Apr 27, 2024  
2010-2011 Denver Campus Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Denver Campus Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

At a Glance: College of Arts & Media


Students*
1,237
Undergraduate: 1,224
Graduate: 13

Degrees Awarded 2009*
219
Undergraduate: 213
Graduate: 6

Faculty‡
Regular: 57
Lecturers: 57

Student-Faculty Ratio‡
14:1

Alumni ‡

1,402
Undergraduate: 98%
Graduate: 2%

 

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Fine Arts (BA)—Art History, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture

Fine Arts (BFA)—Drawing, 3-D Graphics and Animation, Digital Design, Painting, Photography, Transmedia, Sculpture

Music (BS) - Performance, Recording Arts, Music Business, Music Industry Studies (technology or business focus)

Theatre, Film and Television (BA)

Theatre, Film and Television (BFA)—Writing/Directing, Film & Theatre Production

Graduate Degree Program 

Recording Arts (MS)

Recording Arts (MS) - emphasis in Media Forensics

Minors

Department of Visual Arts

Art History
Digital Design
Photography
Sculpture
Studio Art

Department of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies

General Musicianship
Music Industry Studies

Department of Theatre, Film and Video Production

Theatre, Film and Television

 

 

 

 

Accreditation

National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Research Center

National Center for Media Forensics

Student Organizations

MEISA—Music Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEIS)
CAM Records (MEIS)
AES—Audio Engineer Society (MEIS)
Sweetening Club (MEIS/TFVP)
AHSA—Art History Student Association
Sculpture Club
Theatre Buffs

Sample Companies Hiring Alumni

Fox Sports
High Noon Productions
Lucas Arts
NBC
Starz-Encore

Bragging Rights

Isaac Slade, lead singer of the Fray, graduated in summer 2005 from the music industry studies program.  The Fray won three 2006 Billboard awards and received two Grammy nominations in 2007.  Members of this pop group studied, wrote and rehearsed at CAM.

CAM Records, the student record label, released “Colorado Cuts, Vol. 2” in April 2009. Their last release, “Colorado Cuts,” was reviewed in The New York Times. The label has produced eight CDs to date and an updatable flash wristband.

Assistant Professor Judy Coe received a Fulbright scholarship award for research related to alternative expressions in Irish music and song.

Gregory Walker, professor of music, was given an ASCAPLUS award in the Concert Music Division by the American Society of Composers.

Carol Golemboski, assistant professor of photography, won first prize in the prestigious Center’s Project Competition (formerly known as the Santa Fe Center for Photography).

Aaron and Amanda Kopp, both recent graduates of CAM, won the “People’s Choice” award for their short film, Likhaya, at the 32nd Annual Starz Denver Film Festival.

*Fall 2009 end-of-term enrollment data  
‡Fiscal Year 2008-2009 data