Art requirement (admissions ?)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Hi, I go to a Catholic school in the suburbs of Chicago. Here, all of our fine arts classes are one semester (we receive 1/2 credit, which fulfills the school's requirement for graduation of .5 credit).</p>

<p>I want to be a nurse and I am considering UCLA for its nursing program. I was looking over the admissions requirements and it says:
(f): Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)
dance | drama/theater | music | visual arts
1 year required - A single yearlong approved arts course from a single discipline: dance, drama/theater, music, or visual art.</p>

<p>We don't have single year long courses. I only took a 1/2 of year (Photography I, and there is no Photo II anymore) during my sophomore year.</p>

<p>My question is, am I unable to be considered for UCLA because of this?</p>

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<p>you can try to take a course at a local community college. That would finish the requirement.</p>

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<p>I think being in choir or band counts as a year long music class (assuming you’re in it for a year)</p>

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<p>Oh, you’re right. We have choir and band as one-year classes. Wasn’t in those. Well that’s OK, I was just considering UCLA.</p>

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<p>Son interested in UC system for college. Does one year of mechanical drawing in H.S. (incl.autocad) satisfy the arts requirement? Also he’s in a band (not in H.S.) that plays mostly locally, has first CD coming out soon. Does that satisfy. I mean most of his gigs are paid performances, he just doesn’t want to do music (i.e. band) in H.S. because he thinks it’s lame.</p>

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<p>Assuming your son lives in CA, use this website to determine whether a particular course at his high school meets the fine arts standard (or any other standard for that matter): <a href=“https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/[/url]”>https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If it’s not a certified class that he took for a letter grade it’s not going to count.</p>