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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's Degree or equiv. international education

Credit Hours

60 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced)

Courses Offered

10

Performing Arts

The course starts with an introduction to art in general and explains the ways in which humans are inspired to make art. It presents a variety of painting media and the approaches to printmaking. It explains how artists use the computer as a tool to plan and create three-dimensional art.

Entertainment Law

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal, business and financial aspects of filmed entertainment, with pertinent comparisons and contrasts between the motion picture and television industries, and between studio and independent production. It presents a context for a profound understanding of selected topics and transactions.

Theater

The course provides an introduction and overview of the history, craft, and art of the theatre to foster an informed appreciation of theatrical events. The course includes dramatic structure, style, purpose and effect are the keys to understanding the forms of communication among author, performer and audience.

Music

The course is a study of the development of western music from its beginnings through the end of the Baroque period. Emphasis will be placed on developing a thorough knowledge of music literature.

Film

The course is designed as an introduction to an interrelated set of approaches to film study, all of them defined by their attention to the filmic text. The course begins with an extended examination of the elements of film form, principally style (mise-enscène, cinematographic properties, editing, sound) and narrative (structure and narration).

Styles in Jazz Music

This course consists of the study of instrumental jazz music from an individual perspective as well as group performances. The content of this course will include some historical, cultural, philosophical, and pedagogical foundations of jazz styles.

Rock Music

This course considers some critical accounts of the music industry, of subcultures, and of mass media aesthetics; some historical dimensions of rock and some analytical approaches deriving from the main theoretical traditions of Western art music, psychoanalysis, semiotics, and ethnography—as applied to, for example, rhythm, tonality, and voice.

Voice and Articulation

The course “Voice and Articulation” presents principles and practice of improving voice, articulation, pronunciation, foreign and regional dialects. Primary emphasis is on individual speech improvement.

World Music

This course explores the ways that music is both shaped by and gives shape to the cultural settings in which it is performed; through studying selected musical traditions from around the world.

Music Appreciation

The course provides opportunities to become familiar with the basic elements of music as well. Emphasis is on learning to listen to music and on the role it plays within the wider contexts of history and society.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
MASTERS DEGREE $27,000
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $27,000
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Performing arts

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding art
    Visual elements
    Organizing principles of design
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drawing
    Painting
    Printmaking
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Graphic design
    Photography and filmmaking
    Digital art
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sculpture
    Crafts
    Product and clothing design
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Architecture
    Designed settings
    Historical styles in western art
    Understanding art on all levels

Entertainment Law

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to the american legal system.
    Agents and managers.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Entertainment contracts.
    Constitutional issues in entertainment law.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Administrative regulation in broadcast entertainment.
    Antitrust regulation in entertainment law.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Intellectual property issues in entertainment law.
    Legal issues in live performances.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal issues in music and music publishing.
    Legal issues in television.
    Legal issues in motion pictures.

Theater

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
    Theatre: cultural expression, business, and the role of audience
    How to read a play
    How to see a play
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mediators and gatekeepers
    Making theatre today: the context
    Playwrights
    Actors
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Directors
    Designers and technicians
    The theatre of greece
    The theatre of rome
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theatre in the middle ages
    The golden ages of england and spain
    The italian renaissance
    The triumph and decline of neoclassicism
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Successful failure: theatre and reform, 1750 - 1960 and #39;s
    The rise and triumph of commercialism: 1750 - 1960 and #39;s
    Theatre for a new millennium
    Global theatre

Music

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Listening: the elements of music.
    Music around the world.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The middle ages: 400-1400.
    The renaissance: 1400-1600.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The baroque era: 1600-1750.
    The classic era: 1750-1800.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Beethoven.
    The nineteenth century.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The twentieth century i: the classical scene.
    The twentieth century ii: jazz, an american original.

Film

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Photography.
    Mise en sc and egrave;ne.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Movement.
    Editing.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Sound.
    Acting.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drama.
    Story.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing.
    Ideology.
    Critique -formerly theory-.
    Synthesis: citizen kane

Styles in Jazz Music

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    What is jazz?
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Appreciating jazz improvisation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Origins of jazz.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Early jazz.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Swing.
    Duke ellington.
    The count basie bands.

Rock Music

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Music in multicultural america
    The music of native americans
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The roots of european/anglo-american music
    The roots of african-american music
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The roots of latin american music
    The blues
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Jazz
    Gospel
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cajun and zydeco
    Country music
    The urban folk revival
    Rock and lsquo;n and rsquo; roll
    Soul, motown, and funk
    Salsa, reggae, and caribbean latino music
    Tejano, banda, and contemporary mexican-american music
    Asian american music
    Hip-hop and rap

Voice and Articulation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mechanisms for speech.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Language.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pitch.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Volume.
    Rate/duration.
    Quality.

World Music

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction: studying musics of the world's cultures,
    The music of india,
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Music of the middle east,
    The music of china,
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The music of japan,
    The music of indonesia,
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The music of sub-saharan africa,
    The musical culture of europe,
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Music in latin america,
    Native american music,
    Ethnic north america,

Music Appreciation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Listening: the elements of music.
    Music around the world.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The middle ages: 400-1400.
    The renaissance: 1400-1600.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The baroque era: 1600-1750.
    The classic era: 1750-1800.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Beethoven.
    The nineteenth century.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The twentieth century i: the classical scene.
    The twentieth century ii: jazz, an american original.
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