Theatre students performing a scene from A Little Night Music during media day.

Undergraduate Degree Programs

A&A is where you will find undergraduate majors, minors, and certificate programs that capture your imagination, expand your horizons, and prepare you for success across design, performing arts, and visual arts disciplines.

Whether you’re learning on stage or in studio, in a technology-equipped lab or in a classroom, the College of Arts and Architecture’s undergraduate programs and faculty arm you with the skills, experience, and confidence to tackle the world. You have the passion. We have the resources for you to build on that passion. Learn here — achieve more.

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Undergraduate Degrees

Theatre students performing a scene from Argonautica.

B.F.A. in Acting

Student presenting work to reviewers, gesturing at floor plans.

B.Arch. in Architecture

Overhead view of a group of children surrounding a bright blue tub filled with liquid; one student has arms outstretched, holding a copper bowl of what appears to be intense blue dye.

B.S. in Art Education

Student participating in the Borland Project Space "Rocks, Minerals and the History of Art" by Heather McCune Bruhn.

B.A. in Art History

SoVA student painting in studio.

B.A. in Art

SoVA student exhibition Pushing it to the limit.

B.F.A. in Art

Virtual Reality immersive experience seminar.

Bachelor of Design in Digital Arts and Media Design

First year M.F.A. student exhibition with an interactive floor projection and teal balloons.

B.Des. in Digital Multimedia Design

Students gathered around a table with sketches and a laptop open as the instructor points at concepts on the pages

B.Des. in Graphic Design

ADRI Jenny Kenyon "Beyond Bones and 'CSI'" Forensic Art Dialogue.

B.A. in Integrative Arts

Two students sitting and one student standing around a table working on designing a landscape architecture model.

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

School of Music student teacher helping elementary students during rehearsal.

Bachelor of Music Education

School of Music Mosaic performance.

Bachelor of Arts in Music

School of Music recital hall center stage.

Bachelor of Music

School of Music student playing the marimba.

Bachelor of Musical Arts

Musical Theatre students performing the halftime show at Beaver Stadium.

B.F.A. in Musical Theatre

Photography professor Keith Shapiro stands by a tripod with camera showing two students a prop for a photo.

B.Des. in Professional Photography

Photo of a female presenting student on a dark background

B.A. in Theatre

School of Theatre dress rehearsal of Argonautica.

B.F.A. in Theatre

School of Music student tuning his timpani drum before rehearsal.

First year architecture students collaborated on a group project, building a structure made out of cardboard.

Theatre students performing a scene from A Little Night Music during media day.

Musical Theatre students performing a scene from American Idiot.

School of Visual Arts exhibition featuring rows of bright colored designed canteens.

Minors and Certificates

Students sitting at the ruins of Paestum, sketching the architecture.

Architectural History Minor

A spherical architectural lantern with light emanating from within a repeating pattern of laser-cut facets.

Architecture Studies Minor

A 20th century decorated wooden box called a Tukula container produced by Kuba carvers from the Democratic Rebublic of the Congo.

Art History Minor

Brightly-colored textured floor objects and wall art displayed as part of an exhibit in Patterson Gallery located on Penn State University Park campus.

Art Minor

A student presents her 3d model figurine concept to a panel of judges during the Arts Business Ideas Competition. Mimicking the look of her 3d model, she wears a pink ponytail wig and vibrant outfit.

Arts Entrepreneurship Minor

Graphic design students collaborating ideas in studio.

Digital Arts Certificate

Undergraduate graphic design student work exhibition: showcasing a wall divider with big bold text, digital designs on flat-screen TVs, and poster design pinned up on a divider board.

Graphic Design Minor

Hundreds of red lanterns overhead in the Doseonsa temple in Seoul, South Korea.

International Arts Minor

Black and white group photo of Marko Marcinko and his students smiling and holding instruments.

Jazz Performance Minor

Close-up of Penn State Landscape Architecture student showing a camera to a group of smiling Tanzanian children

Landscape Architecture Minor

A public collection of late artwork displayed at the Palmer Museum of Art. A student explains the meaning of the piece to visitors.

Museum Studies Certificate

Penn State School of Music MOSAIC vocal performance in Eisenhower Auditorium.

Music Performance Minor

School of Music vocalists performing on stage during the Mardi Gras Jazz Concert at the Recital Hall.

Music Studies Minor

Music students in class singing in front of microphones.

Music Technology Minor

A student photographing colorful artwork on display in Zoller Gallery.

Photography Minor

Stage crew students adjusting sound and lighting for the production rehearsal of Violet, located in the Playhouse Theatre at Penn State University Park campus.

Theatre Minor

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