Fine Arts
Who Can Apply: Incoming first year Fine Arts majors
Where Students Live: Shippee Hall
Courses:
- INTD 1810, LLC: Fine Arts; 1-credit; meets Fall semester, LC students are automatically enrolled
- Some students also elect to participate in the Spring INTD 1810, LLC: Connecting with the Arts - Act II course taught by Rod Rock, Director of the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.
The Fine Arts Learning Community is designed to offer a supportive and dynamic environment for first year art, art history, dramatic arts and music majors. Students will have opportunities to connect with faculty across the various disciplines in fine arts. Course topics, programming and special events will be geared towards developing a vibrant, cohesive, and diverse residential community for the arts.
Fine Arts Seminar
The Fine Arts seminar theme is based on the "Heroes Journey," a model describing how the human animal deals with challenges. The centerpiece of the model rests on an understanding of Jungian archetypes, which, most often, can be seen in painting, sculpture, music, literature, and dramatic works. Students are introduced to the archetypes by assessing which ones were most active in their lives at the moment. They also have a semester-long project that requires that they chart the Heroes Journey in one of the productions they are required to attend. In addition, they experience their personality preferences, along with a number of projective techniques designed to help them learn more about themselves. Choice Theory, time management, study skills, relaxation techniques, and the fine points of how to manage their demanding majors are also covered.
Selected student quotes from Fall 2008:
- “I have become more confident within the college experience.”
- “I have learned to interact with people I might not have before.”
- “I’m much more comfortable with myself, who I am, and who I want to be.”
- “I’m more optimistic and accepting of change.”
- “I’m more relaxed and not so worried about how well I’m doing academically …. I know I can handle college courses now.”