Students will experience the various genres through attendance at live performances and lectures, participation in small discussion groups, completion of a reading list, and completion of a project tailored to the individual student's interests and field of study. Also ARTS 307, DANC 307, and THR 307. The presentation of the historical, philosophical, and aesthetic traditions of the arts, with opportunities for each student to confront their own sense of beauty. Also ARTS 308, DANC 308, and THR 308. The course gives students a cumulative arts experience by tying the subject matter of the course to one of the major cultural productions of the Center for the Arts.
Subject matter varies with each offering.
Through lectures, slides, audio recordings, videos, and films, this course examines African American contributions to the cultural fabric of American forms and institutions. These artistic contributions are examined within the aesthetic, political, historical, and social contexts within which they occurred and which they, in turn, have shaped. Seminar course that involves the planning, programming, presentation, funding, and communications involved in managing the visual, performing, and historic arts. Course includes guest speakers, case analyses, and semester-long individual and group projects. In-depth presentation and exploration of topical studies in the arts.