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

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
Graphic design students collaborating ideas in studio.

Digital Arts Certificate
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.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor
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