Arts Courses

These courses have been approved as General Education Arts courses. This course list is updated periodically. Descriptions and learning criteria for General Education Arts courses can be found in the Foundation and Knowledge Domains section.

AA 100Introduction to International Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 103Introduction to Interior Design Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 113NSustainable Arts and Design Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 120NIntroduction to Art Therapy Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 121Design Thinking and Creativity Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 122Introduction to Graphic Storytelling Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 130NCreative Arts Therapy Applications Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 160NThe Virtual Transformational Leadership Development Experience Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 193NThe Craft of Comics Keystone/General Education Course3
AA 230NArts & Wellness in Communities Keystone/General Education Course3
AED 62Contemporary African and African American Arts and Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
AED 211WInterpreting Art Experience: Social-cultural Perspectives Keystone/General Education Course3
AED 225Diversity, Pedagogy, and Visual Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
AED 233NLearning in Maker Cultures Keystone/General Education Course1-3
AED 355QShow Me Where it Hurts: Healthcare and Creative Inquiry Keystone/General Education Course3
AFAM 126NThe Popular Arts in America: The History of Hip-Hop Keystone/General Education Course3
AFAM 141NAfrican American Read-In Engaged Learning Experience Keystone/General Education Course1-3
AFAM 207NJazz and the African American Experience Keystone/General Education Course3
AFAM 226NCritical Approaches to Hip-Hop Keystone/General Education Course3
AFR 335African Art Keystone/General Education Course3
AMST 150NWestern Pennsylvania Art, Literature, and Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
AMST 226NCritical Approaches to Hip-Hop Keystone/General Education Course3
AMST 307NAmerican Art and Society Keystone/General Education Course3
AMST 308NAmerican Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
AMST 309NAmerican Material Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARCH 100Architecture and Ideas Keystone/General Education Course3
ARCH 170NIntroduction to Sustainable Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARCH 210Ideas Across Time in Architecture and Urbanism Keystone/General Education Course3
ARCH 316Analysis of Human Settlements: Cities Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 1Introduction to the Visual Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 2Interactive Learning and Web-Design Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 3Visual Images on the Web Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 10Introduction to Visual Studies Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 17Introduction to Metal Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 20Introduction to Drawing Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 30Introduction to Sculpture Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 40Introduction to Printmaking Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 50Introduction to Painting Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 51NMeteorology and Visual Arts: To Know is to See Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 80Introduction to Ceramics Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 102Beginning Computer Aided Design for Artists Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 144ZClimate Change: Arts, Agency and Activism Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 160NSTEAM: Connecting Art to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 165Artistic Concepts of Space Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 166Artistic Concepts of Form Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 168The Digital Medium Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 170NPlant and Microbial Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 175NIntersections Between Art and Psychology Keystone/General Education Course3
ART 197NSpecial Topics - Interdomain Keystone/General Education Course1-9
ART 207NLGBTQ+ Identity, Culture and The Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 1SFirst-Year Seminar in Art History Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 100Introduction to Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 101NIntroduction to Global Art History Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 105NPictures and Power Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 107NRocks, Minerals, and the History of Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 111Ancient to Medieval Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 111UAncient to Medieval Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 112Renaissance to Modern Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 112URenaissance to Modern Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 115NArts of Love Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 120Asian Art and Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 125Islamic Architecture and Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 130Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 140Introduction to the Art and Architecture of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 201Ancient to Medieval Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 202NRenaissance to Modern Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 204The Art of Marvel: Italy and Spain 1600 - 1750 Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 207The Eternal City: Rome from Antiquity to the Present Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 215Architecture and Art of South and Southeast Asia Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 220Chinese Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 222NIntersections between Art History and the History of Psychology Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 222QIntersections between Art History and the History of Psychology Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 224NAuthors and Artists Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 225NSexuality and Modern Visual Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 280The Secret Lives of Things: Design and Decorative Arts since the 18th Century Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 292NWitches and Witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the Present Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 297GSpecial Topics - GenEd Keystone/General Education Course1-9
ARTH 301Egyptian and Mesopotamian Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 302Early Medieval Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 303Italian Renaissance Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 305Romanticism and Revolution Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 306Color across Cultures: A Global History of Pigments, Dyes, Metals and Other Colorants in Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 307NAmerican Art and Society Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 308NAmerican Architecture Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 311Greek and Roman Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 312Romanesque and Gothic Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 325Impressionism to Surrealism Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 326Art Since 1940 Keystone/General Education Course3
ARTH 335African Art Keystone/General Education Course3
ASIA 107NBollywood: Seeing South Asia Through Cinema Keystone/General Education Course3
ASIA 197NSpecial Topics - InterDomain Keystone/General Education Course1-9
ASIA 215Architecture and Art of South and Southeast Asia Keystone/General Education Course3
ASTRO 7NThe Artistic Universe Keystone/General Education Course3
ASTRO 141NFilm and Extraterrestrial Life: Science Fact or Fiction? Keystone/General Education Course3
BBH 201NHealth and the Media Keystone/General Education Course3
BRASS 100Trumpet: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
BRASS 101French Horn: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
BRASS 102Trombone: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
BRASS 103Euphonium: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
BRASS 104Tuba: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
BRASS 110Trumpet: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
BRASS 111French Horn: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
BRASS 112Trombone: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
BRASS 113Euphonium: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
BRASS 114Tuba: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
CHNS 121NChinese Film and New Media Keystone/General Education Course3
CI 105NImprov Theater, Curriculum & Instruction Keystone/General Education Course3
CMLIT 112NIntroduction to Global Drama, Theatre, and Performance Keystone/General Education Course3
CMLIT 128NThe Holocaust in Film and Literature Keystone/General Education Course3
CMLIT 191NIntroduction to Video Game Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
CMLIT 240QArtistic Patronage in Europe Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 20NCritical Media Literacy Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 101NUnderstanding and Enhancing Creativity Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 150NThe Art of the Cinema Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 150QThe Art of the Cinema Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 151NFilm and Extraterrestrial Life: Science Fact or Fiction? Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 175NMental Illness and the Movies Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 208NVisual Representations of the Middle East in the US and Middle East Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 222NSocial Justice and the Image Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 250Film History and Theory Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 290NCinema and Globalization Keystone/General Education Course3
COMM 335NMedia, Social Justice, and the Public Humanities Keystone/General Education Course3
DANCE 100Dance Appreciation Keystone/General Education Course3
DANCE 225Introduction to Hip Hop Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 230Ballet Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 240Jazz Dance Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 250Tap Dance Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 260Introduction to Modern Dance Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 261Beginning Modern Dance I Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 361Intermediate Modern Dance I Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DANCE 362Intermediate Modern Dance II Keystone/General Education Course1.5
DART 102NIntroduction to 2d Digital Art and Technology Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 50Introduction to Creative Writing Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 50HIntroduction to Creative Writing Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 115NArts of Love Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 128NThe Holocaust in Film and Literature Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 141NAfrican American Read-In Engaged Learning Experience Keystone/General Education Course1-3
ENGL 190QMedievalism Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 193NThe Craft of Comics Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 208NThe Music of the Beatles and American Popular Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 212Introduction to Fiction Writing Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 213Introduction to Poetry Writing Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 214Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 223NShakespeare: Page, Stage, and Screen Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 224NAuthors and Artists Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 225NSexuality and Modern Visual Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 237NReading and Writing Documentary Poetry Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGL 260Theory & Practice of Screenwriting Keystone/General Education Course3
ENGR 120NDesign Thinking and 3D Printing in Engineering and Healthcare Keystone/General Education Course3
FR 138NFrench Culture Through Film Keystone/General Education Course3
FRNAR 100Introduction to Forensic Photography Keystone/General Education Course3
GAME 160NIntroduction to Video Game Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
GAME 180NThe Art and Science of Virtual Worlds Keystone/General Education Course3
GAME 220Introduction to Game Design Keystone/General Education Course3
GD 100Introduction to Graphic Design Keystone/General Education Course3
GD 110User Experience Design: Concepts and Principles Keystone/General Education Course3
GD 115NVisualizing Information Keystone/General Education Course3
GD 210User Interface Design and Prototyping Keystone/General Education Course3
GEOSC 107NRocks, Minerals, and the History of Art Keystone/General Education Course3
GER 128NThe Holocaust in Film and Literature Keystone/General Education Course3
GER 189NGerman Film Keystone/General Education Course3
HDFS 175NIntroduction to Youth Development and Arts-based Social Justice Keystone/General Education Course3
HIST 131NSlavery, the Civil War, and Cinema Keystone/General Education Course3
HIST 240QArtistic Patronage in Europe Keystone/General Education Course3
HIST 255NHistory of the Book Keystone/General Education Course3
HIST 292NWitches and Witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the Present Keystone/General Education Course3
HORT 169NFundamentals of Home Landscaping: An Introduction to Design, Construction, and Maintenance Keystone/General Education Course3
HUM 100NFoundations in the Humanities: Understanding the Human Experience Keystone/General Education Course3
HUM 150NWorld Mythologies in the Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
HUM 197NSpecial Topics - InterDomain Keystone/General Education Course1-9
HUM 200NExplorations in the Humanities: The Quest Keystone/General Education Course3
HUM 300NInterpretations in the Humanities Keystone/General Education Course3
HUM 400NExpressions in the Humanities Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 1The Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 5Performing Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 10The Popular Arts in America: Mass Media Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 55NHistory of Electronic Music Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 100Seminar in Integrative Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 110The Dramatic Arts in the Mass Media Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 115The Popular Arts in America: Popular Music Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 116The Popular Arts in America: The History of Rock and Roll-The 1950s Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 126NThe Popular Arts in America: The History of Hip-Hop Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 141NAfrican American Read-In Engaged Learning Experience Keystone/General Education Course1-3
INART 203QMedievalism Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 205Introducing the Beatles Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 210Integrative Approaches to Computer-Aided Music Composition Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 220Stand-Up Comedy: A Cultural History Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 226NCritical Approaches to Hip-Hop Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 258AFundamentals of Digital Audio Keystone/General Education Course3
INART 258BFundamentals of Digital Audio Keystone/General Education Course1
IST 130Emerging Technologies in Popular Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
IT 240QArtistic Patronage in Europe Keystone/General Education Course3
JAPNS 121NJapanese Film and New Media Keystone/General Education Course3
JAPNS 121QJapanese Film and New Media Keystone/General Education Course3
JST 128NThe Holocaust in Film and Literature Keystone/General Education Course3
KEYBD 100Piano: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
KEYBD 110Piano: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
KINES 197GSpecial Topics - GenEd Keystone/General Education Course1-9
KINES 405NBicycling Culture and Urban Design Keystone/General Education Course3
LA 335NMedia, Social Justice, and the Public Humanities Keystone/General Education Course3
LARCH 60Cultural History of Designed Places Keystone/General Education Course3
LARCH 65Built Environment and Culture: Examining the Modern City Keystone/General Education Course3
LARCH 297NSpecial Topics - Inter Domain Keystone/General Education Course1-9
LARCH 405NBicycling Culture and Urban Design Keystone/General Education Course3
LDT 110NMaking with Art and Learning Technologies Keystone/General Education Course3
LHR 160NThe Virtual Transformational Leadership Development Experience Keystone/General Education Course3
LLED 215NChildren's Picture Books as Multimodal Texts Keystone/General Education Course3
METEO 51NMeteorology and Visual Arts: To Know is to See Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 4Film Music Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 5An Introduction to Western Music Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 7Evolution of Jazz Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 8Rudiments of Music Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 9Introduction to World Musics Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 11Under the Hood: How Classical Music Works Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 50Beginning Piano: Non-Music Major Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 51Intermediate Class Piano: Non-Music Major Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 52Voice Class: Non-Music Major Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 53Class Voice Practicum Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 54Beginning Class Guitar: Non-Music Major Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 77Philharmonic Orchestra Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 78Symphonic Wind Ensemble Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 79Pep Band Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 80Symphonic Band Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 81Marching Blue Band Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 82Concert Band Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 83Campus Band Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 84Jazz Ensemble Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 86Percussion Ensemble Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 88Campus Choir Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 88HCampus Choir Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 89University Choir Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 90Glee Club Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 91Oriana Singers Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 92Chamber Music for Voices Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 93Essence of Joy Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 103Concert Choir Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 104Chamber Singers Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 109The Music of the Beatles Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 189Studio Ensemble Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 190Chamber Music for Strings Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 191Chamber Music for Woodwinds Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 192Chamber Music for Brass Keystone/General Education Course1
MUSIC 207NJazz and the African American Experience Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 209NThe Music of the Beatles and American Popular Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 215The Craft of Singing Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 261Survey of Music History I Keystone/General Education Course3
MUSIC 262Survey of Music History II Keystone/General Education Course3
PERCN 100Percussion: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
PERCN 110Percussion: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
PHIL 136NArt and Philosophy in Ancient Greece Keystone/General Education Course3
PHOTO 100Introduction to Photography Keystone/General Education Course3
PHOTO 101Culture of Photography Keystone/General Education Course3
PHOTO 202Fundamentals of Professional Photography Keystone/General Education Course3
PHOTO 321NFlow Visualization: The Art and Physics of Fluid Motion Keystone/General Education Course3
PPEM 170NPlant and Microbial Art Keystone/General Education Course3
PSYCH 109NThe Psychology of Artistic Creativity Keystone/General Education Course3
PSYCH 175NMental Illness and the Movies Keystone/General Education Course3
PSYCH 246NHuman Factors in Design & Art Keystone/General Education Course3
RUS 101NRussian Cinema Keystone/General Education Course3
SC 60NArt in the Natural World Keystone/General Education Course3
SC 103NWhen Data Meets Design Keystone/General Education Course3
SC 145NThe Visual Body Keystone/General Education Course3
SOC 20NCritical Media Literacy Keystone/General Education Course3
SOC 208NVisual Representations of the Middle East in the US and Middle East Keystone/General Education Course3
SOC 290NCinema and Globalization Keystone/General Education Course3
SPAN 269NTheater and Performance Keystone/General Education Course3
STRNG 100Violin: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 101Viola: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 102Violoncello: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 103Double Bass: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 104Guitar: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 105Harp: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
STRNG 110Violin: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
STRNG 111Viola: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
STRNG 112Violoncello: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
STRNG 113Double Bass: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
STRNG 114Guitar: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
STRNG 115Harp: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
THEA 100The Art of the Theatre Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 101NPerformance and Society Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 102Fundamentals of Acting Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 105Introduction to Theatre Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 111The Fundamentals of Singing and Vocal Production Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 112Introduction to Musical Theatre Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 189Principles of Stagecraft, A Look Behind the Curtain Keystone/General Education Course1.5
THEA 207Gender and Theatre Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 282Production Practicum Keystone/General Education Course3-6
THEA 40320th Century Theatre History Keystone/General Education Course3
THEA 404Twenty-first Century Theatre and Drama Keystone/General Education Course3
VOICE 100Voice: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
VOICE 110Voice: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
WMNST 106NRepresenting Women and Gender in Literature, Art and Popular Cultures Keystone/General Education Course3
WMNST 106QRepresenting Women and Gender in Literature, Art and Popular Cultures Keystone/General Education Course3
WMNST 175NFashion, Gender, and Identity Keystone/General Education Course3
WMNST 207NLGBTQ+ Identity, Culture and The Arts Keystone/General Education Course3
WMNST 225NSexuality and Modern Visual Culture Keystone/General Education Course3
WMNST 240QArtistic Patronage in Europe Keystone/General Education Course3
WWNDS 100Flute: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
WWNDS 101Oboe: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
WWNDS 102Clarinet: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
WWNDS 103Bassoon: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
WWNDS 104Saxophone: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course1
WWNDS 110Flute: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
WWNDS 111Oboe: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
WWNDS 112Clarinet: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
WWNDS 113Bassoon: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2
WWNDS 114Saxophone: Secondary Keystone/General Education Course2