Associated faculty, staff, and graduate students in the School of Art and Art History, the School of Library and Information Science, history, English, computer science, University of Iowa Libraries, the Writers' Workshop, and other areas offer a wide range of perspectives on the book as an aesthetic, cultural, and historical artifact. Activities sponsored by the Iowa City Book Arts Club offer additional opportunities for interaction. This interdisciplinary membership and the center's many facilities combine to provide an exceptional environment for studying the history of the book, its evolution, and its future. Undergraduate students are invited to add dimension to their majors in English, art, journalism, history, and other areas by taking center courses in the book crafts and book studies. An area of concentration within the Bachelor of Arts in interdepartmental studies may include an emphasis on the book arts or on the cultural and historical aspects of the book.
Students have two options in pursuing the certificate.
Graduate students enrolled in a degree program at Iowa may work concurrently toward the certificate and an M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. Students who wish to pursue the certificate but not a graduate degree may do so with nondegree status in the Graduate College. The certificate requires 24 semester hours of course work. At least 6 semester hours must be taken from the academic course list and 6 semester hours from the arts and technologies course list. For more information, consult the center's publications List of Courses and Final Project Guidelines . Admission Admission requires active standing in the graduate college.