Program Requirements
Minor in Visual and Performing Arts
A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor.
Note: Students may also register for a limited number of art courses at Nazareth College, as well as at other area colleges. Consult the program director.
Requirements
Introductory Course - 3 credits
- ARTS 102C - P1 Encounter with the Arts (3)
Electives - 12 credits
Choose FOUR courses from below (at least two must be at or above the 200 level).
- ANTH 110 - P1 Myth, Monster, Mystery (3)
- ARTS 103 - Beginning Painting: Appreciation and Experience (3)
- ARTS 105 - Beginning Drawing: Appreciation and Experience (3)
- ARTS 108C - P1 Understanding Music (3)
- ARTS 109D - CC Film and Society (3)
- ARTS 111 - Acting and Improv Theatre (3)
- ARTS 112D - Digital Art (3)
- ARTS 120 - Basic Music Theory (3)
- ARTS 150 - P1 Introduction to Dance (3)
- ARTS/AMST 201C - P1 Picturing the Past (3)
- ARTS 202C - P1 Composers and Their World (3)
- ARTS 203D - P1 Art History: 1700 to Present (3)
- ARTS 209 - Studio Arts: Appreciation and Experience (3)
- ARTS 210D - P1 Acting Out America (3)
- ARTS 212 - P1 Acting Out Ireland (3)
- ARTS 215D - P1 Music in America (3)
- ARTS 216 - P1 Introduction to Traditional Irish Music (3)
- ARTS 225 - P1 Drawing Ireland (3)
- ARTS/MSTD 228D - P3 Introduction to Museum Studies (3)
- ARTS/MSTD 229D - P3 This Old House: Historic Site Administration (3)
- ARTS 235 - P1 Art in America: 20th Century (3)
- ARTS 236 - Photo I: Art Photography (3)
- ARTS 240 - P1 Women in Art and Society (3)
- ARTS/DIGC 258 - Introduction to Physical Computing (3)
- ARTS/DIGC 259 - P1 VR and Interaction Art (3)
- ARTS/ENGL 263C - P1 Topic: Literature and the Arts (3)
- ARTS 266 - P1 Spotlight On! (3)
- ARTS/AMST 320C - P1 Culture and Art in America (3)
- ARTS/AMST 321P - P1 Culture and Art in America II (3)
- ARTS 336 - Photo II: Media & Documentary (3)
- COMM 231 - Video Storytelling (3)
- COMM 269 - Web Design (3)
- COMM 323 - Screenwriting (3)
- COMM 361 - Documentary Production (3)
- COMM 362 - Interactive Media Design (3)
- ENGL 212C - P1 Shakespeare at the Movies (3)
- ENGL 249 - P1 Open Book : Read to Write (3)
- ENGL 251 - P1 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction (3)
- ENGL 253 - P1 Introductory Creative Writing (3)
- ENGL 371 - Creative Writing: Fiction (3)
- ENGL 372 - Creative Writing: Poetry (3)
- ENGL 374 - Playwriting (3)
- POSC 125 - P1 Painting Politics (3)
- SOCI 195 - P1 Hip Hop Music & Poetry (3)
400-level Course - 3 credits
Choose ONE of the following or any arts-related 400-level course.
- ARTS 490 - Internship (3)
- ARTS 496 - Independent Study (3)
Total: 18 credits
Note: Only one course applied to a student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the arts minor.