Associate of Arts Fine Arts - Performing Arts

Credit hours: 60

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Description

The Associate of Arts in Fine Arts degree is designed to enable a student to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting institution. Students following this degree program will complete university-parallel requirements in general education that will fulfill all lower-division general education requirements at the Arizona universities. The AAFA degree will also allow students to declare a concentration in Art, Music or Performing Arts. This degree outline provides the list of fine art concentration core requirements and elective options.

Note: Students preparing to transfer to an upper-division baccalaureate degree program should contact an advisor in the major field of study at the transfer institution in addition to meeting regularly with a faculty advisor and/or an academic advisor at Yavapai College.

Program Requirements

*General Education Requirements (AGEC) (35 credits) REQUIRED*

Performing Arts Core Requirements: 11 credits

DAN 110 - Ballet I Credits: 2

MUS 134 - Singing for the Actor Credits: 3

THR 131 - Acting I Credits: 3

THR 141 - Stagecraft Credits: 3

Performing Arts Electives: Select 14 credits

DAN 114 - Jazz I Credits: 2

DAN 115 - Tap I Credits: 2

DAN 120 - Ballet II Credits: 2

DAN 151 - Applied Dance Credits: 2

THR 132 - Acting II Credits: 3

THR 133 - Musical Theater I Credits: 3

THR 150 - Theater Rehearsal and Performance Credits: 1 - 3

THR 160 - Lighting for Stage and Media Credits: 3

THR 161 - Sound Design for Stage and Media Credits: 3

THR 162 - Stagecraft Rigging and Safety Credits: 3

THR 164 - Theater Set and Props Building Credits: 3

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Associate of Arts in Fine Arts Degree - Performing Arts Concentration, the learner will be able to:

  1. Perform with an acquired level of analytical and artistic competencies.

  2. Acquire performance skills and expertise through participation in music, dance, and theatrical classes and productions.

  3. Collaborate in professional production settings.

  4. Analyze historical and cultural influences on developments of music, dance, and theatrical productions.

Performer in a suit and hat dancing with an open red umbrella on stage with water spray.
A person with glasses and headphones around their neck painting on a piece of wood in a woodworking workshop.
Close-up of an elderly man with white hair and beard, wearing a navy blue jacket with ornate embroidery, sitting with arms crossed, indoor setting with a religious or historical painting in the background.
Two actors performing on stage with a backdrop of a cityscape and sky, one man holding a pole and a woman leaning on a boat, suggesting a theatrical scene.
A group of people in a dance studio practicing dance moves, some with their hands behind their heads.
Actors on stage dressed in period costumes, holding up cups in a toast scene from a theatrical play, with a wooden structure in the background.
A woman with light brown hair tied in a bun and wearing a black sleeveless top is writing on a whiteboard with a blue marker. The whiteboard has colorful handwritten notes and diagrams, including text in pink, purple, blue, and orange.
People working on art projects at a workshop table with paints, brushes, and canvases.
A theatrical scene with a young boy dressed as a musician playing the violin on a roof prop, surrounded by colorful, cartoon-style house facades and shadows cast on the scenery.