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Creative Arts

Creative Arts

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Drive ideas forward with intention,  experimentation and purpose.

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“Faculty supported my growth while pursuing internships. My experience with our record label, Rowan Music Group, helped set me up for success."

Devon D.

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“We are passionate about what we do. We love going to Rowan, we love the professors and have a community here that is really good."
— Charlotte S.

“I have never felt out of place here. It is a supportive environment where it isn't ever about tearing each other down but building each other up." - Laura N

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Graduate Programs

Location(s): Glassboro, Philadelphia Hybrid

Total Required Credits: 48 s.h.

Choose your own interdisciplinary research topic and work through three years of dissertation development with a committee specifically tailored to each project in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Creativity program at Rowan University.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus, Online
Total Required Credits: 30 s.h.

The M.A. in Arts Administration provides students with the business, marketing, and administrative skills needed to initiate their own performing arts organizations or to secure stable administrative positions in regional or national arts venues, institutions, or educational administration.

Location(s): Camden Campus

Total Required Credits: 77 s.h.

The MFA program in Devised Performance is designed to train and launch the next generation of theatre professionals, adroit in creating original theatre with rigorous attention to quality using all the materials at their disposal: their bodies, voices, imaginations, and skills in collaboration and in creating surprising and arresting moments of live performance.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus, Online
Total Required Credits: 33 s.h.

With an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, the Master of Music Education will prepare music educators to be school-based change makers who think critically, engage in responsive teaching, and connect theory to practice.

Undergraduate Programs

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The B.A. in Art is a liberal arts degree program for students who desire a broad academically-oriented education with an emphasis in art, or those who intend to become art teachers. Students take studio and art history courses focused on the creation and study of visual arts along with a greater number of liberal arts courses for a well-rounded education that offers diverse career options in arts-related fields.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The Art Education program prepares students for a successful career as a K-12 Teacher of Art in public and private institutions.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The B.A. in Dance is a performance degree that integrates the study of dance within a liberal arts curriculum. Dance majors move, think, and create. The program provides multiple opportunities for students to develop technical and creative skills and express themselves as diverse and informed artists.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The Department of Music is committed to providing students with an environment that promotes artistry, creativity, and collaboration. Through comprehensive course offerings, unwavering support from faculty, and hands-on experiences in the field, students develop the skills necessary for a variety of fulfilling and impactful careers in the arts.
Rowan University is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The B.A. in Theatre features five distinct concentrations in Acting, Musical Theatre, Theatre Education/Pre-Teaching, Directing, and Design/Technical Theatre, which prepare students to work in the professional field or to pursue graduate study.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Biomedical Art & Visualization (BMAV) is rooted in the traditions of scientific and medical illustration. The program integrates art, design, science and medical content through advanced digital media and computer graphics technologies.
Accreditation: National arts accreditation has been granted by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD)

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art is a professional studio-intensive degree program for students who wish to prepare for a career in visual arts. Students experience a thorough grounding in fundamental principles and techniques, continuing into an emphasis in one or more specific art and design areas: ceramics, graphic design, illustration, metals & jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The B.A. in Music is designed for students who wish to pursue musical studies in the context of a liberal arts education. Students may undertake the BA to broadly explore music outside of a performance or teaching concentration, as a major program alongside a pre-medical or pre-health minor, or in preparation for graduate study in areas such as musicology, music theory, or arts administration.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The music education program is a double major (Bachelor of Music in Music Education / Bachelor of Arts in Education). There are two tracks within the music education program: Instrumental and Vocal. Students in each of the tracks are prepared to teach at all levels of music education, and completion of the degree leads to K-12 Music Licensure from New Jersey.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

The music education program is a double major (Bachelor of Music in Music Education / Bachelor of Arts in Education). There are two tracks within the music education program: Instrumental and Vocal. Students in each of the tracks are prepared to teach at all levels of music education, and completion of the degree leads to K-12 Music Licensure from New Jersey.

Location(s): Glassboro Campus
Total Required Credits: 120 s.h.

Build connections and gain insider knowledge of the music industry. As a student in our B.S. in Music Industry program, you will understand how the music business operates and network with industry professionals through projects and internships.

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Career Outlook and Salary

Ignite your passion into a career that blends expertise and creativity. A degree in the arts is a well-rounded one that grows your skills in critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving.

Turn your vision into ideas that people can see, hear, feel and connect with, to forward a human-centered society.

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Whether you’re just getting started, exploring a new path or adding expertise in your field, our programs are designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with confidence.

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