Fine and Performing Arts Concentration, Interdisciplinary Studies, B.S.

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Rala Diakité
Professors	Associate Professors	Assistant Professor
Michele Caniato	Rala Diakité	Sarah (Sally) Moore
Robin Dinda	Petri Flint
Richard McElvain	Marjorie Ness
Kelly Morgan	Jessica Robey
Susan Wadsworth

This major gives students a strong interdisciplinary grounding in the Fine and Performing Arts through 36-42 credits of coursework in Music, Studio Art, and/or Theater:

Choose a minor in Music, Studio Art or Theater (see catalog for the specific requirements of each minor), 18 credits.

(AND)

Choose either:

Option 1 - 18 credits in one of the other two disciplines, at least 9 of which must be at the 2000+ level (OR)
Option 2 - 12 credits in each of the other two disciplines, at least 6 of which must be at the 2000+ level in each discipline (24 cr.)

When not chosen as the discipline for the minor, the course requirements for each field are:

Fine & Performing Arts Concentration

Music Concentration Requirements (12-18 credits)

Required Courses (4 cr.)

MUSC 1000 - Art of Music 3 cr.
MUSC 2500 - Class Piano 1 cr.

Choose 5 additional credits in instrumental and/or vocal study and ensembles (5 cr.)

MUSC 1300 - Beginning Musical Instruction 1-3 cr.
MUSC 2300 - Choral Arts 1 cr.
* MUSC 2310 - Intermediate Musical Instruction 1-3 cr.
MUSC 2400 - Instrumental Arts 1 cr.
MUSC 2600 - Class Voice 1 cr.
MUSC 2700 - Class Guitar 1 cr.
* When taken for credit, an additional teacher fee may apply for off-campus teachers at Indian Hill Arts

Choose the remaining 3-9 credits in Music from the following courses:

MUSC 1100 - From Woodstock to the iPod: A Social History of American Popular Music 3 cr.
MUSC 1400 - Introduction to Music Technology 3 cr.
MUSC 3100 - Symphony 3 cr.
MUSC 3200 - Opera 3 cr.
MUSC 3450 - Appreciating the American Musical 3 cr.
MUSC 3600 - Bach to Beethoven 3 cr.
MUSC 3650 - Romanticism to Rock 3 cr.
MUSC 3700 - 19th Century Music 3 cr.
MUSC 3750 - Music in Film 3 cr.
MUSC 3900 - Women, Music, and Society 3 cr.

Studio Art Concentration Requirements (12-18 credits)

Required course - choose one of the following (3 cr.):

ART 1300 - Introduction to Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture 3 cr.
OR
ART 1400 - Drawing 3 cr

Choose the remaining 9-15 credits in Studio Art from the following courses:

ART 1300 - Introduction to Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture 3 cr.
ART 1400 - Drawing 3 cr
ART 1600 - Design 3 cr.
ART 1650 - Three-Dimensional Design 3 cr.
ART 2004 - Ceramics 3 cr.
ART 2030 - Sculpture I 3 cr.
ART 2102 - Introductory Painting 3 cr.
ART 2150 - The Art of Puppetry 3cr.
ART 2200 - Life Drawing 3 cr.
ART 2250 - Intermediate Drawing 3 cr.
ART 2450 - Water-Based Media 3 cr.
ART 3010 - Sculpture II 3 cr.
ART 3020 - Intermediate Painting 3 cr.
ART 3200 - Advanced Open-Media Studio Art 3 cr.

Theater Concentration Requirements (12-18 credits):

Required courses (12 cr.):

THEA 1700 - Stage Movement 3 cr.
THEA 1720 - Voice and Articulation 3 cr.
THEA 2700 - Acting I 3 cr.
THEA 3550 - Page to Stage Analysis 3 cr.

When choosing Option 1 (18 credits in Theater as the second concentration), choose an additional 6 credits from the following courses (6 cr.):

THEA 2100 - Children’s Theater 3 cr.
THEA 2730 - History of the Theater I 3 cr.
THEA 2740 - History of the Theater II 3 cr.
THEA 2800 - Acting II 3 cr.
THEA 3035 - Playwrighting 3 cr.
THEA 3400 - Advanced Stage Movement 3 cr.
THEA 3500 - Voice II 3 cr.
THEA 3700 - Directing the Play 3 cr.

IDIS Major Core Course Requirements (15 credits):

Required - choose any one of the following Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary courses (3 cr.):

AMST 1800 - Introduction to American Studies I 3 cr.
GEOG 1100 - Principles of Human Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 2056 - Climate Change and Human History 3 cr.
HIST 2056 - Climate Change and Human History 3 cr.
IDIS 1000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 cr.
IDIS 1002 - Introduction to Disability Studies 3 cr.
IDIS 1200 - Introduction to International Studies 3 cr.
IDIS 1800 - Global Issues 3 cr.
IDIS 1900 - Introduction to Peace Studies 3 cr.
IDIS 2100 - Dilemmas of Peace and War 3 cr.
IDIS 2540 - Global Issues in Film 3 cr.
MUSC 2000 - Commonwealth of the Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2100 - Commonwealth of Ancient Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2120 - Commonwealth of Asian Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2130 - Commonwealth of the Arts: Classical through Contemporary 3 cr.
MUSC 2210 - Commonwealth of the Arts: Medieval to Baroque 3 cr.
PHIL 2001 - Medical Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 2600 - Philosophy of Human Nature 3 cr.
PSY 2140 - Cognitive Neuroscience 3 cr.

Fine and Performing Arts Concentration, Interdisciplinary Studies, B.S.

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