| Convener: Steven Perry |
About the Major
The Contemporary Arts major is an interdisciplinary contract major that allows students to design their own major to reflect their particular interests and career goals. Working in consultation with a faculty advisor, students select courses from the offerings across the School of Contemporary Arts and across the whole college. For example, a student interested in pursuing a career in arts management may elect to take courses from the fine arts programs of Music, Theater, and Visual Arts, combined with courses from the Communication Arts program, as well as courses from the Anisfield School of Business. Or, a student interested in photojournalism may combine Visual Arts courses in photography with journalism and writing courses offered in the Communication Arts program.
This major requires self-motivation and serious planning, but it can be especially rewarding for the student who has specific goals that cannot be met in a regular major at the college, or who wishes to have the flexibility to take a wider array of courses than would be possible in a regular major. After an initial consultation with the Convener of the major, each student will be assigned to work in developing the major with a faculty member who is most knowledgeable in the area of the student's interest.
This major leads to a B.A. degree. It requires a minimum of 36 credits, at least 12 of which must be upper level, (300/400), in addition to the School of Contemporary Arts Core.| Subject | Course # | Title |
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| ENGL | 180 | GE-COLLEGE ENGLISH |
| SELECT ONE | BADM 115 BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES | |
| OR SOCI 101 SOCIAL ISSUES | ||
| SELECT ONE | GE-MATHEMATICS | |
| SELECT ONE | GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT | |
| SELECT ONE | GE- HISTORY: HIST 101-110 | |
| AIID | 201 | GE-READINGS IN HUMANITIES |
| SELECT ONE | GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES | |
| SELECT ONE | GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA | |
| SELECT ONE | GE TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE | |
| SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS REQUIREMENTS | ||
| CNTP | 101 | FIRST YEAR TOPICS (satisfies first year seminar requirement) |
| SELECT TWO | CA Interdisciplinary 300/400 level course | |
| ARHT | 301 | AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940 |
| ARHT | 310 | WOMEN AND ART HISTORY |
| ARHT | 335 | 19TH CENTURY ART AND CULTURE |
| ARHT | 338 | AVANT GARDE ART |
| ARHT | 341 | IMPRESSIONISM AND AFTER |
| ARTS | 331 | ART AS THERAPY |
| CNTP | 305 | CUBAN CINEMA AND CULTURE |
| CNTP | 310 | BLACK EXPERIENCE/MEDIA |
| CNTP | 312 | CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM:FILM |
| CNTP | 313 | SYMBOLISM AND MEDIA IMAGE |
| CNTP | 315 | ART AND TECHNOLOGY |
| CNTP | 323 | SEXUAL POLITICS,GENDER AND FILM REPRESENTATION |
| CNTP | 325 | MEDIA SPORTS AND SOCIETY |
| CNTP | 327 | GLOBAL MULTICULTURAL MEDIA ISSUES |
| CNTP | 347 | AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA |
| CNTP | 348 | LATINO IMAGES AND HOLLYWOOD |
| CNTP | 350 | DIGITAL CULTURE |
| CNTP | 363 | MEDIA AND CULTURE-LATIN AMERICA |
| CNTP | 404 | THE DRAMATIC ELEMENT |
| CNTP | 411 | MEDIA IN SOCIETY |
| CNTP | 414 | FROM FICTION TO FILM |
| CNTP | 415 | JAZZ AND AMERICAN CULTURE |
| CNTP | 424 | AFRICAN/AMERICAN WOMEN IN FILM |
| CNTP | 444 | ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CINEMA |
| CNTP | 447 | HISTORY AND AESTHETICS PERFORMANCE ART |
| CNTP | 466 | ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER |
| CNTP | 468 | ART AND EXILE |
| CNTP | 487 | FILM HISTORY CULTURE AND MYTH |
| CNTP | 493 | NATURE AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE |
| COMM | 317 | MEDIA AND PERSUASION |
| COMM | 334 | HISTORY AND AESTHETICS:FILM EDITING |
| COMM | 347 | THE NEW TV CRITICISM |
| COMM | 356 | MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY |
| MUSI | 309 | MUSIC AND GENDER |
| MUSI | 325 | WRITING ABOUT MUSIC |
| MUSI | 328 | SOUNDTRACKS |
| MUSI | 335 | AVANT GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC |
| MUSI | 345 | DJ CULTURE |
| MUSI | 365 | CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC |
| MUSI | 462 | MUSIC AND IDENTITY |
| THEA | 318 | PRFORMANCE STUDY:MASKS |
| THEA | 323 | EXPERIMENTAL THEATER 1950-PRESENT |
| THEA | 328 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS |
| THEA | 331 | THEATER AND SOCIETY I |
| THEA | 334 | THEATER AND SOCIETY II |
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