Majors, Minors and Certificates

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).

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:

• Graphic Design
• Painting
• Photography
• Time-Based Art

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

Our program combines the benefits of a small, close-knit program with the facilities and resources of a major research university.

Art therapy is a unique, creative mental health profession that targets specific therapeutic goals, promotes healing and improves overall mental health and wellness.

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

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.

The BA in Music is for students who wish to specialize in music and explore WVU's broader academic offerings.

The BS in Music and Health is a unique opportunity to pursue concentrated studies in music while fulfilling many requirements for a career in health or medicine.

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)

Build fundamental analytical, regulatory and creative knowledge and skills necessary for commercial participation in the music industry.

Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:

• Applied Music
• Multi-Instrumental

Society's increased interest in the arts is creating new opportunities for professional composers and teachers. This program will prepare you to be a composer in acoustic and electronic styles.

The BM in Music Education will prepare you for a variety of teaching settings.

The Music Performance curriculum prepares you for a career as a performer or as a teacher of a particular instrument or voice.

Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:

• Instrumental
• Piano
• Voice

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.

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).

Coursework in the BFA Puppetry program includes study in the practice of puppetry as a theatrical art form. The program offers an intensive curriculum in puppet construction and manipulation in a variety of mediums and styles.

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.

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.