Visual & Performing Arts

Department Mission Statement:

To empower students as critical thinkers and participating citizens in pursuit of truth, beauty, spirituality, social justice, and global leadership.  To prepare scholars who are competitive candidates in graduate and professional schools and their chosen careers, and who are leaders with skills based upon humanistic values.

Department Vision:

The Vision of the Department of Visual & Performing Arts is to foster global understanding and appreciation of diversity among all of the students the department serves, and especially among student majors within the department. We see the department as instrumental in encouraging arts-related study abroad experiences that will enable students to live effectively within the contexts they visit and that will enable them to understand and appreciate the artistic (including visual arts, dramatic arts, and music arts) of diverse cultures.

Department Majors:

Major programs are offered in Theatre Performance, Music ( a teaching track and a performance track), and Arts Management