School of Arts

Description of Undergraduate Program:

The Fine Arts Department offers a minor in Music, Art History, and Digital Media/Studio Art with courses in a wide variety of chronological and topical subjects.  The department is particularly strong in the music of Nineteenth-Century France, Opera, the Broadway Musical, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Popular Music of the Non-Western World, Medieval and German Art, Religious Art, New York City Architecture, Contemporary Western European Art, Graphic Design, Digital Video Production, Audio Mixing and Production, Digital Illustration, and Digital Photography.  The goals of the minors in Fine Arts at Manhattan College are to instruct students in the broad historical and cultural context in which the artwork is developed as well as study the current literature, theory, and technology affecting areas of the discipline today.  A minor in Music, Art History, or Digital Media/Studio Art is an ideal choice for a variety of careers.  In addition to preparing students for advanced training in Art or Music, the minor is also a wonderful asset in assisting the careers of historians, sociologists, psychologists, teachers, philosophers, copyright lawyers, non-for-profit business managers, writers, critics, journalists, museum curators, librarians, graphic designers, graphic illustrators, photographers, film producers, and advertising executives.  To this end, several internship programs are in place to connect students with leading companies and art institutions in the area, including VH1, MTV, Universal Records, SONY BMG, Atlantic Records, New York City Opera, Q104.3 radio station, MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Artichoke Graphic Design, Armetta Studio, Daniel Cooney Fine Art Gallery, Wunderman Advertising, and Pangolin Pictures.

For Further Information:

Dr. Mark A. Pottinger, Chair

• Telephone: (718) 862-7372
• Fax: (718) 862-7561
• e-mail: mark.pottinger@manhattan.edu

Page last updated by K. Balaj on January 07, 2008