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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.

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


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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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  • CRS 100, CRS Foundations - New Student Forum (1cr): This forum provides a space for conversation about acclimation to SU and in CRS, including introductions to a range of people and resources from across campus to facilitate and enrich this process, and to help provide the foundation for student success. We will explore together what it means as students and campus community members to have agency, and how to make best use of it.
  • CRS 181, Concepts & Perspectives in Communication Studies (3cr): Overview of everyday interaction and extent to which content and forms of communication shape social realities. Broad introduction to field of communication.
  • CRS 225, Public Advocacy (3cr): Principles, practice, and criticism of informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speeches. Enhances student capacity to respond appropriately to a variety of speaking situations.
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • Liberal Arts Academic Elective* (3cr) *
  • Liberal Arts Academic Elective* (3cr) *

17cr

* This indicates the courses 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.

* *
  • 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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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  This indicates the course courses 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)
  • FAS 120, Fashion Skills, and Techniques I (3cr): Introduction to garment construction, assembly methods, and finishing techniques commonly used in the fashion industry.
  • 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)

  • 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. 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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titleComputer Art and Animation
  • FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr)

  • 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)

  • 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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titleMusic BS
  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147(1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • Principal Performance Area (2cr)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1cr)
  • Large Ensemble (1cr) *
  • WRT 105* (3cr)**
  • Liberal Arts Academic Elective*
  • Large Ensemble** (1cr)

15cr

* Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.** This indicates the courses 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. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.

Note: AMC 545 is not required but is recommended for all vocalists. If you would like to enroll, please contact your academic advisor, Meggy Park. A course description is below:

AMC 545, Diction in Singing (2cr): Basic phonetics (International Phonetic Alphabet). Enunciation in the foreign languages most frequently encountered in vocal and choral literature (Italian, French, and German). English diction in singing.

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titleMusic Composition
  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147 (1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • MTC 051, Composition Seminar (0 credits): Listening and discussion of creative issues and strategies in music composition. Two and four guest presentations by visiting composers per semester.
  • Composition (2cr)
  • Principal Performance Area (2cr)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1cr)
  • Large Ensemble (1cr) *
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • Large Ensemble** (1cr)

14 cr

*Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.**This  This indicates the courses 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 officefrom our office.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.



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titleMusic Industry
  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147 (1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • MUI 310, Soyars Leadership Lecture (1cr): Features music industry leaders from the highest levels of the business. These visiting faculty members will focus, in depth, on cutting edge issues as they relate to leadership in today’s industry.
  • PSY 205, Foundations of Human Behavior (3cr): Fundamental principles of mental life and human behavior. Significance of psychology in human relationships and self-understanding.
  • Principal Performance Area (2cr)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1cr)
  • Large Ensemble (1cr) *
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • Large Ensemble** (1cr)

16cr

*Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.**This  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.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.


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titleMusic Performance
  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147 (1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • AMC 545 Diction in Singing Singing^ (2cr)*: Basic phonetics (International Phonetic Alphabet). Enunciation in the foreign languages most frequently encountered in vocal and choral literature (Italian, French, and German). English diction in singing.
  • Principal Performance Area (2cr)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1cr) **Large Ensemble Area^^ (1cr) ***
  • WRT 105* (3cr)****
  • Liberal Arts Academic Elective*
  • Large Ensemble** *(1cr)

15-17cr

*^ Required for those with voice as their primary instrument only.

**^^ If your primary instrument is the piano or organ, you will take AMC 525, Keyboard Skills (2cr), which will count towards your Secondary Performance Area requirements. Focuses on sight reading, score reading, transposition, and basic ensemble techniques. Two-piano and four-hand repertoire emphasized.

***Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.****This  This indicates the courses 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.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.


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titleSound Recording Technology
  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147 (1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • MUI 010, Soyars Lecture I (0cr): Features music industry leaders from the highest levels of business. These visiting faculty members will focus, in depth, on cutting edge issues as they relate to leadership in today’s industry.
  • Principal Performance Area (2cr)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1cr)Large Ensemble (1cr) *
  • Calculus Requirement**Requirement^
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • Large Ensemble** *(1cr)

16cr

*Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.

**^ Based on your Math Placement Score, you will be required to take your preference of either:

  • MAT 194, Precalculus (4cr): Polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Analytical trigonometry and trigonometric functions.
  • MAT 295, Calculus I (4cr): Analytic geometry, limits, derivatives, maxima-minima, related rates, graphs, differentials, exponential and logarithmic functions, mean-value theorem, L’Hospital’s rule, integration.

***This  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.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.




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titleMusic Education

Enrollment in multi-cultural ensembles is strongly recommended, with one option being ENC 560, Brazilian Ensemble (1cr). If you would be interested in taking this course, please reach out to our office.

  • MHL 071 (0cr)
  • MTC 145 (3cr)
  • MTC 147 (1cr)
  • FYS 101 (1cr)
  • SED 340, Participation in the Professional Development School (0cr): Individual involvement in research, discussion, and decision making with teachers, university faculty, and colleagues who are members of the Professional Development School Cadres and Academies.
  • AMC 545, Diction in Singing Singing^ (2cr) *: Basic phonetics (International Phonetic Alphabet). Enunciation in the foreign languages most frequently encountered in vocal and choral literature (Italian, French, and German). English diction in singing.
  • ENI 510, Large Band – Marching Band Band^^ (1cr) **
  • Principal Performance Area (2 credits)
  • Secondary Performance Area (1 credit)Large Ensemble (0 credit) *** TBDPerformance Area (1 credit)
  • WRT 105* (3cr)
  • Large Ensemble** **(0 credit) TBD

12-13 credits

*^ For those with primary instruments in voice, piano, guitar, or harp.

**^^ For those with primary instruments in woodwind, brass, string, or percussion.

***Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.****This  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.

** Following the audition cycle during Opening Weekend, you will be required to add the appropriate ensembles to your schedule.