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J.T. & Margaret Talkington
College of Visual & Performing Arts
programs

tcvpa Programs

The J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts (TCVPA) is the beating heart of Texas Tech University. We are a creative community with the resources of a world-class public university. Our students from all over the world shine with Texas-sized ambition, curiosity, and compassion.

Our college cultivates confidence-building artistic journeys with an infinite number of destinations. We are theatrical sound designers, independent filmmakers, and modern dance teachers. We are gallery owners, experimental sculptors, and Chicano art historians. We are symphony conductors, opera singers, and Broadway performers. We are researchers exploring the intersection of the arts with multiple disciplines.

Our schools provide a supportive visual and performing arts education. New students join a community of 1,100 arts-obsessed undergraduate and graduate students—including DMA and PhD candidates. The arts are relevant, critical, and essential to contemporary life. An education in the arts inspires students to communicate through artistic tradition while embracing and creating innovative technologies as vehicles for individual expression and social change.

 

Art

 

Interdisciplinary Arts

TTU student drawing on a digital tablet

Animation Studies

Undergraduate Certificate

TTU student and faculty sitting at a laptop discussing

Arts Entrepreneurship

Minor/Certificate

TTU student performing onstage in costume

Arts Entrepreneurism

Graduate Certificate

TTU student at PA board with live performance in background

Arts Media & Technology

B.A. 

TTU student turning pages in a book

Dramatic Writing

Minor

TTU students in classroom with one raising a hand to ask a question

Fine Arts Doctoral Program Tracks:

Art

Arts Administration

Interdisciplinary Arts

Music

Theatre Arts

TTU student setting up a camera for a recording

Motion Picture Production

Undergraduate Certificate

Picture describing music cognition

Music Cognition

Graduate Certificate

 

Music

 

Theatre & Dance

TTU theatre students singing and dancing in a performance

Acting/ Directing

Ph.D. (Fine Arts – Theatre)

TTU theatre student close up striking a pose onstage

Arts Administration (Theatre & Dance)

M.F.A. (Theatre Arts)

Ph.D. (Fine Arts – Theatre)

TTU cosplay lab

Cosplay & Costume Technology

Minor (Theatre Arts)

TTU women students dancing onstage

Dance

B.A.

B.F.A.

Minor

TTU dance students posing on street

Dance Studies

M.A. (Distance Learning)

TTU students on a closed stage performing with different colored lights

Design Visualization

Minor (Theatre Arts)

TTU student in classroom laughing together

Fine Arts Doctorate Program

Ph.D. (Fine Arts – Theatre)

TTU theatre students having a mock sword fight

Live Action Role Play & Performance for Reenactment

Minor (Theatre Arts)

TTU theatre students performing cabaret

Musical Theatre

B.F.A. (Theatre Arts)

TTU theatre student in medieval costume performing on stage

Performance & Pedagogy

M.F.A. (Theatre Arts)

TTU theatre student with headphones behind a sound board

Sound Design

Minor (Theatre Arts)

Behind the scenes stage production with TTU theatre students working it

Stage Management & Production

Minor (Theatre Arts)

Theatre scripts laying on the floor

Stage & Screen Studies

Minor (Theatre Arts)