Department of Visual and Performing Arts

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Mission

Through teaching, research and professional service, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts prepares students to be arts and communication practitioners who provide leadership for and creatively respond to the needs of urban communities.

Admission Requirements

Students who are interested in majoring in Urban Arts must have a 2.0 or better. Students must submit a Declaration of Major Form and must complete an interview with the Department Chair.

Courses

• MUSA 106 - First Year Percussion
• MUSA 107 - First Year Percussion II
• MUSA 151 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 152 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 156 - First-Year Cornet /Trumpet
• MUSA 157 - First-Year Cornet /Trumpet II
• MUSA 161 - Group Instruction in Piano
• MUSA 162 - Group Instruction in Piano
• MUSA 166 - First-Year Trombone & Euphonium
• MUSA 167 - First-Year Trombone & Euphonium II
• MUSA 196 - First-Year Saxophone
• MUSA 197 - First-Year Saxophone II
• MUSA 251 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 252 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 261 - Group Instruction in Piano
• MUSA 271 - Group Instruction in Brass/Percussion
• MUSA 351 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 352 - Class Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 361 - Group Instruction in Piano
• MUSA 362 - SM GRP INST PIANO
• MUSA 371 - Group Instruction in Brass/Percussion
• MUSA 420 - Internship I in Music
• MUSA 421 - Internship II in Music
• MUSA 451 - Private Instruction in Voice
• MUSA 461 - Private Instruction in Piano
• MUSA 462 - MUSA 462 PRIV INST PIANO
• MUSA 471 - Private Instruction in Brass/Percussion

• ART 100 - Introduction to Art
• ART 103 - Basic Design–Two Dimensional
• ART 104 - Basic Design–Three Dimensional
• ART 105 - Introduction to Ceramic Sculpture
• ART 106 - Hand Lettering
• ART 206 - PRINT MAKING
• ART 207 - PRINT MAKING II
• ART 208 - Basic Drawing
• ART 210 - Life Drawing
• ART 211 - Life Drawing
• ART 301 - Painting I
• ART 303 - Ceramics I
• ART 304 - Ceramics II
• ART 307 - Fundamentals of Photography
• ART 308 - Photojournalism
• ART 309 - Special Project Design
• ART 312 - Museum/Collections Management
• ART 319 - Cinematic Style in Documentary Expression
• ART 321 - Digital Photography
• ART 391 - COMM PHOTO WKSHOP
• ART 393 - CERAMICS WORKSHOP
• ART 401 - Art History Survey
• ART 402 - Art History Survey II
• ART 403 - African-American Art and Artists
• ART 404 - The Arts of Africa
• ART 405 - Contemporary Art Imagery
• ART 406 - Introduction to Art Criticism
• ART 420 - Internship I in Visual Arts
• ART 421 - Internship II in Visual Arts

• DANC 228 - Fundamentals of Advanced Beginner Jazz Dance
• DANC 235 - Advanced Beginner African Dance
• DANC 236 - Intermediate African Dance
• DANC 300T - DANC 300-LEVEL ELECTIVE
• DANC 320 - Intermediate Ballet I
• DANC 321 - Intermediate Modern Dance I
• DANC 322 - Dance Company V
• DANC 323 - Dance Company VI
• DANC 324 - Advanced Beginner Tap
• DANC 325 - Dance History
• DANC 400T - DANC 400-LEVEL ELECTIVE
• DANC 422 - Dance Company VII
• DANC 423 - Dance Company VIII
• DANC 440 - Advanced Ballet
• DANC 441 - Advanced Modern Dance I
• DANC 499 - Special Topics in Dance Studies

• IDIS 270 - Exposure, Observations & Urgencies in Urban Arts
• IDIS 300 - Fundraising for the Arts
• IDIS 370 - Seminar: Principles and Practices of Urban Arts Produ
• IDIS 470 - Seminar: Principles and Philosophies of Urban Arts

• MUSC 101 - Fundamentals of Music I
• MUSC 123 - College Choir
• MUSC 124 - College Choir
• MUSC 125 - College Band
• MUSC 151 - CL INST IN VOICE
• MUSC 152 - CL INST IN VOICE
• MUSC 161 - GRP INST IN PIANO
• MUSC 162 - GRP INST IN PIANO
• MUSC 201 - Survey of Jazz Music
• MUSC 202 - Fundamentals of Music II
• MUSC 210 - Avocations in Music (Seminar)
• MUSC 223 - College Choir
• MUSC 224 - College Choir
• MUSC 231 - Sight Singing and Ear Training
• MUSC 234 - Introduction to Harmony
• MUSC 240 - University Marching Band
• MUSC 251 - CL INST IN VOICE
• MUSC 252 - CL INST IN VOICE
• MUSC 261 - GRP INST IN PIANO
• MUSC 262 - GRP INST IN PIANO
• MUSC 301 - Survey of Music History and Literature
• MUSC 303 - Musicianship
• MUSC 304 - Jazz in American Culture: 1950 to the Present
• MUSC 305 - Music of the African American
• MUSC 323 - College Choir

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