NCSU Advising Central - Minor in Art Studies




	Art Studies Interdisciplinary Studies College of Humanities and Social Sciences Description \| Requirements \| Required Courses \| Elective Courses \| Admissions/Certification of Minor \| Contact 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. 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. 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 445 Aesthetics and Design ARS 351 Arts, Ideas, and Values (formerly MDS 351) ARS 353 Arts and Cross Cultural Contacts (formerly MDS 353) PHI 306 Philosophy of Art Art and Design ADN 111 Two-dimensional Design for Non-Design Majors ADN 112 Three-dimensional Design for Non-Design Majors ADN 311 Basic Visual Laboratories ADN 384 Basic Painting ADN 386 Basic Sculpture ADN 411 Visual Laboratory II ADN 484 Intermediate Painting ADN 486 Intermediate Sculpture ADN 487 Sculpture: Life Modeling LAR 221 Environment and Behavior for Designers LAR 222 Perception and Behavior for Designers TED 246 Graphic Arts Technology TED 351 Ceramics: the Art and Craft of Clay Dance DAN/PE 264 Ballet DAN 272 Dance Composition DAN/PE 274 Modern Dance I DAN/PE 275 Modern Dance II DAN 295 Problems of Dance Performance PE 263 Tap Dance PE 273 Jazz Dance Film Studies ADN 319 Introduction to Animation COM 344 Film Production COM/ENG 364 History of Film to 1940 COM/ENG 374 History of Film from 1940 ENG 282 Introduction to Film ENG 382 Film and Literature ENG 492 Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres IDS 496 Topics in Film and Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly MDS 496) History of Art and Design ARC 140 Experiencing Architecture ARC 241 History of Architecture ARC 441 History of Contemporary Architecture GD 200 Graphic Design Theory and Practice GD 342 History of Graphic Design HA 201 History of Art from Ancient Greece through the Renaissance HA 202 History of Art from the Renaissance through the 20th Century HA 203 History of American Art HA 298 Special Topics in Art History HA 320 American Decorative Arts HA 395 History of Art: Study Abroad HA 401 19th Century European Art HA 404 Italian Renaissance Masters HA 498 Independent Study in History of Art LAR 444 History of Landscape Architecture LAR 443 Landscape History Music MUS 100 Instrumental Music MUS 101 Beginning Class Piano I MUS 102 Beginning Class Piano II MUS 110 Choral Music MUS 120 Rudiments of Music MUS 150 Vocal Techniques MUS 160 Basic Conducting MUS 180 Introduction to Musical Experience MUS 200 Understanding Music MUS 201 Music Literature I MUS 202 Music Literature II MUS 230 Introduction to African American Music MUS 260 History of Jazz MUS 300 Chamber Music Performance MUS 301 Basic Music Theory I MUS 302 Basic Music Theory II MUS 305 Music Composition MUS 306 Music Composition with Computers MUS 310 Music of 17th and 18th Centuries MUS 315 Music of 19th Century Europe MUS 320 Music of the 20th Century MUS 330 Music Drama MUS 340 Symphony Orchestra and Its Music MUS 345 Keyboard History and Literature MUS 350 World Music I: Music of Asia MUS 351 World Music II: Music of Africa and the Americas MUS 360 Women in Music MUS 390 Applied Music MUS 498 Independent Study in Music Photography ADN 212 Basic Photography ADN 312 Intermediate Photography HA 310 History of Art and Photography Theatre COM 103 Introduction to the Theatre COM 203 Theory and Practice of Acting COM 213 Oral Interpretation of Literature COM 223 Stagecraft COM 233 Introduction to Stage Lighting COM 243 African-American Theater COM 293 Theatre Practicum COM 303 Stage Directing COM 323 Introduction to Scenic Design COM 333 Advanced Acting ENG 206 Studies in Drama ENG 209 Introduction to Shakespeare ENG 380 Modern Drama ENG 381 Special Topics in Modern Drama ENG 486 Shakespeare, the Earlier Plays ENG 487 Shakespeare, the Later Plays Video and Audio COM 234 Analysis of Entertainment Media COM 267 Electronic Media Writing: Theory and Practice COM 307 Digital Audio Production COM 317 Television Production COM 334 Analysis of Information Media COM 377 Television Writing Seminar COM 387 Advanced Television Production COM 437 Digital Video Practicum COM 474 Video in Business and Industry Writing ENG 287 Explorations in Creative Writing ENG 288 Fiction Writing ENG 289 Poetry Writing ENG 488 Advanced Fiction Writing ENG 489 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 Dr. Stephanie Spencer 266 Withers Hall 919.515.6964 stephanie_spencer@ncsu.edu Last updated: September 2, 2008