Students must complete 1 credit of visual or performing arts to fulfill the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s recommended college core for state supported universities.

Visual and performing arts education experiences are based on Ohio’s Learning Standards in the Fine Arts and through arts experiences. Students will:

1. understand and appreciate the historical, social, political and cultural context of the arts in societies past and present.

2. engage in the processes of creating and performing works of art.

3. identify and discriminate among the formal, technical, and expressive aspects in visual and performing works of arts.

4. understand why people create, value the arts, and consider differences in personal and community perspective regarding the arts.

5. connect and apply learning in each art discipline to other academic disciplines and to relevant careers.

Art

Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses

Music

International Baccalaureate Courses

Theater

International Baccalaureate Courses