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Creative Arts

The interdepartmental Creative Arts Program offers a major for students interested in making connections between the arts and in studying the creative process.

Each major works with the Creative Arts Coordinator to design an individual program combining interdisciplinary Creative Arts classes with courses in Art and Design, English, Music, and Theatre Arts. Students especially value this program for its flexibility and individual advising: no two majors take quite the same program of study.

Students completing the Multiple Subjects Credential preparation (a program unique in California for its emphasis on the arts) take a different upper division program, usually including courses in arts for children, a pre-professional experience class, and additional supporting courses preparing them to teach in today's culturally diverse classroom.

The Creative Arts major is designed to provide a breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding of the arts which prepare students for a wide variety of professional programs and careers. Majors plan careers in performing and visual arts, professional and creative writing (including screen- and play- writing), and teaching. Special minors in Business Administration and in Public Administration have been designed for Creative Arts majors who plan careers in arts management.

BA - Creative Arts

Lower division preparation

The Creative Arts Program is interdisciplinary. Lower division requirements in the Major include the following:

Six (6) semester or nine (9) quarter units activity or studio courses in visual or performing arts or creative writing, such as the articulated equivalents of:

ART 012 Two-Dimensional Design and Color Concepts
ART 013 Three-Dimensional Design Concepts
ART 024 Beginning Drawing
ART 026 Representational Drawing
ART 046 Introduction to Ceramics
ART 074 Introduction to Digital Media
DANC 040A Modern Dance I
DANC 042A Jazz Dance I
ENGL 071 Creative Writing
TA 005 Acting
TA 015 Voice and Diction
TA 017 Intermediate Acting
TA 048 Beyond Words: Getting Smarter Through Movement
TA 064 Makeup for Stage and Video
or a course in music or instrumental performance.

Nine (9) semester or fourteen (14) quarter units of lower division non-studio, nonactivity courses in history or theory in three (3) disciplines selected from the following:

School of Art and Design, School of Music and Dance, RTVF/T (Television, Radio, Film and Theatre) department, English and Comparative Literature department, and others approved by the CAP Advisor, such as
ART 042 Fiber Concepts
ARTH 010 Art Appreciation
   OR
ARTH 011 Modern Art History
   OR
ARTH 070A Art History, Prehistoric to Medieval
   OR
ARTH 070B Art History, Renaissance to Modern
   OR
ARTH 070C Arts of Asia
   OR
ARTH 072 Design in Society
   OR
ARTH 080 The Applied Arts in Interior Design
DANC 010 Dance Appreciation
ENGL 010 Great Works of Literature
   OR
ENGL 022 Fantasy and Science Fiction
   OR
ENGL 040 Contemporary World Fiction
   OR
ENGL 056A English Literature to the Late 18th Century
   OR
ENGL 056B English Literature Late 18th Century to Present
   OR
ENGL 068A American Literature to 1865
   OR
ENGL 068B American Literature 1865 to Present
ENGL 078 Introduction to Shakespeare's Drama
MUSC 010A Music Appreciation
MUSC 012 Fundamentals of Music History
MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures
MUSC 081 Concert Listening I
RTVF 082 Introduction to Film
RTVF 091 Introduction to Radio and Television Production
RTVF 098 Film and Television Aesthetics
TA 010 Theatre Appreciation
TA 011 Script Analysis
TA 048 Beyond Words: Getting Smarter Through Movement

The Diversified BA in Creative Arts

(for Multiple Subject/CLAD Credential Candidates) requires specific lower division General Education courses (Please see BA-Creative Arts, Preparation for Teaching) or please contact the Program Coordinator for Creative Arts at SJSU for a list of these specific courses and/or for further information and advising about the program.

All students must satisfy the following prerequisite (or equivalent) prior to registering for the WST and 100W courses at SJSU {Academic Senate policy S05-8}:

ENGL 001B Composition 2
A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable).
or
Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course
A course articulated to SJSU's English 1B is recommended, however any course approved for the IGETC second semester composition area would be accepted to meet this requirement (a grade of "C" or better is required).

Requirements for the Creative Arts multiple subjects waiver program include specific GE courses. See the Creative Arts Coordinator for specific information about the requirements and options in this waiver program for elementary and middle/junior high teaching.