Masters of Arts Management Program

The Master of Arts Management Program (MAM) draws from the comparative advantages of two of Carnegie Mellon's greatest strengths - the College of Fine Arts and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. As the only arts management program in the country that combines resources from these fields, the MAM degree program immerses students in the environment in which arts organizations exist.

Please visit MAM’s web site for more information.

Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA) Degree

The Bachelor of Humanities and Arts degree (BHA) combines the strengths of the College of Fine Arts and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS). The degree provides depth in the arts and well-rounded exposure to the humanities and to the social and behavioral sciences. The BHA program enables a student to receive a broader exposure to the humanities and liberal arts than is possible through CFA’s Bachelor of Fine Art’s degrees, while at the same time obtaining deeper and more substantial training in fine arts than is possible through H&SS’s Bachelor of Arts degrees. Students get extensive training in one or more of the fine arts disciplines as well as related advanced training in areas such as writing, social sciences, behavioral sciences and cultural studies. The program also provides enough flexibility to allow students to explore other areas in which they may be interested.

Please visit BHA’s web site for more information.

Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) Degree

The Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) degree is designed for students who are naturally gifted in both the fine arts and the natural sciences and wish to explore dual interests in the Mellon College of Science (MCS) and the College of Fine Arts. The curriculum is divided into three parts: BSA core requirements and two focused concentrations - one in CFA and one in MCS. Students can choose their arts concentration from among the five schools in CFA: Architecture, Art, Design, Drama or Music. Students can choose their science concentration from among the four departments in MCS: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, or Physics.

Please visit BSA’s web site for more information.

Master of Entertainment Technology (MET) Degree

Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center offers a Master of Entertainment Technology Degree (MET), jointly conferred by the College of Fine Arts and the School of Computer Science. The four-semester program, housed within the Entertainment Technology Center, allows students to conduct research and develop work in a dynamic environment of scholars and researchers who focus on all aspects of digital entertainment, including virtual reality, immersive worlds, anthropomorphic and animatronic robot research, dynamic web sites, online multi-player environments, scenario-based education and entertainment venues, role-playing games, non-linear storytelling, theme park development and more.

Projects within the Entertainment Technology Center are undertaken with the involvement and investment of leading companies and pioneers in the digital entertainment industry. Students participate in internships with these leaders as part of their curriculum Students also have access to courses in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, to emphasize the importance of entrepreneurialism in the field. Through the Office of Technology Transfer, students can take full advantage of their own technological creations that have potential commercial value.

Please visit the Entertainment Technology Center’s web site for more information.

Minor in the History of Art

This minor offers students a grouping of arts history courses that provides a broad survey in the arts or a highly specialized field. Courses taken to complete the minor may include Introduction to Architectural History, Design Principles: History and Theory of Design, Drama and Civilization, Survey of Western Music History, and Modern Visual Culture: 1789-1945.

Minor in Photography, Film and Digital Imaging

Students in this minor choose from one of three options: Film and Digital Imaging, Photography and Film or Photography and Digital Imaging. Each option requires a history component insuring that students will include history, theory and criticism of the image as part of the minor. Students may choose to take courses at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers to fulfill the minor’s requirements.

Wats:on? Festival of the Arts

The College of Fine Arts celebrates the life of Jill Watson with Wats:on?, the Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts. Jill Watson received her undergraduate degree in Architecture at Carnegie Mellon and was a graduate student in the Masters of Fine Arts program. She was a Pittsburgh architect, an adjunct instructor in the School of Architecture, and partner in the firm of Arthur Lubetz Associates, PC. She died in the TWA Flight 800 plane crash.

Wats:on? honors Jill's commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to art, and extends this philosophy to students and faculty within the College of Fine Arts, and to the greater Pittsburgh community. Encouraging an intersection across the arts, the Festival features a diverse offering of lectures, performances, master classes and exhibitions.