The Program in the Creative Arts
S = Objectives
University Studies offerings
in the creative arts aim to develop an understanding and appreciation
of the arts either through direct participation in the creative
process or historical and analytical study of major artistic achievements.
The "hands-on" offerings
are generally beginning-level courses for which no prior training
is required. They are designed to enhance the student's ability
to perceive the world of the mind and the senses and give that
experience formal expression.
The historical and analytical
offerings are of two kinds. Some are broad survey courses that
introduce the student to the rudiments of one or more of the arts
and examples of their practice from early times to the present.
Other courses focus on a particular period, artist, or theme,
but do so in a way that both elucidates the intrinsic nature of
specific art forms and presents artistic developments as expressions
of larger movements of the human spirit.
Since the founding of the University, the creative arts have been an integral component in the general education of the Brandeis undergraduate. In addition to the University Studies Program, the departments of the School of Creative Arts--Fine Arts, Music, and Theater Arts--offer a sustained program of concerts, exhibitions, and theatrical productions. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of the wide range of museums, art galleries, and performance centers in the city of Boston and at our sister institutions throughout the area.
S = Courses of Instruction
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 62a
Non-Western Musical Traditions
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CLASSICAL STUDIES
CLAS 133b
The Art and Archaeology of
Ancient Greece
CLAS 134b
The Art and Archaeology of
Ancient Rome
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FINE ARTS
FA 1a
Elements of Design in Art I
FA 1b
Elements of Design in Art II
FA 3a
Introduction to Drawing I
FA 3b
Introduction to Drawing II
FA 4a
Three-Dimensional Design I
FA 4b
Three-Dimensional Design II
FA 12a
History of Asian Art
FA 13b
Buddhist Art
FA 17a
History of Art I: From Antiquity
to the Middle Ages
FA 18b
History of Art II: From the
Renaissance to the Modern Age
FA 19b
Lives of the Artists
FA 21b
Survey of Western Architecture
FA 22b
History of Boston Architecture
FA 45a
St. Peter's and the Vatican
FA 61b
Inventing Tradition: Women
as Artists, Women as Art
FA 70a
Paris/New York: Revolutions
of Modernism
FA 71a
Modern Art and Modern Culture
FA 76b
History of Photography
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MUSIC
MUS 1a
Introduction to Music
MUS 5a
Fundamentals of Music
MUS 5b
Introduction to Theory and
Musicianship
MUS 38a
A History of Music in the United
States
MUS 42a
The Music of Johann Sebastian
Bach
MUS 43a
Mozart and Eros
MUS 45a
Beethoven
MUS 51b
The Symphony
MUS 56b
Romanticism and Music
MUS 57a
Music and Culture: From Romanticism
to the Modern Era
MUS 101a
Theory and Musicianship I:
Part 1
MUS 101b
Theory and Musicianship I:
Part 2
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THEATER ARTS
THA 1a
The Theater in History I
THA 104a
Playwriting I
THA 185b
Dramatic Structure: Analysis
and Application