The College of Humanities and Fine Arts includes the academic
departments of:
Art
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Communication Studies
English Language and Literature
Modern Languages
Philosophy and Religion
School of Music
Theatre
CHFA also includes two public radio stations, KUNI and KHKE, housed within
Broadcasting Services.
CHFA offers both graduate and undergraduate degree programs. In addition,
it serves
UNI students
with an extensive set of general education, elective and service courses.
The B.A. is offered in all of the departments within the college. The B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
is offered by the Department of Art. Additionally offered is the B.M. (Bachelor of Music) which
emphasizes excellence in performance.
Included in the diverse major and minor programs both at the undergraduate and graduate levels
are: Art, English, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Journalism,
French, German, Spanish, Russian, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Communication, Public Relations, Electronic Media, Theatre, Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology (graduate level). In addition, there are programs offered cooperatively by the Departments of English Language
and Literature and Modern Languages that combine in various ways; Comparative Literature, English, Modern Languages, and TESOL. The School of Music offers majors in Music Education
and
Performance, Music History, and Conducting which lead to the Master of Music (M.M.) degree.
Graduate and certificate programs of the college include a major in foreign language translation,
master's degree, as well as certificate programs in bilingualism, translation, and interpretation, and international commerce (the latter in cooperation with the College of Business Administration). The Department of Philosophy and Religion has a new program that joins a department major with the
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a recently approved interdisciplinary M.A. degree
program in Women's Studies with the College of Social and Behavior Sciences.
The College of Humanities and Fine Arts also sponsors a very wide variety of co-curricular activities
for university students in all majors, for talented high school students, and for the community at large. Some examples of these activities include music and theatre festivals, the Annual High School Art Scholarship Competition, forensics tournaments and competitions and others. These activities,
of
course, are in addition to the many recitals and ensemble performances of School of Music individuals, ensembles, and symphonies, and the many productions staged by Theatre UNI and UNI Lyric Theatre.
The fine and communicative arts are richly represented in the services offered to our colleagues
and students, to the Cedar Falls/Waterloo community, and the State of Iowa.
The College of Humanities and Fine Arts prepares its graduates for learning and for living in a rapidly changing society and economical milieu. While some of our students pursue teaching careers in the
arts or the humanities, other students, in Communication Scienes and Disorders, for example, look toward careers
as professional therapists. A number of our majors will become professional performers as actors, artists, or musicians. The largest number of students in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, however,
interact with the college through their general education courses in the humanities, in literature or
writing courses, in philosophy and religion courses, in appreciation courses in art, music, and theatre;
in language courses, or in other electives. Human achievements in the liberal and fine arts, we believe,
are appropriate and useful studies for all the students of the University.
