Graduate Program: Applied Intercultural Arts Research (Minor)

General Information

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Applied Intercultural Arts Research welcomes students from a diversity disciplines, programs, and backgrounds who seek to gain interdisciplinary theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge and skills applicable to intercultural research and applied, public work connected to the arts. To enter the program students must be pursuing a PhD at the University of Arizona in any major field (AIAR graduate students may not pursue an AIAR minor). Current students and faculty in the program come from a wide range of interdisciplinary fields and arts backgrounds.

 

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

9 

Core Coursework Requirements

PRIMARY CORE SEMINAR (3 units) 

• AIAR 601 (3 units) - Proseminar in Applied Intercultural Arts Research 

SECONDARY CORE SEMINAR (3 units) 

• MUS 695B (3 units) or MUS 696F (3 units) - Seminars in Ethnomusicology

• AIAR 524 A, B & C sequence (3 units) - Arts and Community Health: Intercultural Perspectives and Applications (this is a sequence of three 5 week courses totaling 3 units)

 

Elective Coursework

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 units)*

• AIAR 694 (3 units)- Practicum in Applied Intercultural Arts Research
• MUS 695B (3 units) or MUS696F - Seminar in ethnomusicology
• ARE 535 (3 units)- Theory in Art and Visual Culture Education
• ARE 633 (3 units) - Issues and Recent Research in Art and Visual Culture Education
• ARE 520 (3 units) - Community, art, culture 
• AIAR 524 A, B, & C - (3 units) - Arts & Community Health 

• ARH 500 (3 units) - Topics in Museum Studies 

• FTV 544 (3 units) - Documentary Production

*Other advanced arts seminars may be approved with permission from a student’s minor advisor, but should prioritize theory and/or methods or experiential learning opportunities relevant to applied intercultural arts research 

For a list of recommended current interdisciplinary course offerings related to AIAR, visit our AIAR course guide: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iWkZLIiCrI5FJ5cu7gwn_1VA-E4CEF6ZFcLcqN-ZSRs/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Additional Requirements

MINOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

• The minor comprehensive exam in AIAR includes a written and/or practice-based exam as well as an oral examination. The minor comprehensive exam is intended to test the student’s comprehensive knowledge of the minor subject area of study, both in breadth and depth. Students pursuing an AIAR minor will work with their minor advisors to discuss whether a traditional written essay exam, or a practice-based exam is more appropriate for their path of study. The minor area advisor ultimately defines the breadth, shape, and content of this exam. 

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.