GEP Visual and Performing Arts
Note:聽As of Fall 2023, up to 3 credit hours of the Visual and Performing Arts GEP聽category may be counted towards the GEP Humanities Requirement. For students matriculated prior to Fall 2023, the Visual and Performing Arts GEP category is part of the聽.
Requirement
- A total of three credit hours in the Additional Breadth category must be selected from the university approved GEP course lists grouped as 鈥淗umanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts鈥� or the 鈥淢athematics/Natural Sciences/Engineering鈥�.
- Special Note:聽 If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.聽 Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy this requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge or U.S. Diversity co-requisite if the course also exists on either university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
- A course required in the Major or taken to fulfill another GEP category cannot be double-counted to fulfill the Additional Breadth requirement even if the course appears on more than one GEP course list. An additional course must be taken.
Rationale
The Visual and Performing Arts constitute a separate, unique, and independent mode of inquiry distinct from both the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines.聽 Being conversant in the symbolic languages of the Arts is as important as familiarity with other modes of inquiry. Many of the most profound expressions of meaning and value are embodied in the arts, and developing sensitivity and responsiveness to these through visual and performing arts courses encourages students鈥� aesthetic sensitivities, critical judgment, and creativity. Courses in the arts also provide students with an understanding of the cultural and historical dimensions of artistic expression.
Category Objectives
Each course in the Visual and Performing Arts category will provide instruction and guidance that helps students to:
- deepen their understanding of aesthetic, cultural, and historical dimensions of artistic traditions; and
- strengthen their ability to interpret and make critical judgments about the arts through the analysis of structure, form, and style of specific works; and
- strengthen their ability to create, recreate, or evaluate art based upon techniques and standards appropriate to the genre.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础顿狈听275 | Survey of Fibers in Art and Design | 3 | GK |
| 础贵厂听260 | History of Jazz | 3 | USD |
| 础搁颁听140 | Experiencing Architecture | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听141 | Introduction to Architectural History | 3 | GK |
| 础搁厂听251 | The Arts of a World Capital: London | 3 | GK, HUM |
| 础搁厂听252 | The Arts of Vienna 1900 | 3 | GK |
| 础搁厂听259 | The Arts and Politics | 3 | |
| 础搁厂听306 | Music Composition with Computers | 3 | |
| 础搁厂听351 | Arts, Ideas and Values | 3 | |
| 础搁厂听353 | Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts | 3 | GK |
| 础搁厂听354 | The Arts and the Sacred | 3 | GK |
| 础搁厂听410 | Art and History of World Puppetry | 3 | GK |
| 颁翱惭听110 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| 颁翱惭听364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 | GK |
| 颁翱惭听374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 | GK |
| 顿听231 | Design History for Engineers and Scientists | 3 | |
| 顿础狈听120 | Movement Improvisation | 2 | |
| 顿础狈听230 | The Horton Dance Technique and Legacy | 3 | USD, USD, I, VPA |
| 顿础狈听260 | Hip-hop Dance | 1 | HES |
| 顿础狈听265 | Ballet II | 1 | HES |
| 顿础狈听272 | Dance Composition - Solo Forms | 2 | |
| 顿础狈听276 | Jazz Dance II | 1 | HES |
| 顿础狈听322 | Dance and Society | 3 | GK |
| 顿础狈听324 | U.S. Concert Dance History | 3 | USD, , USD, VPA |
| 顿础狈听326 | Current Trends in Dance | 3 | |
| 顿础狈听328 | Dance Composition - Group Forms | 2 | |
| 贰狈骋听282 | Introduction to Film | 3 | GK |
| 贰狈骋听292 | Writing About Film | 3 | |
| 贰狈骋听364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 | GK |
| 贰狈骋听374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 | GK |
| 贰狈骋听378 | Women & Film | 3 | GK |
| 贰狈骋听382 | Film and Literature | 3 | GK |
| 贵尝听216 | Art and Society in France | 3 | GK |
| 贵尝听218 | The Harlem Renaissance in Paris: Paris Noir | 3 | GK, USD, I, VPA |
| 贵尝贵听318 | The Heritage of French Cinema | 3 | GK |
| 贵尝骋听318 | New German Cinema and Beyond | 3 | GK |
| 贵尝厂听360 | Hispanic Cinema | 3 | GK |
| 贵罢惭听400 | Major Fashion Designers | 3 | |
| 骋颁听120 | Foundations of Graphics | 3 | |
| 骋顿听203 | History of Graphic Design | 3 | |
| 骋顿听303 | Graphic Design Theory and Practice | 3 | |
| 贬础听201 | History of Art from Caves to the Renaissance | 3 | |
| 贬础听202 | History of Art From the Renaissance Through the 20th Century | 3 | |
| 贬础听203 | History of American Art | 3 | |
| 贬础听410 | History of the Art of Photography | 3 | |
| 贬翱狈听299 | Honors Special Topics - Visual and Performing Arts | 3 | |
| 贬翱狈听390 | Music and the Celtic World | 3 | GK, IP |
| 贬厂听242 | Introduction to Small Scale Landscape Design | 3 | |
| 贬厂听275 | Floral Design | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听103 | Theory and Musicianship I | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听105 | Introduction to Music in Western Society | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听120 | Introduction to Music Theory | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听180 | Introduction to Musical Experiences | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听181 | Exploring Music Theory | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听200 | Understanding Music: Global Perspectives | 3 | IP, GK |
| 惭鲍厂听201 | Introduction to Music Literature I | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听202 | Introduction to Music Literature II | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听206 | America's Music | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| 惭鲍厂听210 | Introduction to Popular Music: 1950s-1970s | 3 | USD |
| 惭鲍厂听211 | Introduction to Popular Music: 1980s-Present | 3 | USD |
| 惭鲍厂听230 | Introduction to African-American Music | 3 | USD, I, VPA |
| 惭鲍厂听240 | Introduction to the Music Industry | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听260 | History of Jazz | 3 | USD |
| 惭鲍厂听270 | Songwriting using Digital Audio Workstations | 2 | |
| 惭鲍厂听305 | Music Composition | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听306 | Music Composition with Computers | 3 | |
| 惭鲍厂听310 | Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听315 | Music of the 19th Century | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听320 | Music of the 20th Century | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听330 | Survey of Musical Theater | 3 | GK |
| 惭鲍厂听350 | Music of Asia | 3 | GK, IP |
| 惭鲍厂听360 | Women In Music | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 罢顿贰听351 | Ceramics: The Art and Craft of Clay | 3 | |
| 罢贬贰听103 | Introduction to the Theatre | 3 | |
| 罢贬贰听203 | Theory and Practice of Acting | 3 | |
| 奥骋厂听360 | Women In Music | 3 | USD, , I, USD |