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We believe that through the study of design and the arts, you gain the knowledge and skills to become the change-makers of the world.

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With 6,000-plus students, more than 700 faculty members, 135 program options and a tradition of top-ranked programs, we are committed to redefining the 21st-century design and arts school. Our college is built on a combination of disciplines unlike any other program in the nation, comprising the Schools of Art; Arts, Media and Engineering; Music, Dance and Theatre; The Design School; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School; and the ASU Art Museum. Explore our degree programs and find out why we are the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the nation, located within a dynamic 21st-century research university.

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Transdisciplinary graduate degrees for careers of the future

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School of Art degree programs

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School of Arts, Media and Engineering degree programs

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The Sidney Poitier New American Film School degree programs

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Music, Dance and Theatre degree programs

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The Design School degree programs

Our minors and certificates offer opportunities to enhance your curriculum

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Explore all degree options at the Herberger Institute

Architecture models and projects
Architectural Studies
BSD

Architects design buildings and environments that are useful, sustainable and aesthetically...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Architecture drawing
Architecture, MArch
MARCH

The MArch degree program is designed for students interested in:

  • design and...
    Location: Tempe, Online
    graduate
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Art (Animation)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in animation prepares students to excel in the field...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Children learning art with teacher in the classroom
Art (Art Education)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in art education involves creative teaching and...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Art History BA
Art (Art History)
BA

The BA in art history is a dynamic program that investigates visual culture and engages students...
Location: Tempe, Online
undergrad

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Art (Art Studies)
BA

The BA in art with a concentration in art studies is a multidisciplinary program with a broad...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Ceramics)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in ceramics provides a stimulating and challenging...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Digital Photography)
BFA

The BFA program in art in with a concentration in digital photography at ASU is the first fully...
Location: Online
undergrad

Digital technology project
Art (Digital Technology), MFA
MFA

The MFA program in art with a concentration in digital technology combines technological and...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Art (Drawing)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in drawing offers a dynamic environment for creative...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Intermedia)
BFA

Students of the intermedia art concentration study traditional and emerging forms and...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Art museum studies BA
Art (Museum Studies)
BA

A global perspective and social justice are at the core of the BA program in museum studies at...
Location: Tempe, Online
undergrad

Art (Painting and Drawing)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in painting and drawing offers a dynamic environment...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Painting)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in painting offers a dynamic environment for...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Art (Photography)
BFA

Students in the BFA program in art with a concentration in photography are offered an education...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Printmaking)
BFA

The BFA in art with a concentration in printmaking provides a complete studio experience with...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Art (Sculpture)
BFA

The BFA in art with a concentration in sculpture recognizes the broad, transdisciplinary nature...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art (Textiles)
BFA

The BFA program in art with a concentration in textiles cultivates an environment that...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Art Education, MA
MA

Students in the MA program in art with a concentration in art education investigate issues in...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Art History, MA
MA

The MA in art with a concentration in art history is a comprehensive degree program designed to...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Student painting
Art, MFA
MFA

The ASU School of Art's MFA program provides artists with both a formal and a conceptual...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Arts (BA in the Arts)
BA

The BA in the arts is an interdisciplinary degree program designed for students who are...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Community-Engaged Practices in Design and the Arts (Graduate Certificate)
Certificate

This certificate program in community-engaged practices in design and the arts places designers...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Digital culture, student projecting work
Composition (Interdisciplinary Digital Media), MM
MM

The MM program in composition with a concentration in interdisciplinary digital media is...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Conducting, DMA
DMA

The DMA program in music with a concentration in conducting offers emerging conductors the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership, MA
MA

Creative enterprise and cultural leadership students are changemakers and innovators working...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Dance
BFA

The School of Music, Dance and Theatre provides an inclusive, dynamic and culturally diverse...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Dance (Dance Education)
BFA

The BFA in dance with a concentration in dance education prepares students for certification to...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Dance (Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Perform.), MFA
MFA

The MFA program in dance with a concentration in interdisciplinary digital media and performance...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Dance Teaching Artist Praxis (Graduate Certificate)
Certificate

This program equips students with the practical and theoretical knowledge, skills and...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Dancer
Dance, MFA
MFA

The ASU MFA program in dance is normally accomplished during three years of residency.

The...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Design (Experience Design), MSD
MSD

The MSD program with a concentration in experience design focuses on design practices for...
Location:
graduate

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Design (Visual Communication Design), MSD
MSD

The MSD with a concentration in visual communication design is a degree program meant for...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Drawings and project ideas
Design, Environment and the Arts (Design), PhD
PHD

The PhD program is a flexible, interdisciplinary program that permits designers to develop the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Design, Environment and the Arts (Digital Culture in Design), PhD
PHD

The PhD program in design, environment and the arts with a concentration in digital culture in...
Location:
graduate

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Design, Environment and the Arts (Healthcare and Healing Environments), PhD
PHD

The health care and healing environments concentration under the PhD program in design,...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Design, Environment and the Arts (History, Theory, and Criticism), PhD
PHD

The history, theory and criticism concentration within the PhD program in design, environment...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Architecture drawings
Design, Environment and the Arts, PhD
PHD

The PhD in design, environment and the arts is an individualized, institute-wide,...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Digital Culture
BA

The BA program in digital culture equips students with the technical skills to create...
Location: Tempe, Online
undergrad

Digital Culture (Art)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Arts and Design Studies)
BA

The BA program in digital culture equips students with the technical skills to create...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Design)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (English)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Digital Culture (Extended Reality Technologies), MS
MS

The MS program in digital culture with a concentration in extended reality technologies focuses...
Location:
graduate

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Digital Culture (Film)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Graphic Information Technology)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Media Processing)
BS

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Media Processing)
BA

The BA program in digital culture equips students with the technical skills to create...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Music)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture (Theatre)
BA

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Digital Culture, MA
MA

The MA in digital culture program is geared toward practitioners of design and the arts who have...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Digital Culture, MS
MS

The MS program in digital culture is designed for practitioners and makers in design and the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Architecture students working on a model
Environmental Design
BS

The BS program in environmental design has an integrated curriculum offered primarily in a...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Ethnomusicology, MA
MA

The MA program in music with a concentration in ethnomusicology helps students develop skills in...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Fashion
BA

The BA in fashion at ASU is a transdisciplinary program that provides students with a foundation...
Location: Downtown
undergrad

Film (Filmmaking Practices)
BA

Students who pursue the BA in film with a concentration in filmmaking practices receive...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Film and Media Production
BFA

The BFA program in film and media production connects students with creative experiences and pre...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Global Affairs and Management, MA
MA

The MA in global affairs and management is a transdisciplinary degree program that covers all...
Location: Downtown, ASU@Washington, D.C.
graduate

Graphic design BSD
Graphic Design
BSD

The graphic design program in The Design School is committed to excellence in traditional and...
Location: Tempe, Online
undergrad

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Industrial Design
BSD

Industrial designers are responsible for the design of product and service systems that people...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Industrial Design, MID
MID

The MID in industrial design is a studio-based program in which students learn to design new...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Industrial Design, MSD
MSD

The MSD program in industrial design is meant for individuals interested in advanced studies in...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Students working at innovation venture in the Design School
Innovation and Venture Development, MS
MS

The MS program in innovation and venture development integrates the most advanced practices and...
Location: Tempe
graduate

modern design work
Interior Architecture, MIA
MIA

The MIA is a studio-based degree that provides a focused experience for students with an...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Interior Design
BSD

The BSD program in interior design at The Design School explores how people inhabit, interact...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Landscape Architecture
BSLA

The BSLA program offers students the opportunity to engage with the community in applied...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Landscape Architecture, MLA
MLA_ASU

The MLA program is designed to enable students to work with communities in planning and design...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Media Arts and Sciences, PhD
PHD

Media arts and sciences is a PhD program housed in the transdisciplinary School of Arts, Media...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Music
BA

The BA in music provides students with a broadly based liberal arts degree. Students receive a...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Music (Interdisciplinary Digital Media), DMA
DMA

The DMA program in music with a concentration in interdisciplinary digital media is a unique...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Music (Music and Culture)
BA

The BA program in music with a concentration in music and culture is a broadly based liberal...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Music (Music Learning and Teaching), PhD
PHD

The PhD in music with a concentration in music learning and teaching is a scholarly research...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Music (Musicology), MA
MA

In the MA program in music, faculty members provide and participate in multisensory learning...
Location: Tempe
graduate

School of Music students studying
Music (Musicology), PhD
PHD

The PhD program in music with a concentration in musicology focuses on the scholarly study of...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Music (Popular Music)
BA

The popular music concentration within the BA program in music at Arizona State University...
Location: Downtown
undergrad

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Music Composition, DMA
DMA

The DMA in music with a concentration in music composition is a comprehensive professional...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Music notes
Music Composition, MM
MM

The MM program in composition focuses on the development of skills required for a career in...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Music Entrepreneurship (Graduate Certificate)
Music Entrepreneurship (Graduate Certificate)
Certificate

Music entrepreneurship is a discipline that intersects the traditional music disciplines. Music...
Location: Tempe
graduate

College music faculty at work
Music Learning and Teaching
BMUS

The BMus program in music learning and teaching is an innovative 120 credit hour degree program...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

School of Music faculty teaches students how to play the flute
Music Learning and Teaching, MM
MM

The MM program in music learning and teaching is designed for individuals interested in music...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Music Performance, DMA
DMA

The DMA in music with a concentration in performance is a professional degree program for...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Music Performance, MM
MM

The MM program in performance concentrates on the performance and teaching of music with an...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Music Theory Pedagogy (Graduate Certificate)
Certificate

This certificate in music theory pedagogy offers specialized study in music theory to help...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Playing the guitar
Music Therapy
BMUS

The BMus program in music therapy prepares students for a career in health care, community-based...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Playing the guitar
Music Therapy, MM
MM

The MM program in music therapy provides students with graduate-level study in the theory,...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Performance (Collaborative Piano)
BMUS

The BMus program in performance with a concentration in collaborative piano offers private...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Performance (Conducting), MM
MM

The MM in performance with a concentration in conducting presents conductors of orchestras or...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Performance (Guitar)
BMUS

The BMus in performance with a concentration in guitar is a program that focuses on the study of...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Playing the drums
Performance (Jazz)
BMUS

The BMus in performance with a concentration in jazz prepares students for professional careers...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Playing the piano
Performance (Keyboard)
BMUS

The BMus in performance with a concentration in keyboard is a program that focuses on the study...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Performance (Music Theatre)
BMUS

The BMus in performance with a concentration in music theatre is an intensive, performance-...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Orchestral instrument, students practicing in the classroom
Performance (Orchestral Instrument)
BMUS

The BMus program in performance with a concentration in an orchestral instrument focuses on the...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Performance (Voice)
BMUS

The BMus program in performance with a concentration in voice focuses on the study of vocal...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Performance (Voice, Music Theatre, Opera), MM
MM

The MM program in voice, music theatre and opera performance provides students the opportunity...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Performance and Movement
BA

The BA program in performance and movement is an inclusive, transdisciplinary degree program...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Performance Pedagogy, MM
MM

The MM program in performance with a concentration in performance pedagogy concentrates on the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Playing the piano
Piano, Collaborative, MM
MM

The MM program in performance with a concentration in collaborative piano gives students the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre
BA

The BA program in theatre provides students with a rigorous academic and hands-on theatre...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Theatre (Acting)
BA

The BA program in theatre with a concentration in acting provides students with a rigorous...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Theatre performance
Theatre (Design and Production)
BA

The BA program in theatre with a concentration in design and production provides students a...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Theatre performance
Theatre (Directing), MFA
MFA

The MFA in theatre with a concentration in directing is a program for students who demonstrate...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre (Dramatic Writing), MFA
MFA

The concentration in dramatic writing under the MFA in theatre includes coursework in...
Location: Tempe
graduate

Theatre Students with digital media
Theatre (Interdisciplinary Digital Media), MFA
MFA

A concentration of the MFA in theatre, the interdisciplinary digital media program focuses on...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre (Performance), MFA
MFA

The MFA program in theatre with a concentration in performance reenvisions the role of the...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre (Theatre and Performance of the Americas), PhD
PHD

The PhD in theatre with a concentration in theatre and performance of the Americas trains...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre (Theatre for Youth and Community), MFA
MFA

The internationally recognized theatre for youth and community MFA program features...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre (Theatre for Youth and Community), PhD
PHD

The internationally recognized PhD program in theatre with a concentration in theatre for youth...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theatre, MA
MA

The MA program in theatre introduces students to graduate study in the field of theatre and...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Theory and Composition (Composition)
BMUS

Students pursuing the BMus in theory and composition must choose a concentration in either...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

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Theory and Composition (Theory)
BMUS

Students pursuing the BMus in theory and composition must choose a concentration in either...
Location: Tempe
undergrad

Urban design project
Urban Design, MUD
MUD

The MUD is a transdisciplinary post-professional graduate program in The Design School which...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Visual Communication Design, MVCD
MVCD

The MVCD is a studio-based degree program.

Students in this program work on strategic...
Location: Tempe
graduate

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Master of Arts in Narrative and Emerging Media