Check out all of our courses, which are designed to expand your ASU journey and broaden your education. Add creativity to your fall class schedule!
Engage in a highly flexible degree program and design your experience at ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. The Digital Culture Initiative and a new major directly addresses the increasing role digital-based tools and environments play in our day-to-day lives. A group of ASU faculty with expertise in New Media that spans perspectives in the arts, design, education, engineering, humanities and science work with students from diverse backgrounds to gain an integrative understanding of New Media and its impacts on the digital culture that permeates our society.
The Herberger Institute School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture offers a holistic approach to environmental design, blending teaching and research in a forward-thinking environment. Students and faculty from across School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture programs collaborated on the design and fabrication of ‘Power Plant,’ an award winning pavilion developed for the U.S. International Greenbuild Conference and Expo.
Students develop and hone artistic skills, have the freedom to grow aesthetically and find opportunities to stretch their limits in the Herberger Institute School of Art.
Four galleries highlight our student work: Harry Wood, Northlight, Step and Gallery 100, and often our students have opportunities to show their work in community galleries as seen here with a show at The Icehouse, in downtown Phoenix.
The Herberger Institute School of Arts Media + Engineering studies the integration of the human physical experience with computation and digital media through collaborative discovery in order to improve the human condition. Pictured is the a computerized Mixed Reality Rehabilitation system developed by researchers in the program utilizing cutting-edge technology.
A pathway to discovery! The School of Dance takes an innovative, contemporary approach to dance. Students converge for creative dialogue that is bringing the art of dance into the 21st century.
The Herberger Institute School of Design Innovation connects industrial design, interior design and graphic design, offering students interdisciplinary inspiration and collaboration as they advance the future of design. Pictured is a 4th-year Visual Communication public exhibition where the student explored the challenges associated with dyslexia.
Ranked among the leading music programs in the nation, the Herberger Institute School of Music provides you with access to world-class performers, scholars and teachers as well as some of the finest musical facilities available anywhere.
The Herberger Institute School of Theatre and Film offers an innovative academic curriculum, focusing on crossing borders and collapsing traditional performance boundaries. Student films are showcased at the annual Student Film Festival in downtown Tempe.
The ASU Art Museum in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is a center for the public, students and artists to interact and discover art and ideas, with an emphasis on the art of our time. We present exhibitions, programs and collections in diverse media by local and global, emerging and established artists. By focusing on new art forms and museum methods, engaging with issues of this place and the world, we encourage our students and visitors to explore the central role of art and creativity in their lives, in our society and in a sustainable future.
The Herberger Institute Research Center supports and promotes scholarly inquiry and applied research within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. As shown here, graduate students are provided workspace to conduct research on diverse topics such as carbon footprint analysis and visualization technologies.
The past year was defined by the creation of the Herberger Institute, an endeavor ASU President Michael Crow believes “will influence, empower and creatively enhance the success of students and faculty both within design and the arts as well as across the university.” The 2008-2009 Annual Report represents a sample of the exciting work and achievements of our students and faculty as they continue to advance the exploration of creative practice into the 21st century.