Develop your capacity for cross-disciplinary reflection, creative and critical thinking, as well as an understanding of diverse peoples and cultures
The Humanities Department, which includes Art, Music, Philosophy, and World Languages, encourages inquiry and self-reflection by offering a practical and innovative curriculum that recognizes the increasingly porous boundaries between disciplines.
The Humanities curriculum courses create a strong educational foundation that provides the essential skills needed for lifelong learning and success.
Majors and Concentrations
Interdisciplinary Studies, BA/BS
Creative Arts Therapies, BA
Learn about arts therapies and how modalities of drama, music and art are utilized in working with children and adults in a variety of settings.
Humanities, BA/BS
Music Concentration, Creative Arts Enterprise, BA
Hone your musical skills while also expanding your knowledge of administration, marketing, publicity, and entrepreneurship.
Theater Concentration, Creative Arts Enterprise, BA
Hone your theater skills while also expanding your knowledge of administration, marketing, publicity, and entrepreneurship.
Visual Art Concentration, Creative Arts Enterprise, BA
Hone your visual art skills while also expanding your knowledge of administration, marketing, publicity, and entrepreneurship.
Fine and Performing Arts, BA/BS
Design your own major in the arts by combining courses in visual art, music, and/or theater in a package that meets your own specific goals.
Pre-law, BA/BS
Build a well-rounded and flexible skillset that will prepare you for Law School and a legal career.
General Science, BS
Design your own major by combining a defined core set of science courses with a minor in another field.
UG Certificate
Minors
- African-American Studies Minor
- AI, Ethics, and Society Minor
- American Studies Minor
- Art Minor
- Art History Minor
- Asian Studies Minor
- Deaf Studies Minor
- Film Studies Minor
- Italian Studies Minor
- Music History Minor
- Music Performance Minor
- Music Theory/Composition Minor
- Philosophy Minor
- Romance Languages Minor
- Spanish Minor
- Studio Art Minor
- Sustainability Studies Minor
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor
Meet Our Faculty and Staff
Associate Professor Dr. Jonathan Harvey discusses the various music and art spaces on campus, along with the university's collaboration with the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Course Rotations, Plan of Study, and University Catalog
- MUSC 1000 - Art of Music
- Spring semester
- MUSC 1010 - World Music
- Fall semester
- MUSC 1020 - American Music
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 1050 - Art of Video Game Music
- Fall semester
- MUSC 1310 - Basic Music Theory
- Every semester
- MUSC 1320 - Ear Training
- Spring semester
- MUSC 13XX - Applied Lessons Level 1
- Every semester
- MUSC 1410 - Class Piano
- Every semester
- MUSC 1420 - Class Voice
- Fall semester
- MUSC 1430 - Class Guitar
- Fall semester
- MUSC 1600 - Introduction to Music Technology
- Every semester
- MUSC 1810 - Jazz Band
- Every semester
- MUSC 1820 - Concert Band
- Every semester
- MUSC 1830 - Community Orchestra
- Every semester
- MUSC 1840 - Concert Choir
- Every semester
- MUSC 1850 - Chamber Choir
- Every semester
- MUSC 2010 - Bach to Beethoven
- Every two years
- MUSC 2020 - Romanticism to Rock
- Every two years
- MUSC 2030 - From Woodstock to the iPod
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 2040 - Music of the Stage
- Every two years
- MUSC 2050 - History of Jazz
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 2060 - Music in Film
- Every two years
- MUSC 2310 - Music Theory and Analysis I
- Spring semester
- MUSC 2380 - Music Composition
- Every two years
- MUSC 23XX - Applied Lessons Level 2
- Every semester
- MUSC 2410 - Instrumental Skills
- Every two years
- MUSC 3010 - Opera
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3020 - Appreciating the American Musical
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3030 - Women, Music, and Society
- Every two years
- MUSC 3310 - Music Theory and Analysis II
- Every two years
- MUSC 3320 - Film Scoring
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 33XX - Applied Lessons Level 3
- Every semester
- MUSC 3400 - Twentieth-Century Music
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3410 - Fundamentals of Conducting
- Spring semester
- MUSC 3700 - Commonwealth of the Arts
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3710 - Commonwealth of the Modern Arts
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3720 - Commonwealth of the Renaissance Arts
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3730 - Commonwealth of the Ancient Arts
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 3740 - Commonwealth of the Asian Arts
- Less than every two years
- MUSC 43XX - Applied Lessons Level 4
- Every semester
- MUSC 4910, MUSC 4920, MUSC 4930 - Independent Study in Music
- By arrangement
- MUSC 4940 - Internship in Music
- By arrangement
Pre-Law Partnership
3+3 Law School Partnerships
Beyond the Classroom
Music Ensembles
Humanities Scholarship
Fitchburg Art Museum
Events and a Look Inside the Courses
The health of a city is often seen mostly in economic terms, but public art projects can shift the focus to the creative, cultural richness of the community and its role in urban revitalization.
