Integrated Arts, B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Arts (BA-IA) investigates the core principles inherent to the performing and studio arts: context, craft, and critique. Students are actively encouraged to pursue different mediums and forms to experiment, reiterate, and refine work conceptualized through an interdisciplinary, liberal arts foundation.

The BA-IA Cultivates:

Creative problem-solving through looking at the world through a lens that is not the paradigm
Specific skill sets: obtaining concrete, marketable, technical skills to produce art
Informed awareness:
- Critical thinking to becoming better, curious citizens
- Perspective on the role art plays in society: historically, socially, conceptually
- Self-understanding to become effective in their work
Effective interpersonal communication to:
- Navigate challenging social experiences and issues
- Communicate complex conceptual ideas verbally through a grounding in visual material
- Actively and verbally synthesize information in real time

To earn the B.A. in Integrated Arts degree, students must complete 120 credits:

43 credits in the General Education Core
- 31 credits in the 1000/2000 level Core
- Alternative Study (e.g. Internship, Study Away, Assistantship) (3 credits)
- ART 3041 Writing in the Arts (3 credits)
- ART 3033 Create, Critique, Repeat (3 credits)
- ART 4001 Integrated Arts Capstone (3 credits)
33 credits of major required courses
- 6 credits of Cultural Arts Seminar courses
- 18 credits of Craft and Critique Skill Development Distribution courses
- 15 credits of Upper Division Craft and Critique (3000/4000 level)
44 credits of open electives (21 must be at the 3000/4000 level)

Cultural Arts Seminar Requirements: 6 credits

Seminars focus on the cultural influences, multicultural context and history of a given discipline within the arts. Selected topics include (but are not limited to):

Craft and Critique Skill Development: 12 credits

Introductory and Intermediate art courses focused on a specific discipline. Each course will develop the student’s ability in art form and provide opportunities to develop the ability to give and receive constructive critique. Selected topics include (but are not limited to):

Ceramics
Music
Painting/Drawing
Photography
Theater
Time-Based Media, including Sound Art and Video

Upper Division Craft and Critique: 15 credits

At the 3000/4000 level students will be provided the opportunity to further develop their craft through medium specific courses and by combining disciplines. Through this work students will strengthen their ability to contextualize their work and experiment by applying craft acquired at the 1000/2000 level to express a concept to an audience. The focus will emphasize context and critique as students strengthen their ability to gain perspective on how the role art plays in society: historically, socially, conceptually; communicate complex conceptual ideas; and explore how this work can lead to creative problem solving.

Selected topics include (but are not limited to):

General Education Core 1000/2000-Level Requirements: 31 credits

WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric : 3 credits
WRT1012 Research and Analysis : 3 credits
EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning : 3 credits
COM1011 Introduction to Communication : 3 credits
Mathematics Distribution Elective (as indicated through placement exam): 3 credits
Natural Science with lab:(BIO, CHE, GEO, NSC) 4 credits
Humanities (HUM, HST, LIT, PHI, REL, BIO 2041 , COM 2064 ): 3 credits
Social Science (ANT, POL, PSY, SOC, ECN): 3 credits
Quantitative Reasoning (ACC, CSC, ECN, FIN, MAT, BIO, CHE, GEO, NSC): 3 credits
Interpersonal Communication/Creative Expression: 3 credits

Open Electives: 44 credits

23 credits at any level.

21 credits at the 3000/4000 level.