Requirements for Fine Arts

The requirements for a major in Fine Arts are 34 hours, to include Fine Arts 103, 108, 110 or 111, 320, 498, and 499.

Students may complete the courses required for the major by following one of three possible tracks, or without a track.

For a track in Music, the remaining courses must be chosen from Fine Arts 211, 212, 231, 232, 233, 234, and 302.

For a track in Theatre, the remaining courses must include at least four courses in Fine Arts and be chosen from Fine Arts 208, 210, 303, 305, 308, and 407. Additional courses may be chosen from English 270, 313, 314, and 334; French 401; German 401; Spanish 405 and 408.

For a track in Visual Arts, the remaining courses must be chosen from Fine Arts 204, 205, 206, 214, 215, 218, 219, 304, 306, 314, 315, 317, 318, and 319.

The department of Fine Arts offers three minors: one in Music, one in Theatre, and one in the Visual Arts.

The requirements for a minor in Music are 15 credit hours; Fine Arts 211 and 212 (Music Theory I and I) are required, as is any one 300-level music class other than Fine Arts 351-354 (Theory and Practice of Choral Music) and Fine Arts 361-364 (Theory and Practice of Instrumental Ensemble Music); to complete the minor, students must take any two courses from among the following: Fine Arts 103 (Introduction to Music Literature), Fine Arts 231 (Music of the Twentieth Century), Fine Arts 232 (American Music), Fine Arts 233 (Jazz History), Fine Arts 234 (History of Opera), and Physics 135 (The Physics of Sound). Students pursuing the minor in Music are strongly encouraged to participate in two semesters of Fine Arts 251-254 (Theory and Practice of Choral Music) or Fine Arts 261-264 (Theory and Practice of Instrumental Ensemble Music).

The requirements for a minor in Theatre are 15 credit hours from the courses listed below, including at least three Fine Arts offerings: Fine Arts 108 (Introduction to Theatre), Fine Arts 208 (Acting), Fine Arts 210 (Asian Theatre), Fine Arts 303 (Topics in Theatre Theory and Literature), Fine Arts 305 (Topics in Theatre Practice), Fine Arts 308 (Directing), Fine Arts 407 (Theatre Design and Technology); English 270 (Introduction to Shakespeare), English 313 (English Drama), English 314 (Modern Drama), English 334 (Special Topics in Shakespeare); French 401 (French Theatre), German 401 (German Theatre), Spanish 405 (Twentieth Century Latin American Theatre), Spanish 408 (Theatre of the Golden Age).

The requirements for a minor in the Visual Arts are 15 credit hours from the Fine Arts courses listed below, including at least one studio, one history, and two 300-level courses: Fine Arts 110 (The History of Western Art I), Fine Arts 111 (The History of Western Art II); Fine Arts 204 (Greek and Roman Art and Architecture), Fine Arts 205 (Medieval Art and Architecture), Fine Arts 206 (Western Art of 19th and 20th Centuries), Fine Arts 214 (Introduction to Photography), Fine Arts 215 (Beginning Drawing), Fine Arts 218 (Color and Two-Dimensional Design), Fine Arts 219 (American Photography); Fine Arts 304 (Topics in Visual Art: Lecture), Fine Arts 306 (Topics in Visual Art: Studio), Fine Arts 312 (Digital Photography), Fine Arts 314 (Intermediate Photography), Fine Arts 315 (Intermediate Drawing), Fine Arts 317 (Indirect Painting), Fine Arts 318 (Direct Painting), Fine Arts 319 (Portraiture).

Students interested in going into arts management may want to consider Economics 101 as the prerequisite for the following helpful courses: Business 222, 231, or 241; and may also want to consult with the chair of the Department of Fine Arts about courses in the Sweet Briar Arts Management Program.

updated 7-13-2012