Interdisciplinary Arts (IA)
The Interdisciplinary Arts (IA) option is designed for students who want to create art and to learn about the world through the creative arts. It links written, visual, media, and performance arts, and explores meaning and potential arts making across diverse social and cultural settings.
Coursework includes studios, workshops, seminars, and community-based projects. The flexible curriculum enables students to hone their skills as arts practitioners while drawing connections to cultural and media studies, environmental and disability issues, health and policy arenas, and community and educational development.
Interdisciplinary Arts graduates become independent artists, build careers in arts and cultural industries as curators and administrators, and develop arts-based projects in a range of employment sectors, including health, media, and education. They are also prepared for graduate education in the arts and humanities, cultural studies, and Master of Fine Arts fields.
All Interdisciplinary Arts (IA) Courses
Interdisciplinary Arts Sample Courses
Classes in this option are offered primarily during day time hours.
- BIS 203 History of InterArts
- BIS 207 Introduction to Creative Writing: Words, Stories, Dialogues
- BIS 209 Engaging Visual Arts
- BIS 319 Interdisciplinary Arts
- BIS 310 Creative Writing Poetry
- BIS 380 Art and its Context
- BIS 450 Performance and Healing
- BIS 476 Issues in Art History
Interdisciplinary Arts Core & Affiliate Faculty and Staff
IA Core & Affiliate Faculty
Artists don't work in a vacuum. The Interdisciplinary Arts degree ensures that students can draw from multiple disciplines and fields of knowledge. The courses I have taken have allowed me to understand and create art that reflects the complexity, multiple meanings, and interdisciplinary nature of real life.Sandra Penney Class of 2008
Constantin Behler, Bruce Burgett, JoLynn Edwards, Jeanne Heuving, Kanta Kochar-Lindgren, Kari Lerum, Joe Milutis, Eric Stewart
IA Core & Affiliate Staff
Leslie Bussert, Jackie Belanger, Denise Hattwig
Preparation for this Degree Option
How should a student prepare for this option? There are no formal prerequisites for Interdisciplinary Arts. Useful preparation for this option includes formal and informal training in visual, written, digital, and/or performing arts. Students will need strong skills in collaborative and creative problem-solving.