Overview

The College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State is a complete arts community including academic programs and museum and performing arts units serving the University and beyond. It is a professional college committed to artistic and scholarly creativity, research, and the preparation of specialized practitioners in all of the arts and design disciplines.

The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Art History, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, the Department of Integrative Arts, the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the Penn State School of Visual Arts. The college also includes the Center for the Performing Arts, the Palmer Museum of Art, and Pennsylvania Centre Stage, which serve as important cultural resources that provide educational outreach programs for Penn State and area communities.

At the undergraduate level, the college offers the
bachelor of science degree in architecture, art education, graphic
design, music education, and photography; the bachelor of arts degree
in art, art history, integrative arts, music, and theatre; the bachelor
of fine arts in art and theatre; the bachelor of architecture; the
bachelor of landscape architecture; the bachelor of music; and the
bachelor of musical arts.

At the graduate level, the college offers the master
of science degree in architecture and art education; the master of
arts degree in art, art history, music, and theatre; the master of
education in art education and music education; the master of fine
arts in art and theatre; the master of landscape architecture; the
master of music; and the Ph.D. in art education,
art history, and music education.

The faculty are dedicated to providing high-quality
professional instruction to the approximately 1,900 graduate and undergraduate
students enrolled in the college. In addition, the faculty, most of
whom hold terminal degrees in their professional fields, are charged
with the responsibility of providing undergraduate literature, history,
and studio courses in the arts for all students at Penn State.

The college is housed in seventeen buildings on the
University Park Campus. It includes performance spaces, gallery/exhibition spaces, a lighting and design lab, computer labs, special subject libraries, and a stage lighting archive.
Within the college are specialized studios, rehearsal spaces, and classrooms
to support the design, visual, and performing arts.

Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture proudly
serves as one of the major cultural centers between Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.

Undergraduate Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment in the College of Arts
and Architecture has increased by 33 percent in the last decade. Students
enrolled in the college may prepare for professional careers in the
following fields: architecture, landscape architecture, planning, art
history, painting, sculpting, graphic design, ceramics, printmaking,
photography, art education, music performance, composition, musicology,
music education, acting, directing, stage and lighting design, and
theatre technology.