UT Dallas 2022 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Arts and Humanities

Visual and Performing Arts with Interdisciplinary Arts Concentration (BA)

Students who complete the major in Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) pursue an interdisciplinary study of the arts by completing a major core that includes courses in writing, interdisciplinary studies, professional development, historical context, theory and practice. The VPA major culminates in a Senior Capstone. Students who are majoring in VPA can focus their studies by choosing from nine possible concentrations.

The Interdisciplinary Arts concentration focuses student work in two discipline areas. Students will choose two different areas of focus, identified as Discipline I and Discipline II. Discipline areas must be from the following: Visual Art, Art History, Communication, Dance, Film, Music, and Theatre.

Since the following catalog course descriptions are very general, students are urged to consult the detailed course descriptions available on the web site for the School of Arts and Humanities. At least one-half of the total semester credit hours for major requirements must be taken at UT Dallas.

Unless otherwise noted, courses in Visual and Performing Arts are open to all students in the University.

Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)¹

View an Example of Degree Requirements by Semester

Faculty

Professors: Fred I. Curchack @curchack, Enric Madriguera @efm011000, Adrienne L. McLean @amclean, John J. Pomara @pomara, Thomas P. Riccio @txr033000, Robert Xavier Rodríguez @rxr014610, Charissa N. Terranova @cxt074100, Michael Thomas @mxt190021, Marilyn Waligore @waligore

Associate Professors: Mark Rosen @mxr088000, Shilyh Warren @sjw120030

Assistant Professor: SV Randall @svr200001

Clinical Professors: Carie King @cxl085200, Catherine Parsoneault @cxp160030, Maribeth (Betsy) Schlobohm @mls077000

Clinical Associate Professor: Lorraine Tady @ltt042000

Clinical Assistant Professor: Shelby Hibbs @sah140730

Professors of Instruction: Kathy Lingo @klingo, Christopher (Chris) Ryan @cxr088000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Diane Durant @ddm043000, Kelly P. Durbin @kpdurbin, Kathryn C. Evans @kcevans, Melissa Hernandez-Katz @mhkatz, Jonathan Palant @jxp170230, Monica M. Saba @msaba

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Barbara Baker @blb140430, Lori Gerard @lag091020, Janece Glauser @jbg130030, Misty Owens @mxo122530, Allison Templeton @aam141730, Patricia Totusek @pft140030

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours²

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

RHET 1302 Rhetoric

And choose one course from the following:

COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication

COMM 1315 Public Speaking

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

FILM 1303 Transnational Film and Video³

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

AHST 1303 Survey of Western Art History: Ancient to Medieval³

AHST 1304 Survey of Western Art History: Renaissance to Modern³

AHST 2331 Understanding Art³

ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts³

DANC 1310 Understanding Dance³

THEA 1310 Understanding Theatre³

FILM 2332 Understanding Film³

MUSI 1306 Understanding Music³

MUSI 2322 Music in Western Civilization³

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses (see advisor)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

DANC 1305 Introduction to World Dance Forms³

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses (see advisor)

II. Major Requirements, Lower-Division: 0 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum⁴

Discipline I Prep Course

3 semester credit hours of lower-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.

Discipline II Prep Course

3 semester credit hours of lower-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.⁵

III. Major Requirements, Upper-Division: 45 semester credit hours

Major Core Courses: 15 semester credit hours

VPAS 3340 Writing in the Arts

VPAS 4389 Theory and Practice of the Visual and Performing Arts

VPAS 4390 Senior Capstone

or VPAS 4V99 Senior Honors in Visual and Performing Art

3 semester credit hours of upper-level Related Courses from the School of Arts and Humanities (excluding prefixes used in Discipline I and II)

Select 3 semester credit hours of Professional Development Courses from the following:

VPAS 4310 Entertainment Law

ARTS 3311 Contemporary Art Practices

ARTS 4310 Studies in Contemporary Exhibitions

COMM 4370 Communication and Leadership

COMM 4371 Communication and Professionalism

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

ISAH 4V50 Internship

Discipline I: 15 semester credit hours

Select 15 semester credit hours of upper-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.⁶^,⁷

Discipline II: 15 semester credit hours

Select 3 semester credit hours of upper-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.⁵^,⁶^,⁷

IV. Elective Requirements: 33 semester credit hours

Free Electives: 33 semester credit hours

Both upper- and lower-division courses may be used as electives, but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.

Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of ARHM 1100.¹

1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.

2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

3. A required Preparatory course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours may be counted in Core Curriculum.

4. 0 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum, if the student has not previously completed other courses to satisfy these core curriculum requirements.

5. Course cannot come from the same prefix as the Discipline I Prep Course.

6. All courses must be within the same prefix.

7. One of the courses from either Discipline I or II must be a historical context course.

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