Visual & Performing Arts

Undergraduate Minor
Program Delivery
On Campus, Online, Hybrid
Total Credits
18 Credits

About the Program

The Minor in Visual & Performing Arts allows students to complete a cross-disciplinary minor across any combination of the visual and performing arts. This degree is intended to complement other degrees, either within VAPA or more broadly within the liberal arts and sciences. It is also well suited to provide experience in the arts that will enhance a student's ability to participate in community arts-based productions in the future.

Focus of Study

The Minor in VAPA gives a student a general cross-disciplinary preparation in any two or more of the visual and performing arts.

Program Requirements

  • 18 credit hours of VAPA coursework
  • 9 upper-division credit hours (3000-4999 level)
  • 2.0 Minor GPA (grade of C or better in any course counted toward the minor)
  • Residency: Last 9 credit hours of the minor must be completed while registered at UCCS

Note: Speak with an academic advisor to declare a minor.

For details on degree requirements, please visit the Academic Catalog.

Program Coursework

Intro Core Courses

3 Credit Hours

Complete one of the following 1000-level VAPA Core courses:

  • VAPA 1005 VAPA Foundations: Sound, Listening, and Imagination
  • VAPA 1020 Ethnography of Performing Arts
  • VAPA 1050 Visual and Performing Arts Foundation
  • VAPA 1100 Art in Time and Space
  • VAPA 1200 - All Arts Excursions
  • VAPA 1300 - American Identity on Stage and Screen
  • VAPA 1500 Arts Innovations: Methods and Practices

Upper-division Core Courses

6 Credit Hours

Complete two of the following 3000-level VAPA Core courses:

  • VAPA 3900 Theory and Practice in the Visual Performing Arts
  • VAPA 3910 Animating the Human
  • VAPA 3920 Traditional and Folk Arts, Folk Expressions & Folkscapes
  • VAPA 3950 Sound Art: Creative Sonic Worlds and Practices
  • VAPA 3955 Theory and Practice of Cinema and Painting
  • VAPA 3960 Nationalism, Romanticism, and Melodrama
  • VAPA 3970 The Nordic Legacy
  • VAPA 3980 The Manifestoes of the Avant-Garde
  • VAPA 3990 Performance Art
Note: VAPA 3900 can be taken twice but must be different topics.

Cross-disciplinary Electives

6 Credit Hours

Complete one course each from two different VAPA areas. At least one course must be upper-division (3000+ level):

  • Art History
  • Dance
  • Film
  • Museum Studies & Gallery Practice
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts

Capstone

3 Credit Hours

Complete one of the following Capstone courses:

  • AH 4980 - Senior Capstone in Art History
  • FILM 4980 - Film Capstone: Film Studies Practice
  • MUS 4980 - Music Capstone: Senior Thesis
  • THTR 4980 - Theatre Capstone: Advanced Theatre Production
  • VA 4980 - Professional Seminar
  • VAPA 3990 - Performance Art

For details on program coursework, please visit the Academic Catalog.

Admission Details

To learn more about admission requirements and the application process, please visit the UCCS Admissions page.

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