Description

CHASS offers an academic minor in Arts Studies to all majors in the University. This interdisciplinary minor is designed to enrich the student’s university experience, to serve as a foundation for learning and understanding in the arts beyond the university years and to provide a line of thinking and skill development that may contribute to the development provided by the student’s courses in the major or that by be only loosely related to the major. This minor provides the student with a fundamental understanding of the historical, theoretical and practical disciplines of the arts. No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.

Requirements

• 18 credit hours must be taken to complete this minor.
• Students design their minor from the following courses in consultation with the minor adviser.
• The courses selected for the minor must balance work in 3 areas: history, criticism and theory, and application (studio or performance courses).
• Each Art Studies Minor program will be reviewed and approved by the Arts Studies Advisory Council.
• A maximum of ONE (1) course may be used (double-counted) towards both departmental major requirements and minor requirements.

Required Courses

NONE

Elective Courses

The following list of courses is illustrative, not exhaustive. Students may find other courses that they wish to include in their Arts Studies minor program. Students should be aware that some of the below courses have one or more prerequisites and that some of them are restricted to students in a certain major. Enrolling in the Arts Studies minor does not guarantee students that they will be accepted in these courses.

Aesthetics | Art and Design | Dance | Film Studies | History of Art and Design |
Music | Photography | Theatre | Video and Audio | Writing

Aesthetics
ARC 445This link will open in a new window Aesthetics and Design
ARS 351This link will open in a new window Arts, Ideas, and Values (formerly MDS 351)
ARS 353This link will open in a new window Arts and Cross Cultural Contacts (formerly MDS 353)
PHI 306This link will open in a new window Philosophy of Art

Art and Design
ADN 111This link will open in a new window Two-dimensional Design for Non-Design Majors
ADN 112This link will open in a new window Three-dimensional Design for Non-Design Majors
ADN 311This link will open in a new window Basic Visual Laboratories
ADN 384This link will open in a new window Basic Painting
ADN 386This link will open in a new window Basic Sculpture
ADN 411This link will open in a new window Visual Laboratory II
ADN 484This link will open in a new window Intermediate Painting
ADN 486This link will open in a new window Intermediate Sculpture
ADN 487This link will open in a new window Sculpture: Life Modeling
LAR 221This link will open in a new window Environment and Behavior for Designers
LAR 222This link will open in a new window Perception and Behavior for Designers
TED 246This link will open in a new window Graphic Arts Technology
TED 351This link will open in a new window Ceramics: the Art and Craft of Clay

Dance
DAN/PE 264This link will open in a new window Ballet
DAN 272This link will open in a new window Dance Composition
DAN/PE 274This link will open in a new window Modern Dance I
DAN/PE 275This link will open in a new window Modern Dance II
DAN 295This link will open in a new window Problems of Dance Performance
PE 263This link will open in a new window Tap Dance
PE 273This link will open in a new window Jazz Dance

Film Studies
ADN 319This link will open in a new window Introduction to Animation
COM 344This link will open in a new window Film Production
COM/ENG 364This link will open in a new window History of Film to 1940
COM/ENG 374This link will open in a new window History of Film from 1940
ENG 282This link will open in a new window Introduction to Film
ENG 382This link will open in a new window Film and Literature
ENG 492This link will open in a new window Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres
IDS 496This link will open in a new window Topics in Film and Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly MDS 496)

History of Art and Design
ARC 140This link will open in a new window Experiencing Architecture
ARC 241This link will open in a new window History of Architecture
ARC 441This link will open in a new window History of Contemporary Architecture
GD 200This link will open in a new window Graphic Design Theory and Practice
GD 342This link will open in a new window History of Graphic Design
HA 201This link will open in a new window History of Art from Ancient Greece through the Renaissance
HA 202This link will open in a new window History of Art from the Renaissance through the 20th Century
HA 203This link will open in a new window History of American Art
HA/HI 240 Introduction to Visual Culture
HA 298This link will open in a new window Special Topics in Art History
HA 320This link will open in a new window American Decorative Arts
HA 395This link will open in a new window History of Art: Study Abroad
HA 401This link will open in a new window 19th Century European Art
HA 404This link will open in a new window Italian Renaissance Masters
HA 498This link will open in a new window Independent Study in History of Art
LAR 444This link will open in a new window History of Landscape Architecture
LAR 443This link will open in a new window Landscape History

Music
MUS 100This link will open in a new window Instrumental Music
MUS 101This link will open in a new window Beginning Class Piano I
MUS 102This link will open in a new window Beginning Class Piano II
MUS 110This link will open in a new window Choral Music
MUS 120This link will open in a new window Rudiments of Music
MUS 150This link will open in a new window Vocal Techniques
MUS 160This link will open in a new window Basic Conducting
MUS 180This link will open in a new window Introduction to Musical Experience
MUS 200This link will open in a new window Understanding Music
MUS 201This link will open in a new window Music Literature I
MUS 202This link will open in a new window Music Literature II
MUS 230This link will open in a new window Introduction to African American Music
MUS 260This link will open in a new window History of Jazz
MUS 300This link will open in a new window Chamber Music Performance
MUS 301This link will open in a new window Basic Music Theory I
MUS 302This link will open in a new window Basic Music Theory II
MUS 305This link will open in a new window Music Composition
MUS 306This link will open in a new window Music Composition with Computers
MUS 310This link will open in a new window Music of 17th and 18th Centuries
MUS 315This link will open in a new window Music of 19th Century Europe
MUS 320This link will open in a new window Music of the 20th Century
MUS 330This link will open in a new window Music Drama
MUS 340This link will open in a new window Symphony Orchestra and Its Music
MUS 345This link will open in a new window Keyboard History and Literature
MUS 350This link will open in a new window World Music I: Music of Asia
MUS 351This link will open in a new window World Music II: Music of Africa and the Americas
MUS 360This link will open in a new window Women in Music
MUS 390This link will open in a new window Applied Music
MUS 498This link will open in a new window Independent Study in Music

Photography
ADN 212This link will open in a new window Basic Photography
ADN 312This link will open in a new window Intermediate Photography
HA 310This link will open in a new window History of Art and Photography

Theatre
COM 103This link will open in a new window Introduction to the Theatre
COM 203This link will open in a new window Theory and Practice of Acting
COM 213This link will open in a new window Oral Interpretation of Literature
COM 223This link will open in a new window Stagecraft
COM 233This link will open in a new window Introduction to Stage Lighting
COM 243This link will open in a new window African-American Theater
COM 293This link will open in a new window Theatre Practicum
COM 303This link will open in a new window Stage Directing
COM 323This link will open in a new window Introduction to Scenic Design
COM 333This link will open in a new window Advanced Acting
ENG 206This link will open in a new window Studies in Drama
ENG 209This link will open in a new window Introduction to Shakespeare
ENG 380This link will open in a new window Modern Drama
ENG 381This link will open in a new window Special Topics in Modern Drama
ENG 486This link will open in a new window Shakespeare, the Earlier Plays
ENG 487This link will open in a new window Shakespeare, the Later Plays

Video and Audio
COM 234This link will open in a new window Analysis of Entertainment Media
COM 267This link will open in a new window Electronic Media Writing: Theory and Practice
COM 307This link will open in a new window Digital Audio Production
COM 317This link will open in a new window Television Production
COM 334This link will open in a new window Analysis of Information Media
COM 377This link will open in a new window Television Writing Seminar
COM 387This link will open in a new window Advanced Television Production
COM 437This link will open in a new window Digital Video Practicum
COM 474This link will open in a new window Video in Business and Industry

Writing
ENG 287This link will open in a new window Explorations in Creative Writing
ENG 288This link will open in a new window Fiction Writing
ENG 289This link will open in a new window Poetry Writing
ENG 488This link will open in a new window Advanced Fiction Writing
ENG 489This link will open in a new window Advanced Poetry Writing

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Students may declare their intention to complete the Arts Studies minor by contacting Dr. Stephanie Spencer, adviser for the minor, as listed below. Formal admission to the minor occurs when the Arts Studies Council has approved the student’s selection of coursework for the minor.

Certification
Dr. Spencer will certify the minor prior to graduation. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person

Date Posted:  June 5, 2012
SIS Code: 16ARTM