

Creating visual works and analyzing the evolution of aesthetics.

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Music

Developing technical mastery and understanding theory and composition.

Music Department

Human Communication and Theatre

Focusing on public speaking, performance, and the mechanics of human interaction.

Historical and Global Cultures

These majors act like a time machine or a passport. You will focus on how specific civilizations, languages, and societies developed over centuries.

History

Examining the events, people, and movements that shaped the modern world.

History Department

Literature, Ethics, and Belief

These majors focus on the "Big Questions." You will spend most of your time reading dense texts, writing persuasive essays, and debating ethics, logic, and the human condition.

English

Analyzing storytelling, poetry, and the power of the written word.

English Department

Religion

Studying the diverse belief systems and spiritual traditions that drive human behavior.

Religion Department

Carlos Alvarez School of Arts and Humanities

Location

Dicke Hall