Description

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers an academic minor in Arts Studies to all NC State undergraduate majors. This interdisciplinary minor is designed to enrich the student’s university experience, to serve as a foundation for learning and understanding in the arts beyond the university years and to provide a line of thinking and skill development that may contribute to the development provided by the student’s courses in the major or that may be only loosely related to the major. This minor provides the student with a fundamental understanding of the historical, theoretical and practical disciplines of the arts. No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit. Go to Add a Minor to apply. 

Contact Person

Dr. Rodney Waschka
101B Winston Hall
919.515.5464
rodney_waschka@ncsu.edu

SIS Code: 16ARTM

Plan Requirements

• 18 credit hours must be taken to complete this minor.
• The courses for the minor will include six hours of course work in each of 3 areas: interdisciplinary arts study, history/analysis/criticism, and application (studio or performance courses). See listing below.
• A maximum of TWO (2) courses may double-count between major departmental requirements and courses counting toward the minor.
• A maximum of TWO (2) courses may double-count between courses counting toward this minor and additional minors.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Interdisciplinary Arts Electives		6
ARS 257	Technology in the Arts
ARS 258	Mathematics and Models in Music
ARS 259	The Arts and Politics
ARS 351	Arts, Ideas and Values
ARS 353	Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
ARS 354	The Arts and the Sacred
ARS 410	Art and History of World Puppetry
STS 257	Technology in the Arts
Arts History/Analysis/Criticism Electives		6
DAN 322	Dance and Society
DAN 332	Dance and Technology
DAN 324	U.S. Concert Dance History
ENG 282	Introduction to Film
ENG 364	History of Film to 1940
ENG 374	History of Film From 1940
ENG 375	African American Cinema
HA 203	History of American Art
HA 298	Special Topics in Art History
HA 401	19th Century European Art from Revolution to Post-Impressionism
HA 410	History of the Art of Photography
MUS 105	Introduction to Music in Western Society
MUS 200	Understanding Music: Global Perspectives
MUS 201	Introduction to Music Literature I
MUS 202	Introduction to Music Literature II
THE 103	Introduction to the Theatre
THE 340	African American Theatre
Arts Studio/Production/Performance Electives		6
ADN 111	Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design
ADN 112	Introduction to Three-Dimensional Design
ADN 281	Drawing I
ARS 306	Music Composition with Computers
ARS 414	Interdisciplinary Arts Seminar
DAN 120	Movement Improvisation
MUS 106	Beginning Piano
MUS 305	Music Composition
MUS 306	Music Composition with Computers
Total Hours		18