University of Nebraska - Lincoln (College of Fine & Performing Arts)

Department of Art & Art History

Students in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln enjoy the full college experience of great academics, an active social environment, and excellent career preparation. Ranked among the top 50 public universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report, graduates of UNL are professionally successful in all major areas of study.


The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska Lincoln is one of the most distinguished art programs in the nation. As an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the department meets the highest academic standards required of all professional art and design schools.

We offer bachelor of arts (BA) degree programs in studio art and art history, a bachelor of fine arts (BFA) degree program in studio art, and master of fine arts (MFA) degree programs in ceramics, graphic design, drawing & painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Students work closely with teachers who have national and international reputations in art, art history, and archeology. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden and Great Plains Art Museum offer additional opportunities for students to learn and work with major art collections.

As part of a major national university, students can complement their art studies with courses from 120 different degree programs from Classics to International Business, or Horticulture to Textiles. The university's national reputation for research, academic excellence, and athletics makes this an extraordinary college experience for all of our students. When you come to UNL you will join a thriving community of professional artists and focused students. You will work in one of the best art making environments in the country.


Undergraduate Degrees

BFA in Studio Art
The bachelor of fine arts degree (BFA) is a professional degree with about seventy percent of the course work for the degree (eighty eight credit hours) taken in the Department of Art and Art History. With this degree, students may choose to emphasize in one of the major studio areas.

BA in Studio Art
Those seeking a BA in Studio Art devote a total of twenty five credit hours (about one-third of their total hours) to the practice of visual arts. Eighteen credit hours in Art History are also required for the BA in Studio Art, and students pursuing a BA are required to have at least one minor.

BA in Art History
The bachelor of arts (BA) in Art History enables students to attain proficiency in the practice of art and knowledge of the history of art in addition to a general college education.


Facilities

The Department of Art and Art History is housed in two buildings, Nelle Cochrane Woods Hall and Richards Hall. Both are in the "arts quadrangle," which is the southwest corner of UNL's city campus. This arts quadrangle also includes: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lied Center for Performing Arts, Kimball Recital Hall, the School of Music's Westbrook Music Building, the Department of Theatre Arts Temple Building and the Hixon/Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts dean's office in 102 Nelle Cochrane Woods Hall. The department's main office is in 120 Richards Hall. Learning takes place in well-equipped and well-lit studios, shops, laboratories and classrooms.


School of Music

The Music Degrees

To understand the various degrees available to undergraduate music students, it is essential to start with the point that they all share a common core curriculum. In upper-level courses, in the third year and beyond, the degrees offer very different educational and vocational directions and opportunities.

The BA Degree
The BA degree in music (Bachelor of Arts with a music major) provides the greatest breadth of possibilities for students. It adds to the core curriculum in music the largest number of general education requirements and the greatest elective space of our degrees. It also requires a minor. Special emphasis minors exist in Business and in Arts Technology. Students choose a performance track or research track when pursuing this degree. Students can shape this degree not only to go on in performance, or to move into music education (through additional coursework after graduation), but also to prepare appropriately for other musical careers in higher education. These careers can include areas in technology, the broadcasting and recording industries, music librarianship, business, and the like. This is also the most appropriate degree for students who wish to double major, and for those who intend not to pursue music vocationally after graduation.


The BM Degree
The BM degree in music (Bachelor of Music in Performance, Composition, History, or Theory) provides the deepest exposure to coursework in music. Its general education requirements are less than for the BA degree, and its amount of elective space is also smaller. Absorbing these course credits, and all the credits of the BA’s minor, are additional required participation in lessons and ensembles, and requirements for a very significant block of additional coursework at the 400-level in music history, theory, literature, and pedagogy. This degree prepares students for a career in professional performance or for graduate study in performance, and it is an alternative to the BA in preparing students for graduate study in composition, history, and theory.


The BME Degree
The BME degree (Bachelor of Music Education) adds to the core curriculum in music an intensive and rigorous package of courses in education and in the methodologies of music education. This degree prepares students for careers teaching choral and instrumental music in primary and secondary schools. It leads to an endorsement (certification) in both vocal and instrumental music, with an emphasis in either choral or instrumental music.


The Minor in Music
The Minor in Music takes the most essential coursework of the first year of our core curriculum and adds to it another year of lessons and ensemble participation. The first-year core may be taken as a block alongside music majors, or distributed over a number of years in order to accommodate the scheduling of classes outside the School of Music. This degree emphasizes performance, and students must audition to be accepted as a minor in music.


Double Majors
It is possible for ambitious and academically successful music students to add one or more additional majors or degree programs outside the School of Music to their program of studies. This is normally undertaken from a home base in the BA in Music, but is also possible to arrange from a home base in the BM degree. Interested students should declare their intentions to their academic adviser as soon as possible.


The Dance Program

The Dance Program is part of the UNL School of Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. The Dance Studio and dance faculty offices are located in Mabel Lee Hall. Dance classes are also held in the Johnny Carson Theatre at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.


Bachelor of Arts in Dance

The Dance Program offers the BA Degree in Dance with comprehensive training in modern dance, including technique, improvisation and composition, augmented by ballet through the advanced level. Students study a balanced and integrated course load which combines dance with a strong liberal studies core. This program teaches the cultural, theatrical and performing aspects of dance. It emphasizes the development of working methods which are both safe and correct as it encourages students to explore and develop their personal artistry.


School of Theatre and Film

The Mission, Objectives and Goals of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film

The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film is committed to the philosophy that prospective practitioners of theatre, film and new media must be provided with thorough education, training and practical skills for employment in industry and educational settings.

To this end, the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will pursue the following four goals:

• To educate and train students for professional work in theatre, film and new media to the highest degree of the students' artistic and intellectual ability

• To unify the inseparable values of classroom and production by applying theoretical principles to stage and screen production


• To help all students to develop an intellectual and cultural foundation with discriminating taste and critical judgment

•To offer varied and meaningful theatrical, cinematic and cultural experiences for the members of the university community, for the people of the city of Lincoln, and for the citizens of Nebraska through regular public performance

Teaching, research/creative scholarship, and service are the traditional and primary methodologies utilized to accomplish these goals. Additionally, the production of plays, films, and new media projects reflects the School's commitment to professional training in the educational environment. The School's production activities encompass all of the above-stated goals, relating them to theatre and moving image education and training.

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