Courses

Creative Arts Program

Soka University of America

Creative Arts

SUA regards imagination and creativity as essential qualities for global leadership. The creative arts courses help students develop these qualities through individual and collaborative endeavors. As part of the creative arts courses, all students, along with their work in a specific section and medium, participate in a campus-wide Creative Arts Forum. This forum provides opportunities for discussions and presentations about the creative process, opportunities for collaboration across media, explorations of inter-disciplinary connections to the arts, interactions and dialogue with the broader campus community, and other common experiences that might include readings, performances, films, guest speakers, etc. These courses are open to all students, regardless of their background in the creative arts, and all creative arts courses are designed to fulfill the following goals:

Direct experience of the creative process in at least one artistic medium, with exposure to others.

Appreciation for the universal human creative spirit.

Enhancement of creative thinking and problem-solving as skills that can be transferred to other endeavors.

Creation of a non-competitive community for individual and collaborative work.

Introductory courses are offered in each medium and are open to all students, regardless of their level of background or experience.

Advanced level courses can satisfy the Creative Arts requirement for students who have sufficient background in a particular medium. Students may also take these or additional arts courses as electives.