Arts Courses
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 the arts 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 Spring and register through Testudo. Check back soon for updated Summer and Fall 2024 course listings!
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Arts and Humanities • Art Studio • Immersive Media Design • Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies •
Music • Art History & Archaeology
Spring 2024
Arts and Humanities (ARHU)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARHU240 | Cultural Institutions of the United States | TDPS258C | TDPS258C |
| ARHU275 | Scriptwriting for Theater, Film, and Television | ENGL275 | ENGL275 |
| ARHU299M | Studies in Humanities Technology; Machine Learning in Language and Art | COMM 298M, ENGL 289G | COMM 298M, ENGL 289G |
| ARHU340 | Financial Entrepreneurship for Arts Leaders | MUSC448E | MUSC448E |
| ARHU440 | Arts Leadership Seminar | TDPS440 | TDPS440 |
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 | ||
| ARTT200 | Introduction to Art Theory | ||
| ARTT200 | Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals | ||
| ARTT210 | Elements of Drawing II | ||
| ARTT255 | Introduction to Digital Art and Design Processes | ARTT354 | |
| ARTT260 | Dangerous Art: Censorship or Subsidy |
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 | |
| IMDM127 | Creative Coding for Digital Media | CMSC125 |
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (THET, DANC, TDPS)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THET110 | Introduction to the Theatre | ||
| THET251 | Broadway Mashup: Remixing America Through Musical Theater | ||
| THET282 | Stage Makeup | ||
| THET285 | The Art of Communication and Presentation | COMM107, COMM200, INAG110, JOUR130, or THET285 | |
| THET287 | Subversive Cultures and Performance | THET289I or THET287. Formerly: THET289I | |
| THET293 | Black Theatre and Performance I | ||
| THET328W | Theatre and Dance in Iran and Afghanistan | PERS385, TDPS358A | TDPS358A, THET328W, PERS398A, or PERS385. Formerly: PERS398A |
| THET351 | Musical Theatre I | THET351 or THET328M. Formerly: THET328M | |
| DANC118 | Beginning Tap | ||
| DANC119 | Introduction to American Social Dance | ||
| DANC128 | Fundamentals of Ballet | ||
| DANC138 | Global Dance Forms | ||
| DANC148 | Fundamentals of Modern Dance | ||
| DANC158 | Fundamentals of Jazz | ||
| DANC200 | Introduction to Dance | ||
| DANC330 | Hip Hop History & Culture | ||
| TDPS358A | Theatre and Dance in Iran and Afghanistan | PERS385, THET328W | TDPS358A, THET328W, PERS398A, or PERS385. Formerly: PERS398A |
School of Music (MUSC)
| Course ID Number | Course Name | Cross-listed with (if applicable) | Credit Only Grants for (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC102 | Class Piano | ||
| MUSC106 | Beginning Classical Guitar | ||
| MUSC130 | What Does Music Mean? | ||
| 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 | |
| MUSC215 | World Popular Musics and Identity | MUET200 | |
| MUSC220 | Selected Musical Cultures of the World | ||
| MUSC438 | Area Studies in Ethnomusicology | ||
| MUSC481 | Music in the Renaissance | ||
| MUSC484 | Music in the Romantic Era |
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 | ||
| ARTH221 | Color: Art, Science, and Culture | ||
| ARTH230 | Symbolic Images: The Theory and Practice of Iconography in European Art, 1400-1850 | ||
| ARTH240 | Humanists on the Move | ||
| ARTH255 | Art and Society in the Modern American World | ||
| ARTH260 | Art and Activism | ||
| ARTH262 | Public Art | ||
| ARTH263 | Art and Difference | ||
| ARTH265 | How (and Why) to Look at Art in the Era of Climate Change | ARTH265 or ARTH465 | |
| ARTH289 | Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH290 | Art and Society in Asia | ||
| ARTH292 | Discovering Japan: How the Arts Shaped a Nation | ||
| ARTH300 | Egyptian Art and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH301 | Aegean Art and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH302 | Greek Art and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH303 | Roman Art and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH313 | Medieval Art: Cultural Exchanges in the Byzantine World | ||
| ARTH320 | Fourteenth and Fifteenth-Century Northern European Art | ||
| ARTH321 | Northern European Art of the 16th Century: Art in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation | ||
| ARTH322 | Van Eyck to Bruegel: The Renaissance in Northern Europe | ||
| ARTH323 | Fifteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Art | ||
| ARTH324 | Leonardo's World: Art and Experience in Renaissance Italy | ||
| ARTH330 | Seventeenth-Century European Art | ||
| ARTH335 | Seventeenth-Century Art in the Netherlands | ||
| ARTH337 | Cities and the Arts | ||
| ARTH346 | Nineteenth-Century European Art from 1850 | ||
| ARTH351 | Picturing Contemporary Life: Art Since 1945 | ||
| ARTH357 | History of Photography | ARTH357 or ARTH457 | |
| ARTH359 | Film as Art | ||
| ARTH360 | History of American Art to 1876 | ||
| ARTH361 | American Art from Civil War to Civil Rights | ||
| ARTH362 | Presently Black: Contemporary African American Art | ||
| ARTH370 | Latin American Art and Archaeology before 1500 | ||
| ARTH372 | Modern Latin American Art to 1945 | ||
| ARTH376 | Living Art of Africa | ||
| ARTH377 | Global African Art | ||
| ARTH383 | Art of Japan after 1500 | ||
| ARTH385 | Art of China | ||
| ARTH389 | Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology | ||
| ARTH392 | Contemporary Chinese Art and Film | CINE337 | ARTH392, FILM329L or CINE337 |
| ARTH418 | Special Problems in Italian Renaissance Art | ||
| ARTH426 | Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture in Northern Europe | ||
| ARTH472 | Ecuador: Andean Spaces-Traversing the Colonial City and the Natural World | SPAN435 | SPAN435, SPAN448E, ARTH472 or ARTH369E |
| ARTH484 | Modern Chinese Film and Visual Culture | CINE426 | ARTH484, CINE426 or FILM426 |