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titleGeneral Disclaimer for Placement Exams

In VPA, we require students in select majors to take math and language courses to fulfill a liberal arts core curriculum. These majors are communication and rhetorical studies (CRS), design studies (B.S.), drama (B.S.), music (B.S.), music composition, music education, music performance, and sound recording technology.

If your major is not listed above (i.e. acting, art photography, communications design, computer art and animation, environmental and interior design, fashion design, film, illustration, industrial and interaction design, music industry, musical theatre, stage management, studio arts (B.S. or B.F.A.), or theater design and technology), you are NOT required to take a placement exam.

However, if there is an area of interest you wish to pursue, we welcome you to take an exam. Those who are required to take a placement exam are encouraged to do so as early as possible to fulfill these requirements early in their career.


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titleGeneral Disclaimer for ENL Placement Exam

If you are a student whose primary language is not English, you will be required to take an English placement exam; this is to ensure you are placed in a writing class you will be successful in.

Important: You must register for the exam by end of day Tuesday, June 4.

The exams will be held on Thursday, June 6, and Saturday, June 8.

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titleStudio Arts BS/BFA
  • ARI 101 (3cr)
  • AIC 101 (3cr)
  • ARL 131 (1cr)
  • ARL 150 (1cr)
  • ARL Labs (x2) (2cr)
  • WRT 105** (3cr)
  • Studio Elective (3cr) *
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

*The studio elective will be chosen for students based on availability and relevance to the major.

** This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.


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titleIllustration
  • ARI 101 (3cr)
  • AIC 101 (3cr)
  • ARL 131 (1cr)
  • ARL 150 (1cr)
  • ARL Labs (x2) (2cr)
  • ILL 100, Freshmen Illustration (3cr): In this class students will begin their journey as graphic storytellers. They will build the foundational skills needed to visually communicate. Exploration will start with color and composition, all the while learning the basics of dynamic figure drawing. Appropriate for artists, thinkers, and makers.
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

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titleCommunications Design
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • WRT 105** (3cr)
  • Studio Elective*
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

*The studio elective will be chosen for students based on availability and relevance to the major.

* *This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.


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titleDesign Studies
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • WRT 105** (3cr)
  • Liberal Arts Academic Elective*
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

*This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

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titleEnvironmental and Interior Design
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • Studio Elective**
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

**The studio elective will be chosen for students based on availability and relevance to the major.


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titleFashion Design
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FAS 120, Fashion Skills, and Techniques I (3cr): Introduction to garment construction, assembly methods, and finishing techniques commonly used in the fashion industry.
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.


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titleIndustrial and Interaction Design
  • DES 100 (1cr)
  • DES 101 (3cr)
  • DES 103 (3cr)
  • DES 113 (3cr)
  • IND 128, Design Worlds (3cr): This course provides a broad understanding of how design acts as a continuum between its traditional roots and how current design methodologies are being applied to emerging needs. Through a series of case studies and studio visits, this course looks to challenge our understanding of the scope and impact of design. 
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

Department of Film and Media Arts 

Every student in the Department of Film and Media Arts will take the following course:

  • FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.


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titleArt Photography
  • FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.

  • FMA 153, Making Media: Fundamentals (3cr): Introduces students to thinking critically and practically about time-based creative practices. Explores the use of digital media in concepts surrounding time/space, image/sound, interactivity/networks, and performance/movement. Students will work with photo, film, video, and computer.

  • APH 261, Art Photography – Introduction (3cr): Introductory course explores how contemporary artists use photography. Various approaches to art photography are presented to describe, critique, or mediate on modern life. Working with digital cameras, students experiment with equipment, techniques, and strategies to make their own original work.
  • WRT 105** (3cr)
  • Studio Elective (3cr) *
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

*The studio elective will be chosen for students based on availability and relevance to the major.

** This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.


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titleComputer Art and Animation
  • FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.
  • CAR 101, Introduction to 3D Animation (3cr): The first course in this three-course series focuses on concepts, aesthetics, and practice of 3D animation and visual effects.  This course is an introduction to modeling, texturing, digital-sculpting, and shading.

  • CAR 102, Art and Craft of Animation (3cr): Introductory studio course explores animation history and practice, with a strong emphasis on practice. Students will learn important animation techniques and modalities and build a foundation for further coursework or personal exploration of animation.

  • ILL 100, Freshmen Illustration (3cr): In this class students will begin their journey as graphic storytellers. They will build the foundational skills needed to visually communicate. Exploration will start with color and composition, all the while learning the basics of dynamic figure drawing. Appropriate for artists, thinkers, and makers.
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.


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titleFilm
  • FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.

  • FMA 153, Making Media: Fundamentals (3cr): Introduces students to thinking critically and practically about time-based creative practices. Explores the use of digital media in concepts surrounding time/space, image/sound, interactivity/networks, and performance/movement. Students will work with photo, film, video, and computer.

  • FIL 121, Filmmaking Workshop – Physical Aspects (3cr): Introduction and development of technical aspects and skills of filmmaking.
  • FIL 253, Survey of Film History 1 (3cr): Growth of film from its origin to the French New Wave (1960s). Technical, economic, and social influence on cinema; development of film as an art.
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

Setnor School of Music

Every student in the School of Music will take the following courses:

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