Arts Courses 2012-2013


AMT 101
Introduction to the Arts
4 credits

Introduces the world of arts and the vocabularies of music, theatre and visual arts. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, offers opportunity to be creator, performer, audience member, critic. General Education: Creativity and the Arts. For students entering prior to September, 2010: Arts. Introductory. Open only to first-year and sophomore students Offered: Fall

AMT/PHL 254
Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts
4 credits

Explores the experience associated with art, and considers the nature of artistic expression and of creativity. Through reading of selected philosophical texts, pursues an understanding of how we produce, perceive, and respond to art. Field trips to museums or performances. Required for Arts Majors. General Education: Upper Level Writing (after ENG 111) Intermediate. Prerequisite: ENG 111 and one course in the arts or philosophy. Offered: Fall.

AMT 412
Internship in the Arts
4 credits

Offers professional experience in an arts field of the student's choice. Provides a context for understanding the meaning of the arts in people's lives. Placements for the internship are 150 hours per semester. Open to Arts Majors only. Advanced. Prerequisites: Arts Major, Junior or Senior Status, permission of department chair. Offered: Fall, Spring

AMT 499
Arts Major Portfolio
0 credits

Provides the means by which the Arts Department will record the successful submission of the portfolio required of all arts majors. Students should register in their final semester at the College. Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Pass-fail only. Advanced.