Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIV, Issue II Fall 2020 | Page 20

PATHWAYS
IN THE ARTS
IPAC and major events will be held there boosting the
local economy along the I-75 corridor in Wesley Chapel.
PHSC is collaborating with the Pasco County School
District to host events at the IPAC and to begin students
on their educational journey while still in high school,
essentially pipelining students from middle/high school
into their arts degree. The impact the IPAC is going to
have on the lives of countless students will be limitless.
As the new IPAC is getting ready
to open, new pathways in the arts
were developed to offer students
academic tracks within the
Associate in Arts degree. The four
new focused pathways are theatre
performance, dance performance,
instrumental music and voice
music. The curriculum for these
programs has been developed
and students will be able to
take courses such as Theater
Appreciation, Beginning Acting,
Music Theory, Dance Appreciation
and more. Students can begin
these programs this fall and take
general education required courses
for the Associate in Arts degree,
as well as some of the introductory
pathway courses in the arts.
IPAC construction progress in
May of 2020.
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