Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Arts

Students studying Integrated Arts at Landmark College have a number of opportunities to gain academic credit for internships, on campus and off. Regular internships are available in individual faculty studios, as program assistants, as well as the Landmark College Art Gallery.

Landmark College students have pursued internship opportunities for academic credit at numerous locations, including:

• Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vt.
• Morrell Metalsmiths, Colrain, Mass.
• Stephen Procter Ceramics Studio, Brattleboro, Vt.

The Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Arts degree at Landmark College prepares artists for graduate work in MFA programs, jobs in art education, and professional roles in art-related fields.

Our curriculum exposes students to a range of art disciplines, deepens their understanding of the arts in history and culture, and promotes the acquisition and refinement of technical skills.

To earn the B.A. in Integrated Arts degree, students must complete 120 credits:

• 42 credits of major required courses
  • 36 major required credits
  • 6 major required credits that also count toward general education
• 34 additional credits to complete the general education requirements
• 44 credits of general electives (15 must be at the 3000/4000 level)

Major Requirements (42 credits)

• ART3033 Create, Critique, Repeat
• ART3041 Writing in the Arts
• ART4001 Integrated Arts Capstone
• Cultural Arts Seminar Requirement: Choose two courses from 
  • HIS1031 History of World Art 1
  • HIS1032 History of World Art 2
  • MUS1041 Music Appreciation
  • FLM2041 Origins of Cinema
  • THE 1012 Introduction to Theater
  • Other courses by permission
• Introductory-level Skill Development Requirement: Choose four courses from Art, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Film, Music, Painting/Drawing, Photography, Theater, or Video.
• Upper Division Craft and Critique Requirement: At the 3000/4000 level, further develop their craft through medium specific courses and by combining disciplines. Choose five 3000 to 4000 level courses from Art, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Film, Music, Painting/Drawing, Photography, Theater, or Video.

Additional General Education Requirements

• EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning
• WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric or WRT1008 Writing Process & Practice Part 2
• WRT1012 Research and Analysis
• COM1011 Intro to Communication or COM1021 Interpersonal Comm or COM1071 Public Speaking
• Mathematics distribution elective (as indicated through placement exam)
• Humanities distribution elective
• Science with lab (4 credits), or 3-credit non-lab science course plus a 1-credit course focused on health and wellness
• Social Science distribution elective
• Creativity distribution elective
• Career Development: EDU2032 Career Development or EDU2061 Education & Identity
• Advanced Career Development: INT3023 Careers after College or 3000-4000 level Internship

General Electives: 44 credits (15 at the 3000/4000 level)

120 Total Credits

• Upon completion of the B.A. in Integrated Arts degree, students will be able to:

  • Create artistic work informed by the social and historical context and conceptual framework from which it emerges.
  • Demonstrate technical skills and processes necessary to produce work in  diverse media.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding learned in studio and performing arts classes to reflect critically on their own work as well as that of their peers and artists in the field.
  • Using a reflective, iterative process, refine their artistic practice to facilitate the production of a body of work that meets their goals.
  • Synthesize feedback and critique as part of the creative process.
  • Plan and implement an exhibition, performance, or presentation of creative work from conception, preparation, and promotion, to installation or performance.