Bachelor of Arts - Art, Performance And Cinema Studies

Program Requirements

• Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

• Academic Continuance Policy

• Policy:

• All students who successfully complete the acceptance process within the School for the Contemporary Arts are offered the status of “Major” in a specific area of study entering the first year. In order to remain a major, all students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA in CA courses of 2.67. Students that fall below the 2.67 will have a limited time (see process below) to bring the average up before losing their status as a major.

• Process:

• All SCA student GPA levels will be evaluated at the end of each academic year, normally at the end of the Spring semester. A student who falls below the required cumulative GPA in CA courses of 2.67 will be notified of their probation status as a major with a limited time to adjust their CA GPA. Students will need to meet with the Area Coordinator and Advisor and plan their academic career for either re-establishing the Major or pursuing an FCAT BA with a double minor program. If the student does not bring the cumulative GPA in CA courses to 2.67 in the allotted time, he/she will be dropped from the major. If the student is in first or second year of study within the major and falls below the required cumulative GPA in CA courses of 2.67, the student will have two semesters to bring up their average to 2.67. If the student is in third year of their major, they will have one semester to bring their average to 2.67. Students who lose their status as a major in the SCA will have the option of pursuing the extended minor as part of the double minor BA option in FCAT, or via other options in the university. In extraordinary circumstances, the area coordinator and director of the school will review academic continuance policy cases.

• Lower Division Requirements for Both Streams

• Students in both streams complete a total of 27 units including all of:

• CA 118 - Contemporary Art History (3)

• CA 137 - The History and Aesthetics of Cinema II (3)

• CA 186 - Art and the Moving Image (3)

• CA 210W - Artworks, Theories, Contexts (3)

• Art and Performance Studies Stream

• Lower Division Requirements

• In addition to he lower division courses required for both streams, students in the Art and Performance Studies stream must complete:

• CA 117 - Modern Art History (3)

• Plus six units from below:

• CA 127 - History of Dance: From the 20th Century to the Present (3)

• CA 136 - The History and Aesthetics of Cinema I (3)

• CA 140 - Music after 1900 (3)

• CA 217 - Introduction to Performance Studies (3)

• CA 228W - Dance Aesthetics (3)

• CA 235 - Experimental Film and Video (3)

• CA 257W - Context of Theatre I (3)

• HUM 211 - Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance (3)

• And six units from below:

• CA 120 - Introduction to Dance Forms: Contemporary and Popular (3)

• CA 129 - Movement Fundamentals (3)

• CA 150 - Introduction to Acting (3)

• CA 160 - Introductory Studio in Visual Art I (3)

• CA 170 - Introduction to Production Technology (3)

• CA 243 - Gamelan I (3)

• CA 285 - Interdisciplinary Studio - Composition/Collaboration (3)

• Upper Division Requirements

• Students are encouraged to plan in advance, as some upper division courses may not be offered each year. Students who wish to complete upper division courses must make sure they have the disciplinary prerequisites and should be aware that studio courses may have limited enrolments.

• Students complete a minimum of 28 units from the list below, including a minimum 12 units from these courses:

• CA 312 - Selected Topics in Art and Performance Studies (3) *

• CA 314 - Readings in the History of Art, Performance and Cinema (3) *

• CA 315 - Sound Art: History and Concepts (4)

• CA 412W - Advanced Seminar in Art and Performance Studies (4) *

• CA 414 - Advanced Topic in the History of Art, Performance and Cinema (3) *

• Remaining units can be drawn from the list below:

• CA 308 - Contemporary Arts Field School I (Theory/History) (4)

• CA 316 - Intermediate Selected Topics in Cinema Studies (4)

• CA 318 - Theory and Cinema (4)

• CA 319W - Critical Writing in the Arts (3)

• CA 341 - World Music (3)

• CA 357W - Context of Theatre II (3)

• CA 359 - Selected Topics in Theatre (3)

• CA 389 - Selected Topics in the Fine and Performing Arts II (3)

• CA 401 - Directed Studies (Theory/History) (3)

• CA 406 - Internship in Contemporary Arts II (4)

• CA 408 - Contemporary Arts Field School III (Theory/History) (4)

• CA 416 - Advanced Seminar in Cinema Studies (4)

• CA 457 - Context of Theatre III (4)

• CA 485 - Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Contemporary Arts (5)

• CA 489 - Interdisciplinary Project in Contemporary Arts (5)

• HUM 309 - Literatures and the Arts Across Cultures (4)

• HUM 311 - Italian Renaissance Humanism (4)

• HUM 385 - Selected Topics in European Cultures (4)

• Other CA courses can be substituted for courses on this list with permission from area.

• * may be repeated for credit if the topic changes

• Cinema Studies Stream

• Lower Division Requirements

• In addition to the lower division courses required for both streams, students in the Cinema Studies stream must complete:

• CA 136 - The History and Aesthetics of Cinema I (3)

• One of:

• CA 216 - Selected Topics in Cinema Studies (3) ***

• CA 235 - Experimental Film and Video (3) ***

• CA 236 - Cinema in Canada (3)

• And one of:

• CA 117 - Modern Art History (3)

• CA 127 - History of Dance: From the 20th Century to the Present (3)

• CA 140 - Music after 1900 (3)

• CA 217 - Introduction to Performance Studies (3)

• CA 228W - Dance Aesthetics (3)

• CA 257W - Context of Theatre I (3)

• HUM 211 - Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance (3)

• Plus six units from below:

• CA 120 - Introduction to Dance Forms: Contemporary and Popular (3)

• CA 129 - Movement Fundamentals (3)

• CA 150 - Introduction to Acting (3)

• CA 160 - Introductory Studio in Visual Art I (3)

• CA 170 - Introduction to Production Technology (3)

• CA 238W - Screenwriting I (3)

• CA 243 - Gamelan I (3)

• CA 285 - Interdisciplinary Studio - Composition/Collaboration (3)