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Minor
MinorOverview
The Interdisciplinary Arts Minor (“Inter-Arts Minor”) allows students in any major to design a study plan that combines their critical and creative interests as they learn to make meaningful connections across multiple disciplines. Through a small set of core classes, electives, and a senior year capstone, students in the Inter-Arts Minor will learn theories and techniques of creative practice and research and become familiar with a wide array of art, from live performance to creative writing, visual art to multimedia installation, and much in between.
Students interested in pursuing a Minor in Interdisciplinary Arts should contact Associate Director Jessi Pipert (jpipert@stanford.edu) for more information and to begin the planning process.
Inter-Arts Minor and Honors in the Arts
Any student in the Minor in Interdisciplinary Arts who is interested in creating a senior honors thesis is encouraged to apply for Honors in the Arts opens in a new tab in their junior year. Honors in the Arts students are required to develop a symposium presentation in addition to their creative research project. Learn more about Honors in the Arts here opens in a new tab.
Honors in the Arts is an application-based program.
See Interdisciplinary Arts Minor opens in a new tab for more details.
Requirements
To earn a Minor in Interdisciplinary Arts, students must complete at least 27 units of coursework in the program and a senior capstone project. Required coursework includes a foundational class in interdisciplinary methods, an experiential arts course, and 13-15 units of electives that focus on the intersection of two or more disciplines. The minor culminates in an interdisciplinary capstone over the senior year and is supported by a faculty advisor and an accompanying series of workshops.
All core and elective courses should be completed prior to commencing the capstone sequence (ARTSINST 200A, B and C) in senior year. Petitions to complete some elective and/or core courses concurrently with the senior workshop sequence may be approved if the study plan presents adequately robust preparation. However, no minor requirements may be completed after the workshop sequence (e.g. during a co-term year after completion of the workshop sequence).
Students must declare the minor in Axess no later than the Final Study List Deadline of the autumn quarter of their senior year, although they are encouraged to declare sooner. Students are invited to discuss the minor with the Stanford Arts Institute’s Associate Director and prepare a Plan of Study opens in a new tab that includes the focus of the minor study and a list of elective courses planned to fulfill the requirements. Students must also complete a Capstone Proposal opens in a new tab in the spring quarter of their junior year. The Faculty Director must approve the Study Plan and Capstone Proposal.
Inter-Arts Minor and Honors in the Arts
If a declared Inter-Arts Minor is accepted to Honors in the Arts, they have two choices:
A) the student may drop the minor and declare Honors in the Arts (IHN) instead, or
B) the student may pursue both the Inter-Arts Minor and Honors in the Arts, but must also complete 6 additional units of coursework, to be approved by the Faculty Director, in order to satisfy the requirements of both programs.
In senior year, any Inter-Arts Minors who have been accepted to Honors in the Arts will enroll in the Honors Capstone Workshop series (ARTSINST 201A, B, & C) for up to five units per quarter. For those students completing both the Inter-Arts Minor and Honors in the Arts, this workshop series replaces the Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Workshop series (ARTSINST 200A, B & C).
