Arts Courses (Fall 2025)
The University of Maryland invites students from all majors to engage with the arts in their curriculum. This list of courses is not exhaustive, but provides a starting point for all students to participate in arts-related courses at Maryland. If you are interested in learning more about opportunities to infuse the arts into your curriculum, browse the following list of classes offered this fall and register through Testudo.
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African American Studies (AASP)
Asian American Studies (AAST)
American Studies (AMST)
Anthropology (ANTH)
Architecture (ARCH)
Arts and Humanities (ARHU)
Art History & Archaeology (ARTH)
Art Studio
Chinese (CHIN)
Cinema and Media Studies (CINE)
Comparative Literature (CMLT)
Communication (COMM)
Dance (DANC)
English (ENGL)
French (FREN)
German Studies (GERS)
History (HIST)
University Honors (UNUH)
Immersive Media Design (IMDM)
Information Studies (INST)
Italian (ITAL)
Journalism (JOUR)
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies (LGBT)
Music (MUSC)
Persian (PERS)
Russian (RUSS)
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
Theatre (THET)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
Fall 2025
African American Studies (AASP)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAASP202 | Black Culture in the United States | AASP202 or AAAS202 | |
| AAAS234 | African-American Literature and Culture | ENGL234 | ENGL234, AAAS234 or AASP298L |
| AAAS498K | Special Topics in Black Culture; Tenderness in Black Expressive Culture | WGSS488C | WGSS488C or AAAS498K |
Asian American Studies (AAST)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAST298D | Special Topics in Asian American Studies; Race and Caste | CMLT298C and SLLC299C | AAST298D or SLLC299C or CMLT298C |
| AAST351 | Asian Americans and Media | AAST351, AAST398M or AAST398N |
American Studies (AMST)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMST203 | Popular Culture in America | ||
| AMST204 | Film and American Culture Studies | ||
| AMST205 | American Material Culture: The Study of People, Places, and Things | ||
| AMST298Q | U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture | ENGL235 | ENGL235 or AMST298Q |
| AMST320 | (Dis)ability in American Film | AMST320 or AMST328X | |
| AMST328W | Asian Americans in Film | AAST355 | AAST355, AAST398L or AMST328W |
| AMST498A | Special Topics in American Studies; Black Public Humanities: Movements, Moments, and Practices | ||
| AMST498C | Special Topics in American Studies; Central Americans and the United States: Culture, Politics, and Community |
Anthropology
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH240 | Introduction to Archaeology |
Architecture (ARCH)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH170 | Design Thinking and Architecture | ||
| ARCH226 | History of World Architecture II | ||
| ARCH270 | Design in Practice | ||
| ARCH271 | People, Planet, and Profit: Building Sustainable Places | RDEV250 | ARCH271 or RDEV250 |
Arts and Humanities (ARHU)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARHU240 | Arts Organizations and Audiences in the United States | TDPS240 | TDPS258C, TDSP240 or ARHU240 |
| ARHU275 | Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop | ENGL275 | ENGL275 or ARHU275 |
| ARHU340 | Arts Entrepreneurship and the Creative Profession | MUSC448E | ARHU340 or MUSC448E |
| ARHU376 | Writing the Feature Film | CINE376 | ARHU376 or CINE376 |
Art History & Archaeology (ARTH)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTH200 | Art and Society in Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean | ||
| ARTH201 | Art and Society in the West from the Renaissance to the Present | ||
| ARTH261 | Monuments, Monumentality, and the Art of Memorial | ||
| ARTH262 | Public Art | ||
| ARTH265 | How (and Why) to Look at Art in the Era of Climate Change | ARTH265 or ARTH465 | |
| ARTH289A | Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; Ethics of Art Museums | ||
| ARTH303 | Roman Art and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH313 | Medieval Art: Cultural Exchanges in the Byzantine World | ||
| ARTH351 | Picturing Contemporary Life: Art Since 1945 | ||
| ARTH359E | Film as Art; Film as Dream | ||
| ARTH389R | Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; North American Indigenous Modern and Contemporary Art | ||
| ARTH389T | Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; The Marks of the Maker: Art and Artists in the Medieval Islamic Mediterranean | ||
| ARTH392 | Contemporary Chinese Art and Film | CINE337 | ARTH392, FILM329L or CINE337 |
| ARTH488D | Colloquium in Art History; Art and Visual Culture of the Great Depression | ||
| ARTH488I | Colloquium in Art History; Living in the shadow of Vesuvius | ||
| ARTH488Y | Colloquium in Art History; Art, Cinema, Law, Money | ||
| ARTH489B | Special Topics in Art History; World Architecture with Omeka |
Art Studio (ARTT)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTT100 | Two-Dimensional Design Fundamentals | ||
| ARTT110 | Elements of Drawing I | ||
| ARTT150 | Introduction to Art Theory | ||
| ARTT200 | Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals | ||
| ARTT210 | Elements of Drawing II | ||
| ARTT255 | Introduction to Digital Art and Design Processes | ARTT255 or ARTT354 | |
| ARTT320 | Elements of Painting | ||
| ARTT330 | Elements of Sculpture: Metal Casting | ||
| ARTT331 | Elements of Sculpture: Steel | ||
| ARTT333 | Elements of Sculpture: Wood and Mixed Media | ||
| ARTT341 | Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut and Relief | ||
| ARTT343 | Elements of Printmaking: Screen Printing | ||
| ARTT370 | Elements of Digital Media |
Chinese (CHIN)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIN100 | Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture |
Cinema and Media Studies (CINE)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CINE245 | Film Form and Culture | ENGL245 | ENGL245, CINE245 or FILM245 |
| CINE280 | Film Art in a Global Society | CMLT280 | CINE280, FILM298D or CMLT280 |
| CINE283 | Iranian Cinema | PERS283 | PERS283, CINE283 or FILM298B |
| CINE298A | Special Topics in International Film Studies; Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas | FREN243 | CINE298A or FREN243 only |
| CINE299L | Special Topics in Film Studies; The 'Jew' in American Literature and Culture | ENGL289L and JWST219L | JWST219L or ENGL289L or CINE299L |
| CINE319P | Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media | ||
| CINE319Z | Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media; The Henson Family as Filmmakers | ENGL329Z | ENGL329Z or CINE319Z |
| CINE329T | Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Sports in Film | ||
| CINE337 | Contemporary Chinese Art and Film | ARTH392 | ARTH392, FILM329L or CINE337 |
| CINE344 | Film and the Fantastic | SLLC344 | SLLC344, CINE344 or FILM344 |
| CINE345 | The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | CINE345, FILM345 or ENGL329J | |
| CINE359C | Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; Disaster Cinema | ||
| CINE359D | Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; The Movie Musical | ||
| CINE369C | Special Topics in Film Theories; Images of Revolt: Strike, Riot, Uprising | CINE319C or CINE369C | |
| CINE376 | Writing the Feature Film | ARHU376 | ARHU376 or CINE376 |
| CINE441 | Italian Cinema I: Neorealism | ITAL436 | CINE441, FILM441 or ITAL436 |
| CINE469Y | Special Topics in Film Theories II; Art, Cinema, Law, Money |
Comparative Literature (CMLT)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLT235 | Black Diaspora Literature and Culture | ||
| CMLT280 | Film Art in a Global Society | CINE280 | CINE280, FILM298D or CMLT280 |
Communication (COMM)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMM375 | Documentary Theory and Practice | ||
| COMM376 | Communication through Advocacy Short Film | ||
| COMM498L | Seminar; Writing for Film and Digital Media |
Dance (DANC)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANC119 | Introduction to American Social Dance | ||
| DANC128 | Fundamentals of Ballet | ||
| DANC138P | Global Dance Forms; Hip-Hop | ||
| DANC148 | Fundamentals of Modern Dance | ||
| DANC158 | Fundamentals of Jazz | ||
| DANC200 | Introduction to Dance | ||
| DANC338C | Dance Techniques; Contact Improvisation Techniques |
English (ENGL)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL120 | Acting Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity | ||
| ENGL126 | Why Fiction Matters | ||
| ENGL154 | Race, Children's Television, and the Legacies of Jim Henson | ENGL154 or ENGL439J | |
| ENGL201 | The Medieval Imagination | ||
| ENGL222 | American Literature(s) | ||
| ENGL234 | African-American Literature and Culture | AAAS234 | ENGL234, AAAS234 or AASP298L |
| ENGL235 | U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture | AMST298Q | ENGL235 or AMST298Q |
| ENGL243 | What is Poetry? | ||
| ENGL244 | Drama, Performance, and Spectacle | ||
| ENGL245 | Film Form and Culture | CINE245 | ENGL245, CINE245 or FILM245 |
| ENGL251 | Detective Fiction | ||
| ENGL256 | Fantasy Literature | ||
| ENGL257 | Children's Literature | ||
| ENGL265 | LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media | ||
| ENGL271 | Writing Poems and Stories: An Introductory Workshop | ||
| ENGL272 | Writing Fiction: An Introductory Workshop | ||
| ENGL273 | Writing Poetry: An Introductory Workshop | ||
| ENGL275 | Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop | ARHU275 | ENGL275 or ARHU275 |
| ENGL289I | Gender and Science in Film and Media | WGSS280 | ENGL289I or WGSS280 |
| ENGL289L | Special Topics in English; The 'Jew' in American Literature and Culture | CINE299L and JWST219L | JWST219L or ENGL289L or CINE299L |
| ENGL295 | Introduction to Digital Storytelling and Poetics | ||
| ENGL312 | Romantic to Modern British Literature and Culture | ||
| ENGL319C | Special Topics in Science, Literature, and Media; From Frankenstein to Dracula: the Monstrous and Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Literature | ||
| ENGL329I | Special Topics in Film Studies; Film and the Fantastic: Fantasy Films from Melies to Marvel | CINE344 | ENGL329I or CINE344 |
| ENGL329J | Special Topics in Film Studies; The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | CINE345 | |
| ENGL329Z | Special Topics in Film Studies; The Henson Family as Filmmakers | CINE319Z | ENGL329Z or CINE319Z |
| ENGL346 | Twentieth Century Fiction | ||
| ENGL358A | Special Topics in U.S. Latinx Literature; How to Read a Postcolonial Love Poem | USLT398A | USLT398A or ENGL358A |
| ENGL362 | Caribbean Literature in English | LACS348E | ENGL362, LASC348E, or LACS348E |
| ENGL368B | Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong | ||
| ENGL398A | Writing for the Arts | ||
| ENGL462 | Folksong and Ballad |
French (FREN)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREN243 | Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas |
German Studies (GERS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERS367 | The Great Derangement: Climate, Art, and Literature | CMLT399E | GERM399E, CMLT399E, or GERS367 |
| GERS378A | Special Topics in German Studies; The Rise of German Fascism | ||
| GERS458C | Literary or Media Genres; New German Cinema | CINE429N and GERS689N | CINE429N, GERS458C, or GERS689N |
History (HIST)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIST110 | The Ancient World | ||
| HIST111 | The Medieval World | ||
| HIST319F | Special Topics in History; Modern African History through Film, Literature, and Music | ||
| HIST324 | Classical Greece | ||
| HIST328J | Selected Topics in History; Transnational Neorealism | CINE329A | HIST328J or CINE329A |
| HIST331 | Europe in the High Middle Ages: 1000-1500 | RELS341 | HIST331 or RELS341 |
University Honors (UNUH)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HNUH228C | The Fiction of Fact: Science as Storytelling | ||
| HNUH228R | The Picture of Health and Illness: Modern Medicine in Illustration |
Immersive Media Design (IMDM)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMDM101 | Introduction to Immersive Media | CMSC101 or IMDM101 | |
| IMDM127 | Creative Coding for Digital Media | IMDM127 or CMSC125 |
Information Studies (INST)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| INST104 | Design Across Campus | ||
| INST728B | Special Topics in Information Studies; Music Encoding for Preservation & Research |
Italian (ITAL)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITAL436 | Italian Cinema I: Neorealism | CINE441 | CINE441, FILM441 or ITAL436 |
Journalism (JOUR)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOUR150 | Introduction to Mass Communication | ||
| JOUR152 | Introduction to Storytelling with Code | ||
| JOUR334 | Audio and Podcast Reporting | ||
| JOUR458V | Special Topics in Journalism; The Power of the Writing Voice: Covering Celebrities, Art Exhibits, Concerts and Theatre |
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies (LGBT)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGBT265 | LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media | ENGL265 | ENGL265 or LGBT265 |
School of Music (MUSC)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC102B | Class Piano | ||
| MUSC106 | Beginning Classical Guitar | ||
| MUSC140 | Music Fundamentals I | ||
| MUSC204 | Popular Music in Black America | ||
| MUSC205 | History of Popular Music, 1950-Present | ||
| MUSC210 | The Impact of Music on Life | MUET210 or MUSC210 | |
| MUSC215 | World Popular Musics and Identity | MUET200 or MUSC215 | |
| MUSC448E | Financial Entrepreneurship for Arts Leaders | ARHU340 | ARHU340 or MUSC448E. |
| MUSC484 | Music in the Romantic Era | ||
| MUSC438G | Area Studies in Ethnomusicology; Global Hip Hop |
Persian (PERS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERS280 | Art Activism in Iran | PERS289M, ARTH389O, or PERS280 | |
| PERS283 | Iranian Cinema | CINE283, FILM298B | PERS283, CINE283 or FILM298B. |
| PERS398M | Special Topics in Persian Studies; Mystical Love Poetry: East and West |
Russian (RUSS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSS334 | Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, Modernism | CINE334 | RUSS334, CINE334, or FILM334 |
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TDPS258C | Special Topics in Introductory Performing Arts; Cultural Institutions in the United States | ARHU240 | TDPS258C or ARHU240 |
| TDPS358T | Special Topics in Intermediate Performing Arts; Technology for Performing Arts: Theory and Practice |
Theatre (THET)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THET110 | Introduction to the Theatre | ||
| THET285 | The Art of Communication and Presentation | COMM107, COMM200, INAG110, JOUR130, or THET285 | |
| THET287 | Subversive Cultures and Performance | THET289I or THET287 | |
| THET293 | Black Theatre and Performance I | ||
| THET328L | Special Topics in Intermediate Theatre and Performance; Acting for Digital and Live Performance | ||
| THET328O | Special Topics in Intermediate Theatre and Performance; Movement for the Actor |
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGSS250 | Introduction to WGSS: Art and Culture | WMST250 or WGSS250 |