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Liberal arts universities have on average a larger population as well as a larger campus than a fine arts conservatory. When interviewing a teacher in the visual arts department at UNCSA that has taught both at a public high school and at a fine arts high school/ college, she said the main difference she noticed was how close she was able to get to her students in a fine arts setting. "Its hard getting to know and give one on one help in a class of fifty rather then a class of fifteen. Having a smaller class allows me to specialize my teaching for my students needs."

This is considered a "small" chemistry class at NC State

This is a typical class size at UNCSA

Curriculum

The documents shown below are the classes design and production students are required to take mapped out for all four years (Courses, Concentrations, & Curriculum

By: Paula Escobar

Liberal Arts Universities vs. Fine Arts Universities

Friday, November , 2014

Vol XCIII, No. 311

$1.25

Student Population

What Are the Major Differences?

  • Student population

Student Population

  • Campus size

Liberal Arts

Fine Arts

  • Curriculum

UNCSA

77 Acres

797 undergrad (College search)

UNC Chapel Hill

729 Acres

18,370 undergrad (College search)

  • Social events

AMDA

Composed of 4 buildings

1,183 undergrads (College search)

NC State

2,200 Acres

24,536 undergrad (College search)

UNC Greensboro

210 Acres

14,348 undergrads (College search)

Cincinnati College Conservatory

137 Acres

649 undergrads (College search)

It's essential to know your students as individuals in order to help them grow as artist

-Pam Griffin (Griffin, Pam)

Social Events

So what is my point?

The following schedules are from real students attending the following universities

Liberal Arts

Fine Arts

  • There are a multitude of clubs and organizations
  • There are only a few working clubs due to the time constraints in students schedules

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Calculus II 9:10 - 10:00

Fitness 10:15 - 1105

Writing 12:15 -1:15

Chemistry 8:30 - 9:45

Writing 12:15 - 1:15

Calculus II 1:30 - 2:20

Advocating for youth 4:30 - 5:30

Calculus II 9:10 - 10:00

Fitness 10:15 - 11:05

Chemistry Lab 12:00 - 2:45

Chemistry 8:30 - 9:45

Writing 12:15 - 1:15

Calculus II 1:30 - 2:20

Calculus II 9:10 - 10:00

Writing 12:15 -1:15

Biology 9:00 - 9:50

Italin 1:00 - 1:50

Journalism 5:00 - 6:15

Biology 11:00 - 12:15

Global Plocy 9:30 - 10:45

Biology 9:00 - 9:50

Italin 1:00 - 1:50

Journalism 5:00 - 6:15

Biology 11:00 - 12:15

Global Plocy 9:30 - 10:45

Global Plocy 11:00 - 11:50

German 9:00 - 9:50

English 10:00 - 10:50

Biology 12:00- 12:50

Mythology 9:30 - 10:45

History 3:30 - 4:45

TV production 6:00 - 7:00

German 9:00 - 9:50

English 10:00 - 10:50

Biology 12:00- 12:50

Mythology 9:30 - 10:45

History 3:30 - 4:45

TV production 6:00 - 7:00

German 9:00 - 9:50

English 10:00 - 10:50

Biology 12:00- 12:50

The schedules that the liberal arts schools have, are stricltly followed. No time is added nor taken away. This is not the same for an arts university. For the production slot, ninety percent of the time, the time frame that is given is not followed. If you are assigned to a production, depending on the rehearsal schedule of the show, it can start and end later then on the schedule. In addition to this, there are many times when you are called on the weekend to work the production you were assigned and it is mandatory. If you do not show up, your production grade will be affected. I know from experience that there was one week where I did not get out of production until 12 every night including Saturday and Sunday. This is unheard of in an liberal arts university. On the liberal arts schedule, they did not have more then three classes everyday and the latest class ends at seven. When interviewing these three individuals they all agreed that their schedules at their schools "are not as easy as most of my friends" (Make, Hope). While students attending UNCSA could only dream for a schedule as open as the previous three schedules shown.

English 10:00 - 10:50

Color & Desgin 11:30 -1:20

Production 2:00 - 6:00

Digtial Media 8:30 - 9:50

Drawing 11:30 - 1:20

Drafting 2:00 - 3:50

Intro to Theater 4:00 - 5:20

Production 7:00 - 11:00

English 10:00 - 10:50

Drawing 11:30 - 1:20

Production 2:00 - 6:00

Drawing 11:30 - 1:20

Drafting 2:00 - 3:50

ntro to Theater 4:00 - 5:20

Production 7:00 - 11:00

English 10:00 - 10:50

Color & Desgin 11:30 -1:20

Production 2:00 - 6:00

*Does not include crew hours

  • Hanging out with friends after class is considered normal
  • Hanging out with friends is considered a luxury
  • There is always some type of event happening on campus every other day
  • There are sports events
  • Most time is spent crewing on a set or in a theater

So what is my point?

This lead us to next point; liberal arts university usually have the freedom to pick their classes as well as their schedule. Fine arts universities do not have as much freedom in this field. At UNCSA for example, the deisgn and production students all have specific classes they have to take depending on their concentration. They only have the freedom to pick their liberal arts classes which consist of two classes a semester. At a liberal arts university, their advisor suggest what classes they should take but they do not necessarily have to take their suggestions.

So what is my point?

In addition to this, the schedules for the liberal arts universities are not as geared towards their major as the fine arts university are. All of the previous schedules are from first years. The person interviewed that attends State is majoring in mathematics. The person interviewed at UNCG is majoring in journalism and the person at UNC is majoring in journalism. The person attending UNCSA is majoring in design and production with a concentration in stage management. For the liberal arts university, there are at least two classes in each separate schedule that are completely unrelated to their major. When asked why this was the case, the common consensus was that they picked those classes because they thought the class would be "fun and interesting to take" (Quillici, Gianna).

Pros and Cons

Liberal Arts

Cons

Pros

  • Freedom of choosing your classes
  • Have more time to socialize
  • More social events
  • Bigger campus (depending on your preference)
  • 9.4 unemployment rate (Driscoll, Emily)
  • Classes are not geared toward your major until you reach your third and forth year
  • Class sizes are big
  • Less one to one attention with teachers
  • Jobs obtained after graduating college usually are not related to major (Driscoll, Emily)

Fine Arts

  • Do not have freedom of choosing your classes
  • Less free time spent socializing
  • Less social events on campus
  • 11.1 unemployment rate (Driscoll, Emily)
  • Smaller classes
  • More one on one attention with professors
  • Develop better relationships with professors
  • Curriculum is directly geared towards your major
  • Jobs obtained after graduation are usually correlated to your major
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