Fall 2019 First Year Program Options

Performing & Visual Arts Majors RAP Fall 2019

The PVA Majors RAP is planned for 38 first-year students who have been admitted as Art, Art History, Architecture, Dance, Music and Theater majors. It is designed to give students the structure and support to succeed as an artist and scholar.

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 built with these considerations in mind, attending to the particular needs, goals and schedules of aspiring artists!

Living with students in related majors will enable students to be on similar schedules for study, class and recreation.

Course Information Fall 2019

PVA Majors RAP Seminar 

Read what Clair Cangialosi Fall 2019 instructor said about this one-credit seminar: 

In this seminar, we will discuss the many issues that face the quickly changing environment of the visual and performing arts. As artists, we must collaborate and find creative solutions to the problems encompassing our paths in life. We will cover topics such as:

  • race, gender, sexuality,
  • economics, technology integration,
  • future career paths, attracting audiences, self-marketing, and
  • incorporation of multimedia approaches as they relate to the arts.

In addition to this very crucial step into the world of critical thinking, we will also be talking about how UMass Amherst can and will prepare us for our endeavors through the use of general education and how we can prepare ourselves for a personal and emotional challenge through professionalism as well as preparedness. 

During Summer NSO, academic advisors will work with students to choose all the other courses based on the individual's major.

Location Fall 2019

Students will live together in Van Meter Hall in the Central residential area.

Performing & Visual Arts Majors RAP