Arts Majors & Minors
Find the arts program that speaks to you.
Engaging curriculum for an arts-informed university.
At the University of Maryland, you have countless opportunities to incorporate the arts into your studies. The university offers a range of majors, minors and programs from departments and schools across campus.
Since its launch in 2021, Arts for All has partnered with areas across campus to launch and assist in creating new arts curricula that reimagine learning and cultivate interdisciplinary, arts-informed academic programs. In addition to ongoing support for cross-disciplinary classes and innovative new teaching methods, Arts for All has collaborated to strengthen and grow arts majors and minors, including the Immersive Media Design major (College of Arts and Humanities and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences), the Creative Placemaking minor (School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and College of Arts and Humanities) and the Arts Leadership minor (College of Arts and Humanities).
Immersive Media Design Major
Prepares students to excel in digital creativity and innovation using the latest immersive media tools and technologies.
Creative Placemaking Minor
Educates students to work alongside community partners, leveraging the power of the arts with design to create vibrant, just communities.
Arts Leadership Minor
Provides students with practical and strategic skills to become arts leaders.
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Undergraduate Majors
Art Education, B.A., College of Education
Art History, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Cinema and Media Studies, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Dance, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Immersive Media Design, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Immersive Media Design, B.S., College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Journalism, B.A., Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Music Education, B.M.E., College of Arts & Humanities
Music: Liberal Arts Program, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Music: Professional Program, B.M., College of Arts & Humanities
Studio Art, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Theater, B.A., College of Arts & Humanities
Undergraduate Minors
Art History, College of Arts & Humanities
Arts Leadership, College of Arts & Humanities
Classical Mythology, College of Arts & Humanities
Creative Placemaking, College of Arts & Humanities
Digital Storytelling & Poetics, College of Arts & Humanities
Music & Culture, College of Arts & Humanities
Music Performance, College of Arts & Humanities
Graduate Programs
Art History and Archeology (Ph.D., M.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Art Studio (M.F.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Arts Entrepreneurship (P.B.C.), College of Arts & Humanities
Creative Writing (M.F.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Cultural and Heritage Resource Management (P.B.C.), College of Behavioral and Social Science
Dance (M.F.A), College of Arts and Humanities
Ethnomusicology (Ph.D., M.F.A), College of Arts and Humanities
Museum Scholarship and Material Culture (P.B.C.), College of Arts & Humanities
Music (Ph.D., M.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Music Education (Ph.D., M.A., M.Mus.), College of Arts & Humanities
Music: Performance and Composition (D.M.A., M.Mus.), College of Arts & Humanities
Opera Performance (Ph.D., M.Mus.), College of Arts & Humanities
Performance (M.F.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Theatre and Performance Studies (Ph.D., M.A.), College of Arts & Humanities
Theatre Design (M.F.A.), College of Arts & Humanities