Arts Requirement
The central concern of Arts Distributed Disciplinary Foundations courses at WCU is to introduce students to art scholarship and to develop students’ ability to think critically and analytically about form, function, and the creative process. Arts Distributed Disciplinary Foundations courses emphasize the cognitive skills of critical thought, creativity, analysis, and synthesis that are central to a foundation in general education. They may be theoretical or historical, comparative or integrative, will be supported by an applied component, and should emphasize interrelationships within the arts and connections to the humanities.
Students must earn 3 credits of Arts Distributed Disciplinary Foundations coursework. Student's must select courses outside of the students' major.
Students must earn 3 credits of Arts Distributive coursework.
An Arts course cannot simultaneously fulfill the Language and Culture Cluster requirements.
This requirement can be fulfilled via transfer credits.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMF 251 | Foundations of Music Performance I | 3 |
| ARH 101 | Survey of the Visual Arts | 3 |
| ARH 103 | Art History I: Paleolithic-Middle Ages | 3 |
| ARH 104 | Art History II: Renaissance through Modern Day | 3 |
| ART 106 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 111 | 2D Design | 3 |
| ART 113 | Digital Media | 3 |
| ART 228 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| ART 231 | Ceramics: Handbuilding | 3 |
| ART 232 | Ceramics: Potter's Wheel | 3 |
| DAN 132 | Modern Dance I | 3 |
| DAN 133 | Jazz Dance 1 | 3 |
| DAN 134 | Beginner's Ballet | 3 |
| DAN 135 | Tap Dancing I | 3 |
| DAN 136 | Introduction to Ballroom Dance | 3 |
| DAN 137 | African Dance | 3 |
| DAN 138 | Hip Hop Dance I | 3 |
| DAN 150 | Athleticism and Artistry in Dance | 3 |
| DAN 210 | The Dancer's Body | 3 |
| EGE 405 | German Film: Expressionism to Contemporary German Film | 3 |
| EIT 360 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ESP 305 | Spanish Cinema | 3 |
| ESP 309 | Latin America on Film (in English) | 3 |
| FLM 200 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| GER 405 | A Survey of German Film | 3 |
| HON 315 | Community and the Arts | 3 |
| MDA 240 | Integrating the Arts within the Elementary Classroom | 3 |
| MHL 121 | Music in Culture and History | 3 |
| MHL 123 | Music in Film | 3 |
| MHL 125 | Perspectives in Jazz | 3 |
| MHL 180 | Global Soundscapes: Music, History, and Society | 3 |
| MHL 210 | Music History I | 3 |
| MHL 312 | Women in Music | 3 |
| MHL 325 | History of Rock | 3 |
| MTC 110 | Making Music | 3 |
| SPA 322 | Latin America on Film (in Spanish) | 3 |
| THA 101 | Spotlight on Theatre: Appreciating Live Performance | 3 |
| THA 103 | Acting I | 3 |
| THA 104 | Stagecraft | 3 |
| THA 201 | Introduction to Standardized Patient Performance | 3 |
