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100 Architecture Building
608 East Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1660
The College of Fine and Applied Arts prepares men and women for
professional work by offering programs in architecture, art and
design, dance, landscape architecture, music, theatre, and urban
and regional planning. Freshmen and transfer students are admitted
to these curricula. In each curriculum specific basic courses, professional
courses, and general education requirements must be completed in
order to qualify for the specific baccalaureate degree offered.
For development beyond the undergraduate programs in these areas
of study, the units of the college offer graduate curricula leading
to advanced professional degrees through the Graduate College.
For students enrolled in other colleges and schools of the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the College of Fine and Applied
Arts offers introductory courses designed to increase aesthetic
appreciation and development, and to portray the role of the arts
in civilization. Participation in the many bands, choruses, and
orchestras on campus, as well as private instruction on most instruments
and in voice, is available to students in all colleges by audition.
To serve the total academic community and all citizens in the state
of Illinois, the college features the arts in exhibitions, concerts,
lectures, performances, demonstrations, and conferences. Many outstanding
professionals and works in these fields are brought to the University
campus.
In addition to the teaching divisions, the College of Fine and Applied
Arts includes the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the Krannert
Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, and Japan House.
Special Facilities
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion
The museum exhibits art objects from its extensive collections,
which date from ancient Egypt to our own time. In addition, it schedules
a full program of changing exhibitions. These bring to the campus
a wide variety of historic and contemporary works of art.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, which opened in 1969,
is a remarkable four-theatre performing arts complex with spaces
for instruction, rehearsal, and performance in theatre, opera, dance,
and music. The Foellinger Great Hall, seating 2,200, is designed
for large-scale musical events. The Festival Theatre, with 1,000
seats, is for opera, dance, and other musical stage productions.
The Colwell Playhouse seats 700 and is the home of the Department
of Theatre. The Studio Theatre, seating 150, is for experimental
productions. An outdoor amphitheater, rehearsal rooms, offices,
dressing rooms, technical shops, and underground parking on two
levels for 650 cars complete this monumental facility. The major
donors of the center were Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert of Indianapolis.
University Music Performance Organizations
The School of Music offers credit for all students enrolled in its
many performance organizations. These organizations include ensembles
in the nationally recognized Band Division: a Wind Symphony, two
Symphonic Bands, three Concert Bands, Basketball Band, Brass Band,
Clarinet Choir, and the world-famous Marching Illini. The Choral
Division offers singers the opportunity to perform in the Oratorio
Society, Black Chorus, Women's Chorus, University Chorus, Men's
and Women's Glee Clubs, Concert Choir, and UI Chorale. The University
Symphony and Illini Symphony, three jazz bands, gamelans and other
ethnomusicology performance ensembles, and ensembles specializing
in contemporary music, chamber music, and early music, among others,
satisfy student interest both as performers and concertgoers.
A student in any college wishing to enroll in a performance organization
should contact the Office of Undergraduate Studies, Room 3030 Music
Building (phone: 217-244-2670) or the appropriate ensemble director
to receive further information and arrange for an audition.
Libraries
Students in the college have at their disposal outstanding library
resources. In addition to the University Library, one of this country's
great university collections, there are specialized libraries serving
the needs of specific fields. The Ricker Library of Architecture
and Art contains more than 49,000 books (with almost 50,000 in the
same fields in the University Library), 33,000 photographs, and
9,400 clippings.
The City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library houses about
20,000 volumes of current interest, while more than 110,000 related
volumes are in the University Library.
The Music Library, located in the Music Building, contains more
than 765,000 items. These include introductory, instructive, research,
and reference materials including books, editions of music, recordings,
manuscripts, microfilm, and other materials.
Departments, Schools, and Curricula
The College of Fine and Applied Arts consists of the Departments
of Dance, Landscape Architecture, Theatre, and Urban and Regional
Planning; the Schools of Architecture/Building Research Council,
Art and Design, and Music; the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion;
the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Japan HouseThe specific
functions of each department or school and the undergraduate curricula
are described on the following pages. Consult the Undergraduate
Handbook available on the college website for reference to academic
policies and procedures for students and faculty in the college.
All departments in the College of Fine and Applied Arts reserve
the right to retain, exhibit, and reproduce the works submitted
by students for credit in any course.
Special Programs
Study Abroad
The college provides the opportunity for students to obtain campus
credit for foreign study and/or travel for a period of from one
semester to one calendar year. Students must submit detailed proposals
of plans for such study and/or travel for approval by the appropriate
departmental committees and by the associate dean of the college
prior to such study abroad. If approved, students register and retain
their status as University students and may continue their student
health insurance as if they continued to study at the Urbana-Champaign
campus. Information is available from the Study Abroad Office, 115
International Studies Building, or from individual units in the
college.
Honors Programs
Graduation Honors
At graduation, the College of Fine and Applied Arts grants honors
to superior students. To be eligible, students must have completed
a minimum of four semesters of work and 65 hours of credit in residence
at the Urbana-Champaign campus For the degree with honors, the student
must have a grade point average of 3.25 (A = 4.0) or better in all
courses used for graduation and be in the upper 25 percent of those
receiving a degree from that department or school; for the degree
with high honors, a grade point average of 3.5 or better and the
upper 15 percent; and for the degree with highest honors, a grade
point average of 3.75 or better and the upper 6 percent. Credit
earned at other institutions and transferred to the University of
Illinois is used in computing the student's average. Credit earned
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign must be of at
least the level required for the degree with honors.
Dean's List
Each semester students are recognized by the college for academic
excellence through the Dean's List. To be placed on the list, students
must achieve a 3.67 gpa (approximately), based on at least 14 hours
of coursework in that semester. Students with grades that are excused
or deferred are not considered for the Dean's List until letter
grades have been submitted for those courses.
James Scholar Program
The James Scholars Program in the College of Fine and Applied Arts
is designed to identify students who have demonstrated superior
academic performance and provide them with opportunities for unique
educational experiences and special recognition. Named after one
of the University's distinguished presidents, Edmund James Scholars
enjoy many benefits including: the opportunity to take designated
honors courses, priority registration for classes, James Scholar
designation noted on academic transcripts, and participation with
faculty in independent study and/or undergraduate research projects
on topics of special interest. James Scholars are invited to attend
one special lecture or performance each semester with the Dean of
the College. For more information on eligibility and self-nomination
to this program, see the James Scholar section of the web site.
Requirements
Graduation
Students who meet the general University requirements with reference
to registration, residence, scholarship, fees, and general education
requirements, and who maintain the minimum grade-point average required
in their degree program, receive degrees appropriate to the curriculum
completed. Refer to the specific unit and curricular requirements
listed in the following sections. In addition, students must complete
the required senior courses in their major field of study in residence
at the Urbana-Champaign campus.
General Education
The Campus Senate, the faculty General Education Board, and the
colleges have developed campus wide common general education requirements.
See www.courses.uiuc.edu for a current
listing of the general education categories and individual courses
that satisfy each requirement on this campus. Students are advised
that some general education requirements may be fulfilled by courses
already required in the major. All FAA curricula require students
to meet the minimum campus general education requirements for graduation.
Some programs require additional general education courses. See
the individual programs of study for each curriculum.
Approval for any course not contained in the campus general education
list must be requested by written petition to the College Office
of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, supported by an advisor and approved
by the Associate Dean prior to registration in the course. Only
in exceptional circumstances are such petitions granted retroactively.
Electives
Electives other than professional or supporting electives specified
in any curriculum in the College of Fine and Applied Arts must be
chosen from the list that follows. Only foreign language courses
taken at or beyond the level established by placement exam will
be counted. Approval for any course not contained in the list must
be requested by written petition to the college Office of Student
Affairs and supported by an adviser prior to registration in the
course.
Elective Areas
FAA students may receive elective credit from the University of
Illinois campus and other institutions with the following qualifications:
Air Force aerospace studies, military science, and naval
science: advanced courses only (maximum of six hours)
Art: courses specified for non-majors do not count
for art and design majors (for art and design majors, please refer
to curriculum)
Aviation: maximum of six hours
Band, choral ensembles, jazz bands, and orchestras:
maximum of three hours (this limitation does not apply to music
majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum)
Dance: maximum of three hours in dance studio courses
(for dance majors, please refer to curriculum)
French1
Kinesiology (physical education): maximum of three
hours of activity courses
Landscape architecture: (for landscape architecture majors, please
refer to curriculum)
Mathematics1
Music: courses for non-majors do not count for
music majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese1
Theatre: for theatre majors, please refer to curriculum
for courses that may count toward the degree
Urban planning: for urban planning majors, please
refer to curriculum for courses that may count as elective credit
Foreign Language
Students entering as freshmen in Fall 2000 or later need to complete
the foreign language requirement in order to graduate. To satisfy
this requirement, students must complete the third semester level
of a college foreign language course. This requirement may also
be satisfied by three years of the same foreign language in high
school. A foreign language placement test must be taken by those
students entering the University without three years of the same
foreign language in high school. Students who have completed 3 years
of a high school foreign language cannot receive credit for a first
semester level college foreign language course in that language. Students who have
completed 4 years of a high school foreign language cannot receive
credit for the first or second semester levels of a college foreign
language course in that language.
FAA International Arts Minor
The college offers a minor in International Art to all University
of Illinois students. This minor offers students a rich new means
for approaching international and intercultural studies though the
fine and applied arts.
The study of art, dance, music, theatre, the built environment,
and cultural practice through the fine and applied arts, is inherently
international and intercultural. The study of artistic practices
and environmental design is a central resource for understanding
the social identity of communities around the world, their core
cultural and social values, and related global and social processes
that shape cultures. For more information see the
FAA web site.
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