{"id":23257,"date":"2022-11-18T11:46:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=23257"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:53:58","slug":"interdisciplinary-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/undergraduate\/majors\/interdisciplinary-arts","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"top\"><a id=\"major\" name=\"major\"><\/a>BACHELOR OF ARTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\"><a id=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a>On this page: <a href=\"#major\">Major Description<\/a> | <a href=\"#learning-objectives\">Learning Objectives<\/a> | <a href=\"#degree\">Degree Planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-highlight-paragraph has-gold-200-color has-text-color has-link-color has-h-5-font-size wp-elements-40ffe68496aadd89c8d23b57bad7f922\" id=\"major\">Do courses like&nbsp;Photography &amp; Digital Art,&nbsp;Creative Writing, and&nbsp;Performing Arts Technique&nbsp;sound exciting to you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-highlight-paragraph has-gold-200-color has-text-color has-link-color has-h-5-font-size wp-elements-2f8b34a274010a5b1c07f91853ed9f67\" id=\"major\">Do you want to explore a career as an independent artist, curator, arts activist, or educator?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Interdisciplinary Arts<\/strong>&nbsp;major at the University of Washington Bothell offers students the opportunity to develop expertise in areas spanning written, visual, performance, sound and video, digital, and publication arts as they respond to the constantly evolving world of contemporary arts practice. The IA major is built on the belief that meaningful contributions to art can be made by anyone from any class, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender, ability, and background. IA faculty implement critical and relevant thinking and practices in art in order to inspire students to push towards new engagements and achievements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n    <div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts (IA) Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szgkOlw7BnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PURPOSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Students in the Interdisciplinary Arts major are passionate about developing projects that address cultural, philosophical and political phenomena. Students seeking to grow artistic skills through independent and collaborative projects will thrive in the major.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PRACTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Courses in the&nbsp;Interdisciplinary Arts&nbsp;major focus on helping students to think in innovative and experimental ways. Classes include drawing, painting, experimental writing, installation, internet art, performance, photography, video, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PROFESSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Students in the major become creative and innovative thinkers. Students in the IA major end up working as independent artists, activists, curators, and develop arts-based projects in a range of employment sectors, including health, media, and education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learning-objectives\"><a id=\"objectives\" name=\"objectives\"><\/a>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">The Interdisciplinary Arts curriculum advances the five core <a href=\"\/ias\/undergraduate\/learning-objectives\">IAS learning objectives<\/a>. Students taking courses and\/or majoring in Interdisciplinary Arts will focus on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn how to create and experiment across diverse artistic forms and media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Locate artistic practices within positional, social, political, and historical situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider creative practice as a means to generate critical thinking, collaboration, and community response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend to questions of difference and challenge the structural power relations inherent in creative production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop a foundation for sustainable arts practice beyond the academy\u2014in community, career, and\/or graduate study\u2014through an emphasis on critical reflection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b47879267ef0e97169e707f968c9738 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"faculty\" name=\"faculty\"><\/a>Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/ias\/faculty-and-staff\/carrie-bodle\">Carrie Bodle<\/a><br> Co-Faculty Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ias\/faculty-and-staff\/amaranth-borsuk\">Amaranth Borsuk<\/a><br>Co-Faculty Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:kjrs4@uw.edu\">Kate Roche-Sudar<\/a><br>Research Librarian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c251cef4adf8117a6bd32877d44eec1f\">Please contact the Interdisciplinary Arts Faculty Coordinator if you have any questions, concerns or ideas about the Interdisciplinary Arts major.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"degree\"><a id=\"requirements\" name=\"requirements\"><\/a>Plan your degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan your career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACHELOR OF ARTS On this page: Major Description | Learning Objectives | Degree Planning Do courses like&nbsp;Photography &amp; Digital Art,&nbsp;Creative Writing, and&nbsp;Performing Arts Technique&nbsp;sound exciting to you? 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