Department Chair

  • Denise Massman
    Assistant Professor of Creative Arts
    Foy Hall 305
    (518) 786-5054
    dmassman@siena.edu

Interdisciplinary Studies

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN CREA

Interdisciplinary studies in the Creative Arts is a humanistic curriculum rather than a heavily studio or practical-based curriculum. It studies the history and criticism of all the arts.

REQUIRED COURSES
CREA 111: Proseminar in Creative Arts
CREA 490: Seminar in Creative Arts

Two of the following:

CREA 231: Art to the 15th Century
CREA 232: Art from the 15th Century
CREA 241: Music to the 17th Century

CREA 251: World Theater History

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ELECTIVES
24 credits (a minimum of 15 credits must be at the 300 level or above)
CREA 165: Music Theory I Elementary Harmony
CREA 204: Digital Photography
CREA 231: Art to the 15th Century
CREA 251: World Theater History
CREA 254: Opera I
CREA 255: American Art
CREA 256: American Music
CREA 258: Diversity in American Theater
CREA 275: Film Theory and Criticism
CREA 309: New Art Forms
CREA 327: Medieval Art
CREA 328: Renaissance Art
CREA 329: Modern Art
CREA 355: Creative Process in Contemporary Music
CREA 357: Music Ritual and Creative Arts in Non-Western Cultures
CREA 363: Image and Society
CREA 397: Advanced Topics in Creative Arts II (Art History)
CREA 430: Multimedia and Interactive Design/Producing
CREA 480: Internship in Creative Arts (Art History)
CREA 490: Seminar in Creative Arts (Art History)
CREA 497: Independent Study
in Creative Arts

Strongly recommended:  
Two  arts courses from study abroad program, course numbers to be accommodated to the CREA track listed above.
 Foreign language study: two years, at least

Choose among the following from the CORE requirements
CLSS 240: Greek Archaeology and Art (CAA)
CLSS 245: Roman Archaeology and Art (CAA)
CLSS 260: Gods and Goddesses (CAR)
SOCI 140: Cultural Anthropology (CAS)
PHIL 240: Philosophy of Art (CAP)
RELG 181: Experiences of the Sacred (CDR)
RELG 280: World Religions (CAR)
PHYSICS 010: Structures (CAN)

Also suggested:
HIST 451: U.S. Social and Cultural History to 1877
HIST 453: U.S. Social and Cultural History after 1877
HIST 461: African-American History
ENGL 240: Shakespeare
ENGL 250: The Drama