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School of Visual & Performing Arts Minors

Selecting one of the nine minors offered by the school provides you with historical and aesthetic knowledge and artistic skills. Most importantly, engaging in the arts stimulates, illuminates, and illustrates our lives. Plus, it's fun!

When considering a minor

Minors must be outside of your major and concentration. Up to two courses which have been prescribed by your major into your General Education requirements may be counted towards a minor. The minimum number of credits for a minor is 18. Core requirements, as designated by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Catalog, and free electives may be used to satisfy the minor requirements.

Double Minors Policy

You may have two minors. In order to complete a second minor, courses used to fulfill the requirements of the first minor may not be used to meet the requirements of the second minor. Depending upon the major, you may not be able to complete the requirements of the minors within four years or within the minimum number of credits for your degree.

Available Minors in Visual and Performing Arts

  • Art History

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

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    • ART 101Ìý-ÌýVisual Art and Cultural Values I: Prehistory to c. 1310 (Cr: 3)
    • ART 102Ìý-ÌýVisual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
    • ART 322Ìý-ÌýContemporary Art in a Global Context (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select three fromÌýthe following courses:

    • ART 217Ìý-ÌýHistory of Architecture and Interior Design I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 237Ìý-ÌýHistory of Graphic Design (Cr: 3)
    • ART 238Ìý-ÌýModern and Postmodern Art: from the 1870s through the 1970s (Cr: 3)
    • ART 266Ìý-ÌýWriting in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
    • ART 313Ìý-ÌýHistory of Architecture and Interior Design II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 317Ìý-ÌýHistory of Photography (Cr: 3)
    • ART 320Ìý-ÌýNative American Art: Beyond Tradition (Cr: 3)
    • ART 402Ìý-ÌýTheories and Methods of Art History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 201Ìý-ÌýContemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 235Ìý-ÌýPublic History (Cr: 3)

  • Art Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • AET 100Ìý-ÌýFoundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 200Ìý-ÌýMethods and Materials in Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • ART 105Ìý-ÌýDrawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select one studio art course:

    • ART 106Ìý-ÌýDrawing and Composition II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 121Ìý-ÌýCeramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201Ìý-ÌýPainting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 205Ìý-ÌýThree-Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)
    • ART 219Ìý-ÌýHuman and Animal Figures in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222Ìý-ÌýCeramics II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 227Ìý-ÌýThe Artist's Sketchbook: Ideation to Integration (Cr: 3)
    • ART 241Ìý-ÌýFigure Drawing: Anatomy for Artists (Cr: 3)
    • ART 250Ìý-ÌýPrintmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 255Ìý-ÌýCreative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)

    Additional Course Electives

    Students select two from the following list:

    • AET 201Ìý-ÌýPopulations, Assessment, and Intervention (Cr: 3)
    • AET 210Ìý-ÌýTherapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
    • AET 225Ìý-ÌýJung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 300Ìý-ÌýCounseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 305Ìý-ÌýCross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • ART 331Ìý-ÌýArt and Social Action (Cr: 3)

  • Arts Administration

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

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    • ART 265Ìý-ÌýArts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 365Ìý-ÌýArts Administration II (Cr: 3)
    • BUS 200Ìý-ÌýMarketing (Cr: 3)
    • MCA 203Ìý-ÌýPublic Relations (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • ART 402Ìý-ÌýTheories and Methods of Art History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 201Ìý-ÌýContemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
    • HTM 318Ìý-ÌýEvents Management (Cr: 3)
    • ART 266Ìý-ÌýWriting in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
    • HST 235Ìý-ÌýPublic History (Cr: 3)

  • Ceramics

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • ART 121Ìý-ÌýCeramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222Ìý-ÌýCeramics II (Cr: 3)

    Additional Required Courses

    Students select two courses from the following:

    • ART 105Ìý-ÌýDrawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201Ìý-ÌýPainting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 205Ìý-ÌýThree-Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 116Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two courses from the following:

    • ART 212Ìý-ÌýSculpture (Cr: 3)
    • ART 219Ìý-ÌýHuman and Animal Figures in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 224Ìý-ÌýAlternative Processes in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 334Ìý-ÌýPhotographic Imagery on Clay and Glass (Cr: 3)
    • ART 335Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Ceramics (Cr: 3)

  • Creative Arts Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

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    • ART 105Ìý-ÌýDrawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • AET 100Ìý-ÌýFoundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • PSY 100Ìý-ÌýGeneral Psychology (Cr: 3)

    Additional Required Course

    Select one of the following:

    • ART 255Ìý-ÌýCreative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 235Ìý-ÌýMind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
    • MUS 160Ìý-ÌýPerformance Workshop (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Select two from the following courses:

    • AET 201Ìý-ÌýSpecific Populations: Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 210Ìý-ÌýTherapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
    • AET 225Ìý-ÌýJung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 305Ìý-ÌýCross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 300Ìý-ÌýCounseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 306Ìý-ÌýDrama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
    • AET 205Ìý-ÌýMusic Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
    • AET 215Ìý-ÌýDance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)

  • Dance

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

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    • DAN 200Ìý-ÌýDance Composition (Choreography) (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 225Ìý-ÌýDance History (Cr: 3)
      Or
    • DAN 240Ìý-ÌýGlobal Dance (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 235Ìý-ÌýMind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Any additional sixÌýcredits of DAN XXX courses.

    AdditionalÌýthree credits from the following courses:

    • DAN XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
    • DRAÌýXXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • ART 265Ìý-ÌýArts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • AET 215Ìý-ÌýDance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)

  • Expressive Arts Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    Arts Skills Courses

    Choose six credits (Must be from a minimum of two different prefixes)

    DAN any 1 cr. course taken three times

    Expressive Arts Electives

    Select two coures from the following list:


  • Graphic Design

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses:

    • GD 105Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Computer Graphics (Cr: 3)
    • GD 120Ìý-ÌýFoundations of Graphic Design (Cr: 3)
    • GD 126Ìý-ÌýTypography 1 (Cr: 3)
    • GD 200Ìý-ÌýSophomore Design Studio (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • GD 226Ìý-ÌýTypography II (Cr: 3)
    • GD 230Ìý-ÌýUser Experience Design I (Cr: 3)
    • GD 302Ìý-ÌýComputer Animation (Cr: 3)
    • GD 310Ìý-ÌýUser Experience Design II (Cr: 3)
    • GD 326Ìý-ÌýTypography III (Cr: 3)
    • GD 345Ìý-ÌýMotion Graphics (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 260Ìý-ÌýDigital Imaging and Manipulation (Cr: 3)

  • Music

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • MUS 106Ìý-ÌýPrivate Music Instruction (Cr: 0.5 - 3)
      Three semesters. Note: May be taken up to eight semesters for credit. Accumulation of three credits satisfies the Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education requirement; these courses may require additional instructional fees.
    • MUS 201Ìý-ÌýMusic Theory I (Cr: 3)

    Three semesters participating in one or more of the following musical ensembles:

    ÌýNote: May be repeated up to eight semesters for credit.Ìý Accumulation of three credits satisfies the Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement.

    • MUS 105Ìý-ÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Chorus (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 107Ìý-ÌýConstellation Interfaith Music Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 109Ìý-ÌýPercussion Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 113Ìý-ÌýJazz Band (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 114Ìý-ÌýChamber Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 115Ìý-ÌýModern Band Project (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 116Ìý-ÌýPep Band (Cr: 1)

    Additional Courses

    Any additional six credits of MUS XXX courses.

    Additional three credits from the following coures:

    • DRA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
    • DAN XXXÌý(3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • AET 205Ìý-ÌýMusic Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
    • ART 265Ìý-ÌýArts Administration I (Cr: 3)

  • Photography

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • PHT 113Ìý-ÌýMultimedia I: Audio and Video Production for Photographers (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 116Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 202Ìý-ÌýStudio Photography (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • ART 317Ìý-ÌýHistory of Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 217Ìý-ÌýSports Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 260Ìý-ÌýDigital Imaging and Manipulation (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 306Ìý-ÌýExperimental Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 309Ìý-ÌýLocation Lighting: Events and Portraits (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 312Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Photographic Methods (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 325Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Photography Seminar (Cr: 3)

  • Studio Art

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • ART 105Ìý-ÌýDrawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 115Ìý-ÌýTwo Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Select four from the following courses:

    • ART 121Ìý-ÌýCeramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 125Ìý-ÌýBeginning Block Printmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201Ìý-ÌýPainting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 202Ìý-ÌýPainting II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 207Ìý-ÌýColor Theory and Light (Cr: 3)
    • ART 212Ìý-ÌýSculpture (Cr: 3)
    • ART 215Ìý-ÌýAdvanced Drawing (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222Ìý-ÌýCeramics II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 224Ìý-ÌýAlternative Processes in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 241Ìý-ÌýFigure Drawing: Anatomy for Artists (Cr: 3)
    • ART 250Ìý-ÌýPrintmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 255Ìý-ÌýCreative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 270Ìý-ÌýIllustration: Character Development (Cr: 3)
    • ART 323Ìý-ÌýMedia and Metaphor: Nature (Cr: 3)
    • ART 240Ìý-ÌýImagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)

  • Theater

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take the courses listed below, which includes three semesters of private instruction and three semesters of performance, totaling 18 credits.

    Required Courses:

    Three credits in theater performance and/or private instruction

    (1 credit repeated 3 times, any combination of the following)

    • DRA 105Ìý-ÌýTheater Performance (Cr: 1)
    • DRA 106Ìý-ÌýPrivate Theater Instruction (Cr: 0.5 or 1)
    • DRA 200Ìý-ÌýActing Techniques I (Cr: 3)
    • DRA 220Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses:

    Any additional six credits of DRA XXX courses.Ìý

    AdditionalÌýthree credits from the following courses:

    • DAN XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
    • DRA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • AET 306Ìý-ÌýDrama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
    • ART 265Ìý-ÌýArts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 212Ìý-ÌýDrama Survey (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 229Ìý-ÌýPlaywriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 365Ìý-ÌýShakespeare (Cr: 3)