Undergraduate Majors and Minors

The CVA department offers flexible degree paths for students who want to develop the most essential skills of expression and creative collaboration.

MAJORS

Majors in the CVA department prepare students for work in the constantly evolving fields of communication, digital media arts, and studio arts. Internships are required for most majors.

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Art
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Communication
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Digital Media Arts

Art

An Art major is for the aspiring artist who chooses to investigate the studio arts and more traditional methods of creating a portfolio. A major in art can lead to careers in the fine arts, gallery sales, museum curation, photography, digital arts, or education.
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Communication

The communication major provides students with a wide variety of skill sets valuable in practically any profession, including public speaking, written communication, visual communication, and rhetorical responsibility. This program is flexible, offering a curriculum that can include tracks in journalism or public relations.
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Digital Media Arts

The digital media arts major focuses on producing digital content in state-of-the-art video, audio, and graphics production studios and editing labs, while at the same time learning the professional and legal requirements associated with digital content. A digital media arts major can lead to careers in video and audio production and editing, branding and advertising, graphic design, and web design.
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MINORS

Students majoring outside of the CVA department can develop their skills and credentials through one of the department’s five specialized minors. Any of the minors can be completed with 15 credit hours of coursework. 

  • Art
  • Communication
  • Digital Media Arts
  • Journalism
  • Public Relations

FOR NON-MAJORS

Our classes are open to students from across the University. That gives students from any major the opportunity to improve their communication and visual art skills and enjoy the creative process. All students benefit from the diverse classroom community and discussions that include insight from future nurses, engineers, teachers, and more.


Telling stories is my passion, especially in video form,
so I just fit in.


Carmen Vincent
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