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100 Architecture Building
608 East Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1660
The College of Fine and Applied Arts prepares men and women for
professional work by offering majors in architecture, art and
design, dance, landscape architecture, music, theatre, and urban
and regional planning. Freshmen and transfer students are admitted
into the college majors. In each curriculum specific basic courses, professional
courses, and general education requirements must be completed in
order to qualify for the specific baccalaureate degree offered.
For development beyond the undergraduate degrees offered in these areas
of study, the units of the college offer graduate curricula leading
to advanced professional degrees through the Graduate College.
For students enrolled in other colleges and schools of the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the College of Fine and Applied
Arts offers introductory courses designed to increase aesthetic
appreciation and development, and to portray the role of the arts
in civilization. Participation in the many bands, choruses, and
orchestras on campus, as well as private instruction on most instruments
and in voice, is available to students in all colleges by audition.
To serve the total academic community and all citizens in the state
of Illinois, the college features the arts in exhibitions, concerts,
lectures, performances, demonstrations, and conferences. Many outstanding
professionals and works in these fields are brought to the University
campus.
In addition to the teaching divisions, the College of Fine and Applied
Arts includes the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the Krannert
Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, and Japan House on campus, as well as I space in Chicago.
Special Facilities
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion
Krannert Art museum is an accredited general art museum with eight permanent galleries, four temporary exhibition galleries, and an open virtual-reality lab. Its outstanding permanent collection places it among the top tier of university art museums in the nation. But, the space is used as more than an art museum by students at the University of Illinois. Here they can gather to hear improvised music played by international artists, watch films, and participate in an open mic hip-hop cafe. Come and experience a space that allows for simultaneous interplay between more than one artistic form.
www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/index.html
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
is a remarkable four-theatre performing arts complex with spaces
for instruction, rehearsal, and performance in theatre, opera, dance,
and music. The Foellinger Great Hall, seating 2,200, is designed
for large-scale musical events. The Festival Theatre, with 1,000
seats, is for opera, dance, and other musical stage productions.
The Colwell Playhouse seats 700 and is the home of the Department
of Theatre. The Studio Theatre, seating 150, is for experimental
productions. An outdoor amphitheater, rehearsal rooms, offices,
dressing rooms, technical shops, and underground parking on two
levels for 650 cars complete this monumental facility.
www.kcpa.uiuc.edu
Japan House
The study of Japanese culture began at the University of Illinois in 1900, with the arrival of the first Japanese student. Throughout the last century, the University's role as a leader in Japanese studies began to take form. A major theme of Japan House is peace. The focus of Japan House it its threes tea rooms. The grounds also feature a Japanese tea garden, strolling garden, and Zen-style rock garden.
www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/japanhouse/index.cfm
I space
I space provides a Chicago-based gallery and a public forum for the visual, performing, and design arts of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The gallery is located in the heart of the River North Gallery district with over 2500 square feet of exhibition area. Its mission is to encourage the exploration, experimentation, and understanding of the arts as a vibrant expression of human experience and intellectual discourse through exhibitions, performances, classes, and lecture-demonstrations.
www.ispace.uiuc.edu
University Music Performance Organizations
The School of Music offers credit for all students enrolled in its
many performance organizations. These organizations include ensembles
in the nationally recognized Band Division: a Wind Symphony, two
Symphonic Bands, three Concert Bands, Basketball Band, Brass Band,
Clarinet Choir, and the world-famous Marching Illini. The Choral
Division offers singers the opportunity to perform in the Oratorio
Society, Black Chorus, Women's Chorus, University Chorus, Men's
and Women's Glee Clubs, Concert Choir, and UI Chorale. The University
Symphony and Illini Symphony, three jazz bands, gamelans and other
ethnomusicology performance ensembles, and ensembles specializing
in contemporary music, chamber music, and early music, among others,
satisfy student interest both as performers and concertgoers.
A student in any college wishing to enroll in a performance organization
should contact the Office of Undergraduate Studies, Room 3030 Music
Building (phone: 217-244-2670) or the appropriate ensemble director
to receive further information and arrange for an audition.
Libraries
Students in the college have at their disposal outstanding library
resources. In addition to the University Library, one of this country's
great university collections, there are specialized libraries serving
the needs of specific fields. The Ricker Library of Architecture
and Art contains more than 49,000 books (with almost 50,000 additional publications in the
same fields located in the main University Library), 33,000 photographs, and
9,400 clippings.
The City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library houses about
20,000 volumes of current interest, while more than 110,000 additional related
volumes are in the main University Library.
The Music Library, located in the Music Building, contains more
than 765,000 items. These include introductory, instructive, research,
and reference materials including books, editions of music, recordings,
manuscripts, microfilm, and other materials.
www.library.uiuc.edu
Departments, Schools, and Curricula
The College of Fine and Applied Arts consists of the Departments
of Dance, Landscape Architecture, Theatre, and Urban and Regional
Planning; the Schools of Architecture/Building Research Council,
Art and Design, and Music; the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion;
the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Japan House, and I space. The specific
functions of each department or school and the undergraduate curricula
are described on the following pages. Consult the Undergraduate
Handbook available on the college website for reference to academic
policies and procedures for students and faculty in the college.
All departments in the College of Fine and Applied Arts reserve
the right to retain, exhibit, and reproduce the works submitted
by students for credit in any course.
Special Programs
Study Abroad
International study can be a life transforming experience. The college provides the opportunity for students to obtain campus credit for foreign study and/or travel for a summer session, one semester, or an academic year. Students in FAA have a range of opportunities for studyt abroad. They can pick from programs which include Rome, Paris, London, Versailles, Glasgow, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Shanghai, India, Costa Rica, and Mexico.
Prior to departure students are required to submit a study plan for review by their unit and the college. This review is conducted in order for the student to understand what academic credit will be available to them upon their return. Once the study plan is approved, students may register and retain their status as UI students and may continue their student health insurance while abroad. Participation in an approved UI program also counts as time in residence at the University.
The Study Abroad Office offers information on program, travel, and financial aid specifically for study away from campus. Information is available from the Study Abroad Office, 115 International Studies Building.
www.ips.uiuc.edu/sao/
Graduation Honors
At graduation, the College of Fine and Applied Arts grants honors
to superior students. To be eligible, students must have completed
a minimum of four semesters of work and 65 hours of credit in residence
at the Urbana-Champaign campus.
The college requirements for honors are specified as follows: For the degree with Honors, the student must have a grade-point average of 3.25 (A=4.0) or better and be in the upper 25 percent of those receiving a degree from that department or school; for the degree with High Honors, the student must have a grade-point average of 3.5 or better and be in the upper 15 percent; and for the degree with Highest Honors, the student must have a grade-point average of 3.75 or better and be in the upper 6 percent. Each fall the cumulative GPA requirements that meet these criteria are calculated, based on the previous year's graduating students, including transfer credit and credit earned at UIUC, and posted on the College Web site.
Dean's List
Each semester students are recognized by the College for academic
excellence through the Dean's List. In order to be eligible for Dean's List recognition, a student
must successfully complete at least 14 academic hours, taken for a letter grade (A through F), and earn a grade-point average that places them in the top 20 percent (approximately) of the College. Students with grades that are excused or deferred are not considered for the Dean's List until letter grades have been submitted for those courses. The GPA level necessary to be placed on the Dean's List is revised annually and is posted on the College Web site.
James Scholar Program
The James Scholars Program in the College of Fine and Applied Arts
is designed to identify students who have demonstrated superior
academic performance and provide them with opportunities for unique
educational experiences and special recognition. Named after one
of the University's distinguished presidents, Edmund James Scholars
enjoy many benefits including: the opportunity to take designated
honors courses, priority registration for classes, James Scholar
designation noted on academic transcripts, and participation with
faculty in independent study and/or undergraduate research projects
on topics of special interest. James Scholars are invited to attend
one special lecture or performance each semester with the Dean of
the College. For more information on eligibility and self-nomination
to this program, see the James Scholar section of the web site.
Requirements
Graduation
Students who meet the general University requirements with reference
to registration, residence, scholarship, fees, and general education
requirements, and who maintain the minimum grade-point average required
in their degree program, receive degrees appropriate to the curriculum
completed. Refer to the specific unit and curricular requirements
listed in the following sections. In addition, students must complete
the required senior courses in their major field of study in residence
at the Urbana-Champaign campus.
General Education
The Campus Senate, the faculty General Education Board, and the
colleges have developed campus wide common general education requirements.
See www.courses.uiuc.edu for a current
listing of the general education categories and individual courses
that satisfy each requirement on this campus. Students are advised
that some general education requirements may be fulfilled by courses
already required in the major. All FAA curricula require students
to meet the minimum campus general education requirements for graduation.
Some programs require additional general education courses. See
the individual programs of study for each curriculum.
Approval for any course not contained in the campus general education
list must be requested by written petition to the College Office
of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, supported by an advisor and approved
by the Associate Dean prior to registration in the course. Only
in exceptional circumstances are such petitions granted retroactively.
Electives
Electives other than professional or supporting electives specified
in any curriculum in the College of Fine and Applied Arts must be
chosen from the list that follows. Only foreign language courses
taken at or beyond the level established by placement exam will
be counted. Approval for any course not contained in the list must
be requested by written petition to the college Office of Student
Affairs and supported by an adviser prior to registration in the
course.
Elective Areas
FAA students may receive elective credit from the University of
Illinois campus and other institutions with the following qualifications:
Art: courses specified for non-majors do not count
for art and design majors (for art and design majors, please refer
to curriculum)
Aviation: maximum of six hours
Band, choral ensembles, jazz bands, and orchestras:
maximum of three hours (this limitation does not apply to music
majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum)
Dance: maximum of three hours in dance studio courses
(for dance majors, please refer to curriculum)
Environmental Design programs will accept limited credit in related courses such as map reading.
French1
Kinesiology (physical education): maximum of three
hours of activity courses
Landscape architecture: (for landscape architecture majors, please
refer to curriculum)
Mathematics1
Music: courses for non-majors do not count for
music majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese1
Theatre: for theatre majors, please refer to curriculum
for courses that may count toward the degree
Urban planning: for urban planning majors, please
refer to curriculum for courses that may count as elective credit
Foreign Language
Students entering as freshmen in Fall 2000 or later need to complete
the foreign language requirement in order to graduate. To satisfy
this requirement, students must complete the third semester level
of a college foreign language course. This requirement may also
be satisfied by three years of the same foreign language in high
school. A foreign language placement test must be taken by those
students entering the University without three years of the same
foreign language in high school. Students who have completed 3 years
of a high school foreign language cannot receive credit for a first
semester level college foreign language course in that language. Students who have
completed 4 years of a high school foreign language cannot receive
credit for the first or second semester levels of a college foreign
language course in that language.
FAA International Arts Minor
The college offers a minor in International Art to all University
of Illinois students. This minor offers students a rich new means
for approaching international and intercultural studies though the
fine and applied arts.
The study of art, dance, music, theatre, the built environment,
and cultural practice through the fine and applied arts, is inherently
international and intercultural. The study of artistic practices
and environmental design is a central resource for understanding
the social identity of communities around the world, their core
cultural and social values, and related global and social processes
that shape cultures. For more information see the
FAA web site.
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