COLLEGE
OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (formerly School of Fine and
Performing Arts)
The mission of the College of Visual and Performing Arts is to (1) provide exceptional professional and liberal arts degree programs which combine development in an artistic discipline and career preparation in the arts to students through individualized instruction within a broadly based curriculum, (2) offer culturally enriching opportunities to all students and members of the university community, and (3) be recognized as the center for arts education, outreach, collaborations, and professional leadership in northeast Indiana, as well as a major regional arts resource through excellence in artistic performances, productions, exhibitions, library holdings and technology. To support this mission, the faculty of the College of Visual and Performing Arts subscribe to the highest academic, artistic, and ethical standards for themselves and their students.
Vision Statement of the College of Visual and Performing Arts
The IPFW College of Visual and Performing Arts will offer northeast Indiana’s most comprehensive academic and outreach programs in art, music, theatre and dance with excellent undergraduate and graduate degree programs. These programs will be recognized for preparing students to succeed as professionals in the arts and/or to continue their studies in graduate school. Students will learn in the best specialized facilities in the region on the IPFW campus, in satellite locations and through the technology of distance education. They will earn prestigious degrees from Indiana University and Purdue University through relevant curricula delivered by exceptional artist/scholar teachers who are leaders in their disciplines. The faculty, the most important resource of the College, will be selected for their extraordinary artistic talent and scholarship, superior teaching abilities, and potential for advancing their students, their careers and their departments. The College will be a learning community. An environment will be created where faculty lead by example and students and faculty learn from one another. Creativity will be treasured, personal and professional growth cultivated, interdisciplinary projects nourished, and teamwork and cooperation flourish.
The programs of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, fully integrated with the regional community, will continue to welcome members of the community participating as arts practitioners and audiences. Through the comprehensive arts education outreach of the Community Arts Academy, students of all ages and economic resources can study art, music, theatre and dance to prepare for careers in the arts and/or for their personal enrichment. As a benefit to our students, the College will also collaborate with a myriad of regional arts organizations, social services agencies, radio, television and print media of northeast Indiana and others to advance the arts and arts advocacy. CVPA will work closely with school corporations by presenting after-school programming, offering instruction for teacher license renewal, assisting with curriculum development and providing supplementary opportunities for the arts education of pre-college students. Formalized internships will link CVPA students with the business of the arts, and through the Community Advisory Council, community leaders will advise CVPA on curricular relevancy to market demands. Through these initiatives, the College of Visual and Performing Arts will be recognized as the center for arts education, outreach, collaborations, and professional leadership in northeast Indiana, as well as a major regional arts resource through excellence in artistic performances, productions, exhibitions, library holdings and technology.
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MISSION
The Department of Fine Art's mission is to educate its students and the community in the areas of both Fine and Commercial art. Students may pursue the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with concentrations in computer design, crafts, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture. An Associate of Science degree is available in Commercial Art. A Bachelor of Art degree is also available for students desiring emphasis on the liberal arts.
GOALS
Bachelor of Fine Arts Major
Students successfully completing the requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree will possess the following abilities which will prepare them for advanced study in fine art, or employment in an art related opportunity. Every artist and designer must be a viewer, creator, communicator, theorist, and historian. They shall:
1. understand
the non-verbal language of art and design;
2. develop responses to visual phenomena, and organize perceptions and conceptualizations both rationally and intuitively;
3. become familiar with and develop competence in a number of art or design techniques;
4. become familiar with the major achievements in the history of art, including the works and intentions of leading artists in the past and present;
5. understand and evaluate contemporary thinking about art and design;
6. make valid assessments of quality in design projects and works of art.
Bachelor of Art Major
Those students seeking an emphasis on the liberal arts or art history with less concentration in studio courses choose the BA degree. This program provides students with a thorough grounding in fundamental principles and techniques of visual communication through completion of the first half of the requirements for the B.F.A. degree, with opportunities for emphasis in one or more specific non-studio areas. Graduates shall possess much the same qualities as those of the BFA students with additional expertise appropriate to the area of their chosen additional concentration.
These graduates shall:
1. understand
the basics of the non-verbal language of art and design;
2. develop responses to visual phenomena and organize perceptions and conceptualizations both rationally and intuitively;
3. become familiar with and develop competence in a number of basic art and design skills;
4. become familiar with major achievements in the history of art, including the works and intentions of leading artists in the past and present;
5. understand and evaluate contemporary thinking about art and design;
6. make valid assessments of quality in design projects and works of art;
7. complete
the requirements and develop the skills appropriate to their chosen secondary
area of concentration.
Associate of Science in Commercial Art
The associate degree program in
commercial art serves as a technical training program that addresses the visual
and technical aspects of communications. These services and products
consciously integrate human factors, technology and aesthetics, with the goal
of enhancing the function and value of information provided. Students shall
1. understand
the non-verbal language of art and design;
2. become familiar with and develop competence in a number of art and design techniques;
3. develop the ability to make visual statements in response to problem solving as related to the graphic design field;
4. make valid assessments of quality in design projects and works of art.
MISSION
The mission of the Department of Music is to educate and train professionals in the field of music. Specializations are music education, music therapy, performance, and music with an outside field. The Department of Music also functions as a service department to the University and as a musical center and resource for the greater Fort Wayne community.
GOALS
1. Performance. Music majors will be able to perform competently in public on a principal instrument or voice as a soloist and as a member of a major ensemble.
2. Music Theory. Students are to achieve:
a. Knowledge of the structure,
concepts, and terms
b. Skill and fluency in application
through analysis
c. Ability to synthesize control and
creativity in simple structure
d. Historical perspective, the context
provided in all discussions and reinforced by required listening to tapes of
selected works from all style periods
e. Ability to relate all information to
the actual sound and the aesthetic result
f. Increasing degree of independence in
all areas
3. Aural Perception. In general, students in
this four-semester sequence of courses will develop areas of overall
musicianship which are fundamental to success in methods courses, music history
and literature, and performance. Specifically, students will learn
a. To sing melodic lines using solfege syllables
b. To read and
perform increasingly complex rhythms
c. To recognize melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic
patterns and progressions and to notate them accurately
d. To sing accurately while maintaining an accompanying musical
line on the piano
4. Music History and Literature. In studying
music history and literature, students will increase their musicianship through
a. Knowledge of the principal
composers, genres, styles, and performance practices of Western classical music
b. Development of a repertory of
representative compositions that are understood and recognized by ear and from
score
c. Understanding of how music changes
in response to social, political and aesthetic needs
5. Keyboard. Music majors will be able to use
the keyboard as a basic tool. Skills developed include:
a. Sight-reading of early
intermediate-level repertoire and hymns
b. Harmonization of a melodic line with
chord symbols and harmonization of a melodic line without chord symbols
c. Transposition of a modulating
melodic line
d. Preparation of an SATB open score
e. Playing melodies by ear with choral
accompaniment
f. Improvisation of an accompaniment
pattern to a given chord progression
g. Concepts such as scales, broken
chords, seventh chords, chord progressions, and clapping of rhythm
Bachelor of Music Education
I. Music Competencies
A. For All Teaching Concentrations
1. To develop conducting skills in
order to execute musically accurate and expressive performance;
2. To instill competency to compose, arrange, and adapt music from a variety of sources to meet the needs and abilities of school performances and classroom teaching;
3. To provide functional ability on piano and performance skills on fretted instruments appropriate to the needs of the future teacher of public school music;
4. To nurture theoretical knowledge of music so that the future teacher is able to analyze music in all periods and styles.
B. For Vocal/General
Concentrations
1. To provide competency in
transposing and improvising piano accompaniments for classroom music teaching;
2. To develop skill in singing and playing parts from a choral score as required in a choral rehearsal;
3. To develop proper vocal technique and effective use of the voice in order to teach choral music;
4. To provide experience as a vocal solo performer and as a member of large choral ensembles and small chamber groups;
5. To require performance experience and competency on wind, string, and percussion instruments.
C. For Instrumental
Concentrations
1. To instill knowledge about and
require competency on all wind, string, and percussion instruments sufficient
to teach beginning students;
2. To develop competency as a solo instrumental ensemble performer and as a member of a larger instrumental ensemble and small ensembles;
3. To promote the use of the singing voice in voice classes and in choral ensembles;
4. To develop skill in transposing instrumental music in order to accommodate the needs and abilities of beginning instrumentalists;
5. To develop ability to sight sing instrumental parts from the musical score and beginning method books.
II. Teaching Competencies (For All Concentrations)
A. To instill understanding of
child growth and development of the principles of learning as they relate to
music education;
B. To provide an understanding of philosophical and social foundations underlying music in education and nurture the ability to express a rationale for personal attitudes and beliefs;
C. To instill knowledge of current teaching methods and materials available in the teaching of choral and instrumental music on all levels;
D. To provide a functional understanding of evaluation techniques and develop the ability to apply them in assessing the musical growth of students and the musical success of the program itself;
E. To nurture an awareness of the developmental process involved in being a successful teacher and promote a further awareness of the need for continuing student and self evaluation;
F. To require a repertoire of strategies for correcting and improving performance in choral and instrumental music;
G. To provide the knowledge of performance problems and develop competency in hearing such problems during a choral and instrumental rehearsals;
H. To develop the ability to plan and organize an effective choral and instrumental ensemble rehearsals;
I. To instill an understanding of and competency for the performance practices in regard to the various musical style periods;
J. To require understanding and knowledge of sequencing the musical concepts for successful presentation in the teaching of music
K. To require a repertoire of appropriate music for teaching music in the classroom and in the choral and instrumental ensemble groups.
Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy
GOALS
1. To develop and refine musical
and clinical skills necessary to provide music therapy services in a variety of
clinical experiences, including the on-campus clinic and in community agencies.
2. To develop skill in providing music therapy services in accordance with established standards of practice and ethical codes.
3. To develop skill in organizing and creating music therapy programs based upon research in established practices in creative arts therapies and other health care professions.
4. To develop skill in demonstrating the effectiveness of music therapy interventions through the use of research procedures.
5. To develop the interpersonal skills necessary to work with clients and their families, health care professionals, supervisors, administrators, and other members of treatment teams.
Primary Objective
The primary objective is to prepare graduates to assume a role in assisting clients in changing their behavior in positive ways through participation in specially designed music experiences.
Specific Objectives in Priority Order
To develop student skills in:
1. Developing rapport and a
trusting relationship with clients through the use of diverse musical
experiences and appropriate counseling skills.
2. Creating
and designing therapeutic music experiences using a variety of fretted,
pitched, and nonpitched instruments in accordance
with the musical preferences of the client.
3. Observing client behavior and
assessing client functioning level, planning accountable
treatment procedures, and evaluating results based upon principles of applied
behavioral analysis.
4. Developing a working knowledge of health care terminology and characteristics of various diseases and disabilities for use in successive semesters and future employment.
5. Designing music experiences which are complementary with different theoretical approaches commonly used in psychiatric and rehabilitation settings.
6. Preparing written documentation according to standards and accreditation criteria commonly used in health care and mental health care agencies.
7. Creating original and creative music-based interventions and programs for practicum and work settings in accordance with the future trends of the profession.
8. Developing work habits and
ethical behavior patterns required for successful employment and advancement in
the music therapy profession.
9. Establishing and maintaining
professional relationships in community agencies, working with parents and
other health care professionals and supervisors for the benefit of the clients.
10. Developing an awareness and knowledge of music psychology and perceptions as they relate to work as a music therapist.
11. Reading and applying research findings to clinical situations.
12. Developing an awareness of professional organizations involved in the use of music in health and rehabilitation in order to encourage continuing education and professional growth.
13. Formulating a research problem, completing a review of literature, systematically designing and implementing experimental procedures, evaluating results with the use of statistical measures, and reporting outcomes and findings in a research paper.
Bachelor of Music
Specific goals are
1. To prepare voice, keyboard, and
orchestral instrument majors for performing careers.
2. To develop pianists and organists capable of presenting solo recitals, accompanying recitals, performing concertos, playing professionally in chamber music groups and other ensembles, and serving as church musicians.
3. To develop singers capable of presenting solo recitals, performing professionally in opera productions, choral groups, and other vocal ensembles.
4. To develop instrumentalists capable of presenting solo recitals, performing concertos, and playing professionally in chamber music groups and other ensembles.
5. To teach repertoire appropriate for the applied music level as outlined in the course syllabi.
6. To provide opportunities for students to perform in a variety of venues on and off campus.
Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field
Specific goals are
1. To enable students to earn a
degree approximating a double major by combining 35 hours of another discipline
with a standard music curriculum.
2. To counsel students regarding fields complementary to music, e.g., communications, electrical engineering technology, business, psychology, computers.
Service
to the University and Community
Specific goals are
1. To offer service courses to
support requirements in humanities (e.g., Z101 Music for the Listener) and
education (e.g., Z241 Introduction to Music Fundamentals, M323 Teaching of
Music in Elementary School).
2. To provide music for Commencement and other academic ceremonies.
3. To offer non-credit applied music instruction by faculty and music department students through the Preparatory and Suzuki Programs.
4. To sponsor non-credit, music-related courses in Continuing Education.
5. To provide rehearsal facilities for the Fort Wayne Area Community Band and Fort Wayne Community Schools' ensembles, e.g., Youth Symphony.
6. To serve as an information resource to the general public on a wide variety of music topics.
MISSION
The Department of Theatre's mission is to educate its students and the Fort Wayne Community in the art of theatre. The department emphasizes the education of theatre artists and educators within a broad liberal arts framework. The department also emphasizes the study and performance of the contemporary theatre, encouraging student and faculty research and creative endeavor in that area.
The department's production arm, Purdue-Indiana Theatre, maintains a reputation for professional quality and innovative theatre productions. Theatre production work is integrated as much as possible with classroom work. All aspects of production, from play selection to closing night, serve as a laboratory for theatre education. As part of its mission to serve the entire northern Indiana community, Purdue-Indiana Theatre is committed to a non-traditional casting policy.
The theatre faculty and students are integrally involved with the Fort Wayne theatre community and the community at large. Projects with many other theatre groups are pursued and encouraged. These projects give all those involved an opportunity to work in a variety of different theatre environments.
GOALS
Theatre and Theatre Teaching Majors
Students who complete the theatre major will be prepared to pursue graduate education in theatre and related fields or for careers which require an undergraduate liberal arts education. The program emphasizes the development of professional attitudes and a strong sense of the commitment required to pursue the discipline of theatre. The department is dedicated to the idea that a liberal arts degree in theatre is the appropriate education for theatre artists. Upon completion of the program, students will:
1. demonstrate
their competency in one or more areas of theatre production (areas of emphasis
within the major are available that allow students to deepen their study of
acting, directing, design and technology, play writing, and theatre management.)
2. have obtained a working familiarity with theatre history and dramatic literature.
3. be able to communicate effectively about the theatre process.
4. if the theatre teaching program is completed, meet requirements for teacher certification in the state of Indiana.
Theatre Minor
Students successfully completing a theatre minor will be able to demonstrate their general knowledge of both dramatic literature and theatre performance.
General Education Courses
Students who successfully complete
courses in Theatre Appreciation and Fundamentals of Performance will be able to
demonstrate their awareness of the theatre process and will be prepared to be
part of an educated audience.