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Division VI - Foundations of Visual and Performing Arts

Students take a minimum of three credits from this division. These courses primarily focus on the ways a culture expresses its ideals and values through the visual and performing arts.

AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture (4 cr.)
AD 250 History of Western Art and Architecture (4 cr.)
AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.)
AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.)
AD 300 Japan and the West: Crosscurrents in Art and Architecture (4 cr.)
AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture (4 cr.)
AD 365 History of Modern Craft and Design (4 cr.)
BC 325 Communication and Performance in Africa (4 cr.)
EN 125 Introduction to Film (4 cr.)
EN 385 Theatre in Perspective: The Stratford Festival Stage (3 cr.)
LB 295A Special Topics in Liberal Studies: Visual and Performing Arts (2-4 cr.)
MU 125 Music in Society (4 cr.)
MU 320 Survey of Jazz, from its Origins to the Present (4 cr.)
MU 325 World Music (4 cr.)
PE 381 History of Dance (2 cr.)
PE 383 Theory of Dance (2 cr.)
TH 130 Introduction to Theatre (4 cr.)
TH 360 History of Theatre (4 cr.)
TH 361 Modern Drama (4 cr.)
TH 385 Theatre in Perspective: The Stratford Festival Stage (3 cr.)
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