minor in fine arts
minor in fine arts
Program Overview
Fine Arts offers students a Minor in Art, Digital Music Production, Fine Arts, Interactive Digital Design, Music, Photography and Theatre.
Degree Type:
Minor
Department:
Department of Creative and Communication Arts
Interim Chair:
Margaret Payne
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Degree Requirements
Students can choose from the below seven minors in Fine Arts:
Minor in Art
| ART 120 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 130 | 2-D Design | 3 |
| ART 220 | Drawing II | 3 |
| ART 240 | Painting I | 3 |
| ART 332 | 3-D Design and Sculptural Techniques | 3 |
| Six (6) additional hours of upper-division art | 6 | |
| PLUS – Choose one (1) of the following courses: | ||
| ART 311 | Ancient Art (W) | 3 |
| ART 312 | Medieval and Asian Art (W) | (3) |
| ART 313 | Renaissance Art | (3) |
| ART 314 | Modern Art (W) | (3) |
| ART 410 | Readings in Art History (W) | (3) |
| 24 hours | ||
Minor in Digital Music Production
| MUS 102 | Sight-Singing and Ear Training | 3 |
| MUS 201 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 202 | Music Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 316 | Instrumentation and Orchestration | 3 |
| MUS 318 | Introduction to Digital Music Production I | 3 |
| MUS 320 | Introduction to Digital Music Production II | 3 |
| Applied Music (any applied area such as voice, piano, instrument, composition, or songwriting) |
2 | |
| 20 hours | ||
Minor in Fine Arts
| ART 130 | 2-D Design | 3 |
| MUS 311 | Music History I (W) OR | 3 |
| MUS 312 | Music History II (W) | (3) |
| THE 265 | Acting I | 3 |
| Fine Arts electives from at least two areas, three (3) hours of which must be upper-division |
9 | |
| 18 hours | ||
Minor in Interactive Digital Design
| ART 130 | 2-D Design | 3 | |
| ART 230 | Digital Graphic Fundamentals | 3 | |
| ART 235 | Graphic Design I (W) | 3 | |
| CIS 171 | Computer Programming I | 3 | |
| CIS 211 | Introduction to Web Design | 3 | |
| CIS 311 | Advanced Web Design | 3 | |
| CIS 322 | Human-Computer Interaction (W) | 3 | |
| 21 hours |
Minor in Music
| MUS 102 | Sight Singing and Ear Training | 3 |
| MUS 201 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 311 | Music History I (W) OR | 3 |
| MUS 312 | Music History II (W) | (3) |
| MUS | Voice | 1 |
| MUS | Piano | 1 |
| PLUS | ||
| Choice of nine (9) hours from the following courses: | 9 hours | |
| MUS 100M | Music for Song Leaders | (3) |
| MUS 200 | Introduction to Music Technology | (3) |
| MUS 202 | Music Theory II | (3) |
| MUS 214 | Development of American Music | (3) |
| MUS 310 | Principles of Conducting | (3) |
| MUS 316 | Instrumentation and Orchestration | (3) |
| MUS 318 | Introduction to Digital Music Production I | (3) |
| MUS 320 | Introduction to Digital Music Production II | (3) |
| MUS 410 | Music Education for Schools | (3) |
| Applied Music (voice or piano) | (3) | |
| 20 hours | ||
Minor in Photography
| ART 130 | 2-D Design | 3 |
| ART 201 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| ART 285 | Alternative Processes | 3 |
| ART 304 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ART 370 | Photo Arts | 3 |
| ART 405 | Digital Craft OR | 3 |
| ART 407 | Studio Craft | (3) |
| 18 hours |
Minor in Theatre
| THE 160 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 | |
| THE 180 | Concepts in Theatre Design OR | 3 | |
| THE 265 | Acting I | (3) | |
| THE 365 | History of Theatre I (W) OR | 3 | |
| THE 366 | History of Theatre II (W) | (3) | |
| THE | Theatre Labs (Choose 3) | 3 | |
| PLUS | |||
| Select six (6) additional hours of THE courses; three (3) of which must be upper-division (excluding theatre labs) | 6 | ||
| 18 hours | |||
Meet Our Program Coordinator
Margaret Payne, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair of Creative and Communication Arts / Professor of English
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