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DAN 260 - Dance Composition I Instructor
Bory
An introduction to the fundamental skills of dancemaking, this course explores the development and crafting of movement for performance. Examining a range of compositional methods and approaches, students will develop the basic tools for dance choreography. Coursework will include studio practice, readings, performance viewings, and written assignments.
Students entering 2012: Fulfills Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement
Students entering before 2012: Fulfills Fine Arts distribution requirement
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: DAN 240 or permission of the instructor
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DAN 360 - Dance Composition I Instructor
Bory
An introduction to the fundamental skills of dancemaking, this course explores the development and crafting of movement for performance. Examining a range of compositional methods and approaches, students will develop the basic tools for dance choreography. Coursework will include studio practice, readings, performance viewings, and written work.
Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts/Fine Arts distribution requirement
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: DAN 240 or permission of the instructor
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ENV 367 (= BIO 367) - Ecotoxicology Instructor
Paradise
Ecotoxicology is the science that examines the fate and effects of toxicants in and on ecological systems. While toxicology examines effects at molecular, cell, and organism levels, effects at higher levels are not always predictable based on findings at lower levels. Ecotoxicology integrates effects at multiple levels of biological organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO111 & 112 (or 113 & 114) or ENV201 required and permission of the instructor required; CHE115 recommended.
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ANT 267 - Food and Culture Instructor
Lozada
This course introduces how food practices shape societies and cultures throughout the world. Food ways will be examined from an anthropological perspective for their social and cultural implications; this is not a survey of nutritional or dietetic sciences. Topics to be covered include: the use of food in social contexts, the symbolism of food, and the political economy of food.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 272 - Forensic Anthropology Instructor
Cho
The application of the techniques used in biological anthropology to the law. Various topics and methodologies related to the identification of human skeletal remains, including the excavation of human remains, estimation of age-at-death, trauma and analysis, cause and manner of death, and mass disasters, are introduced.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 273 - Bioarchaeology Instructor
Cho
The study of human and non-human remains from archaeological sites to reconstruct past human behavior and biology, and their environmental and cultural conditions. Topics include human skeletal indicators of diet, activity level, and disease, faunal skeletal indicators of ancient human behavior such as hunting and paleoecology.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 275 - Monkeys, Apes, Humans Instructor
Cho
Examination of the anatomy and social behavior of living primates. To better understand the human species, we will examine topics such as infanticide, mating systems, intelligence, locomotion, concealed ovulation, menopause, and extensive culture.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 319 - Contradictions in Contemporary Motherhood: Culture, Biomedicine, Political Economy Instructor
Ruhlen
Contemporary mothering happens at the crossroads of conflicting forces and discourses. This seminar frames motherhood as a window on women’s changing rights and status, and as a fruitful topic for feminist theorizing. Readings will situate the topic in its historical, rhetorical, and cross-cultural contexts and will also explore the globalized networks of migration that increasingly affect motherhood.
Satisfies major requirement in Anthropology and Gender and Sexuality Studies. Satisfies concentration requirement in Gender Studies.
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ANT 323 - Human Rights in Latin America Instructor
Samson
Anthropological perspective on human rights agendas in Latin America. Case studies examine the tension between universal and culturally relative conceptions of human rights in relation to issues such as state violence, violence directed toward minorities, and social justice movements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 325 - Environment, Economy, & Culture Instructor
Samson
Cultural perspectives on human-environment relations and linkages between the environment and the global economy. Special emphasis on the integration of current knowledge in ecological anthropology, economic production, and the impact of human activity on the environment. Environmental justice issues and proposals for sustainable development are included.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 335 - Biocultural Perspectives on Race Instructor
Cho
Examines the concept of race from a biocultural perspective, deconstructing race by exploring evidence from population genetics and human origins. Contemporary racial issues such as classification of racial/ethnic groups, intelligence, and achievement are explored.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 350 - Art, Society and Culture Instructor
Fairley
Cross-cultural study of the visual and performing art traditions of selected non-Western societies. In addition to examining the major theoretical approaches to the study of art, the course will explore non-western aesthetic systems, relationships between art and social structure, gender and artistic production, and art as mediator between the sacred and the secular.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Visual and Performing Arts and cultural diversity distribution requirements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science and cultural diversity distribution requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or 222. (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 357 - Language Before History Instructor
Ringle
This course considers three questions concerning the early history of language: 1) at what stage of human evolution did language appear; 2) what were the reasons behind the spread of the major language families; 3) when and where did literacy first develop and under what circumstances.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 360 - Anthropology of Development and Environmental Sustainability Instructor
Samson
Issues of development and sustainability from the standpoint of environmental anthropology and anthropological approaches to development theory. Considers the human face of development, including local and global scales of analysis, environmental justice, and discourses of community sustainability.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-2013; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 370 - Theory in Anthropology Instructor
Fairley
Theoretical and interpretive perspectives in modern cultural anthropology. Issues include functionalism, historical analysis, cultural evolution, ecology, cultural materialism, structuralism, and symbolic analysis. Writings of major thinkers, including Radcliffe-Brown, Harris, Levi-Strauss, Douglas, Geertz, Turner, Godelier, and Sahlins.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. (Fall)
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ANT 371 - Ethnographic Writing and Research Instructor
Samson
Approaches to ethnographic and ethnohistorical research and analysis in cultural anthropology. Examination of selected studies that demonstrate a variety of approaches to the study of single cultures and to cross-cultural comparisons. Students design and complete research projects. With advance departmental approval, an off-campus ethnographic field school course may be substituted for credit toward the major.
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. Does not satisfy social science distribution requirement. (Spring)
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ANT 372 - Visualizing Anthropology Instructor
Lozada
Introduction to the theories and methods necessary for making ethnographic films. Students will conduct fieldwork and make a documentary film on a particular aspect of social and cultural behavior. Emphasis is placed on developing the critical skills needed for resolving some of the ethical, technical, and aesthetic problems that may emerge during the documentation of social and cultural behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes Does not satisfy social science distribution requirement. (Spring; offered in alternating years.)
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ANT 374 - Methods in Forensic Anthropology Instructor
Cho
This course concerns forensic taphonomy, the study of postmortem and postdepositional processes that occur in human and non-human animals in the medicolegal context. Students will design research projects on the decomposition process in piglets, and learn to collect, analyze, interpret, and present data.
Students entering 2012: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Does not satisfy social science distribution requirement. (Spring; offered alternating years.)
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ANT 395–396 - Independent Research in Anthropology Instructor
Staff
Independent research under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the research and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes Two courses in anthropology. Limited to sophomores or juniors. Permission of the instructor. (Fall and Spring)
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ANT 495–496 - Independent Research in Anthropology Instructor
Staff
Independent research under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the research and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes Two courses in anthropology. Limited to seniors. Permission of the instructor. (Fall and Spring)
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ANT 498 - Honors Research Instructor
Staff
Proposal formulation, research and writing of the honors thesis. ANT 498 is taken in the fall semester by qualifying senior majors and is graded in P/F mode. ANT 499 is taken in the spring semester and involves completion of the thesis and a departmental oral defense.
Prerequisites & Notes Required for honors but does not count as a course toward the anthropology major. Departmental permission required. (Fall)
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ANT 499 - Honors Thesis Instructor
Staff
Research and writing of the honor thesis. Concludes with a departmental oral examination. Open to qualifying senior majors. Required for honors but does not count as a course toward the anthropology major.
Prerequisites & Notes Departmental permission required. (Spring)
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ARB 101 - Elementary Arabic I Instructor
George or Joubin
Elementary Arabic I, the fall semester of a year-long intensive course in first year Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students with no previous exposure to the language. From the first semester of the course, there is a focus on gaining a strong foundation in the communicative skills of listening and speaking, as well as reading and writing. While the concentration is on Classical Arabic, there will be exposure to dialect through proverbs and music. Student participation and group activities encouraging conversation are vital to the course. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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ARB 102 - Elementary Arabic II Instructor
George or Joubin
In Elementary Arabic II, a continuation of Elementary Arabic I, we continue to develop the communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are further introduced to authentic texts from the Arab world. Presentations and group activities encouraging conversation are essential to the course. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 101 at Davidson or passing placement exam. (Spring)
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ARB 141/241/341 - Intensive Arabic I (beginning/intermediate/advanced) Instructor
Staff
Arabic language course taught at the Damascus University’s Higher Language Institute. Based on their initial language capabilities, a student will be placed in either intensive beginning, intermediate, or advanced Arabic; and then the student will pursue two language modules at that level.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
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ARB 142/242/342 - Intensive Arabic II (beginning/intermediate/advanced) Instructor
Staff
Arabic language course taught at the Damascus University’s Higher Language Institute. Based on their initial language capabilities, a student will be placed in either intensive beginning, intermediate, or advanced Arabic; and then the student will pursue two language modules at that level.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
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ARB 179 - History of Syria Instructor
Staff
This course will provide a broad survey of the history of Syria in its larger Near Eastern setting. Through a combination of lectures and site visits, the physical and literary record of the human inhabitants and rulers of Syria will be examined. Lectures will be by local academics and experts providing background for students’ tours of Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt. Conducted in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
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ARB 201 - Intermediate Arabic I Instructor
Joubin
Intermediate Arabic 201, the fall semester of a year-long intensive intermediate course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students who have had one year of Arabic at the college level. Authentic supplementary reading material is introduced, with a focus on popular stories filled with wise sayings known throughout the Arab world. Discussion and presentations are centered on this material, which exposes students to important cultural elements of the Arab world. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 102 or placement. (Offered every Fall)
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ARB 231 - Contemporary Syrian Art and Culture Instructor
Staff
This course will provide a broad overview of Syrian at and culture. Lectures will be by leading Syrian intellectuals and artists. Themes will include contemporary Syrian literature, art, and drama. Conducted in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
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ARB 295 - Studies in Arabic Culture Instructor
Joubin
Arabic 295, a one-semester course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students who have had two years of college level Arabic courses or the equivalent. The course, which is conducted entirely in Arabic, enhances the students’ understanding of Arabic culture and grammar through video clips, film, proverbs, television serials, music, and literature. Discussion and presentations are centered on this material. Class meets for one hour, three times per week. Conducted in Arabic.
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ARB 321 - Contemporary Arabic Literature Instructor
Joubin
Advanced readings of novels by contemporary Arab authors such as: Ilyas Khouri, Naguib Mahfouz, Abdel Rahman al-Munif, Salwa Bakr, Ghassan Kanafani, Tawfiq Hakim, and Hanan al-Shaykh. Discussion topics include: modernity, civil war in Lebanon, gender relations, changing relations between Middle East and West, social transformations after independence, and the plight of the Palestinians. Presentations and compositions in Arabic are among the requirements. Conducted in Arabic.
Students entering 2012: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or Permission of Instructor. Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic; cultural diversity requirement; Asian Studies concentration and International Studies concentration [Middle East sections].
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ARB 322 - Media in the Arab World Instructor
Botros
This course focuses on various forms of news media in the Arab world such as newspapers, magazines, television commercials, video clips, television serials, and news broadcasts. Discussion includes themes such as gender issues, globalization, the Palestinian crisis, reconstruction in Iraq, the rise of Islam, and education, as well as evaluation of cartoons, advertisements, comic strips, television serials, and films. Students are taught to analyze, criticize, and evaluate media images consciously. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements. Conducted in Arabic.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or Permission of Instructor. Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic; cultural diversity requirement; Asian Studies concentration and International Studies concentration (Middle East sections); and Communication Studies concentration. (Spring 2013)
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ARB 331 - Arabic Media & Society Instructor
Botros
This course is intended to give students an idea of the central issues that the Arab media is interested in covering. As is well-known, a country’s media is considered to be the window that overlooks society’s concerns and thus it provides the people with the tools to raise awareness of these issues as well as provide alternatives and/or solutions. Examining the media enhances one’s understanding of the country’s culture as well. Important issues will be examined related to women, youth, family, children, portrayal of homosexuality in the media, as well as the impact of Turkish serials on the Arab media including Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Bahrain, etc. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Asian Studies concentration and International Studies concentration credit.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite ARB 202 or permission of instructor. (Alternate Spring semesters beginning 2014.)
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ARB 335 - Contemporary Egyptian Society: Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present Instructor
Botros
Contemporary Egyptian Society is a one semester course, designed for students with the equivalent of two years study of Arabic. This course will explore the cultural history of modern Egypt. Through the study of politics, religion, art, language, and culture, the course will concentrate on societal changes that have occurred in Egypt during the last fifty years and the challenges that remain. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Asian Studies concentration and International Studies concentration credit.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite ARB 202 or permission of instructor. (Fall 2012)
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ARB 395/396 - Independent Study for Advanced Students Instructor JoubinAdvanced study under the direction of the faculty member, who approves the topic, determines meeting times, and decides the means of evaluating the students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor. (Fall and Spring)
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ART 102 - Survey of Asian Art Instructor
Thomas
Introduction to major monuments of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese architecture, sculpture, and painting. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.
Students entering 2012: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Fine Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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ART 200 - Greek Art and Architecture (= CLA 341) Instructor
Toumazou
(Cross-listed as Classics 341) Minoan-Mycenaean art and architecture of the Aegean Bronze Age; later Greek art and architecture from the Geometric to the Hellenistic Period.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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ART 202 - Roman Art and Architecture (= CLA 342) Instructor
Toumazou
(Cross-listed as Classics 342) Art and architecture of the Roman Republic and Empire, including influences of earlier Etruscan and Hellenistic Greek art upon the Romans.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 212 - Seventeenth-Century Art & Architecture Instructor
Serebrennikov
Painting, sculpture, architecture in Catholic-Reformation Italy and the Golden Age of Protestant Holland. Artists including Caravaggio, Rubens, and Rembrandt, as well as issues such as how the differing demands of a Catholic culture and a Protestant economy affected the art of the period.
Students entering 2012: Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 216 - Nineteenth-Century Painting Instructor
Ligo
Developments in the history of painting between 1790–1890, from the emergence of neo-classicism to the variety of responses to the movement which came to be called Impressionism. Emphasis on French painting and parallel developments taking place in England, Germany, and Spain.
Students entering 2012: Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 222 - Painted Women, Women Painting Instructor
Serebrennikov
As a survey of gender in art, this course’s first half examines how women have been represented in Western art and what that implies about the balance of power between the genders over the centuries. The second half of the course deals with the gradual growth of art made by women, the issues addressed by that art, and its reception in American culture of the past century.
Students entering 2012: Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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ART 230 - Earth Art—From Lascaux to Lutyens Instructor
Ligo
The world history of garden design as a manifestation of humanity’s ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Important gardens and their creators will be studied in light of the theology, politics, architecture, painting, theatre and stage design, poetry, and philosophy that shaped them.
Students entering 2012: Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 232 - Classics Abroad: Greek and Roman Architecture Instructor
Toumazou
Survey of major and minor forms of classical art and architecture. Includes the arts of Byzantium and examples of Medieval and Renaissance art and architecture derived from the classical tradition.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 236 - Japanese Art Instructor
Thomas
Survey of Japanese art from the Neolithic period to Meiji Restoration. Significant works of art will be studied from their aesthetic and cultural perspectives.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 238 - Introduction to African Art Instructor
Professor Noel
This course examines the traditional art and culture of Sub-Saharan Africa, concentrating on Yorubaland, the Kongo, Dahomey, Venin, Asante, and Kuba, and considers the impact of colonialism, post-colonialism, and globalization on the making of art in the African continent.
Satisfies a major requirement. Fulfills the Cultural Diversity and Fine Arts (old) and Visual and Performing Arts (new) distribution requirements. Counts toward the International Studies and Ethnic Studies concentrations.
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ART 240 - Art of the African Diaspora Instructor
Professor Noel
This course allows students to consider how the term Diaspora is used to describe the dissemination of peoples of African descent that started with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and how such movements have impacted their artmaking in various geographical, cultural, and sociopolitical paradigms.
Satisfies a major requirement. Fulfills Cultural Diversity requirement and Fine Arts (old) or Visual and Performing Arts (new) distribution requirements. Counts toward the International Studies or Ethnic Studies concentrations.
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ART 320–370 - Seminars Instructor
Staff
Courses numbered with even numbers from 320 through 370 are art history seminars limited to ten upperclass students with preference given to art majors. They are offered on an irregular basis in areas of special interest to the faculty, including such topics as history of photography, modern and contemporary critical theory, and individual artists.
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ART 322 - Seminar: Classical Greek Sculpture (= CLA 444) Instructor
Toumazou
(Cross-listed as Classics 444.)
Prerequisites & Notes (Further information from Professor Toumazou.)
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ART 390, 392, 394 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
For the student who wishes to pursue some special interest in art history under the supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the student’s work on a regularly scheduled basis. The project must be initiated by a qualified student and approved in advance with a substantial paper as the end result.
Prerequisites & Notes Normally limited to majors.
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ART 400 - Perspectives in Art History Instructor
Serebrennikov
Required during the fall semester for all senior art majors with an emphasis in art history.
Prerequisites & Notes Normally limited to majors. (Fall)
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ART 402 - Capstone Seminar Instructor
Staff
Topics in art history. Required during the spring semester of all senior art majors with an emphasis in art history. May include a study tour of appropriate sites.
Prerequisites & Notes Normally limited to majors. (Spring)
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ART 496 - Senior Art History Honors Thesis Instructor
Staff
Students submit a written proposal for a topic in the spring of their junior year. If the topic is accepted, the student enrolls in Art 496 during the fall semester of the senior year. A draft of the thesis is submitted by the end of the semester, whereupon an “Incomplete” is assigned. The final draft is defended during the spring semester in a one-hour oral examination.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor/adviser.
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ART 101 - Basic Studio Instructor
Staff
Introduction through the studio to the work of the artist—tools, way of seeing, methods and media. Emphasizes basic principles of visual organization.
Students entering 2012: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Fine Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Open to first- and second-year students only. (Not offered 2012-13.)
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ART 203 - Basic Painting Instructor
Barkai
Provides foundation of painting principles in oil, acrylic and watercolor. Encourages examination of painting and image making in context of contemporary art practices and in correspondence with intellectual and critical explorations.
Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
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