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Undergraduate Catalog
1999-2001
College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication
Basic Degree Information
Degree and Certification Programs
General Requirements for a Baccalaureate Degree
Students are required to meet the general requirements for a baccalaureate degree including the completion of university core curriculum requirements. See the Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements section of this catalog for details.
Majors and Degrees
The College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication offers these majors and baccalaureate degrees:
Bachelor of Arts
- Art
- Art history
- Classical studies
- Communication (corporate communication, journalism, interpersonal communication, media production, media studies, and public relations/advertising)
- Communication disorders
- English (creative writing, linguistics, literature, and preprofessional English studies
- French
- German
- German area studies
- History
- Italian studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Spanish
- Theatre (acting/directing, dance, design/technical, general theatre)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Art (studio art concentrations in graphic communications, interior design, painting, photography, sculpture)
- Bachelor of Music
- Various concentrations in music
Bachelor of Science
- Communication disorders
Teacher Certification Fields
See Teacher Certification Programs for requirements.
- Art
- Dance
- Drama/Theatre
- English
- French
- German
- History
- Journalism
- Latin
- Music
- Spanish
- Speech communication
Degree Requirements
All the degrees listed above require a minimum of 120 semester hours. Students sometimes may be able to use a single course to satisfy more than one degree requirement, but that does not reduce the minimum number of hours required for the degree to fewer than 120 hours. The 120 hours must include:
- Satisfactory completion of at least 36 semester hours in advanced courses.
- Satisfactory completion of at least 18 semester hours of advanced work in a major field of study. (Teacher certification students must fulfill specific requirements discussed in the section on Teacher Certification Program.)
- Satisfactory completion of the last 30 semester hours to be applied toward the degree in residence at the university.
- Satisfactory completion of at least 12 semester hours of advanced work in the major in residence.
- Satisfactory completion of 24 to 96 semester hours in one major.
- Earning a minimum 2.00 grade point average on all work attempted in residence.
- Earning a minimum 2.00 grade point average on all work attempted in the major in residence (some majors have higher grade point average requirements).
Core Curriculum
All bachelor's degrees require completion of a core curriculum. Beginning in Fall 1999, University of Houston students who must complete the requirements of the new core curriculum are as follows:
- All undergraduate students entering the university for the first time, whether as first-time-in-college students or as transfer students, unless they are transferring from a Texas junior/community college and satisfy all of the following conditions:
- initially enrolled at the Texas junior/community college no later than summer 1999
- transferred to UH within three years of their initial enrollment at the Texas junior/community college
- did not interrupt their enrollment for more than 13 months.
- All former students returning to the university for a bachelor's degree program who have interrupted their enrollment for more than 13 months.
- All postbaccalaureate students who enroll in a bachelor's degree program unless they are University of Houston graduates who have not interrupted their enrollment for more than 13 months.
- All continuing students who obtain permission from the dean of the college of their major to graduate under the degree requirements of the new core.
Other students, including most students enrolled at the University of Houston prior to Fall 1999, will not be required to satisfy the new core requirements; instead, they may choose to satisfy either the old core curriculum (see previous catalogs) or the new core curriculum. Students choosing to complete the old core must complete certain portions of it by Summer 2001; if they do not, they must complete the new core. Further information on core eligibility and on courses that satisfy core curriculum requirements can be obtained by consulting the core curriculum website (www.uh.edu/academics/corecurriculum), the current class schedule, or an academic advisor.
Core Curriculum Requirements Hours Communication: English rhetoric and composition 6 Mathematics: College-level algebra or approved equivalent 3 Mathematics/Reasoning 3 Natural Sciences 6 Humanities 3 Visual & Performing Arts 3 Social & Behavioral Sciences
(3 hours must be writing intensive)6 U.S. History 6 American Government 6 Total 42
Course Limitations and Restrictions
- Credit by examination may satisfy some freshman and sophomore level courses if an appropriate score is achieved on the applicable achievement or advanced placement test. For specific credits, examinations, and requirements, see the Admissions, Advising, Orientation, and Registration section of this catalog.
Students may not receive course credit by special examination in any field of study in the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication if they have ever enrolled in course work in that field of study at the University of Houston or any other accredited college or university.
- The following courses may not apply toward the 120 semester hours needed for any degree in the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication: ENGL 1300, ENGL 1313, MATH 1300, READ 1300, and TMTH 1335 (if credit has been received for MATH 1310 or an equivalent course).
- In accordance with specified limits, the following courses can be applied toward degrees in the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication:
- No more than eight semester hours combined in Selected Dance for the college student:
DAN 1106, 1107, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1115, 1212, 1213, 1215.
- No more than eight semester hours combined in Large Ensembles:
MUSI 1100: 1101: 1102: 1103: 1110: 1120: 1121: 1122: 1140.
- No more than eight semester hours combined in Theatre Production:
THEA 1111: 1112.
- The following restrictions apply to courses in the Department of Health and Human Performance, except for students who are minoring in Health or Kinesiology or who are candidates for teacher certification with a second teaching field in Health or Kinesiology. Any exception to the following restrictions requires the prior approval of the dean of HFAC.
HLT Only the following courses in HLT can be used as electives toward a degree in HFAC: 1353, 2320, 3301, 3304, 3306, 3381, 4302, 4306, 4308, 4310.
PEB
No more than three semester hours in KIN or PEB physical activities courses may be used as elective credit toward a degree in HFAC.
KIN
Only the following courses in KIN can be used as electives toward a degree in HFAC: 1252, 3300, 3301, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3309, 3325, 3360, 4200, 4307, 4310, 4315, 4325, 4345, 4350, 4355, 4360, 4365, 4370.
- Effective Fall 1986, students may not satisfy any degree requirements with course work taken at other institutions in which grades earned were below C-. This policy applies to all majors in the college and applies to all course work not evaluated and accepted prior to Fall 1985 regardless of when the course work was completed.
- Students may not apply toward any degree in the college credit earned at another institution for course work in mathematics below the level of college algebra. Such credit may not be used to satisfy university, college, or major requirements and may not be used for electives. This policy applies to all course work in this category that has not been approved by the dean of the college on a degree plan prior to Fall 1986.
College Requirements
Bachelor of Arts Degree
In addition to meeting the university core curriculum and general requirements previously listed, the Bachelor of Arts candidates must complete the following college requirements:
- Six semester hours at the 2000 level in one foreign language (Students who are not qualified to enter at the 2000 level must begin with prerequisite courses. This requirement also may be satisfied by courses at a higher level or by placement examination.)
- Three additional semester hours in the fine arts either from courses on the HFAC list of approved fine arts courses for from core curriculum courses in the visual/performing arts.
- Three additional semester hours in the Humanities category of the university's core curriculum.
- One of the following requirements:
- an approved minor.
- a second major.
- a senior honors thesis.
- the Professional Development bloc in Education.
- a senior recital in Music.
- a cluster of at least nine hours of separate courses that deal with complementary content as viewed from different disciplinary perspectives. No more than one course can be in the student's major. The cluster shall be constructed by the student and the appropriate instructors so as to promote interdisciplinary study and must be approved in advance by the chair of the student's major and the dean of HFAC.
- The stated requirements for the major.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
The Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates must satisfactorily complete the university core curriculum requirements previously listed and the stated requirements for the major.
Bachelor of Music Degree
The Bachelor of Music candidates must satisfactorily complete the university core curriculum requirements previously listed and the stated requirements for the major.
Bachelor of Science Degree
In addition to meeting the university core curriculum requirements previously stated, the Bachelor of Science candidates must complete the following college requirements:
- Six additional hours in Mathematics/Reasoning including at least three hours in mathematics.
- Eight additional hours in the natural sciences, including two semester hours of laboratory work in a single discipline (biology, biophysical sciences, chemistry, geology, physics). Total university and college requirements in natural sciences, therefore, are 14 semester hours, including two hours of lab work in a single discipline.
- Three additional semester hours in the fine arts either from courses on the HFAC list of approved fine arts courses or from core curriculum courses in the visual/performing arts category.
- Three additional semester hours in the Humanities category of the university's core curriculum.
- One of the following requirements:
- an approved minor.
- a second major.
- a senior honors thesis.
- the Professional Development bloc in Education.
- a senior recital in Music.
- a cluster of at least nine hours of separate courses that deal with complementary content as viewed from different disciplinary perspectives. No more than one course can be in the student's major. The cluster shall be constructed by the student and the appropriate instructors so as to promote interdisciplinary study and must be approved in advance by the chair of the student's major and the dean of HFAC.
- The stated requirements for the major
Fine Arts Requirement
The following courses may be applied to the fine arts requirement in the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication:
Art (ART)* 1301: Fundamentals of Drawing 1303: Fundamentals of Three-Dimensional Design 1304: Fundamentals of Painting 1310: Fundamentals of Printmaking 1320: Fundamentals of Interior Design 1330: Fundamentals of Graphic Communications 1340: Fundamentals of Jewelry and Metalsmithing 1350: Fundamentals of Ceramics 1360: Fundamentals of Sculpture 1370: Fundamentals of Photography 3300: Intermediate Drawing 3304: Intermediate Painting 3312: Intaglio 3313: Silkscreen 3314: Lithography 3320: Intermediate Interior Designs 3330: Intermediate Graphic Communications 3340: Intermediate Jewelry and Metalsmithing 3350: Intermediate Ceramics 3360: Intermediate Sculpture 3370: Intermediate Photography Art History (ARTH)
1380: History of Art I 1381: History of Art II 2382: Medieval Art 2383: Renaissance Art 2386: Nineteenth Century Art 2387: Twentieth Century Art 2388: Primitive Art 3378: History of Nineteenth Century Photograph 3379: History of Twentieth Century Photograph 3381: Italian Renaissance 3382: Northern Renaissance 3383: Baroque Art 3384: Rococo Art 3385: Nineteenth Century Painting 3386: Twentieth Century Painting 3387: American Art I 3388: American Art II 3390: Greek Art 3391: Roman Art 4376: Seminar on Picasso 4377: Anglo-American Decorative Arts 4390: Romantic Art 4393: Dada and Surrealism Chinese (CHNS)
3350: Chinese Culture Through Film Communication (COMM)
1331: Fundamentals of Public Speaking 1332: Fundamentals of Public Speaking 2370: Film Appreciation 3312: Feature Writing 3320: Audio Production 3321: Film Production 3322: Television Production 3324: Photojournalism 3326: Graphic Application 3328: Broadcast and Film Writing 3329: Media Performance 3339: Advanced Public Speaking 3370: History of Cinema 3371: History of Animation in Mass Communication 3375: International Communication 3379: Pop Culture and Mass Media 3380: Electronic Field Production 3381: Advanced Film Production 3382: Intermediate Television Production 4310: Opinion Writing 4328: Broadcast and Film Dramatic Writing 4371: Journalism as a Literary Form Dance (DAN)
1300: Dance as a Fine Art 2300: Dance Improvisation 3308: Compositional Forms in Dance 4300: History of Dance English (ENGL)
3329: Beginning Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry 3330: Beginning Creative Writing: Fiction 3331: Beginning Creative Writing: Poetry 4350: Short Story Writing 4351: Poetry Writing 4353: Writing Projects: Fiction 4354: Writing Projects: Poetry French (FREN)
3318 or 3319: History of French Cinema German (GERM)
3380: German Women Film Directors 3395: Topics in German Cinema Italian (ITAL)
3305 or 3306: Italian Culture Through Films Music (MUSI)
1220: 1221: Class Piano I, II 2220: 2221: Class Piano III, IV 1300: Fundamentals of Music 3300: Listening to Music Masterworks 3301: Listening to World Music 3310: History of Jazz Philosophy (PHIL)
1361: Philosophy and the Arts 3361: Philosophy of Art Theatre (THEA)
1331: Introduction to the Theatre 1338: Acting I* 1339: Acting II* 2345: Ethnic Drama Workshop 3335: History of the Theatre* 3336: History of the Theatre* 3362: Costume Design for the Stage 3364: Costume History 3385: Scenic Design 3387: Stage Lighting 4333: Playwriting I 4347: Broadway Musical Theatre Canon
*Enrollment is limited due to facilities or curriculum.
Minors
Minimum requirements for a minor in the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication are:
- Fifteen semester hours of which nine must be advanced.
- Nine semester hours in residence of which six must be advanced.
- A 2.00 grade point average on all courses attempted in the minor field at the University of Houston.
For additional requirements and other information regarding minor courses of study, refer to the specific department section and contact the department that offers the minor.
The College of Business Administration, in cooperation with the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication and the College of Social Sciences, offers five minors in International Area Studies: African Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Latin American Studies, and Russian Studies. Students interested in a minor in one of the International Area Studies should contact the Office of Student Services in the College of Business Administration for more detailed information.
Advanced Degrees
The university offers the following advanced degrees through the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication:
Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Communication
- Communication Disorders
- English
- French
- History
- Philosophy
- Spanish
- Speech Communication
- Theatre
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
- Art
- English/Creative Writing
- Theatre
Master of Music (M.M.)
- Applied Music
- Music Education
- Music Theory
- Music Composition
- Music Literature
- Music Performance Pedagogy
- Accompanying
Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)
- Music Education
- Performance
- Conducting
- Composition
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- English
- History
- Spanish
For more information about advanced degrees, refer to the appropriate department or the Graduate and Professional Studiescatalog.
Teacher Certification Programs
The University of Houston offers bachelor's degree programs that meet the Texas State Board of Education requirements for the Provisional Teaching Certificate.
Programs of study leading to certification are approved jointly by the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication and the College of Education. In this college, students may pursue certification in any of the academic specializations listed below. Students will take professional education courses in the College of Education and subject matter courses in this college. Advisors in this college will prepare students' degree plans. Consult academic advisors in the department of the major and see the College of Education section of this catalog for a more complete explanation of these options and lists of required courses.
Option 1: Preparation to Teach One Field
History Option 2: Preparation to Teach Two Fields
Option 3: Preparation to Teach a Broad Teaching Field
Dance (Available only as second teaching field)
Drama/Theatre
English
French
German
History
Journalism
Latin (Available only as second teaching field)
Spanish
Speech Communication Option 4: Preparation for Composite Teaching Field
None available in HFAC Option 4: All-Level Certification Program
English/Language Arts Composite
Social Studies Composite
Art
Music (Bachelor of Music) To be eligible for certification, students whose primary major is in this college must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.67 in the teaching area(s) with no grade lower than a C- on any of the required courses and a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 in the communication courses required by the university's core curriculum.
For all teaching fields offered in this college, the 120 semester credit hours required for a degree must include the following:
- Core Curriculum requirements.
- College degree requirements.
- Academic specialization requirements.
- Professional development requirements (see the College of Education section of this catalog for a full description of these requirements).
- Demonstrated speech proficiency, which can be met with a grade of C or better in COMM 1331 or 1332.
- Computer literacy, which may be satisfied with any of the following: CUIN 3313, COSC 1301, 1302, 1303, DISC 2372, or TECH 1300.
For further information on teacher certification programs, consult the College of Education section of this catalog or academic advisors in the major fields of study offered for teacher certification in this college.
Files Archived: October, 2001