Curriculum
To earn the B.A. in Integrated Arts degree, students must complete 120 credits:
- 43 credits in the General Education Core
- 31 credits in the 1000/2000 level Core
- Alternative Study (e.g. Internship, Study Away, Assistantship) (3 credits)
- ART 3041 Writing in the Arts (3 credits)
- ART 3033 Create, Critique, Repeat (3 credits)
- ART 4001 Integrated Arts Capstone (3 credits)
- 33 credits of major required courses
- 6 credits of Cultural Arts Seminar courses
- 18 credits of Craft and Critique Skill Development Distribution courses
- 15 credits of Upper Division Craft and Critique (3000/4000 level)
- 44 credits of open electives (21 must be at the 3000/4000 level)
Cultural Arts Seminar Requirements: 6 credits
Seminars focus on the cultural influences, multicultural context and history of a given discipline within the arts. Selected topics include (but are not limited to):
ART1011 Introduction to Studio Arts
HIS1031 History of World Art I
HIS1032 History of World Art II
MUS 1041 Music Appreciation
THE 1012 Introduction to Theater
HIS1031 History of World Art I
HIS1032 History of World Art II
MUS1041 ST: Music Appreciation
THE1012 ST: Introduction to Theater
Craft and Critique Skill Development: 18 credits
Introductory and Intermediate art courses focused on a specific discipline. Each course will develop the student’s ability in art form and provide opportunities to develop the ability to give and receive constructive critique. Selected topics include (but are not limited to):
- Ceramics
- Music
- Painting/Drawing
- Photography
- Theater
- Time-Based Media, including Sound Art and Video
Upper Division Craft and Critique: 15 credits
At the 3000/4000 level students will be provided the opportunity to further develop their craft through medium specific courses and by combining disciplines.
Through this work students will strengthen their ability to contextualize their work and experiment by applying craft acquired at the 1000/2000 level to express a concept to an audience.
The focus will emphasize context and critique as students strengthen their ability to gain perspective on how the role art plays in society: historically, socially, conceptually; communicate complex conceptual ideas; and explore how this work can lead to creative problem solving.
Selected topics include (but are not limited to):
ART3011 Photography and Ideal of Painting
ART 3032 Creative Expression of Digital Fabrication
DRW3011 Experimental Drawing
MUS3031 Electronic Music II
PNT 3011 Advanced Painting
PNT3021 Painting the Figure and Portrait
PNT 3031 Landscape Painting in the Exp Field
THE3021 Writing for the Screen
THE 3031 Muscial Theater & Social Change
VID3021: Video in the Social Field
ART3021 Light
ART 3031 Intersectionality, Identity & Art
ART3011 Photography and Ideal of Painting
ART3032 ST: Creative Expression of Digital Fab
DRW3011 Experimental Drawing
MUS3031 Electronic Music II
PNT3011 Painting II
PNT3021 Painting the Figure and Portrait
PNT3031 ST: Landscape Painting in the Exp Field
THE3021 Writing for the Screen
THE3031 ST: Muscial Theater & Social Change
ART3021 Light
ART3031 SpTp: Intersectionality, Identity & Art
General Education Core 1000/2000-Level Requirements: 31 credits
WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric: 3 credits
WRT1012 Research and Analysis: 3 credits
EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning: 3 credits
COM1011 Introduction to Communication: 3 credits
Mathematics Distribution Elective (as indicated through placement exam): 3 credits
Natural Science with lab:(BIO, CHE, GEO, NSC) 4 credits
Humanities (HUM, HST, LIT, PHI, REL, BIO 2041, COM 2064): 3 credits
Social Science (ANT, POL, PSY, SOC, ECN): 3 credits
Quantitative Reasoning (ACC, CSC, ECN, FIN, MAT, BIO, CHE, GEO, NSC): 3 credits
Interpersonal Communication/Creative Expression: 3 credits
WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric
WRT1012 Research and Analysis
EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning
COM1011 Introduction to Communication
Additional General Education Core Requirements: 25 credits
WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric: 3 credits
WRT1012 Research and Analysis: 3 credits
EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning: 3 credits
COM1011 Introduction to Communication: 3 credits
Mathematics Distribution Elective (as indicated through placement exam): 3 credits
Natural Science with lab: 4 credits
Social Science (1000/2000 level): 3 credits
Quantitative Reasoning (1000/2000 level): 3 credits
44 credits in Open Electives—21 at the 3000/4000 level