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Arts, Communication and Humanities Programs
NOVA’s Arts, Communication and Humanities programs prepare students to exchange ideas and become deep thinkers. Your education is too important to be spent memorizing facts and figures. By studying communication, writing, language arts, and society, you can engage with others and challenge the status quo.
- American Sign Language
- Art History Specialization
- Cinema
- Communication Studies Specialization
- English Specialization
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- International Studies Specialization
- Liberal Arts
- Music
- Music Recording Technology
- Photography and Media
- Professional Writing
- Theatre
- Visual Art
Designed for students who have limited, if any, previous experience with interpreting for Deaf people, this degree program provides comprehensive training in theory and practical interpreting skills necessary for employment as an educational or community interpreter.
This program is designed for students who plan to transfer to a college or university for a Bachelor of Arts in Art History.
This program prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree in Visual Arts with a major in cinema, film, or media production.
This program is designed for students who wish to study speech communication at the college level or who wish to transfer to a four-year institution for a baccalaureate degree.
This program is designed for students who plan to transfer to a college or university for a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science in English, Creative Writing or Writing and/or Rhetoric as an entry-level professional writer.
This program prepares students for full-time employment in the graphic design field.
The Interior Design program prepares students for entry-level employment in the interior design field or to transfer to an accredited university.
The Liberal Arts A.A. degree with a specialization in International Studies is designed to prepare students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree program in International Studies.
The Associate of Arts degree major in Liberal Arts is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.).
The degree offers a major in music and a specialization in jazz/popular music. Students will receive instruction in performance, theory, history, technology, improvisation, notation, and composition, with options to learn skills in voice training and various musical instruments.
This program is for students who wish to set up their own studio or seek employment as music recording technicians.
Photography and Media students learn to solve visual problems by studying technique, history, theory and aesthetics and completing individual projects with group critiques.
The Professional Writing Certificate program prepares candidates to compose documents and manage professional communications for a variety of contemporary professions, including business, military, medicine, government, science, and industry.
This program meets the needs of students seeking to further develop skills in acting, directing, playwriting, arts management, technical theatre, and theatre scholarship.
This studio-arts, portfolio-intensive curriculum prepares students to transfer into a competitive Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program in fine arts, graphic design or photography.