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Fine Arts:
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Fine Arts courses are designed to introduce students to the languages of music
and the visual arts, and the cultures and contexts in which they have arisen
and developed. Opportunity is provided to sharpen perceptual skills and delve
more deeply into personal, as well as larger, cultural identities. Historical
courses explore the variety of musical and visual forms that civilizations
have devised as means of self-expression and describe how these forms reflect
the culture that gave them birth. The historical forces that have shaped artists,
their processes of working, and their interaction with society are reviewed.
Studio courses, through the hands-on study of techniques and modes of artistic
expression, allow exploration of potential for creative expression as a facet
of personal development or as preparation for professional training after graduation.
Students are given opportunity to work under practicing artists in a setting
which facilitates discussion of technical problems and critique of artistic
performance.
Courses in music and the visual arts provide a valuable and often an indispensable
complement to work in other humanistic disciplines. They assist students to
prepare for graduate studies and for a variety of career possibilities, including
arts administration, museum and gallerywork, arts education, art therapy, graphic
design, film studies, and work in the mass media. Internships and study abroad
programs are available through the Fine Arts department.
The Fine Arts Major is interdisciplinary. The student majoring in Fine Arts
will complete twelve (12) courses and be able to choose from among three (3)
emphases: Art History, Visual Arts Studio, and Music. All students will be
required to take a Senior Seminar, complete a Senior Project and pass a Senior
Comprehensive Exam.
Art History Emphasis Requirements:
- Three Departmental Requirements:
FA101, or FA110, FA176, FA480.
- Five Art History Period Courses: FA210, or FA212,
FA214, FA216, FA218, FA220, or FA222; or sufficient equivalents of above
courses in Special Topics or Directed Studies courses.
- Two Art History
Specialty Courses: Select 2 from the following or appropriate Special Topics
courses, FA224, FA230, FA232, FA234, FA240, FA242, FA258; FA320 - FA360.
- Two
Fine arts Electives: Studio, Art History, Theater, or Music courses, or
Internship FA482, FA482.
Studio Art Emphasis Requirements:
- Four Departmental Requirements - FA101, or FA110, FA176, one Art History
Course, at least 200 level or above, FA480.
- Four Studio courses
chosen from the following: FA250, FA254, FA256, FA266, FA274, FA277,
FA278, or Special Topics Studio courses.
- Two Advanced Studio Courses
chosen from the following: FA356, FA367, FA368, FA369, FA376, or Studio
Special Topics or Directed Studios at the 300 level.
- Two Fine Arts Electives:
Art History, Theater, Music, or Internship FA481, FA482 (these
should not be visual arts studio courses).
Music Emphasis
Students who pursue a music emphasis are required to
take a placement examination in music theory prior to the first week of classes.
Students who demonstrate adequate knowledge of music theory fundamentals
may enroll in MU111: Advanced Music Theory. Students who do not demonstrate
adequate fundamentals knowledge are required to enroll in MU110: Introduction
to Music Theory as a pre-requisite to Advanced Music Theory. (MU110 may be
counted as a Music Elective in this case.)
Music Emphasis Requirements:
- Three Departmental Requirements: MU111, MU140, FA480
- Four Music History Period Courses: MU 240, 341, 342, 343
- Three Music Specialty Courses from the following: MU 120, 210, 241,
242, 243, 244, 350, 351, 352
- Two Fine Arts electives.
Students will select courses in conjunction with an advisor,
selecting courses in appropriate areas of language, philosophy, theology,
etc. to fit the individual student's interests and field of emphasis. If
necessary, substitutions may be made for required emphasis courses with
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| Course Sequence: |
| Freshman Year |
Humanities I |
Humanities II |
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Freshman English 103 |
Freshman English 104 |
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Language |
Language |
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Science |
Science |
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Introduction to Art
or Introduction to Music
and Musicians |
Drawing I or Advanced Music Theory |
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| Sophomore Year |
Humanities III |
Humanities IV |
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Philosophy/Theology |
Philosophy/Theology |
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Language |
Language |
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Emphasis Course |
Emphasis Course |
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Elective |
Elective |
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| Junior Year |
Philosophy/Theology |
Philosophy/Theology |
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Emphasis Course |
Emphasis Course |
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Fine Arts Elective |
Fine Arts Elective |
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Emphasis Course |
Emphasis Course |
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Elective |
Fine Arts Elective |
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Elective |
Elective |
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| Senior Year |
Philosophy/Theology |
Philosophy/Theology |
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Emphasis Course |
Fine Arts Elective |
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Senior Seminar |
Elective |
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Elective |
Elective |
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Elective |
Elective |
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