Online Courses
Rutgers Arts Online at Rutgers University is busy cultivating rich learning experiences at the undergraduate level. We offer several courses for which students may earn Core Curriculum credits. We offer classes in all Mason Gross School of the Arts disciplines: Art & Design, Dance, Filmmaking, Music, and Theater, as well as interdisciplinary courses.
Course number - 07:080:131
Course name - Art Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Do you appreciate art but cannot find the words to talk about it? Are there events in paintings or sculpture that you can feel bu... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:132
Course name - Art Appreciation Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This is a compressed, 2-credit course. Do you appreciate art but cannot find the words to talk about it? Are there events i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:133
Course name - Design Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Design is about progress. It is the conceptualization and creation of new things: ideas, interactions, information, objects... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:233
Course name - Multimedia Art: Sound
Credits - 3 Credits
We'll explore the exciting and emerging field of Sound Art. Did you ever wonder where sound sampling came from? This course wil... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:300
Course name - Media Art and You: Creativity in the Digital Age
Credits - 3 Credits
In this course, you will create original media works in a variety of forms including documentary, narrative, experimental an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:301
Course name - net.art: Visual and Contemporary Arts Practices in Online Media
Credits - 3 Credits
Net art became a notable branch in media art with the popularization of Internet cultures and availability of the information systems ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:331
Course name - Digital Photo Image
Credits - 3 Credits
Explore the technical and the creative principles of beginning digital photography. Students will develop their own analytical ey... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:431
Course name - Social Media for the Arts
Credits - 3 Credits
A "must-take" for ambitious artists in any discipline. "Social Media for the Arts" provides visual and performing artists with th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:130
Course name - Dance Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance Appreciation Online is an introduction to dance as an art form, wherein students study the historical, cultural, social an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:132
Course name - History of Broadway Dance
Credits - 3 Credits
This course explores the evolution of dance in musical theater and on Broadway. Course topics will include a historical survey o... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:133
Course name - Dance in Istanbul
Credits - 3 Credits
This course introduces students to dance in Istanbul from the 16th century to the present and facilitates an understanding of th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:134
Course name - Dance in Israel
Credits - 3 Credits
The course presents the evolution of dance in Israel as an art form in a broad aesthetic, cultural and historical context. Startin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:135
Course name - Dance Forms of Africa
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance Forms of Africa course explores dance forms from the continent of Africa. African dance comprises of a variety of dance form... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:136
Course name - Dance in India
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance in India course covers a wide range of forms practiced in India in the 20th and 21st century, including folk dances, classica... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:206:431
Course name - Dance History: World Survey
Credits - 3 Credits
In order to understand the history of dance, we must first ask--why do we dance? While dancing is a universal human activity, it does ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:206:432
Course name - Dance History: 1900 to the Present
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the development of ballet, modern, and contemporary dance practice throughou... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:130
Course name - Introduction to Video Editing: Styles and Techniques
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to both the technical and creative elements essential for video editing. In this class through reading ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:201
Course name - Principles of Cinematography
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the art of cinematography. By analyzing selected film clips and reading interviews with th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:240
Course name - The Art of Documentary Filmmaking
Credits - 3 Credits
What are the key tools and techniques you need to know to create engaging and ethical documentary films? In this intensiv... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:250
Course name - Creating Movie VFX: History and Techniques
Credits - 3 Credits
Special visual effects are increasingly found in films of all types, and understanding their full potential unlocks a world o... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:557:201
Course name - Pain in the Assets? Finance and Entrepreneurship for the Arts
Credits - 3 Credits
The course teaches personal and entrepreneurial financial management concepts. It is designed for nonbusiness majors who have already ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:557:202
Course name - Become Creator: Mutant Robot Scientists and Our Future Through Creativity
Credits - 3 Credits
This course exposes students to the creative mindset through the work of artists and scientists who contributed to developments i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:131
Course name - Introduction to Music
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is divided into three sections. The first covers the fundamentals of music, including sound production, commo... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:133
Course name - Introduction to Music Theory
Credits - 3 Credits
Intended for students with little or no musical background. As a result, no previous musical experience is required. This cours... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:134
Course name - Introduction to Music Theory Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This course is intended for students with little or no musical background. As a result, no previous musical experience is required... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:135
Course name - Making Music with Computers: Introduction to Digital Audio Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to computer music technology with a focus on creative composition projects. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:230
Course name - Music in Film
Credits - 3 Credits
This course examines music created for film from both historical and analytical perspectives. The objective is to establish a... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:233
Course name - American Popular Song
Credits - 3 Credits
An overview of American popular song from the arrival of the earliest Europeans through the 1970s. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:234
Course name - From Jazz to Hip Hop: African American Music in the 20th Century
Credits - 3 Credits
From Jazz to Hip Hop is designed as an exploration of the relationships between jazz and other African American musical tradition... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:235
Course name - Rock 'N' Roll: Origins to Present
Credits - 3 Credits
This class broadly explores the history of rock music from a wide array of perspectives, covering the period from its earl... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:239
Course name - Rock 'N' Roll: Origins to Present Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This class broadly explores the history of rock music from a wide array of perspectives, covering the period from its earl... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:241
Course name - Studies in World Music
Credits - 3 Credits
Studies in World Music focuses on introducing and surveying the music of diverse societies and cultures of the world using social and ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:242
Course name - Country Music: A Cultural and Musical Survey
Credits - 3 Credits
Country music has been part of American popular culture for close to 100 years. From the fiddle tunes and blue yodels of the 1920s to ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:243
Course name - Introduction to the History of Opera
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the operatic genre from the seventeenth century to the present day. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:293
Course name - Introduction to Jazz Improvisation
Credits - 3 Credits
Introduction to Jazz Improvisation covers the basic harmonic structures underlying melodic jazz improvisation. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:310
Course name - The Business of Music
Credits - 3 Credits
This course covers the fundamentals of the music industry from a variety of perspectives including major record labels an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:389
Course name - Inclusive Learning in Music
Credits - 3 Credits
Skills and techniques for teaching music to diverse student populations. Emphasis is on neurological, physical, and behaviora... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:222
Course name - Performing Solo: From Stage to YouTube
Credits - 3 Credits
Performing Solo: From Stage to YouTube is a performance based elective course designed for students of all disciplines who wish t... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:230
Course name - Theater Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Students attend a wide spectrum of theater offerings including Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, regional, educational, an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:231
Course name - Theater History I
Credits - 3 Credits
The class focuses on the relationship of these dramatic traditions to current issues such as gender, race, power, and identity, a... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:232
Course name - Theater History II
Credits - 3 Credits
Theater II picks up where the first class leaves off and takes us to the present time. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:240
Course name - Staging Resistance: Theater, Protest and Social Change
Credits - 3 Credits
Through plays and other performance texts, videos, graphics, media accounts, and critical theory readings, this class will explor... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:531
Course name - Wind Band Literature for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
This course will briefly explore research that outlines the criteria of artistic merit that helps identify and define the grea... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:532
Course name - Theory I: Model Composition & Tonal Analysis for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
This course, which is designed for Music Education majors, explores important topics in music theory from the Medieval period through ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:536
Course name - Cognitive Approaches to Music Learning
Credits - 3 Credits
Cognitive psychology is a broad sub-discipline within the larger field of psychology that concentrates on the study of menta... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:537
Course name - Behavioral Approaches to Music Learning
Credits - 3 Credits
Intensive study of behavioral teaching techniques in music education, with guided research leading to oral and written reports. LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:570
Course name - Introduction to Graduate Studies
Credits - 3 Credits
A course designed to stimulate an interest in systematic inquiry in music education, students will be challenged to critically thin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:572
Course name - Seminar in Choral Literature
Credits - 3 Credits
Seminar in Choral Literature is a concentrated study of choral literature for school choirs. The main emphasis for the course i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:573
Course name - Studies in Form and Analysis for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
Explore the relationship between form (phrases, motives) and structure (harmony, key areas, modulations) as they relate to th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:575
Course name - Integrating Technology into the Music Curriculum
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides experience with the three major types of uses of technology by music teachers and students: Preparing Teachin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:576
Course name - Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education
Credits - 3 Credits
This course offers an overview of significant historical and contemporary philosophical positions that have influenced musi... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:577
Course name - History of the Western Canon for Graduate Music Education Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is a chronological music history survey encompassing all eras of western music history, from c. 1000-1950. LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:579
Course name - Musical Practices of the World for Graduate Music Education Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course will provide you with a working knowledge of the discipline of ethnomusicology including its intellectual history, majo... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:580
Course name - Applied Research in Music Education
Credits - 3 Credits
This course focuses on design, analysis, and evaluation of research and scholarly inquiry in music education. Students will consul... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:131
Course name - Art Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Do you appreciate art but cannot find the words to talk about it? Are there events in paintings or sculpture that you can feel bu... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:132
Course name - Art Appreciation Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This is a compressed, 2-credit course. Do you appreciate art but cannot find the words to talk about it? Are there events i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:133
Course name - Design Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Design is about progress. It is the conceptualization and creation of new things: ideas, interactions, information, objects... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:233
Course name - Multimedia Art: Sound
Credits - 3 Credits
We'll explore the exciting and emerging field of Sound Art. Did you ever wonder where sound sampling came from? This course wil... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:300
Course name - Media Art and You: Creativity in the Digital Age
Credits - 3 Credits
In this course, you will create original media works in a variety of forms including documentary, narrative, experimental an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:301
Course name - net.art: Visual and Contemporary Arts Practices in Online Media
Credits - 3 Credits
Net art became a notable branch in media art with the popularization of Internet cultures and availability of the information systems ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:331
Course name - Digital Photo Image
Credits - 3 Credits
Explore the technical and the creative principles of beginning digital photography. Students will develop their own analytical ey... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:080:431
Course name - Social Media for the Arts
Credits - 3 Credits
A "must-take" for ambitious artists in any discipline. "Social Media for the Arts" provides visual and performing artists with th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:130
Course name - Dance Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance Appreciation Online is an introduction to dance as an art form, wherein students study the historical, cultural, social an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:132
Course name - History of Broadway Dance
Credits - 3 Credits
This course explores the evolution of dance in musical theater and on Broadway. Course topics will include a historical survey o... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:133
Course name - Dance in Istanbul
Credits - 3 Credits
This course introduces students to dance in Istanbul from the 16th century to the present and facilitates an understanding of th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:134
Course name - Dance in Israel
Credits - 3 Credits
The course presents the evolution of dance in Israel as an art form in a broad aesthetic, cultural and historical context. Startin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:135
Course name - Dance Forms of Africa
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance Forms of Africa course explores dance forms from the continent of Africa. African dance comprises of a variety of dance form... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:203:136
Course name - Dance in India
Credits - 3 Credits
Dance in India course covers a wide range of forms practiced in India in the 20th and 21st century, including folk dances, classica... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:206:431
Course name - Dance History: World Survey
Credits - 3 Credits
In order to understand the history of dance, we must first ask--why do we dance? While dancing is a universal human activity, it does ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:206:432
Course name - Dance History: 1900 to the Present
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the development of ballet, modern, and contemporary dance practice throughou... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:130
Course name - Introduction to Video Editing: Styles and Techniques
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to both the technical and creative elements essential for video editing. In this class through reading ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:201
Course name - Principles of Cinematography
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the art of cinematography. By analyzing selected film clips and reading interviews with th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:240
Course name - The Art of Documentary Filmmaking
Credits - 3 Credits
What are the key tools and techniques you need to know to create engaging and ethical documentary films? In this intensiv... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:211:250
Course name - Creating Movie VFX: History and Techniques
Credits - 3 Credits
Special visual effects are increasingly found in films of all types, and understanding their full potential unlocks a world o... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:557:201
Course name - Pain in the Assets? Finance and Entrepreneurship for the Arts
Credits - 3 Credits
The course teaches personal and entrepreneurial financial management concepts. It is designed for nonbusiness majors who have already ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:557:202
Course name - Become Creator: Mutant Robot Scientists and Our Future Through Creativity
Credits - 3 Credits
This course exposes students to the creative mindset through the work of artists and scientists who contributed to developments i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:131
Course name - Introduction to Music
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is divided into three sections. The first covers the fundamentals of music, including sound production, commo... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:133
Course name - Introduction to Music Theory
Credits - 3 Credits
Intended for students with little or no musical background. As a result, no previous musical experience is required. This cours... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:134
Course name - Introduction to Music Theory Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This course is intended for students with little or no musical background. As a result, no previous musical experience is required... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:135
Course name - Making Music with Computers: Introduction to Digital Audio Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to computer music technology with a focus on creative composition projects. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:230
Course name - Music in Film
Credits - 3 Credits
This course examines music created for film from both historical and analytical perspectives. The objective is to establish a... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:233
Course name - American Popular Song
Credits - 3 Credits
An overview of American popular song from the arrival of the earliest Europeans through the 1970s. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:234
Course name - From Jazz to Hip Hop: African American Music in the 20th Century
Credits - 3 Credits
From Jazz to Hip Hop is designed as an exploration of the relationships between jazz and other African American musical tradition... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:235
Course name - Rock 'N' Roll: Origins to Present
Credits - 3 Credits
This class broadly explores the history of rock music from a wide array of perspectives, covering the period from its earl... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:239
Course name - Rock 'N' Roll: Origins to Present Short Course
Credits - 2 Credits
This class broadly explores the history of rock music from a wide array of perspectives, covering the period from its earl... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:241
Course name - Studies in World Music
Credits - 3 Credits
Studies in World Music focuses on introducing and surveying the music of diverse societies and cultures of the world using social and ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:242
Course name - Country Music: A Cultural and Musical Survey
Credits - 3 Credits
Country music has been part of American popular culture for close to 100 years. From the fiddle tunes and blue yodels of the 1920s to ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:243
Course name - Introduction to the History of Opera
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the operatic genre from the seventeenth century to the present day. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:293
Course name - Introduction to Jazz Improvisation
Credits - 3 Credits
Introduction to Jazz Improvisation covers the basic harmonic structures underlying melodic jazz improvisation. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:310
Course name - The Business of Music
Credits - 3 Credits
This course covers the fundamentals of the music industry from a variety of perspectives including major record labels an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:700:389
Course name - Inclusive Learning in Music
Credits - 3 Credits
Skills and techniques for teaching music to diverse student populations. Emphasis is on neurological, physical, and behaviora... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:222
Course name - Performing Solo: From Stage to YouTube
Credits - 3 Credits
Performing Solo: From Stage to YouTube is a performance based elective course designed for students of all disciplines who wish t... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:230
Course name - Theater Appreciation
Credits - 3 Credits
Students attend a wide spectrum of theater offerings including Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, regional, educational, an... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:231
Course name - Theater History I
Credits - 3 Credits
The class focuses on the relationship of these dramatic traditions to current issues such as gender, race, power, and identity, a... LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:232
Course name - Theater History II
Credits - 3 Credits
Theater II picks up where the first class leaves off and takes us to the present time. LEARN MORE
Course number - 07:965:240
Course name - Staging Resistance: Theater, Protest and Social Change
Credits - 3 Credits
Through plays and other performance texts, videos, graphics, media accounts, and critical theory readings, this class will explor... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:531
Course name - Wind Band Literature for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
This course will briefly explore research that outlines the criteria of artistic merit that helps identify and define the grea... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:532
Course name - Theory I: Model Composition & Tonal Analysis for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
This course, which is designed for Music Education majors, explores important topics in music theory from the Medieval period through ... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:536
Course name - Cognitive Approaches to Music Learning
Credits - 3 Credits
Cognitive psychology is a broad sub-discipline within the larger field of psychology that concentrates on the study of menta... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:537
Course name - Behavioral Approaches to Music Learning
Credits - 3 Credits
Intensive study of behavioral teaching techniques in music education, with guided research leading to oral and written reports. LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:570
Course name - Introduction to Graduate Studies
Credits - 3 Credits
A course designed to stimulate an interest in systematic inquiry in music education, students will be challenged to critically thin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:572
Course name - Seminar in Choral Literature
Credits - 3 Credits
Seminar in Choral Literature is a concentrated study of choral literature for school choirs. The main emphasis for the course i... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:573
Course name - Studies in Form and Analysis for Graduate Music Educators
Credits - 3 Credits
Explore the relationship between form (phrases, motives) and structure (harmony, key areas, modulations) as they relate to th... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:575
Course name - Integrating Technology into the Music Curriculum
Credits - 3 Credits
This course provides experience with the three major types of uses of technology by music teachers and students: Preparing Teachin... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:576
Course name - Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education
Credits - 3 Credits
This course offers an overview of significant historical and contemporary philosophical positions that have influenced musi... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:577
Course name - History of the Western Canon for Graduate Music Education Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course is a chronological music history survey encompassing all eras of western music history, from c. 1000-1950. LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:579
Course name - Musical Practices of the World for Graduate Music Education Online
Credits - 3 Credits
This course will provide you with a working knowledge of the discipline of ethnomusicology including its intellectual history, majo... LEARN MORE
Course number - 08:702:580
Course name - Applied Research in Music Education
Credits - 3 Credits
This course focuses on design, analysis, and evaluation of research and scholarly inquiry in music education. Students will consul... LEARN MORE
