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Creative Studies at New College serve students with an interest in and commitment to the study and practice, within a liberal arts context, of fine arts, theater arts, the writing arts or dance arts. Students define and develop personal talent while considering the creative process, the tradition of their artistic field and the human context of their own creativity. In addition to satisfying the general requirements for graduation from New College, Creative Studies students must also satisfy the following minimum area requirements:

1. 40 s.h. in Creative Studies distributed as follows:
   1. 12 s.h. of faculty-offered studio or workshop courses or seminars;
   2. 12 s.h. of student-initiated projects;
   3. 8 s.h. in the study of the tradition of the student’s artistic field;
   4. 4 s.h. in the study of the creative process;
   5. 4 s.h. Senior Project, creative or scholarly, as a culminating demonstration of proficiency in Creative Studies.
      1. Scholarly projects must be consistent with the Humanities area guidelines for Senior Projects.
      2. Creative projects must be accompanied by a written scholarly report on the project’s purpose and a critical assessment of the result(s).
2. II. Upper-Level Seminar (College requirement): 4 s.h. This requirement is intended to help the student assess the impact on the arts of developments since 1825. The course helps the student refine research and writing skills. Creative Studies students may satisfy this requirement in one of the two ways:
   1. complete the Creative Studies Upper-Level Seminar, or the Humanities Upper-Level Seminar;
   2. with adviser’s approval, complete a 4 s.h. Individual Project, either tracing the impact of ideas and/or events in the past 150 years on the student’s creative field, or analyzing the antecedents and consequences of a significant development in that field.

Students desiring a focus in dance arts, fine arts, theater arts or writing arts must also satisfy the additional specific requirements. See the following programs for more information.

Creative Studies with a Dance Arts Focus

Creative Studies with a Theater Arts Focus
Instructor Romano, Adviser

Creative Studies with a Writing Arts Focus
Associate Professor Ben-Merre;
Assistant Professor Friedlander, Advisers

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