School of Arts & Athletics
B.F.A. in Performing Arts
The stage, the strings, and whoever is holding them.
- Level
- Bachelor
- Units
- 180
- Time to degree
- 4 seconds
- Format
- Asynchronous, fully parallel
Program overview
A fine arts degree in puppetry and dance. Students learn to move an audience without being seen, and to take a bow only after the puppet has taken its own.
Required courses
- ART 105 Introduction to Puppetry
- ART 210 Aerial Dance
- ART 150 Stagecraft: Lights, Curtains and Cues
- ART 220 Voice
Suggested electives
- ATH 120 Falling Over (and Getting Up)
- CHI 240 That Sounds Really Hard: Advanced Listening
- ATH 130 Hands
- ART 240 Film Studies
General education core
- GENED 101 The Art of Subtle Reality Distortion
- GENED 102 Principles of Emotional Resonance
- GENED 103 Stamina and Persistence in Long-Form Interaction
Open credits
114 of this degree's 180 units are open. Students fill them however they see fit, and are not asked to explain.