Create a major as unique as you! Students majoring or minoring in INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS (IDA) take core interdisciplinary arts courses and electives spanning the visual and performing arts. In this electives section, students customize their degree to their specific interests, such as ART, DANCE, FILM, GAME DESIGN, MEDIA, MUSIC, and THEATRE.
Study INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS at WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY
ART, DANCE, FILM, GAME DESIGN, MEDIA, MUSIC, and THEATRE
Today’s artists do not have to be bound by a single label. Our comprehensive B.A. in INTERDISCIPLINARY (IDA) program blurs conventional boundaries by challenging students to explore intersecting interests while crafting well-rounded artistic identities.
In our IDA program you’ll:
Develop creative and technical skills by tailoring your degree to your personal interests. Learn crucial values necessary in contemporary society. IDA students navigate the essences of humanity and cultures from ancient history to the present day by examining the ongoing evolution of artistic expression and creative storytelling. Go beyond the classroom and into the vibrant creative community at the soul of a metropolitan city with the state’s top artistic institutions. Additionally, we regularly offer national and international arts-related trips.
Why William Peace University?
95% of WPU graduates are employed or in graduate school within one year of graduation. These fantastic outcomes stem from our approach to teaching:
Immersive learning. We learn inside and outside the classroom, incorporating real-world examples, off-campus curriculum, field trips, professional guests,workshops, masterclasses, and partnerships with artistic businesses and institutions. A student-faculty ratio of 11:1. Professors at WPU love to teach, and you won’t have a class with a Teaching Assistant (TA). Study under an impressive network of passionate professors who have won numerous awards in their fields published several books, and have professional artistic credits such as film, television, Broadway, off-Broadway, radio, and video games. Nearly 100% of our traditional undergraduate students complete an internship before graduating because we make it part of the curriculum. Cutting-edge technology and immersive facilities, including our game design lab, music rooms, esports gaming lab, proscenium theatre, black box theatre, dance studio, art rooms, film/media studio, and technology classrooms. Travel Opportunities - WPU regularly offers national and international study abroad trips that tour students through the world’s significant artistic cities. Recent WPU arts-centered trips include LONDON, PARIS, AMSTERDAM, TOKYO, and NEW YORK CITY.
SUCCESS STORIES
Former WPU students have built careers as professional performers, artists, and entrepreneurs working in film, TV, Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours, museums, video games, art administration, education, non-profits, and startup companies.
