M.F.A. and Ph.D. in Theatre for Youth

MFA: Emphasis areas prepare students for careers in professional theatre; as artists or education directors; specialists in arts organizations; teachers in elementary, secondary, higher education. Ph.D.: Significant research; teaching at K-12 and university levels; demonstrated expertise at practical level. Both programs: Theatre for Youth newsletter and downloadable program handbooks.

Postgrad Diploma, Masters & Ph.D. in Community Cultural Development

Study references the visual, performing arts and also a range of related areas of study, such as public policy, public health, public evaluation, philosophy, social science, natural science, psychology, cultural studies and cultural geography. Uses diverse research methodologies, including action-based research, narrative evaluation and production-based investigation, which uses the development of working designs and prototypes as its method. CCD student and staff inquiry have included community-based research in community strengthening, housing/urban renewal, multicultural communities, arts & education, health & wellbeing, indigenous communities, justice, and the arts, nature and the environment.

B.A. in Performing Arts and Social Justice

Classical arts training, liberal arts curriculum and core community component provide a space for art-making and critical reflection. Minors in Dance, Theater, Performing Arts, or Music. Culminates in a student and faculty collaboration, The Company, which combines creativity and engagement in community issues to produce an original show.

Master of Public Art Studies (MPAS)

Two-year interdisciplinary program is “a unique platform to research art, curatorial practices and modes of cultural organizing in relation to the material/social conditions of public space and the contemporary public sphere.” Seminars on curatorial practice & organizational methods, theory, critical writing, selected topics in art and architectural history and directed research opportunities. Students gain “a critical, historical and practical understanding of how artists, curators and organizers engage publics, communities and constituencies, in relation to the theoretical and pragmatic distinctions between public space and the public sphere.” Two program elements: a curatorial practicum in which students collaborate on the development and organization of an exhibition project in public space; and the research and writing of a scholarly thesis. The program supports students in their academic and professional development as curators, organizers, critics, theorists and scholars. Fellowships and scholarships are available on a competitive basis.

M.F.A. in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre

Three-year program includes practicum, rural residency and internship with Dell'Arte and a member of the Network of Ensemble Theatres. Unique approach to actor training built on 30 years of experience. For students with interest in the formation of new companies of actor-creators working in the ensemble model.

M.A. in Applied Theatre Arts

Newly launched program for community-based artists, educators, therapists, social workers and political activists to explore how theater can be applied to non-traditional theatrical settings. Rigorous one-year (plus one-summer) program. Boal-inspired curriculum teaches students theory and practice of Forum Theatre, Rainbow of Desire and Legislative Theatre. Students partner with grassroots organizations in Los Angeles to develop community-based theater projects that advance social, political or therapeutic change. Program culminates in four-week externship with an international applied theater organization; students receive subsidy to support travel and housing costs. Apply in January for fall start. Directed by Brent Blair.

Master of Arts in Transformative Arts

Two-year program addresses "a growing cultural imperative that art must re-assume its integral position in the community." Develops the artist's creative work with a focus on healing and personal growth. Courses, seminars and practicums in paradigms of consciousness. Prepares graduates for careers in community arts education, healing arts and educational consulting, or as teachers and facilitators in schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, spiritual centers and other institutions.

B.A. in Theatre in Education and Community

Educates artists, teachers and advocates for theater in educational settings and communities; prepares them for employment in these fields and life-long commitment to civic engagement and socially responsible art. Includes history, theories and methodologies of theater in education, community-based theater, theater for youth and using theater to teach across the curriculum. Offers access to nationally recognized community-based theater companies such as Cornerstone Theater Company, Fringe Benefits Alliance. Includes community-based performance projects and service-learning opportunities with regional community partners.

M.F.A. in Public Practice

Program under leadership of Suzanne Lacy. Students explore new artistic strategies and practices based on observation, research, social commentary and activism for visual and performance arts productions in the public realm. Students work in individual studios on a single significant project in collaboration with each other, community members, internationally-known scholars and faculty. Facilities in sculpture, painting, graphic arts, illustration, video, photography, computer-generated model-making and digital technology. Intimate class size supports mentorship, learning by case-studies, and production skills in installation, performance, process art, guerilla art and interdisciplinary projects. Requires thesis integrating theory and practice in art, urbanism, civic life or other subjects supporting a critical discourse on their own work. Field internships with professional artists; teaching assistantships in undergraduate Integrated Learning curriculum.

B.A. in Visual and Public Art

Integrates individual production and collaborative processes; skills and projects; the expressive and analytical. Addresses issues of working in public space creating murals, sculptures, installations, book arts, painted and electronic billboards, light sculptures, large-scale digital and cyber art, performance and environmental art and time-based and public ceremonial works. Balance of studio and theory through a combination of core concept and skill courses, visiting artist experiences, independent learning opportunities and a community-based projects/service learning component.

B.F.A. in Community Arts

Community Arts Program emphasizing service learning, civic engagement and diversity issues. Curriculum combines interdisciplinary coursework in humanities, sciences, arts administration and cultural diversity with Core Studio arts training. Thesis project with written paper required. Concentration in teaching art education available. Draws on resources of the CCA Center for Art and Public Life (see entry), which creates partnerships with Bay Area public schools, health centers, nonprofit community organizations, museums, cultural centers and neighborhoods.

Honours B.A. in Drama in Education and Community

For students pursuing careers in the educational and developmental drama fields and community settings such as healthcare facilities and community organizations. Field work in schools, special topics, individual and group research projects. Option to get teaching certification from Ontario College of Teachers.

B.F.A. Degree in Theatre

Ninety-credit undergraduate program normally completed over three academic years. Focuses on the history, theory and practice of theater from the perspective of art's capacity to inform and effect personal and social change. Field work in areas of personal specialization, such as working with populations with special needs, apprenticeships with community-based theater companies and developing community arts projects.

B.F.A. in Theatre with Applied Theatre Specialization

Provides theoretical and practical foundation in applying theater to teaching; cultural, recreational and community planning; historic and environmental sites; museums; social and correctional services; healing and health agencies. Year 1: exploring improvisational techniques and collective creation. Year 2: historical survey of theater applications in nontraditional settings; devising of a performance. Year 3: workshop design/facilitation, leadership in applied contexts. Year 4: designing project for an applied setting (classroom, youth center, a senior center, prison, etc.). Graduate studies considered at discretion of Head of Applied Theatre.

Community Arts Practice Degree and Certificate Program

Allows students to use art as a tool for expressing diverse identities, for developing community awareness about environmental issues and to take action for social change. Students take courses offered through the Faculties of Environmental Studies and Fine Arts to develop artistic skills while working collaboratively on a community-based cultural production in their final year of study. Local placements with cultural agencies and community organizations; international internships in Los Angeles, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. Graduates of the BES program with the CAP certificate will be prepared to work in community organizations, art agencies, environmental groups, artist-run spaces or for international community-development agencies.

M.A. in Social Sculpture

Interdisciplinary, ecologically and socially engaged work informed by social-sculpture ideas of Joseph Beuys. Linked to Social Sculpture Research Unit and Sonic Art Research Unit. Exchanges with the Bauhaus, Weimar University, Germany. One- or two-year program. Major Project and participation in annual festival of M.A. work.

M.A. in Applied Theatre

One-year multidisciplinary Applied Theatre Programme in application of theater in social policy or educational fields. Encourages research of theater and drama applied to nontraditional spaces and marginalized communities. Students have specialized in theater in education, disabilities, development projects or violence/conflict resolution. Project work in schools, probation centres and prisons, heritage sites and museums. University has Centre for Applied Theatre Research.

B.A. in Community Drama

Three-year course toward B.A. Honours Degree in Community Drama. Development in acting skills, contextual studies, research, evaluation, directing workshops, classroom-based teaching, project management, large-scale and group performance and devising and managing by producing and realizing community-based projects through self-directed activity. Final practical project and in-depth written research project. Placement opportunities with over 50 different organizations, including youth clubs, health agencies, penal institutions, schools and colleges, mental health organizations, disability groups and social-exclusion projects.

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Performing Arts in the Community

Interdisciplinary course with options in drama, music and dance, delivered as a collaboration between two institutions. (HND is equivalent to first two years of undergraduate-level study.) Strong emphasis on inclusion for physically disabled people, the arts and urban regeneration, and partnerships with professional arts organizations, including London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), Stratford Circus, East London Dance, the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, and Theatre Venture. Develops performance skills in community contexts, urban settings, music and video technology, arts administration and arts-education practice.

Master of Arts in Theatre and Media for Development

Provides an advanced practical and theoretical forum for students to debate how applied theater and community media processes can work in improving quality and clarity of development communications and in enabling communities to address barriers to self-development. Modules include Integrated Workshop in Theatre and Media for Development, Issues in Globalisation, Major Project (may take place anywhere in the world), followed by presentations and a viva voce examination. Culminates in a dissertation or consultancy.

M.A. in Applied Drama: Theatre in Educational, Community & Social Contexts

Investigates the ways in which drama and theater practices are developed in a wide range of non-traditional theater settings – from schools to pupil referral units, from community centers to prisons, from day care centers for elders to homeless shelters. Central to the program are questions of ethics, social inclusion, access, participation and documentation of the field. The program considers the development of cross-arts participatory practice within the field through visiting lecturers from visual arts, dance and music. Previous graduates have continued with research study or have found employment in the following areas: working with people with profound learning disabilities; theater work with youth; working in pupil referral units; cross-arts projects in a range of educational, community and social contexts; theater education and outreach departments; community theater; museum education; theater in prisons. Program length: one year full-time, two years part-time.

Ph.D. in Arts and Health

Research training in arts and health with a choice to focus on intervention research in 1) one of the arts therapies or 2) arts-based practice related to health and well-being, social inclusion and healthcare practice across a range of healthcare and community settings. Accepts 3-5 students every other year. Part-time; allows students up to five years to complete all requirements. Thesis options: portfolio, applied practice-based research or media practice.

M.A./Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate in Cross-Sectoral & Community Arts

For arts graduates, practicing artists and workshop leaders who see the rapidly expanding area of arts in other sectors as a valid and practical way of developing a creative yet socially responsible career path. Combines a balance between development of practical skills with self-reflection and theoretical study aimed at deepening students’ understanding of the contexts of arts in other sectors. Core courses cover: history/context of community arts and its cross-cultural perspectives; planning, communication and arts skills for participatory arts workshops; current arts strategy and public funding policy; core skills needed to deliver arts programs and workshops. Options include study of Brecht to Boal, digital media for social change, applied world music and more. Practical and written assignments; dissertation or practice-based arts project, accompanied by portfolio/case study.

Masters in Community Arts

Operates across a wide range of creative, visual and performing arts in a broad range of community contexts. Lectures, workshops, tutorials, seminars in history of community arts movements, key issues in role of community arts in social regeneration and place-making, and as tool and critique of interventionist government programs. Emphasis on practical execution of projects within communities throughout the North West.

M.A. Cultural Events Management

Combines professional and vocational learning through placement opportunities, research, practical application, formal study and critical discourse. A think-tank of field-wide leaders advises the program, which is run through Arts Management and Business School. Professors provide expertise in history of visual culture and heritage management, cultural diversity, cultural policy, public art and more. Two tracks: Cultural Events Leadership, Events and Festivals Practice. Electives include: Inter-Cultural Practice and Diversity, Animating Places, Local and Community Digital Media Arts, Context for Community Arts Practice and more. Students participate in annual public festival, cultural exchanges. Culminates in dissertation. Graduates can “adapt, apply, develop and supplement their specialist knowledge for work in formal and informal cultural, educational and community settings.”

Arts and Community Practice Certificate Program

For undergrads and graduate students in social work, dance and art education/therapy. Focused concentration on application of arts to community development. Inclusive of groups and families, addresses all stages of human development. Particular attention to prevention, enrichment and response to social concerns. Requires major paper linking theory and applied experience.

M.S. in Education with specialization in Interdisciplinary Arts

18-month schedule of courses, internships and field studies including training and production. Focused on entrepreneurial thinking and creation of original works for public consumption. Includes foundation course, "Interdisciplinary Arts in Society, Community and School," outlining the field of community arts and defining vital roles artists can play in structuring, rebuilding and maintaining communities within cultural, social and educational contexts. Drama therapy track available. Directed by David Spangler.

Master of Arts Management Degree in Arts in Youth and Community Development

Two-year program balances advanced academic study with hands-on experience in community-based organizations. Training in: practical skills necessary for operating an organization; understanding of role of arts in lives of young people and the way they relate to society at large; theoretical and philosophical aspects of youth development. Offered jointly by Arts, Entertainment and Media Management and the Center for Community Arts Partnerships (see entry). Organizational Leadership Track and Graduate Fellowship available.

B.F.A. in Art Education

Prepares students to become effective teacher/artists and teacher/researchers at high-school and middle-school level. Art education is studied from perspective of the critical pedagogy movement, with art teaching as site of cultural production. Includes practicum with Olivia Gude's Spiral Workshop, a Saturday program in contemporary art for Chicago teenagers. B.F.A. program meets requirements for Illinois State teacher certification.

Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy

Interdisciplinary 48-credit program prepares students for “a rapidly changing and globalizing society,” where “arts organizations are being called on to respond to new art forms and ideas, audiences, ethical challenges, and political and economic difficulties.” Courses in Critical and Policy Studies, Focus Study, Management Studies, Research and Professional Practice and Electives. Students plan studies around individual research needs, culminating in the Thesis. Program-led activities include the Arts Administration Fieldwork and Internship program, Internship Field Study class and a series of distinguished guest lecturers through the Departmental Colloquium. Program encourages interaction with current debates and professional situations. International Field Study opportunities available.

Community Arts Minor

Teaches students how to use art as a tool for community development. Curriculum combines course-work and practical experience in community arts. Two core courses: 1. Building Community through the Arts, offered jointly by Xavier, Tulane and Dillard Universities. Students work in teams with artists on the "Home, New Orleans?" project, a multi-disciplinary arts project grounded in New Orleans neighborhoods. 2. Arts Trends and Policy, a critical overview of current theories, practices and policies in the arts. Topics include arts infrastructure, alternative ways of sharing art and models of art impacting social policy. (See entry for Xavier's Community Arts Program.)

Master of Arts in Arts Administration

Distance-learning program for working professionals sensitive to art's role in "developing the cultural life of towns, cities and regions as well as rural areas" and strengthening "the economics of an area through employment, production and tourism." Requires two weeks in three consecutive summers on Goucher campus. Admission requires Bachelor's degree, two years' work experience. Offers elective in managing community arts organizations.

Master of Arts in Community Arts

For visual artists who wish to pursue a career in art-based youth and community development. 39-credit program, spanning two summers and one academic year, grounded in principles of social justice. Classroom study of community arts theory and practice plus residency with community-based organization. Learn to: conceive, implement and manage programs and events that engage children, youth and adults in meaningful art experiences; document and assess effectivness of projects in meeting communtiy interests; plan curriculum; develop proposals and fundraise.

Arts, Community, and Education: Master of Education in Community Arts

Thirty-six-credit program that provides interdisciplinary foundation in community arts studies, including grant writing, arts administration, networking, fundraising, curriculum planning, assessment and advocacy. Requires students to pursue in-depth knowledge in one of five specializations: Arts and Literacy, Integrated Arts, Multicultural Education, Theatre Studies or Visual Art. Research and field experiences that expose students to the power of community arts as an instrument for social change are integral to the program. Students and alumni are now leading nonprofit organizations, forming experimental dance programs for youth, creating afterschool programs and working in healthcare settings.

M.A. in Arts & Cultural Management

Thirty-six credit program in arts management with curricular emphasis in cultural studies, cultural policy and leadership, arts education and arts and community development. Students learn from active arts administrators both in the classroom and in the field, and draw on the richness of the Twin Cities community. Curriculum includes: 13 credits in arts and cultural management; 8 credits in management fundamentals, choosing a nonprofit or for-profit track; 4 credits in general management; 4 credits from arts and cultural management electives; 1 credit in residency/capstone preparation; 4 credits of residency in the field (240 hours); and 2 credits from capstone seminar. Directed by Paula Justich.

BFA, MFA in Art and Ecology

Curriculum based on environments and communities of the U.S. southwest. Coursework in major ecological systems and processes involved in creating two-, three- and four-dimensional events. Includes focus on understanding and controlling ecological impacts of art materials and practices. Curriculum guides students through collaborations (both interdisciplinary and cross-cultural) and mechanisms of public process. Program has working relationships with Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Agency, Los Poblanos Farms and Long Term Ecological Research Network for artist residencies and opportunities for students to work with ecologists on site. Also collaborative opportunities with UNM departments of biology, geography landscape architecture, architecture and planning.

Master of Arts in Arts Politics

Curriculum examines, "in an activist key," the relation between art and society and the role of the artist in civic life. Combines an administrative home within Tisch with key partnerships across Schools to offer a spectrum of interdisciplinary courses. Requires two core courses – Issues In Arts Politics and Seminar in Arts Activism – colloquium, internship/field experience, electives through Department of Art and Public Policy, plus up to 16 credits of electives drawn from university-wide list of linked course offerings, including advanced course work in Art and Public Policy.

Minor in Applied Theatre

Recognizes "that theatrical techniques and practices have application outside traditional theater, including education, political activism, community work and social services." Requires three designated Department of Drama courses and a fourth course from an interdisciplinary list, all addressing art in nontheatrical contexts. Regularly offered courses include "The Actor/ Teacher," "Community-based Theatre Practicum," "History of Community-based Performance," "Theatre and Therapy," "Internships in Applied Theatre" and "Boal and Beyond." (See also NYU's Department of Art and Public Policy.)

B.F.A & M.S. in Art & Design Education

Pratt sees teaching as "a creative process modeled upon and nourished by intensive studio preparation." Fieldwork and student teaching at Pratt's Saturday Arts School, est. 1897, offering a broad range of classes for children, adolescents, pre-schoolers and adults in the community, staffed by Pratt students. Degree/certificate programs -- Program I: major in Art and Design Education; Program II, major in Fine Arts, Communication Design, Industrial Design or Media, plus Art and Design Education course work; Program III: combined degree in Art and Design Education, can be completed in five years. Programs I and III lead to New York State Initial Certification in Teaching Visual Arts, Grades Pre-K–12.

Master of Arts in Applied Theatre

Sequential, ensemble-based program in use of theater to address social and educational issues in nontraditional contexts and venues . Stresses unity of theory and practice; linked to professional applied-theater work of Creative Arts Team (CAT). 36-credit program, full-time or part-time. Apprenticeship opportunities with CAT's professional outreach programs or appropriate programs elsewhere. Culminates in a project thesis in which students research, create, implement and document an original applied-theater model.

Bachelor's Degree in Dance

Designed for dance majors who wish to work as dance artists responding to the needs of particular communities, such as physically challenged individuals, pregnant adolescents, prison inmates, recent immigrants or senior adults. Available to all Dance majors (BFA, BS or BA).

Master of Arts in Communication & Development Studies

Two-year, 70-credit program, a.k.a. “CommDev.” Teaches students skills to use communication for social change. Courses in: telecommunications; area studies such as Africa, Latin America or Southeast Asia; individual professional specializations such as public relations, management or media production; development theory and applications; and research and information tools. Field study or internship required. During second year, student teams also design and execute a service-learning project with local community organization. Program directed by Rafael Obregon.

Master's Degree in Arts Management

Encourages students "to be cognizant of the relationships between the arts and culture, ethnicity, politics, economics, class, education, age and occupation." Prepares students to access community culture; facilitate citizen participation in the arts; understand methodologies for program development; and administer, evaluate and facilitate community arts programs and policy. Leads to Master's degree when coupled with core requirements. Taught by Lori Hager and Doug Blandy.

Art and Social Practice MFA concentration

Two-year program "that will educate and activate students to develop and utilize their artistic skills to engage in society and transcend traditional studio art paradigms. Students will learn about a variety of working artists and non-artists who have engaged in civic activity, and will apply their knowledge and abilities to initiate, develop, and complete projects with the public – individuals, groups, and institutions. Collaboration is highly encouraged." Founded by Harrell Fletcher.

Community Arts Undergraduate Minor

Designed for students interested in participating, leading and organizing arts in community settings. Students from Theatre, Dance, Music, Art, Education, Sociology and Family and Human Services take coursework in arts administration and programming, arts philosophy, arts education and community cultural development. Course requirements encourage students to be cognizant of the relationships between arts and culture, ethnicity, politics, economics, education, class, gender, age and occupation. Optional practicum: apprenticeship with local arts organization.

Master of Science in Arts Administration

Consists of 45 credits, including courses in cultural policy, management skills and fund development. Tracks in marketing, fund development, finance or research. Electives may include Community Cultural Planning (taught by Tom Borrup) and Local Arts Policy. Arts jobs with professional arts organizations and community internships available. Online option for distance learning.

M.A. in Urban Studies: Arts in Transformation track

In collaboration with BuildaBridge International. Twenty-four-month accredited Christian-leadership degree program in short residency formats to accommodate working and out-of-state students. Program begins with BuildaBridge International Institute. Provides skills, knowledge, practice and spiritual foundation for "artist practitioners committed to transforming cities through a broad range of artistic expression." Special focus on arts-based interventions at individual, family, community, social-service and organizational-leadership levels through field-intensive community partnerships.

Master of Arts in Art + Design Education/Community Arts Education track

Provides academic credential with practical experience as a community arts educator. Two-year program includes core courses in context, content and practices of visual-arts education, plus graduate seminars, studio, liberal arts and professional practice internships in community-arts education. May include graduate teaching assistants in undergraduate service-related courses or community outreach programs. Department has partnerships with numerous culturally diverse community arts agencies and organizations.

B.A. Honours in Community Arts

Grounding in arts forms and arts management, specializing in music, art, dance or drama. Courses in cultural theory, research skills, youth studies and community studies. Includes field experience with local agencies, community drama and dance companies, arts in hospitals, prisons, with disability groups, community artists and art galleries with community links.

Masters in Expressive Arts and Conflict Transformation

The European Graduate School is a post-graduate university for professionals. Study takes place in the town of Saas Fee in the Swiss Alps (State of Wallis, Switzerland) each summer within an arts-based community setting. Degree program continues over two summer sessions of 23 days each in residency at EGS to be completed in consecutive years. In addition to courses, students participate in community events -- lectures, performances, excursions -- with students training as arts therapists, educators, coaches and consultants. Students also engage in a field project, either in international settings or in their home countries, between the first and the second summer sessions.

M.A., M.F.A. & Ph.D. in Performance as Public Practice

Credits: 36, 60 and 72, respectively. For students who want to: use performance as a tool for understanding communities and difference; promote arts-based civic dialogue; contribute to public policy; enrich arts administration; and more. Flexible, individualized curricula. Three required introductory courses in research methods, pedagogy and the field. Students regularly work with local theaters, including community-based projects Theatre Action Project and Grrl Action at Rude Mechanicals. Culminates in thesis or dissertation project and paper, e.g. a workshop in local communities with written analysis of process, outcomes and annotated bibliography.

MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth

For students preparing for careers in regional or professional children's/youth theaters, secondary/elementary education, as teaching artists in schools, communities and colleges. Three-year (60-hour) program stressing flexibility and encouraging participation in classes across Department and University. Opportunities to direct, act, teach and premiere plays with a local professional children's theater. Department has relationships with Austin Independent School District, state schools for special populations and other school districts across Texas and beyond, providing a living laboratory for students and faculty projects. Program has first endowed chair in Theatre for Youth/Playwriting in the U.S. Degree does not include Teacher Certification.

MFA in Interdiciplinary Arts

Extraordinarily flexible, low-residency program designed "to facilitate students in articulating an original vision, refining expressive and technical skills and experimenting in new directions." Requires minimum five semesters, awards 60 semester hours of credit. Recognized as a terminal degree. Degree criteria include a practicum project beyond the classroom in teaching in academic or community settings, curating, collaborative practice, activism, working as a public intellectual, community-engaged practice and more.

MFA Program in Directing and Public Dialogue

Three-year, studio-based program. Within context of the artist as engaged citizen, provides professional training for directing plays, developing and maintaining an ensemble, working with actors and non-actors in creative projects, creating and performing original work and forming and facilitating creative community partnerships. Grounding in theory and analysis of human interaction in the personal, social and political frames of reference. Includes one-semester internship with an ensemble. Final project may include creative work with specific community groups.

Certificate in Public Scholarship

Fifteen-credit, cross-disciplinary program for graduate students interested in: public scholarship and other fields that work with culture as a form of public practice; campus-community partnerships; new forms of scholarly dissemination such as digital publication, multimedia formats and performance; emerging trends and methodologies; and other topic areas. Curriculum includes: introductory course, Scholarship as Public Practice; a variety of graduate seminars and electives; a practice-based Capstone Project; and a Portfolio Capstone. Students “engage creatively and critically with public and applied forms of scholarship in research, teaching and/or community-engagement projects.” Upon admission to the certificate, UW students also become Simpson Center Public Scholarship Fellows. Founded in 2010. Directed by Bruce Burgett.

MFA in Interdiciplinary Arts

Extraordinarily flexible, low-residency program designed "to facilitate students in articulating an original vision, refining expressive and technical skills and experimenting in new directions." Requires minimum five semesters, awards 60 semester hours of credit. Recognized as a terminal degree. Degree criteria include a practicum project beyond the classroom in teaching in academic or community settings, curating, collaborative practice, activism, working as a public intellectual, community-engaged practice and more.

Master of Arts in Cultural Studies

Two-year, 60-credit interdisciplinary program in theory and practice of cultural studies. Special emphasis on participatory action research strategies and diverse forms of community collaboration. Culminates in Capstone Research Project that engages various forms of cultural work, including arts policy, cultural activism and public history, among others. Program prepares students for: work in community-based arts, culture, advocacy, education and social-service organizations; practice-based work; and further academic study in the interdisciplinary arts, humanities and social sciences.

Cultures and Communities Certificate Program

University-wide, interdisciplinary certificate. Curriculum focuses on the “community and cultural contexts of art, science, health and technology,” among other topics. Students participate in off-campus activities with arts, cultural and social-service organizations in the Milwaukee area. Student learning objectives: to understand democratic citizenship, develop multicultural understanding of artistic works and performances and gain collaboration skills. Optional service-learning trip to New Orleans available. Directed by Gregory Jay and Cheryl Ajirotutu.

B.A. in Art Therapy with emphasis in Community Arts

Students explore the “boundless world of imagination” by expanding their understanding of self, art and humanity. Using art, movement and poetic response, coupled with art therapy literature and one-on-one faculty attention, the program provides a foundation for further graduate study in art therapy or other helping professions. Emphasis on community arts includes studies in art for social change, public art and arts policy. Opportunities for community-based field experiences, study abroad and self-directed senior capstone projects. Fulfills all requirements for graduate study of professional art therapy.