2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
College of Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual Arts Building 102 ~ 260-481-6977
The mission of the PFW College of Visual and Performing Arts is to (1) provide exceptional professional and liberal arts degree programs that combine development in an artistic discipline and career preparation in the arts to students through individualized instruction within a broadly based curriculum, (2) offer culturally enriching opportunities to all students and members of the university community, and (3) be recognized as the center for arts education, outreach, collaborations, and professional leadership in northeast Indiana as well as a major regional arts resource through excellence in artistic performances, productions, exhibitions, library holdings, and technology. To support this mission, the faculty of the college of Visual and Performing Arts subscribe to the highest academic, artistic, and ethical standards for themselves and their students.
The college is composed of the departments of art and design, and theatre, along with the school of Music. More than 600 students majoring and minoring in the visual and performing arts receive instruction from professional and academic staff that include 32 full-time faculty, 9 half-time continuing lecturers, and more than 50 limited-term lecturers and visiting artists.
Purdue University Fort Wayne is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).
The college offers the following academic programs:
Bachelor’s Degrees
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Subject
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Department/Program
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Art (B.A.)
Art Education (B.A.)
Art (B.F.A.) with 7 concentrations
Graphic Design (B.F.A.)
Web Design with Elective Studies in Information Technology (B.F.A.)
Interior Design (B.S.)
Music Industry (B.S.)
Music Education (B.Mus.Ed.)
Music Outside Field (B.S.)
Music Performance (B.M.)
Music Technology (B.M.)
Music Therapy (B.S.M.T.)
Popular Music (B.S.) with 2 concentrations
Music Performance (Cert)
Theatre (B.A.) with 4 concentrations
Musical Theatre (B.F.A.)
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Art and Design
Art and Design
Art and Design
Art and Design
Art and Design
Art and Design
Music
Music
Music
Music
Music
Music
Music
Music
Theatre
Theatre
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Minor
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Subject
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Department/Program
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Art and Design
Art History
Jazz
Music
Theatre
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Art and Design
Art and Design
Music
Music
Theatre
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The above programs are described in Programs of this Catalog.
As a regularly admitted student, you must follow the degree requirements and the college and program academic regulations specified in the Catalog in effect at the time you first enrolled in the college. If you wish to follow the degree requirements specified in a later edition of the Catalog, you must consult with your departmental advisor.
All students in Visual and Performing Arts majors may elect the Pass/Not-Pass grading option for non-degree elective courses only. The Pass/Not-Pass grading option is not available to General Education or any electives required for the major.
Departments and program areas reserve the right to publish new academic requirements and regulations at the beginning of an academic year. If such changes occur, newly admitted students will be subject to the revised requirements.
Academic Renewal Option
The College of Visual and Performing Arts participates in the Academic Renewal Option for eligible students returning to PFW after an absence of five or more years. See your advisor for additional information.
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