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Concentration Overview
With an individually designed concentration, you have the opportunity to combine more than one area of performing arts, or to explore an aspect of another field. You will submit a brief proposal to the department chair and dean by the end of your first year which will specify the courses to be taken to total 28 credits and describe how they reflect your academic and professional goals.
Some past individually designed concentrations have focused on:
- musical theater
- theatrical dance
- directing
- composing for film
- dance and exercise science
- music and business
- theater and film
- music and creative arts therapy
- theater and writing
In addition to the courses you choose, you will undertake three internships, including a semester-long, full-time professional experience relevant to performing arts and your chosen area. You will complete a two-semester senior thesis on a topic relevant to your designed field of study, and containing interdisciplinary components. You will experience the integration of theory and practice through coursework, experiential learning, and independent field research and/or creative composition in the senior thesis sequence.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125
First Year - Credits: 31
- Science and Technology聽General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- PAC Courses (Cr. 5)
- Elective (Cr: 3)
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ENG 111聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
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ENG 112聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
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DRA 220聽-聽Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)
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INT 100聽-聽Internship I (Cr: 2)
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PA 100聽-聽Introduction to Performing Arts (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Aesthetic Awareness General Elective
Second Year - Credits: 34
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- PAC Courses (Cr: 12)
- Performing Arts Elective (Cr: 6)
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INT 200聽-聽Internship II (Cr: 2)
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PA 101聽-聽Performance Review (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
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PA 300聽-聽Performance Workshop I (Cr: 3)
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PA 305聽-聽Performance Workshop II (Cr: 3)
Third Year - Credits: 29
- General Education Electives (Cr: 6)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Performing Arts Elective (Cr: 3)
- PAC Courses (Cr: 7)
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PA 101聽-聽Performance Review (Cr: 1)
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PA 310聽-聽Audition and Portfolio (Cr: 3)
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ART 265聽-聽Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
Fourth Year - Credits: 31
- Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- PAC Courses (Cr: 4)
- Performing Arts Elective (Cr: 3)
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PA 480聽-聽Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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PA 489聽-聽Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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PA 491聽-聽Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
Performing Arts Elective
Performing Arts students must take 12 credits under the designation of Performing Arts Elective.聽For this elective requirement, students may take up to nine credits in any courses in their designed concentration area. However, three credits must be in an area outside the student's concentration area in order to promote cross-discipline growth. Students may choose from any DAN, DRA, MUS, PA聽 or any of the following courses:
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AET 100聽-聽Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
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AET 200聽-聽Materials, Media, and Metaphor (Cr: 3)
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AET 205聽-聽Music Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
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AET 206聽-聽Guitar for Therapy and Education (Cr: 3)
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AET 207聽-聽Drumming for Healing (Cr: 3)
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AET 210聽-聽Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
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AET 215聽-聽Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
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AET 225聽-聽Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
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AET 305聽-聽Cultural Humility in the Arts Therapies (Cr: 3)
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AET 306聽-聽Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
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ART 240聽-聽Imagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)
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ART 266聽-聽Writing in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
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ART 365聽-聽Arts Administration II (Cr: 3)
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DM 110聽-聽Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (Cr: 3)
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DM 255聽-聽Writing for the Screen (Cr: 3)
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DM 281聽-聽TV Studio Production I (Cr: 3)
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DRA 215聽-聽Acting for Film (Cr: 3)
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ED 215聽-聽Creative Arts in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms (Cr: 3)
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ENG 103聽-聽Public Speaking (Cr: 3)
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ENG 212聽-聽Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
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ENG 229聽-聽Playwriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
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ENG 340聽-聽Playwriting and Screenwriting II (Cr: 3)
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ENG 365聽-聽Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
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IDS 301聽-聽Yoga: Theory, Culture & Practice (Cr: 3)
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MTH 105聽-聽The Mathematics of Music (Cr: 3)
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Internships and Careers
An 西瓜视频 education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at 西瓜视频 will prepare you for the next step.
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