VPA Requirements
The following courses meet the state graduation requirement for Visual & Performing Arts:
Theatre/Dance
EN920 Theatre Arts
IB532/533/542/543 IB Theatre SL/HL
VP710 Academy Acting 1-Basic Tools**
VP711 Academy Voice & Movement (1/2 year)**
VP712 Academy Improvisation (1/2 year)**
VP720 Academy Acting II: Scene Study**
VP721 Academy Playwriting/Directing (1/2 year)**
VP722 Academy Broadway Basics (1/2 year)**
VP730 Academy Acting III: Career Planning**
VP731 Academy Musical Theatre Performance Workshop**
VP715 Academy Introduction to Dance as an Art Form**
VP725 Academy Intermediate Dance Technique**
VP726 Academy Dance Technology & Theoretical Studies**
VP734 Academy Choreography & Career Planning**
VP735 Academy Advanced Dance Technique**
Art
VP977 Mixed Media Sculpture
VP440/442 AP Studio Art:2-D Design/3-D Design
VP441 AP Studio Art: Drawing
VP430 AP Art History
VP975 Cartooning and Animation
VP971 Advanced Art Techniques
VP972 Studio Art Workshop
VP973 Digital Art and Design*
VP974 Advanced Digital Art and Design*
VP976 Digital Photography*
VP970 Introduction to Art
Music
VP530/VP531/VP540/VP541 IB Music SL/HL
VP983 Advanced Band /VP383 Adv. Band H
VP980 Band
VP990 Concert Choir/VP390 Adv. Concert Choir H
VP982/ASB959 Music Appreciation
VP420 AP Music Theory
VP984 Music Theory/Composition
VP981 Strings Ensemble/VP381 Strings Ensemble H
VP991 Advanced Concert Choir
VP714 Academy Vocal Performance I**
VP723 Academy Piano for Singers I**
VP724 Academy Vocal Performance II**
VP731 Academy Musical Theatre Performance Workshop**
VP732 Academy Piano for Singers II (1/2 year)**
VP733 Academy Vocal Performance Audition Prep (1/2 year)**
VP732 Academy Vocal Performance III** (Fall 2023 and beyond)
**course can fulfill either VPA or TCLC, but one course cannot fulfill both requirements; students need a full-year course (or two half-year courses) to meet either the VPA or TCLC requirement