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

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Petri Flint
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Michele Caniato	Petri Flint	Kathleen Sewright
Rala Diakité	Sarah (Sally) Moore
Robin Dinda	Jessica Robey
Richard McElvain
Kelly Morgan
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 3050 - Cognitive Neuroscience 3 cr.

Notes:

The B.A. will be awarded if the student has completed courses demonstrating advanced intermediate proficiency in a world language.

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

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