Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA12 - FYS - PVA RAP First-Year Sem

Explores a variety of issues related to a Residential Academic Program (RAP) topic from both current and historical contexts. Students participate in small group projects and class discussions. Provides a supportive environment for personal reflection and critical thinking on the topics germane to the course content. Students will identify ways to incorporate personal interests with academic interests.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors. This RAP is designed for 38 first-year students who have been admitted as Art, Art History, Architecture & Design, Dance, Music, and Theater majors. Students will enroll in a special first-year seminar designed through the college of Humanities & Fine Arts, specifically for the PVA Majors RAP. (There will be two sections of 19 students each.) In this seminar, we will discuss how to thrive in the ever changing working and social landscape of the visual and performing arts. As artists we need to learn how to collaborate and co-create solutions to the problems encompassing our lives as individuals and as social beings.

https://www.umass.edu/rap/performing-visual-arts-majors-rap