The Department of Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology and Art Gallery are in the Art-Sociology Building.
The Department of Dance, the School of Music, and the Department of Theatre are represented within the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, CSPAC. CSPAC was dedicated in 2001 and named after Clarice Smith, a donor to the University of Maryland. The Clarice Smith Center hosts various performing arts lectures, workshops, performances, throughout the year to the public.
The David C. Driskell Center and the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity are inside the Cole Activities Building. Built in 1955, the Cole Student Activities Building, also called the Cole Field House, hosted the intercollegiate athletic events of the University from 1955 until 2002, when games began to be held at the Comcast Center. It was named in honor of chairman of Board of Regents Judge William Cole, Jr., 1944-1956.
Francis Scott Key Hall houses the Department of History, the College of Arts and Humanities Main Office, and the Office of Student Affairs. In honor of the "Star-Spangled Banner" author, this building was named after Francis Scott Key and built from 1932 until 1940. Francis Scott Key Hall faces the McKeldin Mall.
Holzapfel Hall houses the Jewish Studies Program, the Department and Program of American Studies, the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, and the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies. It was built in 1934 and named in honor of Henry Holzapfel, Jr., the chairman of the Board of Regents from 1941 to 1943.
Jiménez Hall houses the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and was built in 1962. Jiménez Hall was named after Juan Ramon Jiménez, a Spanish poet, Nobel Prize winner, and a professor of Spanish literature and composition.
Marie Mount Hall is home to the Departments of Linguistics and the Department of Classics. Henry Powell designed the building, part of it was built in 1940 and named after the Dean of the College of Home Economics, M. Marie Mount.
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) is housed in the basement of McKeldin Library. McKeldin is a place that affords quiet study to the students of College Park. It was designed by Henry Hopkins, built in 1958, and named after the 1951-1959 governor of Maryland, Theodore McKeldin.
The Department of Communication and the Department of Philosophy are both in the Skinner Building. The Skinner Building was named after W.W. Skinner, chairman of Board of Regents, who served from 1935 to 1941.
Susquehanna Hall now houses Arabic Studies, Persian Studies, and the University Counseling Center. Built in 1991, the building was named after the Susquehanna River.
The Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and a part of the Department of History are in Taliaferro Hall. It was built between 1894 and 1896, dedicated in 1908, and named in honor of Thomas Hardy Taliaferro, the Dean of College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Tawes houses the English Department, the Comparative Literature Program, the Creative Writing Program, the Professional Writing Program, and the Writing Center. Tawes was named after the 1958-1966 governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes. Ulrich Recital Hall inside Tawes was dedicated honoring Homer Ulrich, the chairman of the School of Music in 1994.
The Department of Women’s Studies is housed in Woods Hall. It was named after President Albert F. Woods, 1917 to 1926, who presided over Maryland Agricultural College before it became The University of Maryland in 1920.
