Associate Dean, Brent Schneider, M.F.A.

Executive Director of Development, Shaleane Gee, Ph.D.  

Executive Assistant, Jeannette Benson  

Office Assistant, Rani Bean  

Mailing address: 375 S. 1530 E., Rm. 250, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0381

Art—art teaching, ceramics, graphic design, illustration, painting/drawing, photography/digital imaging, printmaking, and sculpture intermedia.

Art History—Asian art, Western European art, American art, 20th century and contemporary art.

Ballet—performance, teaching, and character dance.

Film Studies—film and video production, screenwriting, and critical studies.

Modern Dance—performance, choreography, and teaching.

Music—instrumental and vocal performance, jazz studies, music composition, conducting, music education, music history and literature, and music theory.

Theatre—acting, theatre education, production and stage management, design, and theatre studies.

The College of fine arts offers a series of minors and a certificate program in Arts Technology.

Please refer to departmental listings for descriptions of performance and exhibition opportunities.

Undergraduate Programs

The College of Fine Arts offers students combined programs of professional training and academics, with options of a B.A., B.Mus., or a B.F.A. degree, depending on department and area of study. Permission to enroll in the college must be obtained from the chair of the major department. Students who plan to teach art, music, dance, or theatre in public schools at the secondary level will take courses in the College of Education as well as the College of Fine Arts.

Candidates for the B.A., B.Mus., or B.F.A. degrees must satisfy the graduation requirements of the University and complete the minimum semester credit hours specified by the major department for the specific degree, including:

1. The general education requirements of the University

2. Completion of the major department requirements

3. Completion of a foreign-language requirement if specified in the department major

Graduate Degrees

The college offers M.A., M.Mus., and M.F.A. degrees (depending on departments) as well as a doctoral program in music. The master of music degree requires 30 graduate semester credit hours.  Additional information about requirements for graduate degrees in music can be found in the University of Utah catalog. Language requirements are established by the individual departments.

The master of fine arts degree is awarded to students who have completed the requisite graduate semester credit hours (determined by the specific degree program). The M.F.A. degree generally requires a two-year residency in ballet, and a three-year residency in modern dance, theatre and film. More information on residency requirements can be found in the University of Utah Catalog. 

All programs are subject to approval of the Graduate Council, and the Dean and College Council. Forms for planning a graduate program may be obtained from the student’s major department.

Information on graduate programs is also available from the individual departments.

Special Facilities

The Art and Architecture Center provides excellent facilities for the Department of Art and Art History, including the Alvin Gittins Gallery, and the Owen Reading Room.

For theatre students, there is the 125-seat Babcock Theatre, located in the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. The Babcock Theatre serves as the department’s main stage. Other facilities include Studio 115, an 80-seat black box theatre, and two 3,600-square-foot rehearsal rooms.

In 1999, the School of Music moved into the fully renovated Gardner Hall, complete with new rehearsal spaces, practice rooms, classrooms, and teaching studios, the new 700-seat Libby Gardner concert hall, and the new Dumke Recital Hall. The departments of Ballet and Modern Dance are located in the Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, which has six major studio areas, classroom space, and the Hayes Christensen 333-seat theater.

The college operates several sophisticated student computing facilities dedicated to the creative digital technology needs of the arts disciplines. These computing facilities provide students with access to current technology in fine arts, including computerized film and video editing, visual effects, animation, digital imaging, 3D computer graphics, sound sampling and synthesis, recording technologies, and MIDI. There are many opportunities for collaborative projects across departments and with other campus entities.