Please use the right hand menu for current course offerings, full descriptions, and requirements. Current students can go to the CLASS SUBJECT drop down menu and choose IART. Beginning Fall 2008, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts along with its member units (School of Art, Creative Writing Program, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, and Blaffer Gallery) offers an Interdisciplinary Arts minor (IART). The minor contextualizes interdisciplinary practice and its ascent in cultural production through IART 3300, (an introductory lecture/ seminar course), and culminates in IART 4300, a “hands on” exploration of collaborative projects that integrate visual art, creative writing, music, theater, and dance. Interdisciplinarity is characterized by an innate permeability between disciplines and media, and the resulting evolution of new forms of creative expression. In this spirit, the minor (like the practice) is open to students from across the university who have an interest in the study and practice of intersections in the visual and performing arts, writing and beyond. In addition to introducing academic programming that is innovative, pioneering and reflective of contemporary arts practices, the Interdisciplinary Arts Minor will benefit students in the following ways: - IART courses provide the School of Art, Creative Writing Program, Moores School of Music, and the School of Theatre and Dance, with integrated collaborative programming, and an opportunity for faculty and students from the disciplines to work within a unified community. - IART courses fulfill college BA requirements for 9 hours outside of the major in three fields in college.   - IART courses can fulfill major requirements, with approval from the major.   - IART courses are open to students outside of the arts.