DIVISION OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS The division is dedicated to helping students achieve their full potential in the arts and offer a supportive learning environment with high professional standards, small classes and hands-on practical experience. The division is comprised of the art, communication, and music departments. It features the Bachelor’s of Arts degree in communication (tracks in business communication, speech communication, or theatre), and the Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Music Performance. The division cooperates with the division of Education to offer the Bachelor of Music in Vocal Music Education (K-12), and Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Drama Education and an endorsement in Elementary Art Education. Minors are offered in communication and music. The general education components from this division are dedicated to helping each student at York College better appreciate and understand expressive communication. For those majoring in the division, the faculty is passionate about exploring the body-mind-spirit connection, and is committed to preparing you for both your artistic and academic futures. Faith and learning are integrated in such a way as to prepare you for life, not just your profession. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Total credits must be at least 128 with a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or better. Upper division hours must total at least 44. The major and minor must each have GPA's of 2.000 or better. Grades in each major and minor must be at least "C". (click here to hyper-link to the Degree Plans on page 80) BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
COMMUNICATION A degree in communication is designed to provide students with a balance of communication theory and practical application through simulation and actual presentation. Students may choose to emphasize in speech communication, theatre or business communication. The study of communication is both scientific and aesthetic. Students are given the knowledge to both create and appreciate more completely the different aspects of communication. A degree can increase student knowledge in interpersonal communication, organizational communication, small group communication, public communication, mass communication, public relations, advertising, and performance communication. A degree in communication will also help students who want to branch out into other areas such as law, ministry, medicine, business, politics, mass media, negotiation, consulting, theatre, and social services. The degree can also prepare a student for admission to graduate school. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Total credits must be at least 128 with a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or better. Upper division hours must total at least 44. The major and minor must each have GPA's of 2.000 or better. Grades in each major and minor must be at least "C". COMMUNICATION MINOR REQUIREMENTS The student desiring a minor in the department must take COM 273 Communication Theory, along with 12 hours selected from junior level courses, and 3 hours from courses at the sophomore level. Students who are emphasizing a minor in theatre may take COM 173 Introduction to Theatre in place of the sophomore level class. (click here to hyper-link to the Degree Plans on page 80) BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN
MUSIC: VOCAL PERFORMANCE or VOCAL MUSIC EDUCATION Through courses in the artistic, practical, and scholarly veins of music, the department seeks to prepare students for confident and competent entry into the fields of music performance and music education. Students may select a degree plan tailored to Vocal Performance or Vocal Music Education (K-12), or both. These programs are designed to exit students prepared for either graduate school, or their initial professional experience. Our graduates are successful in the public schools, graduate school, and in their private studios. The music department is passionate about exploring the body-mind-spirit connection that exists, and faith and learning are integrated in such a way as to prepare you for life, not just your profession. Each degree requires an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 on at least 128 semester hours of credit, and a minimum of 44 upper-division (junior/senior) semester hours. Courses presented to meet requirements for the major must have grades of at least “C”. There is no minor required. (click here to hyper-link to the Degree Plans on page 80)
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