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2019-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Interdisciplinary Arts, B.A.
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Note:
All students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree are required to attain proficiency in a foreign language. Proficiency may be satisfied by completing a language class at the 103 (intermediate) level or three years of any one foreign language in high school. Students may also meet this requirement through AP or CLEP testing.
General Education Requirements
Foundations (15-16 crs.)
Foundational courses coupled with other experiences provide students with their core First Year Experience, providing opportunities to develop the requisite quantitative, analytical, written communication, and oral communication skills needed to succeed while in college and throughout life after college. Five program goals express the purpose of these foundational courses and how they support student success.
Interconnections (9 Crs.)
This curriculum will provide students with opportunities to explore human behavior, social interactions, and global communities through humanities and the social and behavioral sciences. Open discourse about the causes and consequences of human behavior and thought, and the interconnectedness of societies revealed by examining traditions and structures, provides a pathway to mutual respect and tolerance in a diverse world.
Three program goals express what we will do for students. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish. Students must complete three (3) courses in this curriculum, with at least one (1) course being a diversity course (‘D’ rubric) and at least one (1) course being a global perspectives course (‘G’ rubric).
Diversity
Guide and prompt students to evaluate the diversity of human experience, behavior, and thought, in order to better understand ourselves and others, to respond to the roots of inequality that undermines social justice, while developing awareness regarding diversity in culture, ethnicity, race, gender/gender expression, religion, age, social class, sexual orientation, or abilities.
Global Perspectives
Guide and prompt students to develop global perspectives by analyzing systems, and evaluating interrelationships
Foreign Language
Guide and prompt students to understand and demonstrate oral and written communication in a foreign language as well as awareness of a foreign culture.
Citizenship and Responsibility (6 crs.)
This curriculum will provide students with opportunities to consider the function and development of institutions, as well as their own responsibilities in society. Tools for development of students as informed and responsible citizens can include study of principles and research in social science, analysis of the development of social and political systems and practices, application of critical analysis and reasoning, and contemplation of ethics and values. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.
Students are required to complete two (2) courses (or their equivalents) in this curriculum, with no more than one (1) course being attributed with the same program goal.
Ethical Reasoning
Guide and prompt students to identify ethical theories or guidelines and apply appropriate ethical reasoning to reach conclusions and support moral judgments.
Natural World and Technology (9 crs.)
This curriculum will provide students the opportunity to learn how new knowledge is created by applying scientific principles and technology to address historical and contemporary questions. Two program goals express what we will do for students. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.
Students must complete 3 courses in this curriculum, with at least two (2) courses (or their equivalents) involving the natural world (‘N’ rubric).
Natural World
Guide and prompt students to understand the scientific method and resulting principles and theories, critically evaluating data to answer questions about the natural world.
Technology
Guide and prompt students to acquire knowledge, skills, and competencies regarding a broad range of computer technologies and software, and to use them responsibly.
Creativity and Expression (6 crs.)
This part of the curriculum will provide students with opportunities to explore artistic and literary disciplines and their modes of expression, considering the processes by which artistic works are imagined and created as well as the analytical tools for describing and appraising works of art and literature. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.
Students must complete two (2) courses (or their equivalents) in this curriculum, with one (1) course being a literature course (‘L’ rubric)and one course in either the arts or creativity (‘A’ or ‘C’ rubrics).
Literature
Guide and prompt students to comprehend, analyze, and determine the significance for works of literature.
Arts
Guide and prompt students to describe, analyze, and respond to the scope of works in the arts.
Foundation Courses
Students must satisfy One Foundation course for Each of their Arts Concentrations within the IA curriculum. Some of these choices may satisfy requirements within General Education curriculum requirements.
Communications Concentration
Categories of Knowledge
Students must select at minimum of One Course from each of the following THREE catagories. With permission of the program director, courses in other colleges or departments, special topics courses, internships, or individualized instruction may satisfy certain course requirements. Be aware that some of the courses listed below have pre-requisites or require proficiency in another langauge.
Category A: History and Culture
DANCE
- DNC 145: Historical Perspectives on Dance (Wilson College)
- DNC 147: Movement as Culture (Wilson College)
- DNC 235/335: Feminist Perspective Culturual Choregraphy (Wilson College)
- DNC 240: Dance in the American Musical Theatre (Wilson College)
Category B: Theory and Criticism
Category C: Praxis and Professional Skills
DANCE
- DNC 151: Dance Technique 1 (Wilson College)
- DNC 152: Dance Technique 2 (Wilson College)
- DNC 170: Spcial Topics in Dance (Wilson College)
- DNC 231: Dance Technique 3 (Wilson College)
- DNC 232: Dance Technique 4 (Wilson College)
- DNC 270: Special Topics in Dance (Wilson College)
- DNC 361: Advanced Techniques 1 (Wilson College)
- DNC 362: Advanced Techniques 2 (Wilson College)
- DNC 370: Special Topics in Dance (Wilson College)
- DNC 461: Advanced Techniques 3 (Wilson College)
- DNC 462: Advanced Techniques 4 (Wilson College)
- DNC 502/503: Summer Residency Contemporary Arts Practice (Wilson College)
Primary Concentration
To satisify the Requirements of the Concentration, students must take One Foundation class appropriate to the chosen concentration and earn a minimum of 3 credits in a 300-400 level class in that same concentration.
Secondary Concentration #1
To satisfy the Requirements of the Concentration, students must take One Foundation class apropriate to the chosen concentration and earn a minimum of 3 credits in a 300-400 level class in that same concentration.
Secondary Concentration #2
To satisfy the Requirements of the Concentration, students must take One Foundation class appropiate to the chosen concentration and earn a minimum of 3 credits in a 300-400 level class within that same concentration.
Senior Capstone
The Interdiscipliniary Arts Program offers three, distinctive opportunities for capstone experiences. These choices include completing a thesis presentation that demonstrates academic excellence in the area of scholarly research and writing. Some IA students may choose to apply their technique and creativity by making or interpreting a work of art of presenting a public, arts presentation. The Third option includes internships, where IA students can apply their arts based knowledge to relevant experiences in the work force.
Elective Credits
Elective credits within the Interdisciplinary Arts program encourage students to explore how their multi-disciplinary arts education can engage with other areas of interest. Some students are encouraged to explore additional coursework in those Areas of Concentration, while others may use elective credits to explore cross-disciplinary, academic partnership. Those IA students might recognize how the Arts work in partnership within the fields of Psychology, Social Work, and Disability Studies (Art, Drama, & Music Therapy) or Business Management, Marketing, and Technical Writing (Arts Administration & Special Events Planning). Students that see these interconnections should consider Elective credits as an Opportunity for adding another academic minor or even a double major.
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