Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

Fine Arts (with Concentration)
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts
The B.A. is designed to provide a comprehensive liberal arts
education to undergraduates in the fine arts. Students have
the opportunity to complete a concentration in one of the
following fine arts disciplines: dance, music, theatre, visual
art or multi-disciplinary. Each fine arts major offers an in
depth core curriculum unique to the individual discipline
of study. Additionally, the major provides students with a
background in all fine arts with experience in three other
disciplines of the fine arts separate from their chosen
concentration.
The B.F.A. is an option, for either the fine arts with concentration
or fine arts multi-disciplinary majors, for the
student who wishes to work as a professional artist or go
on to graduate school. A student must demonstrate his/
her candidacy for the B.F.A. degree through the quality
of his/her work and approval by the fine arts faculty. The
B.F.A. requires that the fine arts with concentration student
complete a major work in one of the fine arts disciplines as
a Senior Project (8 SH). The multi-disciplinary concentration
student must complete a Senior Project that engages all
the studied fine arts disciplines. The student will submit a
proposal during the second semester of his/her sophomore
year to the faculty in that discipline. Upon review, during
the fall semester of the student’s junior year and with
approval from all fine arts faculty, the student may continue
with the B.F.A. option.
Requirements for the Major:
Bachelor of Arts
56 semester credits including:
32 semester credits in the discipline of concentration
24 semester credits - eight credits in each of the three fine
arts disciplines outside of the area of concentration.
Dance Concentration
The dance faculty is committed to the development of
dance artists who are technically proficient, grounded in
the history and aesthetic theory of their craft and skilled
in the creation and production of original art work. Class
sizes are typically small. As a result, attention can be given
to the individual technical needs of the students. Creative
process work is essential to the complete dance artist.
Therefore, in addition to coursework in composition,
all dancer concentrates are required to participate with
faculty and guest choreographers in the development and
production of creative works presented in various informal
and formal concert venues throughout the academic year.
32 semester credits including:
• DN 202 Modern Dance Technique II (1 or 2 SH)
• DN 302 Modern Dance Technique and Theory III
(1 or 2 SH)
• DN 402 Modern Dance Technique and Theory IV
(1 or 2 SH)
• DN 201 Ballet Technique II (1 or 2 SH)
• DN 301 Ballet Technique III (1 or 2 SH)
• DN 401 Ballet Technique IV (1 or 2 SH)
• DN 213 Dance History (4 SH)
• DN 216 Anatomical Kinesiology (3 SH)
• DN 230 Beginning Composition (3 SH)
• DN 210 Repertory and Performance Technique I (2 SH)
• DN 310 Repertory and Performance II (2 SH)
• DN 410 Repertory and Performance Technique III (2 SH)
• DN 325 Methods of Teaching Dance (4 SH)
Music Concentration
The music component of the B.A. includes a core curriculum
of courses that covers fundamental sub-disciplines
from applied music to music history. Additional work and
disciplines are drawn from other music course offerings
chosen in consultation with an advisor, that best meet the
interests and goals of the individual student.
32 semester credits including:
21 semester credits including:
• MU 140 Fundamentals of Music (4 SH)
• MU 220 Intermediate Theory and Aural Communication
(4 SH)
• MU 112 Conducting (1 SH)
and Music Concentration Group 1 - Four semesters of
private instruction in one instrument (includes voice) (4 SH)
and Music Concentration Group 2 - two courses from the
following:
• MU 304 History and Literature of Music I (4 SH)
• MU 305 History and Literature of Music II (4 SH)
• MU 306 History and Literature of Music III (4 SH)
and Music Concentration Group 3 - 11 semester credits
from other music courses (MU designation)
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