视觉与表演艺术学士学位

伍斯特州立大学顺应21世纪艺术世界的发展趋势，为其视觉和表演艺术专业的学生提供跨学科视觉和表演艺术专业，这是该国为数不多的跨学科艺术专业之一。有了这个专业，学生将超越艺术，音乐和戏剧的标准课程，以了解视觉和表演艺术的广阔世界。WSU的VPA专业使学生可以对艺术有跨学科的了解，并了解如何使用一种艺术形式来告知另一种艺术形式，同时还可以获得最能激发他们学习的艺术形式的深入知识。该专业旨在为学生提供艺术，音乐和戏剧方面的坚实基础，以及有关他们在跨学科环境中如何相互作用的理论和实践理解。核心课程促进批判性思维，并
The Art Major offers a 45-credit program of study that emphasizes the integration of broad-based studio art training and arts research with the development of creativity, communication, and critical thinking to prepare students for graduate studies or careers in a wide range of arts-related fields, including arts and cultural entrepreneurship, museum studies, arts administration, arts and community development, etc. Students in the art program have the freedom to explore a specified area of interest, including drawing, painting, illustration, sculpture, printmaking, or history and gallery/museum studies.<br><br>As part of the new major's coursework, 30 credits come from a range of introductory and intermediate studio courses, yearly Art Practicums where students are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge and begin to develop their own unique artistic voice, and a menu of student- selected elective courses. This progressive learning program prepares the students for the Thesis Seminar and Capstone where they will develop an independent project that combines creative work in the studio with research informed by their chosen topic or concept.