Performing Arts, B.A.

Cross-Disciplinary Performance Concentration

Students must complete an additional 27 credits from courses chosen from Arts Administration (VPN), Dance (VPD), Music (VPM), or Theater (VPT).

• Complete Three 100-Level VPN, VPD, VPM, or VPT courses (9 credits).
   
• Complete Three 200-Level VPN, VPD, VPM, or VPT courses (9 credits).
   
• Complete Three 300- or 400-Level VPN, VPD, VPM, or VPT courses (9 credits).
  
  Note: Students may complete an Internship (VPx) 475, Directed Study (VPx 490) (3 credits), or up to 3 semesters of the same 1-credit Performance Courses to fulfill the requirements above:

VPD 357 - Dance Company  (1 credit)

VPD 358 - Dance Company, Production  (1 credit)

VPM 133 - Collegiate Chorale  (1 credit)

VPM 134 - Concert Ensemble  (1 credit)

VPM 135 - Music Technology Ensemble  (1 credit)

VPM 139 - Guitar Ensemble  (1 credit)

VPM 140 - Studio Guitar  (1 credit)

VPM 141 - Studio Piano  (1 credit)

VPM 142 - Studio Brass  (1 credit)

VPM 143 - Studio Percussion  (1 credit)

VPM 144 - Studio Strings  (1 credit)

VPM 145 - Studio Woodwinds  (1 credit)

VPM 146 - Studio Voice  (1 credit)

VPT 225 - Play Production  (1 credit)

Dance Concentration

• Complete Eight of the Following Dance (VPD) Courses (24 credits).

• VPD 141 - Dance and Movement
• VPD 151 - Dance Technique
• VPD 152 - Tap I
• VPD 186 - Introduction to Dance History
• VPD 253 - Jazz I
• VPD 254 - Modern Dance I
• VPD 255 - Ballet I
• VPD 256 - Dance for Musical Theatre
• VPD 257 - Introduction to Dance Composition
• VPD 354 - Modern Dance Technique II
• VPD 355 - Jazz Dance II
• VPD 356 - Ballet II
• VPD 360 - Arts Outreach: Dance
• VPD 490 - Directed Study

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• Complete Three Semesters of the Following 1-Credit Courses in Any Combination (3 credits)

• VPD 357 - Dance Company (1 credit)
• VPD 358 - Dance Company, Production (1 credit)

Music Concentration

• Complete Three Music History Courses (9 credits)

• Required:

• VPM 183 - History of Music I: European Roots
• VPM 184 - History of Music II: Non-Western Traditions

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• Complete one of the following additional Music History courses:

• VPM 243 - Hear Her Voice! Women Music Makers, Religion and Spirituality
• VPM 244 - Ten Centuries of the Musical Mass

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• Complete Five Music Theory/Technology Courses (15 credits)

• VPM 186 - Introduction to Music Technology
• VPM 231 - Piano Workshop
• VPM 240 - Music Theory OR

• VPM 341 - Composition: Songwriting  

• VPM 246 - Sound Recording Techniques
• VPM 248 - Sound Synthesis

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• Complete Three Credits in the Same Ensemble

• VPM 133 - Collegiate Chorale (1 credit)
• VPM 134 - Concert Ensemble (1 credit)
• VPM 135 - Music Technology Ensemble (1 credit)
• VPM 139 - Guitar Ensemble (1 credit)

Theater Concentration

• Complete One Course in Stagecraft (3 credits).

• VPT 205 - Stagecraft

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• Complete up to Six of the Following Theatre (VPT) Courses (18 credits).

• VPT 110 - Theatre as Mystery, Myth, and History (HIS Core/First-Year Seminar)
• VPT 182 - Realism and Reality: Road to the Modern Stage (History Cornerstone)
• VPT 203 - Acting I
• VPT 212 - Musical Theatre
• VPT 216 - Improvisation
• VPT 220 - Production and Stage Management
• VPT 228 - Oral Interpretation
• VPT 300 - Acting II
• VPT 302 - Directing
• VPT 306 - Introduction to Playwriting
• VPT 310 - Transformation: Designing for the Stage
• VPT 315 - Make-up for the Stage
• VPT 320 - Dramaturgy
• VPT 324 - Medieval Theatre: Staging the Divine
• VPT 331 - Topics in Theatre Arts I
• VPT 332 - Topics in Theatre Arts II
• VPT 360 - Arts Outreach: Theater
• VPT 405 - Theatre Practicum
• VPT 475 - Internship in Theatre Arts (may take up to 6 credits)
• VPT 496 - Independent Research

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• Complete a Capstone (3-credits) (ex. VPT 496  when designated as Capstone on contract)

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• Complete at least Three Semesters of Production Work (3 credits)*

• VPT 225 - Play Production (1 credit)

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• *Note: Students must serve on “run crew” for at least one semester. May repeat VPT 225 every semester.