Academic Majors
- Acting
- Architectural Studies
- Art Education (K-12)
- Art History
- Costume Design and Technology
- Crafts
- Dance
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Lighting Design
- Music
- Music Composition-Theory
- Music Education
- Music Open Studies (including Jazz Studies)
- Music Performance (Instrumental)
- Music Performance (Voice)
- Painting
- Photography
- Scenic Design
- Sculpture
- Sound Design and Technology
- Stage Management
- Theatre
- Theatre Studies
- Urban and Regional Plannning
New Minors in the Arts at Illinois!
The FAA International Arts Minor complements all majors at the University of Illinois. The FAA International Arts Minor may be taken by students in any UIUC college outside of FAA, and students in FAA (who must chose courses other than those required in the unit of the student’s FAA Major). Students must declare their intentions to pursue the minor with the international minor advisor.
Contact: Associate Dean Michael Andrejasich
College of Fine and Applied Arts
110 Architecture Building
217-333-6061
Architectural Studies Minor
This minor is designed for non-architecture undergraduate students who wish to gain an overview of architecture by taking a series of required courses in different disciplines within architecture.
Contact: Professor Lee Waldrep
Associate Director of Undergraduate Student Services
117 Architecture Building
217-333-7720
Art History Minor
This minor is designed forstudents who seek to study art history in depth as a complement to their major area of study. It provides an education in art history that is balanced and diverse culturally, temporally and geographically. Students choose from introductory courses that cover a variety of regions, cultures and periods.
Contact: Professor Dana Rush
Associate Professor of Art History
143 Art & Design
217-333-0855
Community-Based Art Education Minor
This minor is designed for students who seek to study the role of the visual arts in a variety of locations including cultural centers, museums, hospitals, nursing homes, adult day care centers, schools, recreation centers, and other community settings. In addition to the completion of the required art education foundation courses, students choose electives in art education, art history, design, and art studio. Throughout their course of study, students will engage in Art Education as it meets the challenges of the 21st century, including emerging technologies, new social formations, and new forms of cultural expression.
This minor does not lead to Illinois State Board of Education K-12 certification to teach art.
Contact: Professor Robin Douglas
118 Art + Design
217-333-7261
Landscape Studies Minor
This minor enables students to gain knowledge of the ecological, social, cultural and historical factors have shaped landscapes of the western and non-western world.
Contact: Professor Gary Kesler
Associate Head of Landscape Architecture
101 Temple Buehl Hall
217-333-0179
Music Minor
This minor is intended for student musicians with previously established, substantive musical experiences—individuals who wish to expand upon already obtained musical skills and related study. This minor is not intended as an introduction to music. Students who have an interest in music and other arts in an international context should explore the FAA International Arts Minor.
Contact: Ms. Joyce Griggs
Assistant Director
2134 Music Building
217-244-7899
Urban Planning Minor
This minor is intended for students interested in the applied nature, global scope, interdisciplinary character, and action-oriented study of Urban Planning.
Contact: Associate Professor Zorica Nedovic-Budic
111 Temple Buell Hall
217-244-5402
Declaring a Minor
Instructions for declaring a minor are available at the Provost's web site along with the necessary forms. The forms may also be downloaded from the links below.
Statement of Intent to Pursue a Campus-Approved Minor [pdf]
Minor Modification form [pdf]
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