Recorded Music majors are required to fulfill 44 credits of general education courses for completion of their B.F.A. degree. This general education advising tool serves as a valuable resource for those searching for courses that will count towards their degree. You may also download a PDF of this tool, located to the right.
Note: This resource is a work in progress. If you come across a course that is not listed below, please contact the department, so that the course can be allocated for you appropriately.
EXPOSITORY WRITING
– 2 courses for 8 credits for freshmen– 1 course for 3-4 credits for transfers
- V40.0105 ART & THE WORLD (typically taken fall freshmen year)
- H48.0002 THE WORLD THROUGH ART (typically taken spring freshman year)
NATURAL SCIENCES
– Minimum of 1 course for 3-4 credits for all students- V55.01--MAP QUANTITATIVE REASONING
- V55.02--MAP NATURAL SCIENCE I
- V55.03--MAP NATURAL SCIENCE II
- V14.---- ANTHROPOLOGY (Only 0002, 0035, 0050-0056, 0080, 0090, 0326)
- V22.---- COMPUTER SCIENCE
- V23.---- BIOLOGY
- V25.---- CHEMISTRY
- V31.---- ECONOMICS
- V36.---- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (formerly V49) *Except: 0400 & 0415 = HUMANITIES
- V63.---- MATHEMATICS
- V80.---- NEURAL SCIENCE
- V85.---- PHYSICS
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
– Minimum of 2 courses for 6-8 credits for all students- V55.04--MAP CONVERSATIONS OF THE WEST
- V55.07--MAP EXPRESSIVE CULTURES *Except: 0730 = HISTORY & CRITICISM
- V05.---- CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH *Except: 0120, 0133, 0134 = ELECTIVE
- V14.---- ANTHROPOLOGY *Except: 0002, 0035, 0050-0056, 0080, 0090, 0326 = SCIENCES
- V18.---- SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANALYSIS (review all course descriptions)
AMERICAN STUDIES (formerly V13)
GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES (formerly V97)
METROPOLITAN STUDIES (formerly V99)
- V27.---- CLASSICS
- V29.---- COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
- V30.---- DRAMATIC LITERATURE *Except: 0035, 0600-0699, 0840 = ELECTIVE
- V36.---- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (0400 & 0415 Only)
- V41.---- ENGLISH *Except: 0800-0999 = ELECTIVE
- V43.---- ART HISTORY
- V53.---- POLITICS *Except: 0700 = INT'L
- V54.---- JOURNALISM (Only 0008, 0010, 0020, 0061, 0298, 0501-0505, 0611, 0622, 0720, 9503, 9505)
- V57.---- HISTORY
- V61.---- LINGUISTICS
- V62.---- LAW & SOCIETY
- V65.---- MEDIEVAL & RENNAISSANCE STUDIES
- V83.---- PHILOSOPHY
- V89.---- PSYCHOLOGY
- V90.---- RELIGIOUS STUDIES
- V93.---- SOCIOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
– Minimum of 1 course for 4 credits for all students– These courses may also fulfill the humanities & social sciences requirement, but not both requirements at the same time.
– If students take the first semester of a beginning level language, they must complete the second semester in order for it to count towards general education requirements. Otherwise, it will count as an elective.
– Courses not listed below may be approved for international credit by the department administrator. Please provide a course description or syllabus.
- V18.---- SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANALYSIS (review all course descriptions)
AFRICANA STUDIES (formerly V11)
ASIAN/PACIFIC/AMERICAN STUDIES (formerly V15)
- V33.---- EAST ASIAN STUDIES
- V42.---- EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES
- V45.---- FRENCH STUDIES
- V51.---- GERMAN STUDIES
- V53.---- POLITICS (Only 0700)
- V55.05--MAP WORLD CULTURES
- V56.---- HELLENIC STUDIES
- V58.---- IRISH STUDIES
- V59.---- ITALIAN STUDIES
- V77.---- MIDDLE EASTERN & ISLAMIC STUDIES
- V78.---- HEBREW & JUDAIC STUDIES *Except: 0021, 0031 = ELECTIVE
- V87.---- SPANISH & PORTUGUESE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE (Portugese)
- V91.---- RUSSIAN & SLAVIC STUDIES
- V95.---- SPANISH & PORTUGUESE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE (Spanish)
ELECTIVES
– All courses at CAS-Music (V71), CAS-Creative Writing (V39), Steinhardt (E), Gallatin (K), Social Work (S), Stern (C), Nursing (N), & Wagner (P) will count as elective credit only.– Students will not receive credit for courses at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (Y).
– Any course relating to music will not count as a general education credit.
TISCH COURSE DEGREE ALLOCATIONS FOR REMU STUDENTS
Undergraduate Drama
- H28.---- DRAMA, UNDERGRADUATE = ELECTIVE
*Except: 0500, 0602-0624, 0626-0661, 0700-0799 = HUMANITIES
Art & Public Policy
- H48.1000 TISCH ALL SCHOOL SEMINAR = HUMANITIES
- H48.1002 ART, ARTISTS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1020 ANATOMY OF DIFFERENCE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1022 THE CULTURE INDUSTRIES = HUMANITIES
- H48.1023 ART AND/AS RESEARCH = HUMANITIES
- H48.1027 CENSORED BODIES: GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY AND THE POLITICS = HUMANITIES
- H48.1034 FEMALE CULTURAL REBELS IN MODERN TIMES = HUMANITIES
- H48.1035 SPOKEN WORD OFF THE PAGE = HUMANITIES
- H48.2220 COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS: NYC TEENS SPEAK OUT = ELECTIVE
- H48.1041 IS THIS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE: ART, ELECTIONS, & BEYOND = HUMANITIES
- H48.1044 ART AND LAW = HUMANITIES
- H48.1045 CONTENT AND MEANING, DISCOVERING AND PARTICIPATING IN ARTISTIC PURPOSE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1046 ART AND WAR SEMINAR = HUMANITIES
- H48.1047 POLITICAL THEATRICAL SPECTACLE IN NYC = HUMANITIES
- H48.1048 IMAGINATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1050 POLITICAL THEATRE: MAKING ART, IMPACTING POLICY = HUMANITIES
- H48.1052 APPROPRIATION, CREATIVITY, & PERMISSIONS: THE POINTS BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, CULTURE, & ARTS = HUMANITIES
- H48.1054 ART AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1055 THE MEDIA OF DISPLACEMENT: POSTCOLONIAL CULTURE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H48.1056 LYRICAL RESISTANCE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1057 GREEN WORLD = HUMANITIES
- H48.1058 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITIES AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1059 ART & POLITICS: THE ART SPACE MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK, 1960 TO NOW = HUMANITIES
- H48.1060 CULTURAL EQUITY AND THE COMMUNITY ARTS IMPERATIVE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1061 ART AND CATASTROPHE = HUMANITIES
- H48.1062 THE END OF MODERNITY/THE END OF UTOPIA = HUMANITIES
- H48.1100 URBAN ENSEMBLE = ELECTIVE
- H49.1000 ART, ARTISTS & SOCIAL CHANGE = HUMANITIES
Undergraduate Film & Television
- H56.---- FILM, UNDERGRADUATE = ELECTIVE
*EXCEPT HISTORY & CRITICISM COURSES: 0001, 0004, 0013, 0021, 0320, 1002, 1003, 1008, 1022, 1026, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1144, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1159, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208 = HUMANITIES
Cinema Studies
- H72.---- CINEMA STUDIES (0001-0999) = HUMANITIES
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
- H81.1002 THE AMERICAN MUSICAL = HUMANITIES
Photography & Imaging
- H82.0004 SCREEN CULTURE = ELECTIVE
- H82.1002 PHOTOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE II FOR NON-MAJORS = ELECTIVE
- H82.1017 PHOTOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE = ELECTIVE
- H82.1030 DIRECTED PROJECT = ELECTIVE
- H82.1118 ARTS WRITING: RENDERING PHOTOGRAPHY = ELECTIVE
- H82.1120 ADVANCED HISTORY SEMINAR = HUMANITIES
- H82.1133 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H82.1220 COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: NYC TEENS SPEAK OUT = ELECTIVE
TSOA Special Programs: Open Arts Curriculum
- H95.0005 TISCH ALL SCHOOL CHOIR = ELECTIVE
- H95.0011 PHOTOGRAPHY I = ELECTIVE
- H95.0012 THE FUTURE OF IMAGING = ELECTIVE
- H95.0014 INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP = ELECTIVE
- H95.0015 PUPPETRY IN NEW YORK CITY = ELECTIVE
- H95.0035 FUNDAMENTALS OF DEVELOPING THE SCREENPLAY = ELECTIVE
- H95.0036 INTERMEDIATE SCREENWRITING = ELECTIVE
- H95.0140 FILM: A TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS FOR DIRECTORS = ELECTIVE
- H95.0141 SCANDINAVIAN CINEMA: LIGHT, PACE, ELEMENTS = ELECTIVE
- H95.0404 TRANSGENDER PERFORMANCE AND POLITICS = HUMANITIES
- H95.0560 FUNDAMENTALS OF FILMMAKING: A DIGITAL WORKSHOP = ELECTIVE
- H95.0562 MEDIA MOGULS IN THE 20TH CENTURY = ELECTIVE
- H95.0564 MUSIC FOR FILM & TELEVISION = ELECTIVE
- H95.0701 HISTORY OF DANCE = HUMANITIES
- H95.0800 STEPS, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN DANCE = ELECTIVE
- H95.0801 STEPS, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT OF INDIAN DANCE = ELECTIVE
- H95.0803 STEPS, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT OF CHINESE DANCE = ELECTIVE
- H95.0823 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL TOOLS = ELECTIVE
- H95.0825 PHOTOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE = ELECTIVE
- H95.0826 THE POLITICS OF PORTRAITURE = HUMANITIES
- H95.0828 MEDIA AND ADVOCACY = HUMANITIES
- H95.0829 POETICS OF WITNESSING = ELECTIVE
- H95.0952 TOPICS IN SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.0954 TOPICS IN CHINESE CULTURE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.0955 TOPICS IN BRAZILIAN CULTURE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.0956 TOPICS IN TURKISH CULTURE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.1006 PRODUCING ESSENTIALS = ELECTIVE
- H95.1008 INTERNSHIP IN PRODUCTION = ELECTIVE
- H95.1009 PRODUCTION PRACTICUM/EXPERIENCE = ELECTIVE
- H95.1017 WORKING WITH GROUPS IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS = HUMANITIES
- H95.1040 PLAYWRITING PRACTICUM = ELECTIVE
- H95.1042 PLAYWRITING: FROM PAGE TO STAGE = ELECTIVE
- H95.1045 WRITING THE TV SITCOM = ELECTIVE
- H95.1049 SOCIALLY RELEVANT DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION = ELECTIVE
- H95.1050 MUSICAL THEATRE WRITING WORKSHOP = ELECTIVE
- H95.1093 CREATIVE FUNDRAISING = ELECTIVE
- H95.1560 PRODUCING THE DOCUMENTARY: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE = ELECTIVE
- H95.1601 INTRO TO GAME PRODUCTION = ELECTIVE
- H95.1603 GAME ART & BEYOND = ELECTIVE
- H95.1605 INTRODUCTION TO GAME DESIGN = ELECTIVE
- H95.1606 INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO GAMES = HUMANITIES
- H95.1701 HISTORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM = HUMANITIES
- H95.1702 MASTER CLASS IN DOCUMENTARY STUDIES = ELECTIVE
- H95.1704 THROUGH THE DOCUMENTARY LENS: HUMAN RIGHTS = HUMANITIES
- H95.1705 THROUGH THE DOCUMENTARY LENS: CIVIL RIGHTS = HUMANITIES
- H95.1906 ACTING I = ELECTIVE
- H95.1907 ACTING II = ELECTIVE
- H95.1908 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA WORKSHOP = ELECTIVE
- H95.1909 THE BARD OUT LOUD: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACTING SHAKESPEARE = ELECTIVE
- H95.1910 COMIC RELIEF = ELECTIVE
- H95.1912 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP = ELECTIVE
- H95.1912 PERFORMANCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CHILE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.1913 AUTO PERFORMANCE LAB = ELECTIVE
- H95.1914 AFTER THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION: HISTORY OF MODERN CHINESE DANCE = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.1915 CHINA: TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF POLITICAL ART = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.1918 ARTISTIC FORMS OF EXPRESSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST = INT’L HUMANITIES
- H95.1919 PERFORMANCE ART AND THE ELECTRONIC AGE = HUMANITIES
- H95.1920 MAKING THEATRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST = INT’L HUMANITIES




















