Texas Tech University College of Visual & Performing Arts

Core Purpose
To foster excellence in the arts.




Mission Statement
To advance education in the arts through promoting scholarship and supporting creativity.




Vision Statement
The College of Visual and Performing Arts will be an exemplar for arts education in the nation and the school of choice for arts education.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts will:

* Offer traditional as well as innovative, multi-, and interdisciplinary arts programs that attract excellent students, faculty, and staff;
* Prepare students who are confident and competent, able to think critically and creatively, and who will become leaders in their profession;
* Be a leader in creative activity and research to enrich and extend the educational experiences of students, faculty, staff, and community; and
* Be a cultural force in and for the arts, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts values and is committed to:

* Creativity, critical thinking, reflection, and innovation;
* Alternative ways of knowing, communicating, and understanding.
* Student-centered learning in the arts;
* Diversity of ideas, cultures, and experiences;
* Cooperation, communication, and mutual respect;
* Pursuit of excellence;
* Academic and intellectual freedom;
* Community service and leadership.




A Brief History Of The College
Approximately thirty years ago, a doctoral program in the Fine Arts established an intellectual environment that enhanced the connections inherent to the disciplines of Art, Music, and Theatre. This program capitalized upon the interdisciplinary roots of study in the arts, embracing core study in all three disciplines, coupled with focused study in one particular specialization. On a small scale, the doctoral program provided a structure that functioned in lieu of a college-level structure and provided the impetus behind the creation of a new College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University.

The interdisciplinary doctoral program in the fine arts and its philosophy:

"It is frequently acknowledged that the future of the arts and their impact on society in general depend on the recognition that the arts are one in their benefits to humankind, in their need for public support, and in their claim to a significant place in all formal educational curricula. Although there will always be a place for highly specialized study at the graduate level in each of the arts, the field also has an urgent need for the development of leadership that will reflect awareness of the mutual problems and the impact on society of all the arts. At the college, community, state, and national levels, informed and well-trained leaders with broad understanding of the current place and future significance of the arts in public life can do much to fulfill the potential envisaged by such federal breakthroughs as the National Endowment for the Arts." [Langford, T., Kincaid, C., Marple, H., Texas Tech Journal of Education, vol. 9, no. 2, spring 1982]
A name and a vision for the College of Visual and Performing Arts:

The above excerpt, written seventeen years ago, holds promise for the new College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University. Consideration of recent intellectual and artistic issues has engendered the name by which the college is known.

Performance, of course, characterizes principal endeavors in music and theatre, and the production of visual art constitutes in essence a performative task. However, performance is only one aspect of the college's activities: the academic discipline of history studies all four arts, and special academic preparation is required to teach them at the primary level. Too, the concept of the Fine Arts has been expanded beyond the traditional preoccupation with great works demanding aesthetic examination. Thus, visual arts now include such specialties as ceramics, study of visual relics from civilizations like that of Aztecs, and even visual studies, which examines all visual aspects of a culture regardless of their pretense to aesthetic or intellectual quality.

The appellation Visual and Performing Arts embraces not only creative productions in the four disciplines of art, dance, music, and theatre, but also the varied ways in which those productions continue to be examined.

At Texas Tech University, we have the potential through the new College of Visual and Performing Arts to enhance natural connections between the three disciplines and to create both cohesion and synergy of artistic ideas. The college is committed to providing an engaging and challenging environment that promotes the highest standards of excellence in art, music, theatre and dance, and it intends to be recognized as a leader in linking the elements of arts education, research, performance, creativity, and technology. Our students and faculty will be direct beneficiaries, of course --- the possibility for interdisciplinary affiliations are boundless.

Of equal importance, however, will be our potential to enhance the arts climate in West Texas. The university has long been recognized for its unique contributions to cultural life in the region. This new alliance will allow us to strengthen our bond to the community.




Accreditation
Accreditation is a process by which an institution or disciplinary unit within an institution periodically evaluates its work and seeks an independent judgment by peers that it achieves substantially its own educational objectives and meets the established standards of the body from which it seeks accreditation. Typically, the accreditation process includes 1) a self-evaluative description (self-study) of the institution or unit, 2) an on-site review by a team of evaluators, and 3) judgment by an accreditation decision-making body, normally called a Commission. Accreditation reviews focus on educational quality, institutional integrity, and educational improvements.

Academic programs in the College of Visual and Performing Arts are accredited by the following:

National Association of Schools of Art and Design
National Association of Schools of Music
National Association of Schools of Theatre

Additionally, the College of Visual and Performing Arts participates in the accreditation process for the university and its teacher education programs:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education




Degrees offered
* Bachelor of Arts
o Art History
o Dance
o Music
o Theatre Arts

* Bachelor of Fine Arts
o Communication design
o Studio Art
o Theatre Arts - Acting or Design Technology
o Visual Studies (leading toward teacher certification)

* Bachelor of General Studies

* Bachelor of Music
o Composition
o Music (leading toward teacher certification)
o Performance
o Theory

* Master of Art Education

* Master of Arts
o Theatre Arts

* Master of Fine Arts
o Art
o Theatre Arts

* Master of Music
o Composition
o Conducting
o History & Literature
o Performance
o Pedagogy
o Theory

* Master of Music Education

* Doctor of Musical Arts
o Composition
o Conducting
o Performance
o Piano Pedagogy

* Doctor of Philosophy
o Art
o Music
o Theatre Arts

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