Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

Visual and Performing Arts (BA) with Interdisciplinary Arts Concentration

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.

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 with Interdisciplinary Arts Concentration

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)

View an Example of Degree Requirements by Semester

Faculty

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Professors: Fred I. Curchack @curchack, 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 hours¹

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

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 Video²

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 Medieval²

AHST 1304 Survey of Western Art History: Renaissance to Modern²

AHST 2331 Understanding Art²

ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts²

DANC 1310 Understanding Dance²

THEA 1310 Understanding Theatre²

FILM 2332 Understanding Film²

MUSI 1306 Understanding Music²

MUSI 2322 Music in Western Civilization²

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 Forms²

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 Curriculum³

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.⁴

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 Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (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

VPAS 4310 Entertainment Law

Discipline I: 15 semester credit hours

Select 15 semester credit hours of upper-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.^{5, 6}

Discipline II: 15 semester credit hours

Select 3 semester credit hours of upper-division AHST, ARTS, COMM, FILM, DANC, MUSI, or THEA courses.^{4, 5, 6}

IV. Elective Requirements: 33 semester credit hours

Free Electives: 33 semester credit hours

Both upper- and lower-division courses may be used as electives.

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of AHTC 1100.

Minors

Students must take a minimum of 18 semester credit hours for the minor. Students who take a minor will be expected to meet the normal prerequisites in courses making up the minor, and should maintain a minimum GPA of 2.000 on a 4.00 scale (C average). Semester credit hours may not be used to satisfy both the major and minor requirements; however, free elective semester credit hours or major preparatory classes may be used to satisfy the minor. Core courses offered by the school may count as lower-division semester credit hours toward the minor. Topics courses must be approved by the school. The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology will substitute courses as necessary. At least one-third of the semester credit hours for a minor must be taken at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Minor in Performing Arts

18 semester credit hours

Choose any 18 semester credit hours from all DANC, THEA, and MUSI courses.

Students can also take ARTS 1301.

9 semester credit hours must be upper-division.

1. 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.

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

3. 0 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum, if the student has not previously completed other courses to satisfy these core curriculum requirements.

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

5. All courses must be within the same prefix.

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