In the Expressive Arts area, students gain skills and experience in the arts with a special focus on connecting theory and practice. Students often work collaboratively and in more than one art form simultaneously, exploring cross-disciplinary approaches to a theme. Program themes are drawn from the scholarly and creative work of the faculty, keeping the curriculum vital and relevant. Most programs take a hands-on approach, offering students ample opportunities for skill development, but a theme-based curriculum cannot provide sequential skill training in every art form. The area offers yearly work in the performing arts (theater, music and dance), media arts and visual arts. In all these contexts, the faculty strive to support a strong multicultural perspective. Moreover, we see creative work as a central element in a broad, liberal arts education. Thus, we encourage our students to seek academic studies outside the area for admission to some arts programs. Students in the arts are advised to periodically study other disciplines or to select cross-divisional programs offering the arts, such as science/arts or literature/arts. Learn more...