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Acting
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Our program combines an intensive conservatory experience with the campus life of a major land-grant university. You’ll perform on our mainstage and in our laboratory theatre, and train with renowned faculty and guest artists (including Academy and Tony Award nominees).
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Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
The BFA in Art and Design is nationally accredited and constantly updated to provide students with the most current training and technology to prepare for a career in today’s growing creative professions.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Ceramics
- Graphic Design
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Time-Based Art
Art Education
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
We combine the benefits of a small studio program with the resources and facilities of a major research university. Our graduates are certified to teach grades pre-K through 12 and have a high job placement rate.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Studio Emphasis: Ceramics
- Studio Emphasis: Graphic Design
- Studio Emphasis: Intermedia/Photography
- Studio Emphasis: Painting
- Studio Emphasis: Printmaking
- Studio Emphasis: Sculpture
Art History
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
An interdisciplinary field drawing on philosophy, history, literature, religion and mythology, Art History examines works of art and their contexts. Our program combines the benefits of a small, close-knit program with the facilities and resources of a major research university.
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Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
This major blends art-making, psychology and counseling coursework to prepare you for a unique, creative mental health profession.
View the Art Therapy Bachelor's Major Information View the Art Therapy Bachelor's Plan of StudyDance
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Develop and hone your techniques in a program that offers both experiential and theoretical dance education. You’ll study a variety of dance genres and subjects — ballet, modern, jazz, tap, world dance, choreography, dance history and dance criticism.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Dance Education
Multidisciplinary Studies (College of Creative Arts)
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Our MDS program gives you the flexibility of selecting three minors to create an individualized educational plan. At least two of the minors must be selected from programs offered by the College of Creative Arts.
View the Multidisciplinary Studies Bachelor's (College of Creative Arts) Major Information View the Multidisciplinary Studies Bachelor's (College of Creative Arts) Plan of StudyMusic
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
The Music BA program is for students who wish to specialize in music and still have time to explore WVU's academic offerings. It’s also perfect if you want to combine the study of music by double majoring in a non-music field.
View the Music Bachelor's Major Information View the Music Bachelor's Plan of StudyMusic (Contemporary and Integrative Performance)
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
This program focuses on contemporary music performance within an integrative curriculum that includes electives from arts, theatre, dance, industry and philosophy.
View the Music (Contemporary and Integrative Performance) Bachelor's Major InformationMusic and Health
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Have a passion for music but also want a career in healthcare? You can do both in this major.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Medicine (MD)
- Pharmacy (PharmD)
- Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Occupational Therapy (OTD)
- Dentistry (DDS)
- Physician Assistant (PA)
Music Business and Industry
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Learn the fundamental analytical, regulatory and creative knowledge and skills necessary for jobs in the music industry.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Applied Music
- Multi-Instrumental
Music Composition
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Society's increased interest in the arts is creating many new opportunities for professional composers and teachers. This program will prepare you to be a composer in both acoustic and electronic styles.
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Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
If you successfully complete this program (and all tests required by the West Virginia Department of Education), you’ll qualify for a Birth–Adult Music professional certificate that allows you to teach instrumental, vocal and general music in West Virginia schools.
View the Music Education Bachelor's Major Information View the Music Education Bachelor's Plan of StudyMusic Performance
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
In the School of Music, you’ll be surrounded by elite faculty who are some of the nation's brightest and most adept musicians. You’ll have weekly lessons, chamber music coaching, large ensemble rehearsal and opportunities in musical organizations.
Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:
- Instrumental Performance
- Piano Performance
- Voice Performance
Music Performance: Jazz and Commercial Music
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Jazz and Commercial Music encourages study, training and performance in all forms of creative improvised music, jazz and world music. You’ll expand your creative vision and gain a global perspective.
View the Music Performance: Jazz and Commercial Music Bachelor's Major Information View the Music Performance: Jazz and Commercial Music Bachelor's Plan of StudyMusic Therapy
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Music therapists use a variety of instruments and musical experiences to help babies, children, adolescents, adults and older adults work toward non-music goals related to education, health, rehabilitation and wellness needs.
View the Music Therapy Bachelor's Major Information View the Music Therapy Bachelor's Plan of StudyMusical Theatre
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
We combine an intensive conservatory experience with the college experience of a major university. You’ll perform on our mainstage and in our laboratory theatre, and train with renowned faculty and guest artists (including Academy and Tony Award nominees).
View the Musical Theatre Bachelor's Major Information View the Musical Theatre Bachelor's Plan of StudyPuppetry
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
Puppetry course work includes intensive study in children’s theatre, the practice of puppetry as a theatrical art form, and educational and creative dramatic activity as methods of learning and self-development for children.
View the Puppetry Bachelor's Major Information View the Puppetry Bachelor's Plan of StudyTechnical Art History
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
This is the first degree of its kind in the U.S., and brings together art, science and the humanities.
View the Technical Art History Bachelor's Major Information View the Technical Art History Bachelor's Plan of StudyTheatre
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
The BA Theatre program allows you to explore and customize your education to include a more multidisciplinary approach to theatre studies, including performance, design and technology, dramaturgy and playwriting.
View the Theatre Bachelor's Major Information View the Theatre Bachelor's Plan of StudyTheatre Design and Technology
Bachelor's / Morgantown Campus
We provide hands-on training through work on the Theatre and Dance mainstage. Working side by side with faculty, you'll develop a variety of theatre environments using the most current technology and tools available.
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