The College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) is a multi-disciplinary

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at the

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History of College of Fine and Applied Arts

On October 3, 1921, a proposal was made by the University Senate to organize the Department of Architecture, the Division of Landscape Architecture, the School of Music and the Department of Art and Design into a College of Fine Arts. A committee, made up of faculty members, was appointed in 1928 to make recommendations, which were approved by the Senate on February 2, 1930. On March 12, 1931, the Board of Trustees established the college for the "cultivation of esthetic taste on the part of the student body at large ... and development of general artistic appreciation." The first dean was appointed in 1932. Today, the college includes the Schools of

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, Art + Design, and Music; the Departments of Dance, Landscape Architecture, Theatre, and Urban + Regional Planning; Japan House; the Krannert Art Museum; the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; and Sinfonia da Camera, the university's resident chamber orchestra. The college offers exhibitions, concerts, performances, lectures, master classes, and conferences in all areas of the performing and visual arts and for the designed and built environment.

Department of Urban + Regional Planning

The

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has a history in the training of urban and regional planners, dating back to 1913 when Charles Mulford Robinson was appointed Professor of Civic Design in the university's Landscape Architecture Division. At that time, only the

and

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offered courses in

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. In 1945 the university authorized a master's degree in urban planning, and in 1953 an undergraduate degree was established. Both programs were offered in the Department of Landscape Architecture until 1965, when the Department of Urban Planning became its own academic unit. The department established the PhD in

Regional Planning Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is related to urban planning as it relates land ...

in 1983. The Department of Urban and Regional Planning is one of the planning programs in the U.S., and it is one of very few programs that offers three degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning, a Master of Urban Planning, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Regional Planning. It also offers a Minor in Urban Planning, as well as joint master's degree options, including with Law, Architecture, and Business Administration.

Department of Landscape Architecture

This department is rated nationally among the top fifteen programs. It offers a BLA, MLA, and PhD program.

Academic units and majors

* University of Illinois School of Architecture * School of Art + Design ** Art Education ** Art History ** Graphic Design ** Industrial Design ** Crafts: Metal/jewelry ** New Media ** Painting ** Photography ** Sculpture * Department of Dance * Department of Landscape Architecture * Department of Theatre ** Acting ** Scenic Design and Technology ** Sound Design ** Lighting Design and Technology ** Costume Design and Technology ** Stage Management ** Theatre Studies * School of Music ** Composition/Theory ** Conducting ** Jazz Studies ** Performance ** Music Education ** Musicology ** Piano Pedagogy ** Music Technology * Department of Urban and Regional Planning * Sustainable Design Program * Minors Include: ** Art and Design ** Architecture ** Music ** Landscape Architecture ** Urban Planning ** Theatre ** Community Art Education ** Art History

College facilities

* Architecture Building * Architecture East Annex One * Art + Design Building * Art East Annex Two * Building Research Council (BRC) * Dance Studio * Erlanger House,

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* Flagg Hall * Harding Band Building * Japan House *

Krannert Art Museum The Krannert Art Museum (KAM) is a fine art museum located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. It has of space devoted to all periods of art, dating from ancient Egypt to contemporary photography ...

* Krannert Center for the Performing Arts * Music Building * Mumford Hall * Noble Hall * Smith Memorial Hall * South Studios * Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Notable alumni

* Max Abramovitz, B.S. 1929, architect of the

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and

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on the Illinois campus * Chris Britt, 2003,

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* Temple Hoyne Buell, B.S., 1916 * Henry Bacon, 1884, architect of the

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in Washington D.C. * Mark Staff Brandl, B.F.A., 1978, artist and art historian *

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, actress, most famous for role as Marie Schrader on ''

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'' * Jeanne Gang, B.S., 1986, founder and principal of the Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang *

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, B.M.E., 1994, Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone * Jerry Hadley, M.F.A., Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor * Ralph Johnson, B.Arch, 1971, principal architect of the Perkins+Will *

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, B.A. 1980, Academy Award-winning movie director (Best Director, '' Life of Pi'', ''

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'') *

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, B.F.A., Theatre, 1993, actor *

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, M.Arch., 1954, architect of

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* Chitra Ramanathan, B.F.A Painting 1993, M.B.A 1997, Artist and educator * Nathan Clifford Ricker, D.Arch. 1873, architecture educator *

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, B.F.A., Theatre, 1979, actor * Jay Ryan, B.F.A. 1994, artist and rock musician * Carolee Schneemann, M.F.A., artist * William Wegman, M.F.A., 1967, Art and Design, visionary video artist, photographer, conceptualist and author

References

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