Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

50. - Visual and performing arts

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the creation and interpretation of works and performances that use auditory, kinesthetic, and visual phenomena to express ideas and emotions in various forms, subject to aesthetic criteria.

50.01 - Visual, digital and performing arts, general

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 50.0101 and 50.0102.

50.0101 - Visual and performing arts, general

This instructional program class comprises any general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the visual and performing arts and that prepares individuals in any of the visual artistic media or performing disciplines.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • performing arts
  • visual and creative arts
  • visual and performing arts
  • visual arts

• Exclusion(s)

  • art therapy(51.2301)
  • arts and crafts(50.0201)
  • digital arts(50.0102)

50.0102 - Digital arts, general

This instructional program class comprises any general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the use of computerized digital images as the primary medium of expression in the visual and performing arts, and that may prepare individuals for a wide variety of careers using new media, including graphic design, digital animation, motion graphics, 3D visualization, game and interactive media design, music and sound design, video production, web design, photography, and other fields.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • digital art
  • digital arts

• Exclusion(s)

  • commercial and digital photography(50.0406)
  • digital imaging design(10.0303)
  • digital media(09.0702)
  • visual and creative arts(50.0101)