Thanks for posting this list. Makes it seem like practical decisions from my point of view.
The list you provide looks to me like a college that believes anyone in arts can actual pursue their own path and ambitions. The way the arts work this could go unnoticed if the instructors do it correctly.
This looks to me like a college that is trying to break out of the traditional liberal arts idea into more focused instruction. This will work out for students that are focused.
I went to a four year art school and I would have loved the art history department being disbanded. I was talking to my freshman year roommate and his quote was something like this.
"They knew I choose this school because I can't do that work, so why do they make us take art history."
The list you provide looks to me like a college that believes anyone in arts can actual pursue their own path and ambitions. The way the arts work this could go unnoticed if the instructors do it correctly.
This looks to me like a college that is trying to break out of the traditional liberal arts idea into more focused instruction. This will work out for students that are focused.
I went to a four year art school and I would have loved the art history department being disbanded. I was talking to my freshman year roommate and his quote was something like this.
"They knew I choose this school because I can't do that work, so why do they make us take art history."