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See the online course catalog for more information on all majors and minors.
Academic Minors
Visual and performing arts offers six minors in the department and one interdisciplinary minor in film.
Minor in Art History
The art history minor requires the completion of a minimum of 24 credits and a minimum of six courses, as specified below.
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FAA 1610 |
Art History I: Prehistory to the Renaissance |
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FAA 1620 |
Art History II: The Renaissance to the Present |
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FAA 1710 |
Foundations of the Visual Arts |
| FAA XXXX |
One studio course in visual arts |
| FAA XXXX |
Minor in Graphic Design
The graphic design minor requires the completion of a minimum of 28 credits and a minimum of seven courses, as specified below.
Choose one:
| FAA 1610 | Art and Material Culture I: Prehistory to the Renaissance |
| FAA 1620 | Art and Material Culture II: The Renaissance to the Present |
Complete all of the following:
| FAA 1230 | 2-D Design |
| FAA 2830 | Layout Analysis and Construction |
| FAA 2840 | Image Making and Meaning |
| FAA 3850 | History of Graphic Design |
| FAA 2860 | Graphic Design I |
| FAA XXXX | Elective course or further study |
Graphic design electives for further study:
| FAA 2220 | Cartooning and Illustration |
| FAA 2850 | Movie Making |
| FAA 3830 | Visual Web Design |
| FAA 3840 | 2-D Animation |
| FAA 3870 | Graphic Design II |
| FAA 4820 | Motion Graphics |
Minor in Music
The music minor requires the completion of minimum of 20 credits and minimum of five courses, as specified below.
Complete all three:
| FAA 1310 | The Nature of Music: The Art of Listening |
| FAA 2301 | Music History I: Antiquity to the Baroque |
| FAA 2302 | Music History II: Classical to the 21st Century |
Choose one:
| FAA 2360 | Elementary Music Theory: Understanding Musical Notation |
| FAA 2380 | The Architecture of Music: From Phrase to Opera |
Choose one elective course in music.
Other requirements:
- Students minoring in music must demonstrate competence to the senior music faculty member in performance and/or composition. Assistance in obtaining private instruction on the student’s chosen instrument will be given. The student will be expected to give a public performance and/or presentation, preferably in the last year of the degree.
- Students must participate for at least two semesters in at least one on-campus musical ensemble.
- Alternatives such as participating in the spring musical pit orchestra may be approved by the senior music faculty member.
Minor in Studio Art
The minor in studio art requires the completion of a minimum of 28 credits and a minimum of seven courses, as specified below.
Minor in Theatre Arts
The minor in theatre arts requires the completion of a minimum of 20 credits and a minimum of five courses, as specified below:
Required Courses (complete both)
| FAA 2520 | Theatre History, Part I: Origins in the Renaissance |
| FAA 2530 | Theatre History, Part II: Restoration to the Present |
Technical Theatre Requirement (choose one)
| FAA 2570 | Technical Production for the Theatre |
| FAA 2580 | Design for the Theatre |
Studio Requirement (choose one)
| FAA 1510 | Acting 1 |
| FAA 2510 | Acting II |
| FAA 3510 | Directing I |
Electives (choose one)
Minor in Visual Storytelling
The minor in visual storytelling requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credits, with a minimum of five courses chosen from the list below and distributed so that at least two are English courses and at least two are FAA courses.
| ENG 2100 | History of Film |
| ENG 2770 | Literature and Film |
| ENG 3880 | Michael Jackson: Reading the King of Pop as Cultural Text |
| ENG 3900 | Creative Writing: Fiction |
| FAA 2220 | Cartooning and Illustration |
| FAA 2830 | Layout Analysis and Construction |
| FAA 2840 | Image Making and Meaning |
| FAA 2850 | Moviemaking |
| FAA 3840 | 2-D Animation |