Fine Arts

A vital part of the Tennessee Wesleyan College community, the Fine Arts Department serves as a cultural agency for the campus, community, and surrounding area. Its baccalaureate programs in music prepare the student in the areas of performance and teaching and provide the necessary background for further study not only in these areas, but also in music history, theory, and composition. Minors in art, music, and theater offer the student majoring in other areas on the campus an opportunity to develop a talent or passion that may give a lifetime of pleasure and community involvement. Art, music, or theater may be combined with another curricular area to create an interdisciplinary major. These individualized majors are created to meet the needs of the student.

For the student not interested in a major or a minor in one of the arts, many opportunities are available for dramatic and musical performance; improvement of acting, listening, and artistic skills; or initiation to music fundamentals and art and theater history. Art exhibits, concerts, plays, musicals, and recitals are presented by the Fine Arts Department throughout the academic year. The Concert Choir and the Chorale perform frequently both on and off campus and tour each spring.

* Indicates proposed new course
** Capstone Project

Credit Hours required for Degree: 128
(64hr. must be earned from a 4 yr. institution with last 32
at TWC)

9 elective hours within the major can be chosen
from the courses marked +

General ACR (50-53 s.h.)

TWC 101 Freshman Experience I *** (1)
TWC 102 Freshman Experience II *** (1)
E 101 Composition I (3)
E 102 Composition II (3)
SP 101 Intro to Speech (3)
PE PE Activities Course (1)
PE PE Activities Course (1)
CA 218, CA 228 (3)
A 111, MU 207, TH 104, MU 214, MU 215 (3)
(May count as both an ACR and a major course requirement)
Any Literature Courses except E/LS 312,313
E _____ Literature (3)
E _____ Literature or Foreign Lang. (3)
Religion (3)
Philosophy or upper div. Religion (3)
M ______ Mathematics (3)
M ______ Mathematics (3)
Lab Science (4)
Lab Science (4)
H 101 or H 204 (3)
H 102 or H 205 (3)
Econ, Geography, PY 101 or SO 101 (3)
Major (66 s.h.)

Art Emphasis Requirements:

A 102 Drawing II (3) +
A 103 Painting I (3)
A 104 Painting II (3) +
A 111 Art Appreciation (3)
A 211 Printmaking I (3)
A 212 Printmaking II (3)+
A 216 2D Design (3)
A 217 3D Design (3)
A 219 Sculpture I (3)
A 300 Art Since 1900 (3)
A 390 Readings in Art (3)
A 391 Art Practicum (S.L.) (3)
A 495 Senior Project ** (3)
A 496 Senior Thesis ** (3)

Music Emphasis Requirements:

MU 111 +Lab; Mat. & Struc. I (4)
MU 112 + Lab; Mat. & Struc. II (4)
MU 103 Applied Music (8)
MU 191 Concert Choir (4)
MU 211 + Lab; Mat & Struc. III (4) +
M U 2 1 2 + Lab; Mat. & Struc. I V ( 4) +
MU 215 Music Literature II (3)
MU 315 History of Music II (3)
MU 324 Beginning Conducting (3)
MU 404r Senior Recital ** (3)

Theatre Emphasis Requirements:

TH 100 Practicum (repeated up to 4hr) (1-3)
TH 101 Basic Theatre Technique (3)
TH 104 Intro to Theatre (3) +
TH 200 Practicum (repeated up to 4hr) (3)
TH 201 Beginning Acting (3) +
TH 209 World Theatre History I (3) +
TH 300 Practicum (repeated up to 4hr) (3)
TH/E 301 Modern Drama (3) +
TH 304 Advanced Acting (3) +*
TH 309 World Theatre History II (3) +*
TH 400 Practicum (repeated up to 4hr) (3)
TH 401 Stage Directing (3)
TH402 Playwriting (3) *
TH404 Theatre Capstone Project ** (3) *

Minor in Art

A 101           Drawing I                                                                        3 s.h.
A 103           Painting I                                                                        3 s.h.
A 111           Art Appreciation                                                             3 s.h.
A 211           Printmaking I                                                                  3 s.h.
A 217           3-D Design                                                                     3 s.h.
A 311           Intermediate Studio Methods                                          3 s.h.
A 312           Intermediate Studio Critique                                           3 s.h.

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Minor in Music

*MU 111       Materials and Structures I                                               3 s.h.
*MU 111L     Materials and Structures I Lab                                        1 s.h.
MU 112        Materials and Structures II                                               3 s.h.
MU 112L      Materials and Structures II Lab                                        1 s.h.
MU 214        Literature of Music I                                                         3 s.h.
                    Applied music and ensemble combined                           6 s.h.
MU 100, 116 or 103 (no more than 4 s.h.)
MU 171 or 191 (no more than 4 s.h.)

Three hours chosen from the following:
MU 221        Performance & Instrumentation Percussion Instruments   1 s.h.
MU 222        Performance & Instrumentation Brass Instruments           1 s.h.
MU 223        Performance & Instrumentation String Instruments           1 s.h.
MU 224        Performance & Instrumentation Woodwind Instruments    1 s.h.
MU 215        Literature of Music II                                                          3 s.h.
MU 324        Beginning Conducting                                                       3 s.h.
MU 108 may be a prerequisite for this course

Minor in Theatre

TH 100, 200,
300, 400r        Theatre Practicum                                                           6 s.h.
TH 101            Basic Theatre Technique                                                3 s.h.
TH 104             Introduction to Theatre                                                   3 s.h.
TH 201            Introduction to Acting                                                      3 s.h.
TH 209            World Theatre History                                                     3 s.h.
E/TH 301         Analysis of Modern Drama/Theatre History                     3 s.h.
TH 401            Directing Theatre                                                             3 s.h.

Individualized Major

These programs allow the student to combine music, art or theater with another curricular area to develop a major. Possible combinations are art and psychology, music and business, music and psychology, theatre and English, or theatre and music. Further information concerning individualized majors is available from the Fine Arts Department chairperson.

Proficiency and Recital Requirements

*** Demonstrated proficiency is a prerequisite to enrollment in each of the following courses: MU 111, MU 112, MU 112 L, MU 211, MU 211 L, MU 212, MU 212L, and MU 311. Proficiency for enrollment in any of these courses must be demonstrated through proficiency testing.

*** The applied secondary area requirement must be satisfied by passing the proficiency examination in that area. Should the student not be proficient in the secondary area (voice for keyboard principals or piano for voice principals), he or she will be required to enroll in MU 116r Voice Class and/or MU 100r Applied

Voice (keyboard principals) or MU 100r Applied Piano (voice principals). As many as four semester hours may be required for the student to develop proficiency in the secondary applied area.

*** The student must demonstrate proficiency before giving any required recital in the applied major area. The hours of applied music in the principal area must include at least three semester hours at the 300 level. The senior recital must be given before the student teaching semester for those seeking licensure.