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Home About RAP FAQ RAP Facts & Features Contact Us How to Join Resources & Links Academic Support For Faculty & Instructors Thatcher Language House Accommodation Policy Performing & Visual Arts Majors RAP Fall 2012 This RAP will give you the structure and support to succeed as artist AND scholar! This RAP is designed for 48 first-year students who have been admitted as Art, Art History, Architecture, Dance, Music, and Theater majors. When you join this RAP you will... You will take classes with others in the RAP, connect easily with classmates for study groups, class projects, and related assignments. You will begin your academic career in an environment designed to foster your creative endeavors and develop your academic skills. You will be part of a small community on a large campus. As an artist, designer, or performer, your success is often the result of both individual effort and creative collaboration. Students in visual and performing arts majors tend to have rigorous schedules filled with hours of required practice and studio time thus making it difficult for them to join most RAP offerings. However, this RAP was designed with these considerations in mind, attending to the particular needs, goals and schedules of aspiring artists! Students in the Performing and Visual Arts RAP will live together in the Central area of campus and take a few courses together. Living with students in related majors will enable students to be on similar schedules for study, class and recreation. Be sure to visit the How to Join page on this website to learn about the process and important timelines you must follow to become a member of this fantastic program! Classes Students will enroll in the following classes: Fall 2012 "College Writing" - English Writing 112 - taught in the residential area And ONE of the following General Education classes on the main campus. "Introductory Psychology" (Psych 100) - Gen Ed SB OR "Human Biology" (Bio 106) - Gen Ed BS OR "Greek Civilization" (Classics 100) - Gen Ed HS Location Students will live together in Van Meter Hall in the Central area of campus.
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