Fine and Performing Arts Studies Minor

Fine and Performing Arts Studies Minor Program Information

The Fine & Performing Arts Studies minor is only offered for students admitted to the Fine & Performing Arts Scholars program. The purpose of the minor is to equip students with the mindset, knowledge, and skills to develop their relationship to the arts in an interdisciplinary context, with a focus on increasing confidence in artistic productivity and professional practices and an appreciation of the impact that the arts have on their communities in a regional, national and international manner in both an historical and contemporary context. Grounded in theories and methodologies of different forms of artistic practice that include a critical engagement with the arts, a familiarity of the history of the arts in interdisciplinary relations, and arts as social innovation and social entrepreneurship, the minor affords students opportunities to study, develop, and implement who they want to be as artists and what kind of careers in the arts they wish to pursue.

Fine and Performing Arts Studies Minor: 20 credits

At least 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.

Core Requirements: 11 credits

• FPAS 1210 - Artistic Vision I (3 credits)
• FPAS 2210 - Artistic Vision II (3 credits)
• FPAS 3010 - Interdisciplinary Artistry (2 credits)
• FPAS 4010 - Arts Immersive Leadership Experience (3 credits)

Advisor Approved Electives: 9 credits

With approval of the Director, 9 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level in a high impact or capstone experiences (such as internship, entrepreneurial development, study abroad, interdisciplinary or independent study) and/or guided or approved electives (such as art management, art business, non-profit management, critical theory, philosophy or history of an arts classes and/or advanced classes in the students’ major or minor beyond the major or minor degree program requirements), including but not limited to the following:

• ARTH 4107 - Art Study Tour (1-3 credits, variable)
• ARTH 4137 - Art and the Sacred (3 credits)
• ARTH 4907 - Art History Seminar (3 credits)
• ARTH 4957 - Special Topics in Art (1-6 credits)
• CDST 4017 - Ecofeminism: Nature, Gender, Culture (3 credits)
• COMM 3340 - Rhetorical Criticism (3 credits)
• COMM 4327 - Popular Communication (3 credits)
• DIGM 4410 - Digital Media for Film and Effects (4 credits)
• DIGM 4767 - Applied AI in 3D & Motion Graphics (4 credits)
• DIGM 4917 - Digital Media Production (4 credits)
• DIGM 4957 - Special Topics in Digital Media (2-4 credits)
• DIGM 4989 - Internship/Cooperative Education (1-3 credits)
• DIGM 4999 - Internship/Cooperative Education (1-3 credits)
• ENGL 3050 - Literature and the Environment (3 credits)
• ENGL 3065 - Southern Appalachian Literature (3 credits)
• ENGL 3300 - Literary Criticism (3 credits)
• ENGL 4040 - Modernism and Postmodernism (3 credits)
• ENGL 4407 - London Theatre, Study Abroad (3 credits)
• ENGL 4957 - Topics in English (1-6 credits)
• ENGL 4989 - Internship/Cooperative Education (1-3 credits)
• ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
• ENTC 3050 - Architectural History in Rome, Italy (3 credits)
• FILM 3000 - Methods in Film Studies (3 credits)
• FILM 4000 - Film Theory (3 credits)
• FILM 4200 - Topics in Film (3 credits)
• HIST 3092 - American Popular Culture since World War II (3 credits)
• HIST 4027 - The Social and Cultural History of Rock and Roll (3 credits)
• HIST 4077 - American History through Film (3 credits)
• MGMT 3340 - Law and Intellectual Property for Musicians (3 credits)
• PHIL 4157 - Philosophy of Art (3 credits)
• PHIL 4167 - Aesthetic Theory and Criticism (3 credits)
• SOCI 4252 - Race, Class, and Gender in Film (3 credits)
• STOR 4640 - Applied Storytelling (3 credits)

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• Please note that some of the courses listed may have a prerequisite, corequisite, or require permission of the instructor for registration. In such instances, consult with the instructor and Director regarding these requirements.

  Other courses may be chosen in consultation with an advisor and the Director of the Minor. 

Minor Information

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 15 credits of which at least 6 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.