About JCFA
JCFA
History
The Jordan College of Fine Arts has a distinguished tradition extending
from the year 1895, when the Metropolitan School of Music was founded.
That school merged in 1928 with the Indiana College of Music and
Fine Arts to become the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. In
1951, after 23 years of close affiliation, the conservatory became
a part of Butler University as Jordan College of Music. The name
was changed to the Jordan College of Fine Arts in 1978.
Mission
The primary mission of the Jordan College of Fine Arts is to educate
students in the arts as professions by means of its undergraduate and graduate programs. Such an education combines training in the arts disciplines with the development of a lifetime commitment to creativity and communication, nurturing the view of the arts as interrelated and responsible to society.
All undergraduate degrees are enhanced by a required study of the
liberal arts and sciences through Butler University's core curriculum.
Moreover, certain degrees offered by the college associate professional
education with a broader selection of the liberal arts and other
disciplines.
The further mission of the college is to educate all university
students in a fuller appreciation of the arts. Introductory, interdisciplinary
and honors courses, plus programs leading to minors, help realize
this goal, as do performances at the college and at Clowes Memorial
Hall. Performances at the University, and many other forms of outreach, plus cable and broadcast television, have the related purpose of connecting the college to the larger community.
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