Minors Offered by the College of Fine Arts

The College of Fine Arts offers minors in Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, and Music to students from other colleges at Carnegie Mellon University. These minors allow students at Carnegie Mellon to take courses and develop a direction for electives in any of the five schools in CFA. Students in the College of Fine Arts may also earn minors outside of their major within other schools in the College. They may also study any of the minors offered by the other colleges to the University at large, thus taking advantage of the broad educational opportunities available at Carnegie Mellon University.

School of Architecture 

• Architectural Design Fabrication (available to Architecture majors only)
• Architectural Representation and Visualization (also available to Architecture majors)
• Architectural Technology
• Architecture
• Architecture History (also available to Architecture majors)
• Building Science (available to Architecture majors only)
• Computational Design (also available to Architecture majors)

School of Art

• Art

School of Drama

• Drama

School of Design

• Design

School of Music

• Collaborative Piano (available to Piano majors in the School of Music only)
• Conducting (available to School of Music students only)
• Music
• Music Education (available to School of Music students only)
• Music Technology (also available to School of Music students)

CFA Dean's Office

• History of the Arts
• Photography

IDeATe

• Media Design
• Sonic Arts

Guidelines for College of Fine Arts Minors

Guidelines for students are: 1) Except where so designated, CFA students are not eligible to earn a minor in their own school; students from outside CFA may earn a minor in any school in CFA; 2) Faculty advisors in the student's home school (in consultation with the academic officer of the other unit involved) will advise students as to the structuring of the courses in each minor; 3) A minor is not to be considered an overload; rather, through the assistance of faculty advisors it should be integrated into a student's overall units required for graduation; 4) The advisors will also monitor the student's development in these minors and keep records in their files which indicate the fulfillment of the course requirements in the minors, as well as in the majors in the student's own school. Courses listed as possible for the minors may be available, but not all courses are offered every semester. Students should consult with their advisors.

Students interested in earning a minor in any of the CFA schools should contact:

Architecture: Heather Workinger
Art: Keni Jefferson
Design: Mandy Best
Drama: Valeria McCrary
Music: Kate Ganczarz
History of the Arts: Stefanie McGowan
Photography: Jamie Gruzska
IDeATe: Kelly Delaney