| Integrative Arts |
Pursue an interest in the arts that transcends traditional boundaries.
Integrative Arts (IARAB) A multidisciplinary major, Integrative Arts allows students to design their own major using the spectrum of courses offered at Abington. Integrative Arts appeals to self-motivated students who want to direct their own educational plan. Majors write a proposal illustrating how their course of study makes sense in light of their educational and career objectives. Students specialize in a particular area of the arts, such as theater, dance, film, or the fine arts, and combine that with other disciplines such as business, English, history, psychology, or sociology. Flexibility and creativity are the key features of the Integrative Arts major.
Submit a specific proposal for a course of study that provides you with the tools to achieve your unique and individual academic and career goals. For instance, you may:
- combine a study of theatre, finance, and management in order to plan a career in arts administration;
- correlate work in the biological sciences with a study of the visual arts in order to become a medical illustrator.
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Study art, art history, music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and communications. Field trip experiences and internship opportunities with professional arts groups take advantage of rich cultural opportunities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Listen to selected music projects from "Introduction to Computer Music" created using GarageBand. |
Because the Integrative Arts major allows customized program emphasis, career direction may encompass several arts-related areas. Our Career Development Office has helped students to find internship opportunities with the Greater Philadelphia Film Company, Philadelphia Magazine, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Recent graduates have entered careers in art gallery administration, music publishing, historic renovation, theatre administration, and medical illustration. Continuing in graduate studies is also an option.
Graduate from Penn State Abington or transition to an upper-division location like University Park after two years to complete degree.
Course Requirements
For More Information
Dr. Thomas Smith
Division Head, Arts and Humanities
(215) 881-7543
Fax: (215) 881-7333
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