ChooseWhy Choose This Program?

Why Study Integrative Arts at Goucher?

The Integrative Arts Studies Program allows students to develop intellectually, creatively, and artistically beyond the boundaries of traditional art majors. Working closely with faculty mentors, integrative arts studies students choose their own paths to becoming the kind of interdisciplinary artist they imagine themselves within the creative economy. If you are still discovering the kind of artist you want to be, or if you want to work across multiple disciplines, then this major is for you.

LearnWhat Will You Learn?

What Will You Learn?

Integrative arts studies students will demonstrate their individual and collective agency while learning how varied art forms relate to one another within an entrepreneurial orientation. A core of classes engages students in collaborative studio work, challenges them to use art as a means for social change, demonstrates how they can become an entrepreneur/freelancer artist, and many others. With this foundation, integrative arts studies students finesse one or two disciplines by concentrating and/or minoring in of the following: music, theatre, dance, creative writing, arts management, visual and material culture, digital arts, and/or studio art.

DoWhat Will You Do?

What Can You Do With an Integrative Art Studies Degree?

The integrative arts studies major will prepare students to work as individual artists or as collaborators and thrive in the creative economy in jobs and careers as educators, designers, administrators, fundraisers, agents, promoters, event organizers, art therapists, and many endless possibilities. By combining the arts, students have unique opportunities to create new opportunities in the job market while further developing their intellectual, social, and emotional sense of self.

Course Curriculum

Major Requirements Minor Requirements

Faculty

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Rebecca Free
Department Chair
Area of Expertise: Theatre
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Full-Time & Half-Time Faculty

Roy Belfield
Associate Professor of Integrative Arts Studies and Music, Director of Choirs and Orchestra
Areas of Expertise: Integrative Arts; Music; Choral and Orchestral Direction
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Michael Curry
Professor of Integrative Arts Studies and Theatre, Director of the Center for Writing, Arts, and Media
Areas of Expertise: Integrative Arts; Theatre; Writing; Arts and Media Leadership
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Linda Garofalo
Assistant Professor of Practice
Area of Expertise: Dance
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Kendall Kennison
Professor of Integrative Arts Studies and Music
Areas of Expertise: Integrative Arts; Music
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Ryan Nicotra
Adjunct Professor in Arts Management
Area of Expertise: Arts Management

April Oettinger
Professor of Art History
Area of Expertise: Art History
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Amanda Woodson
Professor of Integrative Arts Studies and Dance
Areas of Expertise: Integrative Arts; Dance

Study Abroad

By studying abroad, choosing three-week intensive courses led by Goucher faculty or semester programs suited to their academic plans, Goucher education studies students gain a global perspective that enhances their course of study.

Visit the Office of Global Education for more information.

Opportunities & Internships

Internship Programs

Internships are a very important facet of the curriculum at Goucher College. As such, the Integrative Arts Studies faculty members consider well-structured internships to be essential to a student's education.

Student Employment

Student employment connects students to both on and off-campus opportunities. The Career Education Office provides resources and support to students with or without Federal Work Study to find jobs, submit applications, and learn more about the job search process. Students have access to Handshake — a website for job postings, events, resumes/cover letters, and career management.

Major & Career Exploration

Exploring career options, choosing a major, and making career decisions is a multi-step process in which all students are encouraged to engage early and often. Goucher students have a variety of resources available through the Majors and Career page to assist them in this process.

Job Search

A Goucher education prepares students for today’s job market and beyond. Students can explore job opportunities and access job search resources through the CEO Job Search page.

Graduate & Professional School

Students access resources for searching and applying to graduate and professional school through the CEO Graduate and Professional School page, through faculty and staff members, or utilizing their own resources, network and tools.

Academic Partnerships

Goucher College has partnered with other institutions to provide students with expanded academic and post-graduate opportunities. Partnerships include dual-degree programs and accelerated graduate pathways with the following colleges: Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Loyola, Middlebury, Notre Dame of Maryland University, University of Maryland Baltimore.

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