College of Fine Arts

Curtis A. Scheib, Dean

David A. Ferguson, Assistant Dean

The College of Fine Arts has professional degree programs in art, music, theatre and dance, and interdisciplinary fine arts and awards the bachelor of arts and the bachelor of fine arts degrees. Programs leading to certification to teach art and music are offered in cooperation with the College of Education and Communications. This partnership leads to the bachelor of science in education degree. The college also offers minors in art, music, theatre, and dance.

With one of the largest arts programs in the commonwealth, IUP’s College of Fine Arts offers dedicated facilities for each department, augmented by a 1,600-seat auditorium, two theaters, three art galleries, a university museum, a recital hall, computer laboratories, and a state-of-the-art dance studio. In fall 2005, a large, renovated teaching location for sculpture and clay opened for art students, and in spring 2006, a newly renovated and beautifully enlarged music building opened for music students and faculty. The music facility is one of the best university music teaching facilities in Pennsylvania, while the new location for sculpture and clay offers large open space, providing students the opportunity to increase their undergraduate art experience. The college sponsors 200 to 300 arts events annually, and its students, who currently enjoy the strongest academic profile of any of the university’s colleges, have opportunities to develop their talents locally, regionally, and nationally. The college has an active international program for student exchange with a long-established, field-based program.

There are no additional college requirements for graduation beyond the university and departmental requirements listed in other sections of this catalog. Students in teaching certification programs in art and music also need to be aware of commonwealth and IUP requirements that may be found through the College of Education and Communications.

Mission Statement

The mission of the College of Fine Arts at IUP is to provide excellent programs of study for all of its majors, balancing high professional standards with rigorous and current educational practice, and to provide course work and programs of an equally high standard in service to majors in other departments that may require arts classes and, as part of the university’s general studies mandate, to the entire university student body.

The college takes as its special mission the presentation of arts events including plays, concerts, exhibitions, and recitals, featuring the work of students and faculty as well as the work of visiting arts professionals, as a gift of enrichment and as a celebration of the human spirit for the university, the community, and the region.

Finally, the college takes as its mandate and its privilege the inclusion in its presentations, studios, and classrooms the works, thoughts, and performances of a culturally and ethnically diverse world of art.

College Majors

Art (History or Studio Track)—BA
Art Education—BSEd
Art Studio—BFA
Interdisciplinary Fine Arts (Dance Arts Track)—BA
Music—BA
Music Education—BSEd
Music Performance—BFA
Theatre (Musical Theatre Track available)—BA

College Minors

Art History
Art Studio
Dance
Entrepreneurship for Fine Arts
Music
Theatre

Interdisciplinary Programs, Minors and Certificates

The interdisciplinary degree programs, minors, and certificates are multidisciplinary and are not specific to one university college. Visit Interdisciplinary Programs to view offerings and requirements