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VPA Courses

Students enrolled in the following programs:

  • Elementary Education,
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Urban Education
  • Early Childhood Education /Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 5-year program
  • Early Childhood Education /Special Education, 5-year program

must take one LVPA children’s literature course and one Visual or Performing Arts (VPA) course.  The table below lists the VPA courses, along with any civic responsibility they meet.

Subject Number Title Social Justice Requirement Met
AAH 101 Art Hist I: Caves to Cathedral
AAH 102 Art Hist II:Renaissance to Revolution
AAH 210 Arts of South Asia
AAH 211 Arts of East Asia
AAH 212 Arts of the Islamic World
AAH 221 Arts of Medieval Europe
AAH 231 Arts of Renaissance Europe
AAH 251 American Art
AAH 253 20th Century Art
AAH 254 Histories of Photography
AAH 260 Landmarks: Explorations in Art
AAH 331 Art of the Italian Renaissance
AAH 344 Women, Art & Society
AAH 354 Looking At Women: Representation, Feminisms, and Film Gender
AAH 370 Topics in Art History
AAH 404 Women in Classical Art
AAS 240 History of Jazz Race & Ethnicity
AAV 101 Experiencing Art
AAV 231 Cameras & Lighting I
CMP 227 Global Animated Film Global
CMP 340 Educational Equity and Social Justice in Documentary Film Gender

Race & Ethnicity

COM 343 Looking At Women: Representation, Feminisms, and Film Gender
ECE 113 Special Education, Exceptional Learners, and the Arts in the Elementary and Early Childhood Classrooms
ELE 113 Special Education, Exceptional Learners, and the Arts in the Elementary and Early Childhood Classrooms
HON 347 Paris Before the Great War
INT 365 African Cinema: Francophone African Experience Through Film
LIT 226 Genre Studies: Film
LIT 227 Global Animated Film Global
LIT 233 World Drama
LIT 347 Modern European Drama
LIT 367 British Theatre in London
LIT 373 American Drama
MUS 170 College Choir (four semesters participation required)
MUS 171 Women’s Ensemble (four semesters participation required)
MUS 175 Choral (three semesters participation required)
MUS 180 Wind Ensemble (three semesters participation required)
MUS 182 College Orchestra (three semesters participation required)
MUS 185 Concert Band (four semesters participation required)
MUS 260 Exploring Concert Music
MUS 245 History of Jazz Race & Ethnicity
MUS 265 Music and the Stage
MUS 345 Introductory Electronic Music Skills and Literature
SPE 340  Educational Equity and Social Justice in Documentary Film Gender

Race & Ethnicity

TST 161 Creative Design
TTR 347 Modern European Drama
VPA 101 Integrated Visual & Perform Arts
WGS 220 Gender and Popular Culture
WGS 305 Looking at Women: Representation, Feminisms, and Film Gender
Please note: The Liberal Learning Program has been renamed The College Core, and some of its components have also been renamed. Learn More
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