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School of Visual & Performing Arts Minors

Selecting one of the nine minors offered by the school provides you with historical and aesthetic knowledge and artistic skills. Most importantly, engaging in the arts stimulates, illuminates, and illustrates our lives. Plus, it's fun!

When considering a minor

Minors must be outside of your major and concentration. Up to two courses which have been prescribed by your major into your General Education requirements may be counted towards a minor. The minimum number of credits for a minor is 18. Core requirements, as designated by the Endicott College Catalog, and free electives may be used to satisfy the minor requirements.

Double Minors Policy

You may have two minors. In order to complete a second minor, courses used to fulfill the requirements of the first minor may not be used to meet the requirements of the second minor. Depending upon the major, you may not be able to complete the requirements of the minors within four years or within the minimum number of credits for your degree.

Available Minors in Visual and Performing Arts

  • Art History

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

     

    • ART 101 - Visual Art and Cultural Values I: Prehistory to c. 1310 (Cr: 3)
    • ART 102 - Visual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
    • ART 322 - Contemporary Art in a Global Context (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select three from the following courses:

    • ART 217 - History of Architecture and Interior Design I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 237 - History of Graphic Design (Cr: 3)
    • ART 238 - Modern and Postmodern Art: from the 1870s through the 1970s (Cr: 3)
    • ART 266 - Writing in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
    • ART 313 - History of Architecture and Interior Design II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 317 - History of Photography (Cr: 3)
    • ART 320 - Native American Art: Beyond Tradition (Cr: 3)
    • ART 402 - Theories and Methods of Art History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 201 - Contemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 235 - Public History (Cr: 3)

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  • Art Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • AET 100 - Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 200 - Methods and Materials in Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select one studio art course:

    • ART 106 - Drawing and Composition II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 121 - Ceramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 205 - Three-Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)
    • ART 219 - Human and Animal Figures in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222 - Ceramics II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 227 - The Artist's Sketchbook: Ideation to Integration (Cr: 3)
    • ART 241 - Figure Drawing: Anatomy for Artists (Cr: 3)
    • ART 250 - Printmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 255 - Creative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)

    Additional Course Electives

    Students select two from the following list:

    • AET 201 - Populations, Assessment, and Intervention (Cr: 3)
    • AET 210 - Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
    • AET 225 - Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 300 - Counseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 305 - Cross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • ART 331 - Art and Social Action (Cr: 3)

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  • Arts Administration

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

     

    • ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 365 - Arts Administration II (Cr: 3)
    • BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
    • CMM 203 - Public Relations (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • ART 402 - Theories and Methods of Art History (Cr: 3)
    • HST 201 - Contemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
    • HTM 318 - Events Management (Cr: 3)
    • ART 266 - Writing in the Arts Seminar (Cr: 3)
    • HST 235 - Public History (Cr: 3)

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  • Ceramics

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • ART 121 - Ceramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222 - Ceramics II (Cr: 3)

    Additional Required Courses

    Students select two courses from the following:

    • ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 205 - Three-Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two courses from the following:

    • ART 212 - Sculpture (Cr: 3)
    • ART 219 - Human and Animal Figures in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 224 - Alternative Processes in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 334 - Photographic Imagery on Clay and Glass (Cr: 3)
    • ART 335 - Advanced Ceramics (Cr: 3)

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  • Creative Arts Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

     

    • ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • AET 100 - Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • PSY 100 - General Psychology (Cr: 3)

    Additional Required Course

    Select one of the following:

    • ART 255 - Creative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 235 - Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
    • MUS 160 - Performance Workshop (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Select two from the following courses:

    • AET 201 - Specific Populations: Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 210 - Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
    • AET 225 - Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 305 - Cross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
    • AET 300 - Counseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
    • AET 306 - Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
    • AET 205 - Music Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
    • AET 215 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)

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  • Dance

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

     

    • DAN 200 - Dance Composition (Choreography) (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 225 - Dance History (Cr: 3)
      Or
    • DAN 240 - Global Dance (Cr: 3)
    • DAN 235 - Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Any additional six credits of DAN XXX courses.

    Additional three credits from the following courses:

    • DAN XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)                                
    • DRA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)                    
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • AET 215 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)

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  • Expressive Arts Therapy

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    Arts Skills Courses

    Choose six credits (Must be from a minimum of two different prefixes)

    DAN any 1 cr. course taken three times

    Expressive Arts Electives

    Select two coures from the following list:


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  • Graphic Design

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses:

    • GD 105 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (Cr: 3)
    • GD 120 - Foundations of Graphic Design (Cr: 3)
    • GD 126 - Typography 1 (Cr: 3)
    • GD 200 - Sophomore Design Studio (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • GD 226 - Typography II (Cr: 3)
    • GD 230 - User Experience Design I (Cr: 3)
    • GD 302 - Computer Animation (Cr: 3)
    • GD 310 - User Experience Design II (Cr: 3)
    • GD 326 - Typography III (Cr: 3)
    • GD 345 - Motion Graphics (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 260 - Digital Imaging and Manipulation (Cr: 3)

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  • Music

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • MUS 106 - Private Music Instruction (Cr: 0.5 - 3)
      Three semesters. Note: May be taken up to eight semesters for credit. Accumulation of three credits satisfies the Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education requirement; these courses may require additional instructional fees.
    • MUS 201 - Music Theory I (Cr: 3)

    Three semesters participating in one or more of the following musical ensembles:

     Note: May be repeated up to eight semesters for credit.  Accumulation of three credits satisfies the Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement.

    • MUS 105 - Endicott College Chorus (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 107 - Constellation Interfaith Music Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 109 - Percussion Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 113 - Jazz Band (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 114 - Chamber Ensemble (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 115 - Modern Band Project (Cr: 1)
    • MUS 116 - Pep Band (Cr: 1)

    Additional Courses

    Any additional six credits of MUS XXX courses.

    Additional three credits from the following coures:

    • DRA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)    
    • DAN XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)                   
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • AET 205 - Music Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
    • ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)

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  • Photography

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • PHT 113 - Multimedia I: Audio and Video Production for Photographers (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 202 - Studio Photography (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Students select two from the following courses:

    • ART 317 - History of Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 217 - Sports Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 260 - Digital Imaging and Manipulation (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 306 - Experimental Photography (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 309 - Location Lighting: Events and Portraits (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 312 - Advanced Photographic Methods (Cr: 3)
    • PHT 325 - Advanced Photography Seminar (Cr: 3)

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  • Studio Art

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

    Required Courses

    • ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 115 - Two Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses

    Select four from the following courses:

    • ART 121 - Ceramics I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 125 - Beginning Block Printmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
    • ART 202 - Painting II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 207 - Color Theory and Light (Cr: 3)
    • ART 212 - Sculpture (Cr: 3)
    • ART 215 - Advanced Drawing (Cr: 3)
    • ART 222 - Ceramics II (Cr: 3)
    • ART 224 - Alternative Processes in Clay (Cr: 3)
    • ART 241 - Figure Drawing: Anatomy for Artists (Cr: 3)
    • ART 250 - Printmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 255 - Creative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)
    • ART 270 - Illustration: Character Development (Cr: 3)
    • ART 323 - Media and Metaphor: Nature (Cr: 3)
    • ART 240 - Imagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)

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  • Theater

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to take the courses listed below, which includes three semesters of private instruction and three semesters of performance, totaling 18 credits.

    Required Courses:

    Three credits in theater performance and/or private instruction

    (1 credit repeated 3 times, any combination of the following)

    • DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1)
    • DRA 106 - Private Theater Instruction (Cr: 0.5 or 1)
    • DRA 200 - Acting Techniques I (Cr: 3)
    • DRA 220 - Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)

    Additional Courses:

    Any additional six credits of DRA XXX courses. 

    Additional three credits from the following courses:

    • DAN XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)                                
    • DRA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)                    
    • MUS XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • PA XXX (3 credits, or 1 credit taken 3 times)
    • AET 306 - Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
    • ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 212 - Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 229 - Playwriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)

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