Degrees, Minors and Certificates
The creative heart of Arizona State University, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is a closely-connected community with all the resources and expertise found at a 21stcentury research university. The Institute spans four cities plus online and comprises our fashion school and its museum, ASU FIDM and ASU FIDM Museum; the School of Art; The GAME School; The Design School; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School; the School of Music, Dance and Theatre; and the ASU Art Museum. This combination of disciplines translates into curricular innovation, unprecedented opportunity for collaboration and endless pathways to your future. When you earn a degree from the Herberger Institute, you harness creativity – the most in-demand skill for more than 70% of employers according to the 2024 World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Survey.
Undergraduate programs
ASU FIDM
• Bachelor of Arts in Fashion optional concentrations: apparel product development (online only), apparel technical design (online option), design, merchandising (online option)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Design and Technology for the Creative Industries*
*LA only
School Of Art
• Bachelor of Arts in Art concentrations: art history*, art studies*, museum studies*
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art concentrations: art education, animation, art therapy, ceramics, digital photography (online only), expanded arts, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture *online option
The GAME School
• Bachelor of Science in Game Design
• Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Sciences STEM (online option) optional concentrations: art, design, education (online option), film, graphic information technology, music
• Bachelor of Science in Media Arts and Sciences STEM concentration: media processing, games and interactive media School of Music, Dance and Theatre
• Bachelor of Arts in Music optional concentration: music and culture, popular music
• Bachelor of Arts in Performance and Movement focus areas: dance and theatre, social and partnership dance, hip-hop arts
• Bachelor of Arts in Theatre optional concentrations: design and production, acting
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education
• Bachelor of Music in Music Learning and Teaching
• Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy
• Bachelor of Music in Performance concentrations: collaborative piano, guitar, jazz, keyboard, music theatre, orchestral instrument, voice
• Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition concentrations: theory, composition
The Design School
• Bachelor of Science in Design in Architectural Studies*
• Bachelor of Science in Design in Graphic Design*
• Bachelor of Science in Design in Industrial Design*
• Bachelor of Science in Design in Interior Design
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design
• Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture STEM *online option
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
• Bachelor of Arts in Film (all locations + online option) concentration: filmmaking practices
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Media Production optional concentrations in AZ: cinematography, directing, post-production, screenwriting optional concentration in LA: screenwriting
Graduate programs
School of Art
• Master of Arts in Art concentrations: art education, art history
• Master of Fine Arts in Art focus areas: animation, ceramics, digital technology, expanded arts, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture optional concentration: digital technology (an interdisciplinary program with the The GAME School)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Environment and the Arts concentration: history, theory and criticism
The G AME School
• Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences STEM
• Mas ter of Science in Media Arts and Sciences (Extended Reality Technologies) (Mesa)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences
• Interdisciplinary programs
The school currently offers digital media concentrations in the graduate degrees of six collaborating disciplines:
• Computer Science and Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Dance (MFA)
• Electrical Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Music (MM, DMA)
• Theatre (MFA)
• Art (Digital Technology) (MFA)
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
• Master of Arts in Music concentrations: ethnomusicology, musicology
• Master of Fine Arts in Dance optional concentration: interdisciplinary digital media and performance*
• Master of Fine Arts in Theatre concentrations: dramatic writing, theatre for youth and community, interdisciplinary digital media*
• Master of Music in Composition optional concentration: interdisciplinary digital media*
• Master of Music in Music Learning and Teaching (digital commuter, full-time, part-time and summers-only programs available)
• Master of Music in Music Therapy (two-year and three-year tracks)
• Master of Music in Performance optional concentrations: conducting (choral, music direction, orchestral, wind band), performance (instrumental, jazz, keyboard), collaborative piano, voice, music theatre, opera, performance pedagogy (instrumental, keyboard, voice)
• Doctor of Musical Arts in Music concentrations: conducting (choral, orchestra/opera, wind band), composition, performance (instrumental, keyboard, piano pedagogy, collaborative piano, voice), interdisciplinary digital media*
• Doctor of Philosophy in Music concentrations: music learning and teaching, musicology *interdisciplinary concentration with The GAME School
The Design School
• Master of Architecture* STEM (online option)
• Master of Industrial Design* STEM
• Master of Interior Architecture*
• Master of Landscape Architecture* STEM
• Master of Science in Design (research-based program) concentrations: space architecture and extreme environments, experience design (Mesa)
• Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation STEM
• Master of Science in Indigenous Placekeeping and Design
• Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Environment and the Arts concentration: design
*studio-based programs with two-year or two-plus pathways (for those who received an undergraduate degree within the field study) or three-year or three-plus pathways (for those who received an undergraduate degree outside the field of study)
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
• Master of Arts in Narrative and Emerging Media STEM (Los Angeles only)
Undergraduate minor programs
ASU FIDM
Fashion | 19 credits (online option)
School of Art
Animation | 18 credits (online option)
Art History | 18 credits (online option)
Studio Art | 18 credits (online option)
The GAME School
Media Arts and Sciences | 21 credits
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Dance | 19 credits
Music | 24 credits (online option)
Music Performance | 21 credits
Music Theatre | 24 credits
Popular Music | 19 credits
Theatre | 22 credits
Theatre (costume design and technology) | 18 credits
Theatre (sound design and technology) | 18 credits
The Design School
Architectural Studies | 18 credits
Design Studies | 18 credits
Interior Design History | 18 credits
Landscape Studies | 15 credits
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film and Media Production | 18 credits (Tempe only)
Certificate programs
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Media 15 credits | undergraduate
Arts Entrepreneurship | 15 credits | undergraduate
Arts in Education | 18 credits | undergraduate
Community-Engaged Practices in Design and the Arts | 15 credits | undergraduate, graduate
Dance Teaching Artist Praxis | 28 credits | graduate
Media Arts and Sciences | 18 credits | undergraduate
Music Entrepreneurship | 15 credits | undergraduate, graduate
Music Theory Pedagogy | 15 credits | graduate
Vocal Pedagogy | 15 credits | undergraduate
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts comprises ASU FIDM and ASU FIDM Museum; the School of Art; The Design School; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School; The GAME School; The School of Music, Dance and Theatre; and the ASU Art Museum.