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3.00 Credits
This survey course outlines the emerging field of Community Arts and defines vital roles artists can play in structuring, rebuilding and maintaining communities within cultural, social and educational contexts. This course will develop the awareness and ability to nurture relationships among the artist, arts organizations, educational organizations, the business and commercial sector and audiences, including the ability to broaden participation in the arts, initiate arts education programs and forge links among various communities.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to the concepts and practices of arts infusion into the classroom. Methods and techniques of dramatization, music, dance, and visual art utilized as learning vehicles are investigated and analyzed. The structured of the "classroom" is reexamined as a potential "learning stage" and reevaluated as an arts-friendly environment wherein numerous learning styles are addressed. Some of the issues covered are balancing creative chaos with an atmosphere of orderly systematic learning; grading and evaluation; arts as a delivery system for teaching math, science, history and social studies; and the role of the arts in teaching character and emotional intelligence. Arts Management beyond the classroom is also explored.
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3.00 Credits
Applied Aesthetics examines the philosophical underpinnings of the Arts. Students explore the aesthetic, intellectual, perceptual, ethical, analytical, visionary, critical and pragmatic aspects of various arts disciplines and how they can be applied to curriculum design and instruction. Some of the issues addressed are the role of authorial intention, the nature of expression, the nature of realism, the arts-as-moral-teacher versus the arts-for-the art¿s-sake debate, the nature of beauty, the Mozart Effect, learning styles, multiple intelligences and theories of genres.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature of the creative arts in contrast to the interpretive arts. It encourages students to embark upon a personal exploration of the creative process as they conceptualize new works and new forms of expression and artistic achievement. Students investigate techniques of harnessing and applying creative thinking as a method of problem solving. Key principals of quantum physics are applied to art and the creative process. Parallels are drawn between creativity and the quantum realm - the invisible world wherein the visible is designed and assembled. In this environment of pure potentiality, students are encouraged to challenge existing perceptions, interpretations, and expectations in an effort to cultivate imagination and flexibility. This course offers insight into students' roles as artists and educators who will be creating a new global culture.
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3.00 Credits
The area of Expressive Therapies explores the arts as a vehicle for therapeutic artistic expression, transformation and healing. With the basic philosophical assumption that art is inherently a psychological activity, this course emphasizes a developing awareness of the healing aspects of the arts in both diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. It examines different art modalities in their practice in a range of clinical, educational and human service settings. Taking a holistic approach to health care and human growth, this course will examine both traditional and progressive methods of Arts and Expressive Therapies.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the fundamentals of dramatic writing; learning to use the tools and techniques of the playwright, screenplay writer, teleplay writer, librettist, or performance artist. Plays, movies, TV shows, operas, ballets, and performance art will be explored and analyzed from the point of view of theme, plot, dialogue, character development, structure, tone, genre, and scenario. Each student will create a short original script. Building on the strengths of the specific arts discipline in which the student received undergraduate training, he or she will be guided through a linguistic pre-visualization of the project before scripting begins.
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3.00 Credits
Applying Art to the Business World explores various methods of "taking art to work" with the objective of fostering productive collaborations, "out-of-the-box" problem-solving, enhanced ergonomic work environments, and higher morale and motivation in the corporate or business workplace. Students are introduced to concepts and practices of arts business and management. The roles and duties of producers, general managers, agents, unions, entertainment attorneys, and production officials are examined. The concept of "Social entrepreneurism" is introduced as a new approach to business practices in the arts.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the concept of art as a verb - the present perfect form of being. The role of the artist in society is examined from the perspective that art is something one is rather than something one does - illuminating the unifying power of creativity. Emphasis is on cultures that have never separated from their spiritual core. This course focuses on ways of building bridges between Western Culture and its spiritual foundations through personal artistic expression.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the principles of drama therapy - an intentional and systematic use of drama/theatre processes to achieve the therapeutic goals of symptom relief, emotional and physical integration, and personal growth. The course includes reading, discussion, written analysis, and improvisational enactment of the theory and practice of leading professionals in the field. It is the foundation course for the Drama Therapy Track of the MS in Education with a Concentration in Interdisciplinary Arts Program. It is also the foundation course for the Alternative Training Program of the National Association for Drama Therapy to train students beyond the Master¿s degree to fulfill the requirements for certification as a Registered Drama Therapist.
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3.00 Credits
This course orients the incoming student to the core ideas, history and philosophy of Interdisciplinarity in the Arts. It also introduces students to the various research designs and methodologies relevant to the arts such as historiography, arts-based research, content analysis, theory and criticism, and relevant elements of qualitative and quantitative methods. Students examine the origins, contexts, masterpieces, and creators of exemplary artworks that combine various art forms. From Gesamtkunstwerk to contemporary interactive multi-media video and musical theatre, elements of form, structure and composition are explored as students select a focus of study and prepare a research paper.
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