FINA - Fine Arts

This course is an integrated study of the history and appreciation of art and music in Western culture from the Middle Ages to the present era. Students will learn to discuss the aesthetic, historical, and elemental similarities of both disciplines. Students will explore lifelong arts enjoyment, skills in critical interpretation, becoming an informed consumer, and aesthetically appreciating the many genres of musical and visual art, including traditional and popular styles. Previous experience in music and art appreciation is not required.

This course offers an understanding of the importance and impact of the arts and the outstanding artists of the modern era from the Christian point of view, teaching students to discern the message behind the forms. It also shows the relationship between the general spirit of culture and artistic expression. Not open to students with credit in FINA-180.

This course is an integrated study of the history and appreciation of art and music in Western culture from the Middle Ages to the present era. Students will learn to discuss the aesthetic, historical, and elemental similarities of both disciplines. Students will explore lifelong arts enjoyment, skills in critical interpretation, becoming an informed consumer, and aesthetically appreciating the many genres of musical and visual art, including traditional and popular styles. Previous experience in music and art appreciation is not required.

This course offers an understanding of the importance and impact of the arts and the outstanding artists of the modern era from the Christian point of view, teaching students to discern the message behind the forms. It also shows the relationship between the general spirit of culture and artistic expression. Not open to students with credit in FINA-180.

This course is an introduction to humanities including various eras of historic artistic activity by recognizing and describing foundational music and visual art elements among selected historic examples. With an emphasis on developing an aesthetic capacity, the student will learn to critically perceive the meanings, inspirations, and values associated with music and art as filtered by the cultural conditions under which they were created. Particular emphasis is placed on how art influenced the development of Christianity in Western society with application for the present. Not open to students with a satisfactory grade in ART-170, MUS-170 or FINA-180.

Through the study of historically significant Broadway-style musical theater shows, students will discover the unique aesthetic and cultural properties associated with the genre. The course will build skills in recognizing and discussing the creative arrangement of artistic elements in selections from a show's musical score. Students will explore how to appreciate a variety of American and internationally written musical theater shows from a variety of historic periods. Previous experience in music study is recommended, but not required.

In this course, you will be introduced to the discipline of connoisseurship in learning to appreciate historic fine art. By surveying various time periods of artistic activity in Western culture, you will learn to describe the unique stylistic characteristics of fine art among various forms and genres. Included will be biographical studies of leading artists and musicians associated with selected historic eras. With an emphasis on developing your aesthetic capacity, you will learn to write critical reviews of music and art as well. The expression of Christian beliefs and values in fine art will be reviewed as it contributes to the development of faith yet today. Not open to students with a satisfactory grade in ART-170, MUS-170 or FINA-180.

Through the study of historic photography, students will discover the unique aesthetic and cultural properties associated with this genre of fine art. The course introduces skills in appreciating the creative and expressive arrangement of artistic elements associated with the work of historically significant artist/photographers. Previous study in art appreciation or photography methods is recommended, but not required.

This course prepares students to perform basic research in which they learn to use Off Campus Library Services (OCLS), electronic periodical indexes, and information resources. Students will identify and select appropriate material for inclusion in a college level research project which will be submitted at the conclusion of the course.