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.)
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 |
3 cr |
| MUSC 2300 |
Choral Arts |
1 cr |
| *MUSC 2310 |
Intermediate Musical Instruction |
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 |
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| 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 |
3 cr |
| ART 2102 |
Introductory Painting |
3 cr |
| ART 2150 |
The Art of Puppetry |
3 cr |
| 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 IDIS Seminars (6 cr.):
| IDIS 1004 |
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar |
1 cr |
| IDIS 2140 |
Interdisciplinary Research Methods Seminar |
2 cr |
| IDIS 4004 |
Capstone Seminar |
3 cr |
Required Interdisciplinary course (3 cr.):
| IDIS 1600 |
Critical and Creative Thinking |
3 cr |
Required Commonwealth of the Arts course - choose one of the following (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 Modern Arts |
3 cr |
| MUSC 2210 |
Commonwealth of the Renaissance Arts |
3 cr |
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, Gender, and Sexuality 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 Modern Arts |
3 cr |
| MUSC 2210 |
Commonwealth of the Renaissance Arts |
3 cr |
| PHIL 2001 |
Medical Ethics |
3 cr |
| PHIL 2600 |
Philosophy of Human Nature |
3 cr |
| PSY 3050 |
Cognitive Neuroscience |
3 cr |
