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Art

Is expression your passion? Do you admire how skillfully creativity can be used to seek truth, depict beauty, conjure fiction, and uncover ugliness? Or are you driven by your own desire to create, to make the next work so unique that we don’t yet have words to describe it? Read more...

Art History

The courses that form the art history minor provide focused study in major figures and movements over the centuries, from the Pre-Historic through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Modern. Read more...

Arts Management

Through a major in arts management, you'll learn to take your passion for self-expression and merge it with enterprise. The major shows you how to synthesize an understanding of theatre, music, or the fine arts with business skills to help art find an audience and thrive commercially. Read more...

Bachelor of Applied Studies

If you have an associate’s degree from a community college, the Bachelor of Applied Studies program is a convenient way to earn your bachelor's degree by taking additional upper-level and general education courses. Read more...

Music

For some people, music is their joy and passion. For others, it’s their livelihood. Whether conducting an orchestra, playing in a band, leading a classroom or selecting an iPod playlist, there are many ways in which music forms an important part of life’s rhythms. Studying it in-depth at BVU allows you to hone your talents as part of a supportive community of talented students and professors. Read more...

Music Production and Technology

You don’t just listen to music, you stream it. You beam it to your car by satellite, shuffle it on your iPod, and maybe even spin it on classic vinyl. To call it just ‘music’ seems limiting: audio today includes remixes, podcasts, and compositions made entirely with – and sometimes even written by – computers. That’s good news if you want to make music your career: you can do on a home computer today what decades ago would have required signing with a label. It’s never been easier to make quality music and help it find an audience. Read more...

Theatre

The lights go down. A crowd falls silent. For a moment, you can hear everyone breathe in. Not just the audience in their seats but the actors backstage waiting to enter stage left; the crew on the catwalks high above the proscenium; and the light and sound techs in the booths at the back of the house. It’s the excitement of a performance about to begin. What part would you like to play in creating that feeling? Read more...