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The Arts Program at Felician College provides students with the skills, knowledge, and critical sensibility to effectively communicate their ideas while enabling them to give voice to their own forms of personal expression. Offering a variety of courses in Fine Art, Graphic Design, New Media, and Music, the department emphasizes the teaching of technique in concert with the critical study of different historical forms of cultural production, providing a life-long reference of cultural understanding.

The Department of Art and Music offers a four-year Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with concentrations in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, and New Media as well as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music. All art courses are open to both art majors and non-art majors. Students may wish to enhance their career opportunities by choosing to double major in Art or Music and another subject. Students may also take Art or Music as a minor for 18 credits.

The Art program features regular exhibitions of artwork, a junior visual artist’s portfolio review, a senior art exhibition, and the New York Component, putting the art student in direct touch with one of the liveliest art and culture centers in the world. This program element includes instructor-led trips to New York museums and cultural centers as well as interaction with New York artists, some of whom serve as faculty members. Art internships are also encouraged.

Careers in art vary widely. An Arts graduate may become an art director, a computer graphic designer, a fashion photographer, an arts entrepreneur, a video or film assistant, a calligrapher, a visual arts librarian, a web site designer, a portraitist, an art teacher, or pursue graduate studies in art instruction, medical illustration, art therapy, museum studies, or art conservation.

The Bachelor of Arts in Music offers extensive course work in music, including courses in music history, theory and analysis, studio and performance. Students will present a senior recital or project, and will have the opportunity to study and perform on their primary instrument each semester. The Felician College Choir, the all-college vocal ensemble, presents two concerts a year, and performs regularly at various functions and cultural events sponsored by the College. An instrumental ensemble will be launched in the fall of 2009.

Students graduating with the Bachelor of Arts in Music will be well-prepared to continue their studies at the graduate level; the degree program will be a gateway for pursuing professional opportunities in performance or as a private studio instructor. Beyond the traditional routes, because of the infusion of technology and the globalization of the entertainment industry, the music degree functions as an appropriate entrance into entertainment law, music marketing, and other specialized fields where possessing in-depth knowledge of music will play a significant role in achieving success.

Students majoring in Education may co-major with Music; the double major curriculum will provide opportunities to work with age groups from kindergarten through twelfth grade in a variety of academic settings and will meet all requirements for entry-level teaching positions in K-12 music.
 
 

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