[5] The NIU School of Music offers a wide variety of performance and academic areas of study for both undergraduate and graduate students.
degree with a variety of areas of study (performance, including jazz and steelpan; music education; and composition), as well as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The school also offers individualized degree programs for graduate students who wish to pursue nontraditional courses of study.
[15] The NIU School of Theatre and Dance offers several degree programs, including BA in theatre arts, BFA with emphases in acting, design and technology and dance performance, and MFA with specializations in acting and design and technology.
[16] Every year, a select group of students studies for one month at the Moscow Art Theatre School.
The scene shop contains all major wood and metal working tools, including a remotely located industrial pneumatic compressor for use in construction, painting and stage mechanics.
In 1979, the Art Gallery moved to larger quarters in Swen Parson Hall and began to acquire a permanent collection.
This space was closed in December 1998 as Altgeld Hall was prepared to undergo a major renovation project.
In this space, the Museum presented contemporary conceptual and installation art as well as the work of NIU faculty and students.
In June 2006, facing tightening state funds, the Museum and University administration closed the NIU Chicago Gallery and reallocated resources supporting that space to the College.
[23] In 1899, fourteen men gathered under the direction of Calvin Dart with horns and drums in hand to form what eventually became the NIU Huskie Marching Band.