Performing Arts Department

Department Requirements

Students must earn credits in the Performing Arts Department and in the Visual Arts Department. The number of credits required in the arts is determined on the following basis: by graduation, students entering in 9th grade must earn a minimum of 10 credits, students entering in 10th grade must earn 8, and students entering in 11th grade must earn 6. If a student wishes to concentrate more in one of the two departments, a minimum of 2 credits must still be earned in the other. At least 2 credits must be in applied performing arts. In the Music Program, some courses are in applied performing arts and others are not; the two groups are listed separately. All courses in the Theatre Program are in applied performing arts. All courses in the Dance Program, except the course Topics in Art History: Off the Wall, or The Creative Process in Performing and Visual Arts, are in applied performing arts.