College of Fine Arts (CFA)
■ ARCHITECTURE
■ ART
■ DESIGN
■ DRAMA
■ MUSIC
■ CFA INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Architecture—M.S., Ph.D.
The Master of Science in Architecture is a 9-month program introducing practitioners to the fundamentals of computational design and building performance and diagnostics.
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/academics/graduate/grad_curriculum/cmu_msa.pdf
Building Performance and Diagnostics—M.S., Ph.D.
The Master of Science degree program in Building Performance and Diagnostics is a two-year program intended for practitioners, researchers, and educators in architecture and the building industry who wish to be leaders in advanced building technologies and their performance. The program covers, in depth, knowledge about the state-of-the-art in building systems integration and total building performance.
Computational Design—M.S., Ph.D.
The Master of Science degree program in Computational Design is intended primarily for practitioners in the building industry who wish to broaden their knowledge about the state-of-the-art in computer approaches and applications to architectural and building sciences, and for individuals who wish to pursue research careers in these areas. The program covers, in depth, a range of computational design issues and culminates with a project where students apply acquired knowledge to realistic problems.
The MS in Computational Design program is three semesters long. However, students can remain as a Master's student onto a fourth semester. This would be particularly beneficial to those students wishing or intending to pursue a PhD in Computational Design.
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/academics/graduate/grad_curriculum/cmu_mscd.pdf
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/academics/graduate/grad_curriculum/cmu_phdcd.pdf
Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management—M.S.
The M.S. (AECM) is a 9- or 16-month program that aims to prepare building delivery professionals—civil engineers, construction planners, facility managers, developers, architects, planners, landscape architects, interior designers and other building consultants—for careers that can have a positive impact on economic, environmental and ethical concerns through the management of design, construction, maintenance and use of facilities.
Sustainable Design—M.S.
The M.S. (Sustainable Design) is a 9- or 16-month program intended to educate building professionals in the rapidly expanding field of sustainable design and green building, and prepares them for environmental careers in practice, industry and government.
Tangible Interaction Design, Master
The Master of Tangible Interaction Design is a three-semester program in computational technologies in making. It serves those with significant engineering and/or computer science knowledge who wish to gain design skills, and those with significant design, art, or architecture experience who wish to master technological means of making. The scope of study is broad, including digital fabrication, analog and digital electronics, media and materials, and programming. Students attend design and technology courses and a studio to apply what they have learned. In a seminar students read and discuss the literature of this emerging field.
Urban Design—Master of
The MUD is a 12-month program that aims to educate professionals about the economic, social and physical systems and the participatory processes that create sustainable communities and regions. Physical decisions about land-use, zoning, transportation and other infrastructures, mixed use development and neighborhood design are brought together with urban geography, economics and policy in this program.
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/academics/graduate/index.htmlContact Darlene Covington Davis, Graduate Programs Coordinator, 412/268-2363.
SCHOOL OF ART
Art—M.F.A.
This three-year interdisciplinary program integrates traditional and experimental art research and practice, both individual and collaborative, in 2-D, 3-D and 4-D media. The program emphasizes art in context (social, cultural, historical and scientific), and is a vital participant in the emergent Pittsburgh arts community.
http://artserver.cfa.cmu.edu
412/268-8001
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Communication Planning and Information Design [with English]—M.Des.
This two-year professional program is for students who want to explore the new arts of communication and the creative potential of the interplay between words and images in traditional and innovative media. The program provides a balanced integration of theory, practice and production in seminar and studio courses. Students work a summer internship in an organization for experience.
Interaction Design—M.Des.
This two-year professional program is for students who wish to explore designing for interaction. Our traditional areas of focus include effective human-computer communication, visualization and navigation through information spaces, time-based information design and collaborative design practice. Seminar and studio courses provide a balanced integration of theory, practice and production.Design Theory—Ph.D.
Interaction Design—Ph.D.
New Product Development—Ph.D.
Typography and Information Design—Ph.D.
The School of Design offers a doctoral program for students who want to investigate fundamental problems in the nature and practice of design.The program is grounded in the design disciplines but strongly encourages interdisciplinary study, drawing on the strengths of the School of Design and the resources of a leading research university with excellence in the arts and humanities, engineering, computer science, business and the social and behavioral sciences.
www.design.cmu.edu
412/268-2828
Master of Product Development [with CIT]—M.P.D.
Jointly offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Design, with support from the Tepper School of Business, this program takes advantage of Carnegie Mellon’s rich history in design and long tradition of teaching and researching integrated product development. This new professional degree meets the emerging needs of industry to develop engineers and industrial designers into more accomplished practitioners and managers in the product development process. The focus of this degree is the creation of physical, functional devices that meet a user’s or stakeholder’s value expectation; however, many of the skills and knowledge from this program also apply to the development of services, interfaces and the general creation of any product that meets a value expectation.
www.mpd.cmu.edu
412/268-3175
SCHOOL OF DRAMA
Costume Production—M.F.A.
Students in this program will develop and synthesize skills including draping, flat patterning, tailoring, costume history, fabric dyeing painting and manipulation, millinery, costume management, and design while exploring related fields of personal interest. These skills will allow the student to become the flexible and collaborative individuals who organize and create clothing and accessories for use in theatrical, film, television, and non-traditional applications. Classroom projects are complemented with practical production experience.
Design—M.F.A.
This program allows the student to cultivate skills in the areas of design for the performing arts, from traditional live theatre to film, television, industrial presentations, educational programs and interactive computer programs. The program’s four focal areas are scenery, costumes, lighting and sound design. A student must concentrate in one area of these components (exceptionally experienced students may be able to concentrate in two); however, students achieve a familiarity in all four design areas. Courses in theatre history, criticism, theory and directing provide a foundation for the training, and classroom projects are complemented with practical production experience.
Directing—M.F.A.
This program emphasizes both analysis and execution. Courses in directing enhance the student’s own ability and experience by providing opportunities for the practical application of classroom ideas. Four professional faculty directors provide a broad spectrum of response to the work. The School of Drama does not support one particular kind of theatre or one specific way of working; rather, we encourage the students to consider many theories and techniques and to develop individual styles based on their own distinctive creativity and integrity.
Dramatic Writing—M.F.A.
Students are progressively challenged to grow through a system of writing, readings, rewriting, collaborative workshop productions and rewriting for professional submission. The M.F.A. is awarded for significant progress in the development of writing skills and for a body of work that is ready for publication. Playscripts are presented on three levels: first drafts are developed in theatre lab and ultimately read publicly; after further revision, most plays are given staged readings; thesis plays go through the reading process in preparation for fully rehearsed workshop productions in the School of Drama’s Winter New Plays Festival.
Production Technology and Management—M.F.A.
This three-year program focuses on the production requirements of live theatrical performance while also providing exposure to television, film and emerging technology-based art forms. The program offers studies in production management, stage management, technical direction, costume production and production automation technology.
www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama
412/268-2392
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Composition—M.M.
Graduate composers work with a renowned faculty in an atmosphere stressing the performance of new music. The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and the Contemporary Ensemble all regularly program student compositions. The student composers forum presents distinguished guests, including composers presented by the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Conducting—M.M.
This is an extraordinarily selective program focusing on work with either Ronald Zollman or Robert Page, both internationally known conductors and educators. Each teacher enrolls only one new student each year, to provide outstanding focus and performance opportunities with the major ensembles.
Music Education—M.M.
Designed to meet the needs of practicing music educators, this is a personalized course of study based on each individual’s academic background and professional interests. Students must complete a Music Certification program prior to enrollment in this program.
Performance—M.M.
The M.M. is offered in all classical performance areas. The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, one of the finest college orchestras in the nation, is the centerpiece for orchestral training. The M.M. curriculum offers students an opportunity to focus on mastery of performance, including specialized training in literature and repertoire, pedagogy and professional skills.
www.cmu.edu/cfa/music/graduate/
412/268-4118
CFA INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
Arts Management [with Heinz]—Master of
The MAM program provides the skills necessary to manage and provide leadership for arts organizations in the complex and unique world in which our cultural institutions find themselves today. MAM draws upon the Heinz School and the College of Fine Arts to provide rigorous management training with a specific focus on arts organizations.
www.heinz.cmu.edu/mam
800/877-3498 or 412/268-2164
Master of Entertainment Technology [with SCS]—M.E.T.
The two-year M.E.T. is jointly conferred by the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. The concept behind both the Entertainment Technology Center and the M.E.T. is having technologists and fine artists work together on projects that produce artifacts intended to entertain, inform, inspire or otherwise affect an audience/guest/player/participant. We do not turn artists into technologists, or vice-versa. While some students will be able to achieve mastery in both areas, it is not our intent to have our students master “the other side.” Instead, we intend for a typical student in the program to enter with mastery or training in a specific area and spend his or her time at Carnegie Mellon learning the vocabulary, values and working patterns of the other culture.
www.etc.cmu.edu/admissions.html
412/268-5350