The Department of Art, Music and Design offers major programs in art and music leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Several different concentrations are available, as listed below. The faculty of the department is a consortium of scholars and practicing professionals who provide an education that is both theoretical and pragmatic in approach. Thus, students are well prepared for careers in their professional fields relevant to the disciplines of art education, art history, fine arts, graphic, interactive and advertising design, music performance, and music education.

In the field of art, students may opt for one of the following majors:

• Art History
• Fine Arts (Recommended for New Jersey certification in the teaching of art)
• Graphic, Interactive and Advertising Design
  

• Applied Music (Voice, keyboard, selected orchestral instruments)
• Comprehensive Music (Required for students seeking New Jersey certification in the teaching of music)

At the graduate level, students have a chance of four concentrations in the museum professions program

• Museum Education
• Museum Management
• Museum Registration
• Exhibition Development

Our faculty conduct internationally recognized research and innovative, technologically-enhanced instruction. Grounded in practical experience but exploring the frontiers of their disciplines, they are models of academic excellence.

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Art Center. Originally a carriage house, built between 1890 and 1895, and now a registered national landmark, this redbrick Victorian building has been preserved and renovated and was officially dedicated in May 1974 as the University’s Art Center. It houses an art gallery, studios, classrooms and offices of the Department of Art and Music.

Corrigan Hall. Named after Bishop Michael A. Corrigan and Reverend James H. Corrigan, brothers who served as second and third presidents of Seton Hall, this building contains offices, the facilities for Computing Services, classrooms and labs.

The University Libraries have notable resources, including extensive holdings of almost 700,000 book volumes, and 1,127 current periodical subscriptions, back-files of more than 6,500 serial titles, electronic access to full text articles in more than 25,000 journals, a broad selection of indexing and abstracting services in both digital and print formats, various microform collections, music CDs, and audiovisual aids.  A complete listing of database resources can be found at library.shu.edu