Contact Person: John Whitehead
Assistant Professor and Director of Fine Arts

 

The fine arts program is at the heart of a liberally educated student’s experience.  WJU offers three formal programs of study: 
        • film studies
        • music
        • theater
Beyond the fulfillment of a core requirement, students who have matriculated at WJU to prepare for a particular vocational track in a major program will find an outlet for exploring other facets of their personalities and sensibilities in the fine arts minor programs and studio offerings.  Systematic study of the fine arts promotes enhanced critical thinking and communication skills and fosters independent and collaborative creativity, qualities that are valuable across a wide range of disciplines.

 

    Upon completion of a fine arts minor, students will be able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for the expressive language of the

    art;   
2. recognize and articulate in discussion and in writing the formal characteristics and thematic

    intentions of the art;  

3. create original work, at a basic level, within the formal discipline of the art.

Requirements for Film Studies Minor:
FAS 130         Film: The Creative Process	(3crs)
FAS 131         Film History	(3crs)
Two of the following:
FAS 132        The Reel World	(3crs)
FAS 133        New Hollywood and Independent Cinema	(3crs)
FAS 134        The Art of Documentary (PWR)	(3crs)
FAS 135        Cinema Genres	(3crs)
FAS 136        Religion and Film (RST 312)	(3crs)
FAS 137        Cinema and the Classical World	(3crs)
FAS 138        Hitchcock and His Heirs	(3crs)
FAS 139        Contemporary Film	(3crs)
FAS 142        Photography (PWR 142)	(3crs)
FAS 215        Film Studies Seminar	(3crs)
FAS 255        Filmmaking (PWR 255)	(3crs)
	18 credits

Requirements for Music Minor:
FAS 120         Introduction to Music	(3crs)
FAS 121         Building Musical Skills	(3crs)
One of the following:
FAS 122        Survey of Western Music	(3crs)
FAS 123        Jazz	(3crs)
FAS 124        Liturgical Music	(3crs)
FAS 241        Music Theory I	(3crs)
FAS 242        Music Theory II	(3crs)
FAS 243        Voice	(2crs)
FAS 244        Applied Music (1 credit x2)	(2crs)
	18 credits

Requirements for the Theater Minor:
FAS 110         Introduction to Theater	(3crs)
FAS 111         Theater History	(3crs)
FAS 112         Children's Theater	(3crs)
FAS 232        Practicum: Stagecraft (2 credits x2)	(4crs)
One of the following:
FAS 233        Practicum: Acting	(2crs)
FAS 234        Practicum: Directing	(2crs)
FAS 235        Practicum: Playwriting	(2crs)
FAS 322        Studies in Drama (LIT 322)	(3crs)
	18 credits

Please consult the WJU course catalog for more information about these programs.

In addition, students have declared independent minors in creative writing and visual art, both of which are in development as formal programs of study but are available now via consultation with the Director of Fine Arts.