College of Fine Arts and Humanities
111 KIEHLE VISUAL ARTS CENTER/308-3093
Web site: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/cfah
Dean: Roland Specht-Jarvis
Associate Dean: Suellen Rundquist (Interim)
Departments
Art
Communication sciences and disorders
Communication studies
English
Foreign languages and literature
Mass communications
Music
Philosophy
Theatre, film studies and dance
Major and Minors by Department
Art
Major Programs
Art
Art education
Art history
Art, studio; with emphases in ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture
Minors
Art
Graphic Design
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Major Program
Communication sciences and disorders
Minors
Deaf education
Speech-language pathology
Communication Studies
Major programs
Communication arts and literature - teaching
Communication studies
Communication studies - interdepartmental
Communication studies - supplementary
Minors
Communication studies
Intercultural communication
English
Major programs
Communication arts and literature - teaching
English; with emphases in creative writing, general English, linguistics, literature, rhetorical and applied writing
Minors
Creative writing
English
English as a second language
Linguistics
Rhetorical and applied writing
Foreign Languages and Literature
Major programs
French
French education
German
German education
Spanish
Spanish education
Minors
Foreign languages
French
German
Russian
Spanish
Humanities - Interdisciplinary
Major program and minor
Mass Communications
Major programs
Mass Communications; with sequences of advertising, broadcasting, news editorial, public relations
Minor
Mass communications
Music
Major programs
Music; with emphases in jazz studies, new media in music, theory/composition
Music education: instrumental K-12, vocal K-12
Music performance; with emphases in vocal performance, instrumental performance, piano performance, piano pedagogy
Minor
Music
Philosophy
Major program
Philosophy
Minors
Interdisciplinary philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy for mathematics majors
Religious studies
Theatre, Film Studies & Dance
Major programs
Film Studies
Theatre
Minors
Dance
Film studies
Theatre
The College
The College of Fine Arts and Humanities educates the global citizen in communication, visual and performing arts, education and business.
The College of Fine Arts and Humanities offers general education opportunities, major and minor courses of study, and professional and graduate programs in nine departments and over twenty disciplines. The faculty and staff of the college strive to understand and respect the common needs of our diverse community and the skills and abilities sought by regional, national, and international employers, as well as to foster a humane environment for minds and bodies.
Through art and theatre, St. Cloud State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the National Association of Schools of Theatre. In addition, the College of Fine Arts and Humanities offers nationally accredited programs in music, communication disorders, and mass communications. Our programs in English, communication studies, philosophy, foreign languages, and film studies are all recognized for their quality - as are our facilities, some of the finest in the upper midwest. The highly professional faculty and staff are committed to providing personal attention to every student, and thorough advising and thoughtful mentoring afford students excellent academic and career preparation.
The departments in the College of Fine Arts and Humanities share a respect for communicative and expressive abilities, diversity and ambiguity, creativity, critical thinking and abstract reasoning, performance and production of meaning, and expertise in the creation and manipulation of symbols. The disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities:
- have been at the core of the university education since universities were first imagined
- are in a unique position to remember and preserve the intellectual traditions as well as to design and drive new literacies, new knowledge, new arts, and new humanities
- actively participate in the construction of the cultural life of the institution and the community
- are for many people the point of contact between the university and the public
- educate the people who will be teaching fine arts and humanities, whether as a large, general topic or in one of its many specializations
- encourage practical application of the principles of our disciplines with internships or study abroad in England, Germany, France, Costa Rica, Japan, Chile, the Czech Republic and China.
Our students are our greatest resource. Their talents and education will lead them to be successful "knowledge workers" of the future, people able to create and manipulate symbols, identify and solve problems, and broker strategies of expression and communications - in a wide variety of media.
Suggested plans of study for all majors in the College of Fine Arts and Humanities are available online at http://bulletin.stcloudstate.edu/ugb/.
