VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Office:
Craven Hall, Sixth Floor
Telephone:
(760) 750-4137
Department Chair:
William Bradbury, D.M.A.
Faculty:
David Avalos, M.F.A.
Loni Berry, M.F.A.
William Bradbury, D.M.A.
Kristine
Diekman, M.F.A.
Merryl
R. Goldenberg, Ed.D.
Andrea
Liss, Ph.D.
Marcos
Martínez, M.A.
Deborah Small, M.F.A.
Programs Offered:
• Bachelor of Arts in Visual
and Performing Arts — Global Arts
• Multiple-Subject
Preparation Program
• Minor in Visual and
Performing Arts
In an era dominated by the
instantaneous exchange of information, the effects of expansive electronic
technologies continue to erode the geographical and cultural barriers that have
historically separated various peoples and nations throughout the world.
Exploring and interpreting the shifting realities of our shrinking planet in
the face of this phenomenon lies at the core of the philosophy which drives the
Global Arts Program at CSUSM. In California, students of European, Asian,
African, and Latin American descent share a common environment that has given
our state a unique and inherent aspect of cultural cross-pollination, a world
fusion that makes Southern California, in particular, one of the most
culturally vibrant places on earth.
The Global Arts Program
embraces this cultural richness, providing a sequence of courses that
illuminate and emphasize the benefits of our cross-cultural heritage, presented
in the framework of a dynamic technological environment. Students learn to use
traditional and contemporary media as a platform for cultural explorations,
critical questioning and creative action. By linking current, evolving theories
and practices in the arts with traditions drawn from throughout the world,
students follow tracks in the visual arts, music, theater, or electronic media.
They create collaborative interdisciplinary artworks which challenge them to
identify their own place, and to discover and realize their own potentials in
the diverse worlds that shape today’s society.
Students in the Global Arts
Program will develop the analytical and perceptual skills to “read,” create and
perform works in the fields of music, visual arts, and theatre. The repertory
will be drawn from the Euro-American repertory, other classical traditions,
traditional or folk art forms representing many different cultural groups and
the avant garde. The works explored will be viewed both as aesthetic objects
and as reflections of ideas within a cultural context.
The goal of the Global Arts
Program is to offer a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary core of courses in
music, the visual arts and theatre.
In summary, the following
objectives are listed for the Global Arts Program:
• to assist the students to
develop a multidisciplinary and global perspective in the arts;
• to provide a curriculum
that teaches the skills of critical analyses using works of art from a broad
range of cultures and styles with special emphasis in the Americas;
• to provide the tools for
students to create their own art as composers, visual artists or performers of
more than one style or genre;
• to help the students
discover more about their own cultural history and ethnic identity;
• to assist the students in
becoming computer and technologically competent through work in the arts;
• to guide the students to
the understanding that art is not an isolated phenomenon but that it is but a
single, albeit powerful, representation of culture, history and belief systems;
• to attract re-entry
students, folk artists and other nontraditional students who are not interested
in traditional arts programs; and
• to provide a coherent
sequence of courses that will prepare the future elementary school teacher the
skills and knowledge to integrate the arts into the general classroom.
Special Conditions for the Global
Arts Program
1. Credit/No Credit grading
is not permitted in courses required for the major.
2. Lower-division courses
that satisfy the lower-division humanities requirement will not normally be
used to
satisfy the major
requirement.
3. Global Arts Program
students must maintain a B (3.0) average in the major for continuation in the
program.
4. At present, two
lower-division courses are offered, but the full lower-division curriculum to
support the major
is not offered at CSUSM.
5. All students enrolled in
private or group music lessons are required to be concurrently enrolled in one
of CSUSM’s music ensembles.
6. All Theatre Track students
must enroll in a production course every semester of their residency. The
credit for two semesters of participation may be applied toward the major
requirements. Other credits may be applied as free electives.
7. All VPA students must
complete a capstone project in the final semester of residency. Consult the
Department Chair or your advisor for guidelines and instructions concerning the
capstone project.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN VISUAL AND
PERFORMING ARTS — GLOBAL ARTS
Units
General Education 51 units
Preparation for the Major (by
track) 21 units
Upper-Division Track
Requirements* 41-45 units
General Electives 7-11 units
Total Required 124 units
Preparation for the Major
Junior-level students seeking
admission to this program normally must have completed twenty-one (21) units of
lower-division work in the arts (except for the Multiple-Subject Waiver Track
where twelve [(12)] units are required). Courses in the arts that satisfy
General Education distribution requirements may not apply to major
requirements. Students entering with fewer than twenty- one (21) units must
complete the deficiencies within the first year of instruction at CSUSM.
Arts and Technology Track
21 units of lower-division
arts distributed as follows:
• 12 units of
critical/theoretical/ cultural courses including:
—One pre-20th Century art
history course
—One contemporary or global
art history course
—Two survey courses
• 9 units of studio courses
Courses in the arts that
satisfy General Education distribution requirements may not apply to major
requirements. Students entering with fewer than 21 units must complete the
deficiencies within the first year of instruction at CSUSM.
Upper-Division
Arts and Technology Track Requirements
(42 units)
Visual and Performing Arts
Core (12 units)
Units
VPA 302 3
units
VPA 303 3
units
VPA 402 3
units
VPA 403 3
units
Studio Work (3 units)
Any upper-division course in
Studio Work in Theatre 3 units
Specialty Track (24 units)
MUSC 302 3
units
VSAR 303 3
units
VSAR 302 3
units
Critical/Theoretical/Cultural
(select 2) 6
units
MUSC 320 VSAR 422
TA 323 VSAR 423
VSAR 405
Work in Art and Technology
(select 3) 9
units
MUSC 402 VSAR 404
VSAR 304 VSAR 440
VSAR 403
Three (3) units within the
track
discipline or outside of the
arts
selected with advisement 3 units
Total Units 42 units
*The Multiple-Subject
Waiver also requires 124 units, but it is structured differently. Please refer
to it for a detailed description of unit distribution.
Music Track
21 units of lower-division
music distributed as follows:
• 12 units of critical/theoretical/
cultural courses including:
—One year of music theory
(above fundamentals) that includes popular, jazz and non-Western musical
vocabularies and aural skills (6 units)
—One course that focuses on
the technologies of music (3 units)
• 9 units of studio courses
including: —Private instruction (2 semester minimum)
—Ensembles (2 semester
minimum)
—One ethnic music performance
class
—Other studio experience
(group or individual)
Upper-Division
Music Track Requirements
(43-45 units)
Units
Visual and Performing Arts
Core (12 units)
VPA 302 3
units
VPA 303 3
units
VPA 402 3
units
VPA 403 3
units
Studio Work (6 units)
Any upper-division course in
studio work in the visual
arts 3
units
Any upper-division course in
studio work in theatre arts 3 units
Specialty Track
(22-24 units)
MUSC 302 3 units
Critical/Theoretical/
Cultural (select 2) 6 units
MUSC 320 MUSC 426
MUSC 323 MUSC 427
MUSC 324 VPA 320
MUSC 421
VPA 380
MUSC 422
MUSC 423
MUSC 424
MUSC 425
Music Ensemble courses 6 units
MUSC 390 MUSC 394
MUSC 391 MUSC 395
Studio Work in Music courses 4-6 units
MUSC 302 MUSC 480
MUSC 393 VPA 381
MUSC 402
Three (3) units outside of
the arts
selected with advisement 3 units
Total Units 43-45
units
Multiple Subject Waiver Track
Students taking the
Multiple-Subject Waiver Track will qualify for a subject area competency
clearance in lieu of the
National Teacher’s
Examination (Multiple-Subject Waiver).
Units
Basic Skills (lower-division)
9 units
Mathematics and Sciences 19 units
Humanities (excluding courses
in arts) 15-21
units
Social Sciences 18 units
Multicultural component
[additional
three (3) units in the arts] 3 units
Physical Education 4
units
Global Arts Program 35-36 units
Total Required 124 units
Global Arts program
(35-36 units)
Lower-division sequence
in the arts (12 units)
Units
Critical/theoretical area in
one
art form 6
units
Studio work ensemble or
private
instruction 6
units
Upper-division courses in
the arts (23-24 units)
VPA 302 3
units
VPA 303 3
units
Select one course 3 units
MUSC 302 VSAR 302
Select two courses: 6
units
MUSC 480 TA 480
VSAR 480
One upper division critical/
theoretical course in the
arts
fulfilling the Global
Awareness
requirement 3
units
Studio Work in the arts (must
include two units of
performance
classes) 5-6
units
General electives 14-21 units
Total Units 124
units
Theatre Arts Track
21 units of lower-division
theatre distributed as follows:
• 9 units of critical/
theoretical/cultural courses
—Dramatic literature
—Theatre history
(contemporary or global preferred)
—Playwriting
• 12 units of studio courses
from the following or equivalent areas:
—Acting
—Movement or dance
—Voice and diction
—Performance activities
—Technical theatre activities
—Design
Upper-Division
Theatre Arts Track Requirements
(42-43 units)
Units
Visual and Performing Arts
Core (12 units)
VPA 302 3
units
VPA 303 3
units
VPA 402 3
units
VPA 403 3
units
Studio Work (6 units)
Any upper-division course in
studio work in music 3 units
Any upper-division course in
studio work in visual arts 3 units
Specialty Track (24-25 units)
MUSC 302 3
units
VSAR 302 3
units
Critical/Theoretical/Cultural
(select
2) 6 units
TA 320 TA 421
TA 323 VPA 320
TA 326 VPA 380
TA 327
TA 410
Studio work in theatre arts 9-10
units
TA 300 TA 480
TA 301 VPA
381
TA 401
Total Units 42-43
units
Visual Arts Track
21 units of lower-division
art distributed as follows:
• 12 units of critical/
theoretical/cultural courses including:
—One pre-20th Century art
history course
—One contemporary or global
art history course
—Two survey courses
—9 units of studio courses
A more specific breakdown of
transfer courses can be obtained through the program office.
Upper-Division
Visual Arts Track Requirements
(41-42 units)
Units
Visual and Performing Arts
Core (12 units)
VPA 302 3
units
VPA 303 3
units
VPA 402 3
units
VPA 403 3
units
Studio Work (6 units)
Any upper-division course in
studio work in music 3 units
Any upper-division course in
studio work in theatre arts 3 units
Specialty Track (20-21 units)
VSAR 302 3
units
VSAR 301
3
units
Critical/Theoretical/Cultural
(select 2) 6
units
VPA 320 VSAR 325/ANTH 325
VPA 380 VSAR 326
VSAR 320 VSAR 405
VSAR 322 VSAR 422
VSAR 323 VSAR 423
Studio work in visual arts
courses 8-9
units
VPA 381 VSAR 393
VSAR 302 VSAR 403
VSAR 303 VSAR 440
VSAR 304 VSAR 480
Three (3) units outside of
the arts
selected with advisement 3 units
Total Units 41-42
units
MINOR IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING
ARTS
The Visual and Performing
Arts Minor offers the student the opportunity to pursue studies in music,
theater, visual arts, or any combination of the three. An emphasis is computer
technology and the arts is also possible. With the help of an advisor, students
create a discipline- specific or multidisciplinary minor by choosing courses from
two areas: Critical/Theoretical courses and Studio Courses. All courses
submitted for the minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.
independent studies, research, or internships cannot be counted toward the
minor.
Units
Introductory Critical/Theoretical
3 units
VPA 311
Required Studio Course
(select one;
others may be used for Studio
Work
requirement) One of the
following 3 units
MUSC 302 TA 489
VSAR 302 VSAR 303
Critical/Theoretical 6 units
Two of the following:
DNCE 321 TA 327
MUSC 320 TA 326
MUSC 323 TA 421
MUSC 324 VPA 320
MUSC 421 VSAR 320
MUSC 422 VSAR 322
MUSC 423 VSAR 323
MUSC 424 VSAR 325
MUSC 425 VSAR 326
MUSC 426 VSAR 422
MUSC
427 VSAR
423
TA 320
TA 323
TA 325
Studio Work 6*
Two of the following:
DNCE 320 TA 301
DNCE 392 TA 401
MUSC 302 TA 410
MUSC 321 VSAR 301
MUSC 390 VSAR 302
MUSC 391 VSAR 303
MUSC 392 VSAR 304
MUSC 394 VSAR 403
MUSC 395 VSAR 404
MUSC 402 VSAR 405
TA 300
Total Units 18 units
*The same studio
course may not be repeated for credit toward the minor. Any course taken as the
required studio course may not be counted toward the six (6) units of studio
work requirement.