School of Arts
and Humanities

Create, communicate, and discover your calling in a close-knit campus community where your ideas, gifts, and faith can grow.

School of Arts
and Humanities

Create, communicate, and discover your calling in a close-knit campus community where your ideas, gifts, and faith can grow.

A place to belong

Your creative work grows stronger in community.

At IWU, the arts and humanities are not experienced from a distance. You will create, perform, write, discuss, and collaborate alongside classmates who become friends and professors who know your name.

Through studio work, rehearsals, productions, publications, classroom conversations, and campus traditions, you will develop your craft while learning how your gifts can serve others and reflect Christ.

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Find your place

Explore Our Divisions

Choose an area that fits your interests, then connect it to experiences across the school and the wider campus community.

Art + Design

Art + Design

A community of Christian artists, designers, and scholars who have joyfully embraced the call of God upon our lives

Explore Art + Design

Modern Language, Literature and Communication

Modern Language, Literature and Communication

Promote the love of language arts and the deliberate study, constructive use and creative exploration of powerful language

Explore MLLC

Music and Theatre

Music and Theatre

You’ll learn how to give voice to the stories around you—stories that are told with professionalism, integrity and human connection

Explore Music and Theatre

Social Sciences

Social Sciences

You'll explore people, cultures, and communities—gaining the knowledge and compassion to understand the world and make a meaningful difference in it.

Explore Social Sciences

A creative community that becomes your community.

Your best college memories will not happen in only one classroom. They will take shape during late rehearsals, gallery openings, residence hall conversations, chapel, student organizations, campus events, and everyday moments with people who share your interests.

Shared Experiences

Create and participate together through performances, exhibitions, publications, and productions.

Faith in Community

Grow spiritually through chapel, mentoring, service, and meaningful conversations.

Campus Life

Build friendships through residence life, traditions, organizations, athletics, and campus events.

Mentoring Relationships

Learn from professors and older students who invest in your development and calling.

The school at a glance

A Community Built for Growth

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Distinct Academic Divisions

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Programs and Pathways

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Ensembles, Publications and Organizations

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Personal Faculty Mentoring

Life beyond the classroom

Create, Connect and Contribute

Live performance
Perform + Present

Share your work with an audience.

Take the stage, open an exhibition, publish your writing, screen your work, or lead a campus conversation.

Students collaborating
Collaborate

Make something meaningful together.

Creative teams help you learn from others, solve problems, and build friendships.

Students in community
Belong

Find your people on campus.

Join organizations, attend events, serve together, and become part of campus traditions.

Faculty member mentoring students
Be Mentored

Learn from people who know you.

Faculty bring professional experience, Christian perspective, and a personal commitment to your growth.

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Faculty who invest in you

Learn from Artists, Scholars and Mentors

Take time to meet our extraordinary, dedicated faculty team that's ready to help you find God's calling on your life through Arts and Humanities.