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Prospective
Information - The Integrated Arts Core
The Integrated Arts Core is comprised
of four courses, one for each of the years of a typical undergraduate
degree.
Elements of the Arts - IAC 1307 (ART, MUS
& THA 1307)
This team-taught, cross-disciplinary course is designed
to develop, explore, and integrate vocabularies of the arts, including
architecture, dance, design, drama, literature, moving images, music,
theatre, and the visual arts. Elements of the arts will be studied in
terms of their unique application in specific disciplines as well as the
ways in which they are shared among the disciplines. Students can expect
to work outside their chosen majors and areas of specialization, to demonstrate
understanding in a number of ways in various projects, and to document
their experiences throughout the semester. The culmination of the semester
will be the presentation of final individual and group projects.
Contexts for the Arts - IAC 2307 (ART, MUS
& THA 2307)
This Integrated Arts Core component will introduce philosophical,
international and aesthetic perspectives across the arts - architecture,
dance, design, drama, literature, moving images, music, theatre, and the
visual arts. The arts will be explored for the contexts in which they
were/are made, for environments in which they are experienced today, and
for changes in our perception of them over time and place. These explorations
will consider socio-economic factors, belief systems, culture, race, gender,
economics, and political influences. The course will utilize topic specific
approaches, projects, team work, and direct investigations of cultural
practices in the community. From this contact students are expected to
develop a working knowledge that can be applied to their specific areas
as well an understanding of how the arts interact with and influence each
other. This “cultural partnership” will help students understand
differences in communication styles and priorities as well as how the
arts may be viewed and experienced outside our culture.
Innovations in the Arts - IAC 3307 (ART,
MUS & THA 3307)
This cross-disciplinary course is a series of case studies
concerning innovations in the arts from their inspiration and conception
through their influences on current practice in areas such as architecture,
dance, design, drama, literature, moving images, music, theatre and the
visual arts. Specific topics will vary each semester. Students will conduct
and present research on a variety of topics associated with the case studies
and engage in a series of dialogues and exercises with guest artists from
a cross-section of arts fields. For each innovation topic undertaken,
students will develop an individual or group project to demonstrate understanding
of the theories and principles presented in the case studies. Students
can expect to work both inside and outside of their chosen majors and
areas of specialization. The course will incorporate philosophical and
aesthetic perspectives.
Collaborations through the Arts - IAC 4307
(ART, MUS & THA 4307)
This culminating, cross-disciplinary IAC course is designed
to inform, explore, and integrate processes of collaborating in the production
and/or performance of the arts, including architecture, dance, design,
drama, literature, moving images, music, theatre, and the visual arts.
The course is designed in three segments. First, collaboration will be
studied as a process of work in our culture, including the business arena,
in order for students to collect strategies and processes helpful to such
work in the arts. Next, specific instances and case studies of collaborative
experiences in the arts will be studied for application guidelines and
idea generation. Finally, students will complete the semester with the
faculty facilitator in teams and groups, with a collaborative performance
or academic presentation as the final project. Students can expect to
work both inside and outside of their chosen majors and areas of specialization,
and to demonstrate analysis and synthesis skills in a number of ways in
class activities and the final project. The course will incorporate philosophical
and aesthetic perspectives
The
Bachelor of Fine Arts Curriculum
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