Performance and Visual Arts Requirements

Principle Area Required Course Work

Principal Areas Include: Dance, Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineering, Strings, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal Music

There are 13 required courses within each art discipline, including the particular student’s
principle area, as well as other courses and projects designed to develop theoretical
knowledge, technical understanding, and historical understanding. All are required.
In general, all students will be enrolled in their principle area course every semester for
intense, in-depth study of their art, as well as one to two other integral courses per year. For
example, a Guitar principle will have two semesters each year in Guitar I, II, III, and IV, with
additional courses in Music History and Music Theory. Naturally, these courses are in
addition to academic requirements for graduation in North Carolina and under the auspices
of Guilford County Schools.

The following is the mandatory state criteria based on when students are accepted into the
Weaver PVA program:
         • When entering as a freshman:
         o All 13 required courses and projects with an unweighted “B” or higher in each
           course in each semester are mandatory.

        • When entering as a sophomore:
        o 11 required courses and projects with an unweighted “B” or higher in each
           course in each semester are mandatory.
        o Two semesters of the Level I principle area courses will be exempted only.

        • When entering as a junior:
        o Nine required courses and projects with an unweighted “B” or higher in each
           course in each semester are mandatory.
        o Two semesters of Level I principle area courses and two semesters of Level II
           principle area courses will be exempted only.
        o It must be noted that earning a CAMy at this level is unlikely.

        • When entering as a senior:
        o There is no possibility for a CAMy when entering the PVA program as a senior.

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