5.1: Student Experience
Enrich the student experience in the arts Other Information:
Students find the arts in a variety of ways and at different times in their lives. Some come to Duke with years of experience
and well-developed talent in the arts, while others have had little exposure. Our strategy for enriching the undergraduate
arts experience is to create multiple avenues for students to deepen their understanding of the arts, while increasing their
engagement in artistic creation, performance, and related activities. In the curriculum, the Provost will work with the Deans
to increase the number and variety of courses in the arts. These will include additional courses that connect the arts to
the humanities and other disciplines and intellectual currents, that give students a broad overview of one or more arts disciplines,
or that give students experience in the practice of the arts (such as acting, creative writing, or photography). In keeping
with Duke's strength in interdisciplinary study and research, we will support new certificate programs in the arts (such as
the recently approved program in cultural policy and arts management) and research into the intersections between arts, society,
and technology, which bring together students and faculty in multiple schools such as Arts & Sciences, Business, Divinity,
Medicine, Engineering, or Law. Outside the classroom, we will increase support for student-directed and student-initiated
arts activities. Such investment not only shows the university's support for students giving expression to their cultural
experience, but also helps create future traditions that will contribute to making for a more richly varied student scene.
To facilitate these sorts of activities, we will build new arts spaces in or near residential units, as older living and social
spaces are renovated on East and West Campus, and as new spaces are constructed on Central Campus.
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