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Arts Majors and Minors

Art and Art History
Painters, printmakers, sculptors, and photographers work in our new state-of-the-art Wm. Brian Little Art Center.

Music
A Colgate string quartet books a concert tour in Mexico; students perform on campus in the university orchestra and in our summer MusicFest.

Theater
Students write, direct, design, act, and produce a biennial festival of student plays, and the Colgate children's theater performs for schools around New York state.

Film and Media Studies

Media studies students produce films and videos - and graduates such as Joe Berlinger and Jeff Sharp explore new frontiers in the art of film. This is a minor.

Creative Writing 
At Colgate, creative writing is taught by nationally honored faculty, and students meet numerous visiting writers in path-breaking courses. This is a minor.