CT Major Qualification Courses

Major Qualification Courses

Introductory Theory or History Courses

Art

ART 80EEnvironmental Art in the Expanded Field

5

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

ARTG 80HCritical History of Digital Games

5

Film and Digital Media

FILM 80AThe Film Experience

5

FILM 80MUnderstanding Media

5

FILM 80SSpecial Topics in Film and Digital Media

5

FILM 80TTechnothrillers

5

FILM 80VVideo Games as Visual Culture

5

FILM 80XSex in the Cinema

5

History of Art and Visual Culture

HAVC 10Introduction to African Visual Culture

5

HAVC 20Visual Cultures of Asia

5

HAVC 22Religion and Visual Culture in China

5

HAVC 24Southeast Asia Visual Culture

5

HAVC 27Image and Ideology in Indian Art

5

HAVC 28Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia

5

HAVC 30Introduction to European Visual Culture

5

HAVC 35European Visual Culture in a Global Context 1500-1900

5

HAVC 39African-American Art

5

HAVC 40Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display

5

HAVC 41Introduction to Modern Art

5

HAVC 43History of Modern Architecture

5

HAVC 44Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment

5

HAVC 45Photography Now

5

HAVC 46Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC 48Climate Justice Now! Art, Activism, Environment Today

5

HAVC 49From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture

5

HAVC 50Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures

5

HAVC 51Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World

5

HAVC 55Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present

5

HAVC 58Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture

5

HAVC 60Indigenous American Visual Culture

5

HAVC 64Indigenous North American Materiality and Resistance

5

HAVC 65Native American Art and the Environment

5

HAVC 70Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands

5

HAVC 80Colonial Histories and Legacies: Africa, Oceania, and the Indigenous Americas

5

HAVC 85Introduction to Global Architecture

5

Music

MUSC 7Music, Mind, Evolution, Language

5

MUSC 11AIntroduction to Western Classical Music

5

MUSC 11BIntroduction to Jazz

5

MUSC 11CPopular Music in the United States

5

MUSC 11DIntroduction to World Music

5

MUSC 11EGlobal Popular Music

5

MUSC 20AGlobal Music Theory and Musicianship

5

MUSC 14Beginning Western Theory and Musicianship

5

MUSC 15Preparatory Musicianship

5

MUSC 20BTheoretical Foundations of Music

5

MUSC 20CBeginning Jazz Theory

5

MUSC 80AMusic of the Silk Road

5

MUSC 80BMusic of Asia

5

MUSC 80CHistory, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music

5

MUSC 80ERace and American Music

5

MUSC 80FMusic in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions

5

MUSC 80GAmerican Musical Theater

5

MUSC 80HThe Hollywood Musical

5

MUSC 80IMusic of Modern Israel

5

MUSC 80JAmerican Folk Music

5

MUSC 80KSound in Art, Science, and the Environment

5

MUSC 80LArtificial Intelligence and Music

5

MUSC 80MFilm Music

5

MUSC 80NMusic of the Grateful Dead

5

MUSC 80OMusic, Politics, and Protest

5

MUSC 80QA Survey of African Music

5

MUSC 80RMusic in the Digital Age

5

MUSC 80SWomen in Music

5

MUSC 80TMizrach: Jewish Music in the Lands of Islam

5

MUSC 80VThe Music of the Beatles

5

MUSC 80WMusic Business

5

MUSC 80XMusics of South Asia

5

MUSC 80YMusic, Anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust

5

MUSC 81ASurvey of Rap and Hip Hop Music

5

MUSC 81DMusic and Empire

3

MUSC 81EMusic and Resilience in Latin America

5

MUSC 81GA Cultural History of the Guitar

5

MUSC 81HThe Golden Age of Hip Hop

3

MUSC 81IMusic of Indonesia

5

MUSC 81JJazz Mirror of Global Interconnection

5

MUSC 81KScenes and Subcultures

5

MUSC 81LMusic in Animated Film

5

MUSC 81MChicano/Latino Music in the United States

5

MUSC 81PHistory of Jewish Music

5

MUSC 81RThe 1970s: A Decade in Rock

3

MUSC 81SMusic and Science Fiction

3

MUSC 72Fundamentals of Music Technology

2

Courses in the above list that are less than 5 credits may fulfill this requirement when 5 or more credits are accrued.

Theater Arts

THEA 25Understanding Shakespeare

5

THEA 61AAncient and Medieval Drama

5

THEA 61BDrama from the Renaissance to the Modern Age

5

THEA 61CThe Birth of the Modern: Drama and Performance After the Renaissance

5

THEA 64Shakespeare and Adaptation in Text and Performance

5

THEA 80AIntroduction to African American Theater

5

THEA 80BRock 'n' Roll Design

5

THEA 80CMonsters

5

THEA 80DCommercial Design 1900 to Present

5

THEA 80HHamlet Conundrums

5

THEA 80KShakespeare 4every1

5

THEA 80LMuppet Magic: Jim Henson's Art

5

THEA 80NWalt Disney

5

THEA 80PPixar - Story Matters

5

THEA 80QIntroduction to Queer Theater

5

THEA 80RBollywood Dance and Culture in India and Indian Diaspora

5

THEA 80TFlashmob! Mass Performance in the Information Age

5

THEA 80UEverybody Dance Now!

5

THEA 80VThe Circus in American Culture

5

THEA 80XThe Performance of Story in Theater and Film

5

THEA 80YAmerican Musical Theater

5

Practice-Based, "Maker"/Production-oriented Courses

Art

ART 10D2D Foundation

5

ART 10E3D Foundation

5

ART 10F4D Foundation

5

ART 20LIntroduction to Drawing

5

ART 80TDigital Tools for Contemporary Art Practice

5

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

ARTG 10Aesthetic Designs

5

ARTG 20Games as Art

5

ARTG 25Games as Art & Activism

5

ARTG 30Games as Activism

5

ARTG 80GVisual Communication and Interaction Design

5

ARTG 91Introduction to Game Art Production

5

Music

MUSC 1CUniversity Concert Choir

2

MUSC 2University Orchestra

2

MUSC 3Large Jazz Ensemble

2

MUSC 5AWest Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Beginning

2

MUSC 5BWest Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Intermediate

2

MUSC 5CWest Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Advanced

2

MUSC 6Classical Guitar Ensemble

2

MUSC 8ABeginning Balinese Gamelan

2

MUSC 8BAdvanced Balinese Gamelan

2

MUSC 9Wind Ensemble

2

MUSC 10Central Asian Ensemble

2

MUSC 12Mariachi Ensemble

2

MUSC 12BMexican Folklorico Music and Dance

2

MUSC 53ABeginning Ghanaian Ensemble

2

MUSC 54North Indian Music Workshop

2

MUSC 55Rhythms of North India

2

MUSC 56Collaborative Music-Making for Beginners

2

MUSC 58Songwriting Craft and Practice

5

MUSC 59Introductory Keyboard Skills

2

MUSC 70Hip Hop's Global Inclusiveness & African Roots

2

MUSC 73Music and the Ocean

3

MUSC 74Beginning Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation

5

MUSC 77Raga Jazz: Application of Indian Music to Western Instruments

5

MUSC 78Popular and Raga-Based Songs of South Asia

2

MUSC 71Laptop Music

5

MUSC 72Fundamentals of Music Technology

2

Ensemble and studio courses (2- and 3-credit courses) may fulfill this requirement when 5 or more credits are accrued. Students may combine different courses to reach the 5-credit minimum.

Theater Arts

THEA 10Introduction to Theater Design and Technology

5

THEA 12Stage Management

5

THEA 14Drawing

5

THEA 15Special Topics in Textiles

5

THEA 17Costume Construction

5

THEA 18Drafting for Theatrical Production

5

THEA 18CDrafting-Computer Aided

5

THEA 20Introductory Studies in Acting

5

THEA 21Acting Studio I: Psychological Realism

5

THEA 22Indonesian Dance and Drama

5

THEA 23Voice for the Actor

5

THEA 24Movement for Performers

5

THEA 30Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique

5

THEA 31ADance Studio I: Asian or Asian Diasporic Practice

5

THEA 31BDance Studio I: Ballet

5

THEA 31CDance Studio I: Contemporary Dance Theory and Technique

5

THEA 36Introduction to Dance Making

5

THEA 37African Dance

5

THEA 40Introduction to Directing

5

THEA 41Fundamentals of Directing

5

THEA 55AWorkshop in Performance: Barnstorm

5

THEA 80MChicano/a Teatro

5

THEA 80STheater Arts Education and the Community

5

THEA 80ZIndian Dance

5