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AMST 101 - American Popular Culture 4 credits
In this class, students will contemplate what they think it means to be an ‘American’ by observing, discussing and analyzing American popular culture. By analyzing what might be America’s greatest exports (including movies, music, television, sports, or advertising) students will gain insight into the real diversity of American beliefs, values, social and economic experiences and critically evaluate the imapct of American culture globally. First-year students and INTO pathways students. CLA- Breadth: Humanities, CLA- Diversity: U.S.
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ANTH 103 - Human Evolution: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology 4 credits
An introduction to the study of human biological and cultural evolution using the methods and theories of biological anthropology and archaeology. The course surveys some basic principles of evolutionary theory, primatology, the hominid fossil record, origins of modern humans, their physical variation, and archaeological evidence for the evolution of symbolic behavior, agriculture, and civilization. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
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ANTH 104 - Cultural Diversity: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics 4 credits
A comparative examination of the cultural diversity of humanity. Using case studies of peoples in differing contexts, the course presents theories and data on a range of topics for understanding contemporary human conditions, including subsistence strategies, political and economic systems, religion and expressive behavior, language, culture change, and the interdependence of cultures throughout the planet. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 201 - History of Anthropological Theory 4 credits
An examination of the history of anthropology, from its philosophical foundations to contemporary directions and themes. Focuses on the main theoretical approaches in the field. Situates the contributions of major figures with references to intellectual traditions and contemporary problems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 . Offered fall semester.
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ANTH 202 - Ecological Anthropology 4 credits
An interdisciplinary course that draws on data and theory from cultural and biological perspectives in anthropology and from environmental studies to question and examine the relationship of humans and the environment. Through comparisons of human cultural and biological adaptations to physical environments of the past and present, students gain a unique perspective on our impact on, relationship with, and place within the natural world. Recommended: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 203 - Cultures, Economies, and Globalization 4 credits
In this course students learn about the relationships between systems of production and distribution and the social and cultural contexts in which they occur. After discussing some important theoretical approaches that have influenced economic anthropologists over the years, we consider various ethnographic case studies that provide a more nuanced understanding of both the material and symbolic aspects of economic processes. Throughout the course, we pay close attention to the ways in which global economic processes are articulated, and made meaningful, at the local level. We also contemplate the relationships between global capitalism and pressing social problems, including hunger, gender inequities, poverty, war, and environmental degradation. Spring semester in even numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 204 - Society and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa 4 credits
Much of what we hear, read and see about Africa in literature, the media and even in academic writing emphasizes the suffering, corruption, disease, war and strife that afflict much of the continent. To be sure, Africa is plagued by many of these issues, often to a far greater extent than other parts of the world. However, the sameness of tone and pessimism in the coverage of these problems often belies the diversity of culture and experience that is the African continent-which includes 53 countries, hundreds of different ethnic groups and a vast array of traditions, practices and beliefs. This course will examine a selection of different African societies and states from across the continent with an emphasis on how perspectives and ideas about traditional culture and practice intersect with the challenges-economic, religious, ethnic and political -faced by African cultures and the modern African nation state. The goal of this course is that students will leave with an appreciation of the cultural richness and regional variation that is sometime hidden by the usual generalizations and stereotypes that are often applied to Africa. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International; CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 205 - Native North American Cultures 4 credits
The study of cultures of native North America immediately prior to the Columbian expansion of Europe and directions and dynamics of culture change to the present. Examines current issues, specifically points of contention with the U.S. and Canadian governments and other peoples now inhabiting Native American space. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 206 - Topics in Cultural Anthropology 2-4 credits
This course engages in cultural analyses of contemporary social issues. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty, such as public health crises, class inequality, environmentalism, gender politics, and ethnic conflict. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 . Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 207 - Regional Ethnography 4 credits
An intensive cultural study of a selected region. Consideration of issues of indigenous development and contact with outsiders leading to consideration of issues of culture change. Topics vary in accordance with student need and faculty expertise. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 208 - Religions of Africa 4 credits
An introduction to the basic themes within the traditional religions of Africa, including the nature of God, the significance of creation myths, the role of ancestors, the importance of religious leaders, and the problem of evil, sickness, and death. Explores the problematic Christian encounter with African religions, the Semitic connection and African Islam, and the role and function of the Independent African-Christian Churches. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 213 - Bioarchaeology 4 credits
This course provides an introduction to bioarchaeology, a field of study that integrates aspects of biological anthropology and archaeology in an examination of the human component of the archaeological past. Bioarchaeology examines human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts with an aim at reconstructing human life histories, activity and disease with an ideological emphasis on anthropological problem solving and integration of archaeological data. Lectures will cover the fundamentals of bioarchaeology analysis. Topics to be explored include aspects of diet and nutrition, migration, paledemography, behavior and bones, gender and identity, disease burden, and trauma and bioarchaeology of violence among other topics.
Prerequisite: ANTH 103 CLA- Breadth: Social Science
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ANTH 214 - Climate, Ecology and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cultural and Demographic Changes 4 credits
While the countries of the northern hemisphere debate policies to combat changes in the planet’s climate, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are already experiencing significant climate shifts. These changes are most profound in the semi-arid Sahelian and Sudanic belts that skirt the southern edge of the Sahara. Here, the boundaries of where rainfall agriculture and cattle pastoralism are possible continue to move south and so, consequently, do populations. Enrollment priority given to majors. Prerequisites: ANTH 104 or ESS 210 . Check department listing for offering. CLA- Breadth: Social Science; CLA- Diversity: International
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ANTH 220 - Human Evolutionary Biology 4 credits
The course is a survey of areas of current interest to biological anthropologists. It continues and builds upon material covered in ANTH 103 . The focus is on human and primate biology with attention given to human evolution, osteology, geographic (“racial”) variation, physiological adaptability, evolutionary genetics, primate and human behavioral ecology, human development and life history theory, health and disease, and nutrition. Students explore these topics in both lecture and lab, in which hands-on work with fossils and other materials provides experiential learning opportunities for deepening one’s understanding of the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of human life, health, and behavior. Course format: twice weekly lecture sessions plus a lab. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to anthropology and biological anthropology minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Corequisite: ANTH 220L . Offered fall semester annually. CLA-Quantitative
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ANTH 230 - Ancient Societies 4 credits
An introduction to the archaeological reconstruction of human prehistory beginning with the appearance of modern humans and culminating with the development of complex societies. The course focuses on major transitions in human prehistory: Upper Paleolithic developments in art and technology, the transition to agricultural societies, and the rise of stratified societies and urbanized cultures. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 231 - Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America 4 credits
This course focuses on the development and character of indigenous cultures of Latin America before the arrival of Europeans. Themes of power, economy, religion, ritual, and symbolism that uniquely characterize Latin American native societies are examined primarily through art, architecture and material culture. The course follows a topical and comparative approach drawing on data from archaeology, art history, ethnography and ethnohistory. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 232 - Regional Archaeology 4 credits
An intensive archaeological study of a selected region, focusing on surveys, specific sites, and ethnohistoric and experimental evidence to derive sequences of human occupation, use, and principles of culture change. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 . Offering to be determined.
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ANTH 300 - Independent Study in Anthropology 1-4 credits
A special program of study planned by the student in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Written proposal and permission of a faculty member required for approval. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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ANTH 301 - Medical Anthropology 4 credits
The cross-cultural study of health and healing in ecological, evolutionary, and political-economic perspectives. Surveys cultural differences in health, reproduction, nutrition, disease ecology, medical systems, and mortality. Also considers the evolution of human disease and the efficacy of different medical systems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 302 - Anthropology of Religion 4 credits
A study of various aspects of religious beliefs and practices among small-scale societies and folk communities within larger human systems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 303 - Gender and Culture 4 credits
A study of the construction of gender across cultures. The course considers how culture influences and shapes gender roles in varying human domains, such as religion, creative traditions, work, scholarship and research, and popular culture. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Same as: WGST 331 . Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 304 - Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in cultural anthropology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise and may include visual anthropology, structural theory, and post-postmodernism. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 310 - Ethnographic Research Methods 4 credits
A course that serves as a rigorous exploration of the field methods and qualitative research techniques used in sociocultural anthropology. Topics to be covered include ethnographic interviews, participant observation, field notes, the role of surveys, the ethics of research with human subjects and the production of ethnographic knowledge. Course assignments will be cumulative-that is, each successive assignment will build off the previous one, culminating in a comprehensive research paper at the end of the course. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 311 - Archaeological Method and Theory 4 credits
Archaeology relies on a body of theories and methods for reading human prehistory from the incomplete record left by past cultures. This course offers a counterpoint to ANTH 230 - Ancient Societies in examining how questions asked by archaeologists are addressed. Topics include techniques of excavation and artifact analysis and the major theoretical approaches to archaeological inference. The course is divided between lecture and laboratory sessions in which students analyze archaeological data. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 and ANTH 230 or signature of instructor. Corequisite: ANTH 311L . Offered fall semester. CLA-Quantitative, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 312 - Human Osteology 4 credits
A study of human skeletal biology and bioarcheology. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the bones and anatomical landmarks of the human skeleton and how stress, disease, injury, and lifestyle affect them. The course includes some instruction in paleopathology and forensic anthropology, with laboratory exercises providing direct examination of skeletal material. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: ANTH 312L . Offered fall semester. CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 320 - Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in biological anthropology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise and may include intensive courses in primatology, human adaptability, osteology, anthropological genetics or other aspects of human biology. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offering to be determined. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 321 - Forensic Anthropology 4 credits
Forensic anthropology is a specialized field concerned with the application of the techniques of physical anthropology and human osteology to matters dealing with the law and the medico-legal professions. This course will provide students grounding in the specialist skills of a forensic anthropologist, including the identification and recovery of human remains, calculating the death interval, building a biological profile and identifying the cause and manner of death. The role of the forensic anthropologist in mass disasters, military service, and investigation of war crimes and other human rights violations will also be discussed. Labs will apply knowledge in practical scenarios such as identifying animal versus human remains, field search and recovery methods, determining age at death, sex, stature, ancestry, and identifying any antemortem conditions that may contribute towards a positive identification. Students will also learn how to identify any trauma or other pathological Priority given to anthropology and biological anthropology majors, anthropology and archeology minors, juniors, and seniors.
Prerequisite: ANTH 103 .
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ANTH 322 - Primatology 4 credits
The study of primate behavior, how it can be understood as environmental adaptation, its evolutionary significance, and how it compares to human behavior. Topics include primate ecology, social behavior, sociobiology, and cognition. Same as BIOL 322 . Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or BIOL 150 or BIOL 160 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 323 - Food For Thought: Nutritional Anthropology 4 credits
This course is an evolutionary and cross-cultural exploration of the comlpex nature of the human experiences in satisfying needs for food and nourishment. The approach is biocultural, exploring the interaction between the biological basis of human food choices and the cultural context that influences food acquisition and choice. We will explore the relationship between nutrition and health from an evolutionary perspective, exploring how an understanding of diet and food preferences in our distant ancestors affects us today. Other themes to be explored include the sociocultural context of human foodways and the political economy of food. The primary aim of this course is to understand the co-evolutionary relationshipof humans and their food systems, as well as how the physical well being of humans is affected by their food systems. Enrollment priority given to junior and senior majors and minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA- Breadth: Interdisciplinary, CLA- Diversity International; CLA- Writing Intensive
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ANTH 326 - Evolution and Human Behavior 4 credits
A study of the basic principles of evolutionary theory as applied to the study of human social behavior. The course examines competing views on the importance of biology for understanding human behavior and considers the relationship between genes and culture. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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ANTH 327 - Human Evolutionary Genetics 4 credits
A study of human genetics in evolutionary perspective. Topics include the structure of the human genome, human-ape comparisons, human genetic diversity, interpreting that diversity, what it tells us about human origins and migrations, effects of population admixture, health implications, and forensic DNA analysis. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or BIOL 150 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ANTH 330 - Selected Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in archaeology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ANTH 331 - Archaeology and Sustainable Culture 4 credits
Through Archaeology scholars reconstruct, examine, query and confront the record of past human-environment interactions. Placing these interactions in an historical context brings a long-term perspective to bear on contemporary issues. This course examines critically this record of human adaptations through time and across the globe with a particular focus on the ancient Americas. The view of archaeology is that the experiences of these ancient societies offer useful lessons about past choices which should affect the choices made today. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to majors and minors in Anthropology and Environmental Studies and to Archaeology minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 332 - Wildlife and Culture 4 credits
This class is a cross-cultural exploration of the ways that people think about and interact with wild animals. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, we will ponder abstract philosophical questions like “What is an animal?”, “What is natural?” and “What is human?” As an ESS course, however, this class will pay special attention to the ways that different perspectives on wild animals influence larger global concerns, such as biodiversity, invasive species, animal conservation, and animal rights. Upon completion of this class, students should: 1) possess a broad knowledge of the plasticity of thought and practices relating to wild animals that exists within particular societies, between different societies, and across time; 2) understand the important role that wild animals play in helping human beings define and understand themselves; and 3) appreciate the value of cross-cultural research methodologies.
Enrollment limited to: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Pre-requisites: ANTH 104 is recommended. CLA-Breadth/Social Science; CLA-Diversity/International
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ANTH 375 - Museums and Society 4 credits
This course explores the intersection of the museum and its public with a focus on the rise of the museum in the late eighteenth century and its development up to the present day. Why were museums created, and what purposes do these institutions serve? What values do they project? Such questions are addressed through selected case studies and readings of key theoretical texts in the field. Analysis of current museum and gallery exhibitions, discussion of such issues as the role of government, the interdependence of museums and the art market, and debates over repatriation, restitution and looting or theft will also be addressed. Same as: ARTH 375 Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA- Breadth: Interdisciplinary; CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 380 - Archaeological Field Study 4 credits
This summer field course introduces students to archaeological field methods, including survey, excavation, and artifact recovery and processing. Instruction is through participation in an ongoing research project. Location of the field research site varies annually. Recent offerings include Ecuador and Maine. Prerequisite: ANTH 311 . Offered annually in summer. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 400 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology 4 credits
An examination of anthropology as a profession. Discussion of current major issues in the discipline. Prerequisite: Senior standing in anthropology or behavioral science or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. CLA-Capstone
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ANTH 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ARBC 101 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 4 credits
An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. Students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level. Consult instructor concerning the required language lab. Meets: Three hours class, one hour language laboratory. Corequisite: ARBC 103 . Offered fall semester.
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ARBC 101H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I 4 credits
An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. Students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level. Students who have been placed in Arabic 101H in the Fall and ARBC 102H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II in the Spring are exempt from taking the co-curricular conversation courses, based on oral interviews during the placement period. Offered: Fall semester.
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ARBC 102 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II 4 credits
An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films. Three hours class, one hour language laboratory. Prerequisite: ARBC 101 or equivalent as determined by placement examination. Co-requisite: ARBC 104 . Offered spring semester.
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ARBC 102H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II 4 credits
An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films. Students who have been placed in ARBC 101H - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I in the Fall and Arabic 102H in the Spring are exempt from taking the co-curricular conversation courses, based on oral interviews during the placement period.
Prerequisite: , or equivalent as determined by placement examination. Offered: Spring Semester.
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ARBC 103 - Arabic Conversation 2 credits
This two-credit course allows students enrolled in to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear and syntactically correct spoken modern Arabic. Taught in Arabic. Corequisite: ARBC 101 . Offered fall semester.
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ARBC 104 - Arabic Conversation II 2 credits
This two-credit course allows student enrolled in to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear, and syntactically correct spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Meets: The course meets one hour per week. Corequisite: ARBC 102 . Offered spring semester.
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ARBC 201 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I 4 credits
An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films. Meets: Three hours class, one hour language laboratory. Prerequisite: ARBC 102 , or equivalent as determined by placement exam. Offering to be determined. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 202 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II 4 credits
An advanced-level course in Arabic that will allow students to build active vocabulary and develop a higher level of proficiency in reading, writing, and oral expression. Students’ command of Arabic grammar will be solidified through the mastery of basic grammatical terms and knowledge of syntax and morphology. The course will incorporate various readings, class discussion, and non-textual materials such as films and audio exercises that will provide a cultural component. Prerequisite: ARBC 201 or Permission of the Instructor. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 299 - Arabic across the Curriculum 2 credits
Foreign Languages across the Curriculum is a tutorial program which seeks to enable students with at least intermediate-level proficiency in a foreign language to access authentic materials in that language that are relevant to a cognate course. Students will use their acquired skills to read and interpret texts in the foreign language and/or conduct research in the language. Knowledge gained will be applied to the work of the cognate course. May be taken twice (for a maximum of 4 credits) with two different cognate courses. Prerequisite: ARBC 201 or equivalent and signature of language instructor. Concurrent registration in a cognate course. Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 300 - Independent Study in Arabic 2-4 credits
A course for students who wish to continue the study of Arabic at an advanced level. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 301 - Advanced Arabic 4 credits
A third-year Arabic course with continued study of the structure of the language and a focus on speaking and writing skills. This course includes and extensive review and refinement of Arabic grammar and will include advance reading materials from a variety of sources and multimedia assignments. Prerequisite: ARBC 202 on permission of instructor. Offered fall semester. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 302 - Advanced Arabic II 4 credits
The second semester of the third year Arabic sequence with a focus on the finer points of grammar and syntax. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will continue to be developed. Authentic texts and audio-visual materials will be used in conjunction with standard textbook materials to develop student proficiency. Prerequisite: ARBC 301 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ARBC 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ART 104 - Two-Dimensional Design 4 credits
An introduction to the visual elements that constitute the basic issues of two-dimensional design. Primary goals are the development of technical and critical skills as they apply to painting, drawing, and graphic traditions. Investigates aspects of color, line, form, texture, and space through workshops and outside assignments. The foundation course for the intermediate- and upper-level studio courses. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 105 - Sculpture I 4 credits
An introduction to the technical and conceptual basis for the organization and development of three-dimensional structures. Examines the function of space, volume, mass, plane, and line. Explores sculptural issues through the solution of design problems. Uses a variety of materials for physical and expressive qualities. Extensive out-of-class assignments supplement studio practice. Emphasizes the development of critical skills as they apply to visual aesthetic issues. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 106 - Drawing I 4 credits
An introduction to drawing as a way of making images, as a basis for work in other media, and as a process of discovery. Studio activities are grounded in observation and use various wet and dry media. Line, shape, and value are emphasized as basic components for exploring fundamental issues of composition, the structuring of form, the description of space and light, and as a means of individual expression. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 112 - Ceramic Sculpture I 4 credits
An introduction to the creative possibilities of ceramics emphasizing diverse approaches to clay as a sculptural material. Exploration of handbuilding techniques, glazing and firing, mold making and casting, as well as ceramic tile mosaic and mixed media, to consider issues of form, content, surface, scale, color, and process. Class discussions establish connections between clay investigations and fundamental questions from contemporary and art history. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 120 - Digital Imaging 4 credits
This course introduces the computer as a fine arts tool, and provides an overview of digital arts concepts and terminology. Students will solve design problems using a variety of computer software applications. Critical awareness of new media in a historical context is encouraged through lectures, discussion and critiques. Offered fall and spring semesters. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 130 - Photography I 4 credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR cameras, along with using a range of digital imaging editing tools and output modes to produce original work. Students are encouraged to make pictures that are challenging in both content and form and express the complex and poetic nature of human experience. The course introduces the work of influential photographers, raises discussions of contemporary issues in the medium and provides tools for evaluating and expressing a photograph’s communicative effectiveness. Students must provide a fully manual digital SLR camera and budget for printing costs and other supplies. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 140 - Printmaking I 4 credits
The technical and expressive potentialities of relief – woodblock, linoleum, collography, and monoprinting – are explored. Color and combined media processes are emphasized. Development of individual pictorial language follows a period of technical introduction and experimentation. Traditional and contemporary modes of collaboration, editioning and working in series are considered. Critiques as well as gallery and museum visits supplement the creative process. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 160 - Painting I 4 credits
An exploration of traditional and modern techniques of oil painting and their underlying theories of light, color, space, and expression. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 205 - Sculpture II 4 credits
An investigation of materials and processes, and conceptual and aesthetic concerns of sculpture. Students learn basic properties of various sculptural materials and consider the relationship between materials and ideas. Introduction to additive and subtractive processes, casting, assemblage, and mixed media serves as a vehicle for formal and expressive exploration, as well as consideration of fundamental sculptural issues, including space, time, scale, reference, content, and context. Studio activities are informed by intensive examination of contemporary and historic three-dimensional art through discussion and field trips. Prerequisite: ART 105 Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 206 - Drawing II 4 credits
For students familiar with the basic techniques and media of drawing. Intermediate problems in drawing using the human figure and observation as a subject and a point of departure. Focus on the fundamental importance of drawing as the shared language of all the visual arts. Prerequisite: ART 106 or ART+22 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 212 - Ceramic Sculpture II 4 credits
Students develop more advanced and individualized approaches to clay. Emphasis on greater student independence and ambition in terms of confronting technical challenges and developing a personal direction. Prerequisite: ART 112 - Ceramic Sculpture I
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ART 220 - Digital Video 4 credits
Introduces digital video as a creative tool and offers a technical understanding of the video camera and non-linear editing. Students will learn to manipulate time, space and sound to create sequential, narrative and experimental works. Projects explore both formal and conceptual issues integral to the history of video and filmmaking. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 230 - Photography II 4 credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of using small-format film cameras and traditional black & white darkroom techniques. Students are encouraged to make pictures that are challenging in both content and form and express the complex and poetic nature of human experience. The course introduces the work of influential photographers, raises discussions of contemporary issues in the medium and provides tools for evaluating and expressing a photograph’s communicative effectiveness. Students must provide a fully manual 35mm SLR camera and budget for the cost of film, paper and other supplies. Prerequisite: ART 130 . Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 240 - Printmaking II 4 credits
Traditional and contemporary modes of intaglio plate-making processes are covered, as well as the development of imagery and expression appropriate to the media. Engraving, drypoint, various etching methods, embossing, and color printing processes are explored. Critiques are conducted regularly throughout the semester. Emphasis is placed on growth and development of art-making concepts as they relate to printmaking processes. Imagery produced will display increasing levels of technical and conceptual confidence. Prerequisite: ART 140 or ART 106 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 260 - Painting II 4 credits
An intermediate treatment of the media, techniques, and concepts of painting. Students are expected to pursue extensively particular problems of painting both inside and outside of class and with close critical involvement of the instructor. Encourages a critical awareness of contemporary painting. Includes museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 160 Offered spring semester.
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ART 270 - Special Topics in Studio Art 2-4 credits
A studio topic or process not covered by regular offerings. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offering to be determined.
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ART 300 - Independent Study in Art 1-4 credits
Open only to upper-level art majors. Signature of instructor required for registration.
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ART 305 - Sculpture III 4 credits
Advanced sculptural investigations. Students further develop and expand individual sculptural vocabularies, work toward generating projects and investigating processes that support the expression of their ideas. Prerequisite: ART 205 . Offered annually.
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ART 306 - Drawing III 4 credits
A continuation at an advanced level of ART 206 Drawing II . May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ART 206 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 310 - Artist Writes 2 credits
Studio art majors will create and maintain their own artist’s blog in which they will publish an artist statement, work portfolio, and respond to art exhibitions and art criticism. Students will write about their own practice as well as curate and publish an art journal connected to their developing identity as an artist. CLA-Writing in the Major
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ART 320 - Digital Animation 4 credits
An investigation of time, form and motion through the use of digital animation techniques. Students will explore the impact of the moving image on the history of art, with special emphasis on new media. Class critiques will create connections between traditional and digital art. Pre-req: ART 120 or ART 220 Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Quantitative
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ART 330 - Photography III 4 credits
This course allows for continued exploration of photography as an art medium for students working with either film or digital processes. Personal exploration of a subject or photographic approach is supported by ongoing critique and contextual instruction in photographic practices, advanced techniques, and the study of formal and conceptual issues within the medium. Students must provide a film or digital SLR camera and budget for film, printing costs and other supplies. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: ART 130 and ART 230 . Offering to be determined. CLA- QUANT
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ART 340 - Printmaking III 4 credits
An introduction to stone and/or plate lithography by way of examining the chemistry of the planographic process and its visual outcome. Emphasizes control of the image-making process. Develops students’ pictorial language through discussions and museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 240 Offering to be determined.
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ART 360 - Painting III 4 credits
A concentration on advanced painting problems. Students are expected to have an established direction in painting, which they pursue intensively both inside and outside of class and in close critical discussions with the instructor. A critical awareness of contemporary painting is expected, as are visits to museums and galleries. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ART 260 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.
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ART 385 - Semester on Contemporary Art 4-8 credits
The New York Semester on Contemporary Art offers students the unique and exciting opportunity to learn about the ongoing history of art since 1945 through the combination of reading, class presentation and discussion, and visits to artists’ studios, museum and gallery exhibitions and public art projects. By pursuing each of these paths of discovery students learn about the major movements associated with the postwar period (Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Feminist Art, and others) as well as overarching themes of expression (identity, for example), changing processes and modes of making, interpretive methodologies, expanding definitions of art, relationships between art theory and practice, and the roles of art institutions and cultural workers (critics, curators, historians) in mediating our experience of contemporary art. Same as ARTH 385 . Formal application is required of all students. Prerequisite: ARTH 306 . Co-requisite: ART 385L Offered fall semester. CLA-Off Campus Experience, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ART 400 - Selected Studio Projects 4 credits
An intensive studio practice designed for art majors working toward senior exhibition. Provides a basic framework to aid independent investigation, stressing the development of individual ideas and expression. Course may be repeated. Open only to senior art majors and minors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester. CLA-Capstone
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ART 402 - Advanced Studio Projects 4 credits
A continuation of ART 400 with even greater emphasis upon building a body of work that clearly reflects the individual’s sensibility and ideas, culminating in a senior thesis exhibition in late April or early May in the Korn Gallery. Weekly critiques are conducted by the instructor and visiting artists. Prerequisite: ART 400 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered spring semester. CLA-Capstone
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ART 404 - Independent Study 1-4 credits
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ART 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ART 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ARTH 101 - Survey of Western Art: Ancient and Medieval 4 credits
This course explores the art and architecture of the ancient and medieval eras, including study of the cultures of the Mediterranean, Near East, and northern Europe. Students will master a chronological history of representation and investigate the relationship between works of art and the cultures in which they were produced. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ARTH 102 - Survey of Western Art: Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary 4 credits
This course is a chronological survey of western art and architecture from the fourteenth century through the early twentieth century. It explores various geographic regions and diverse contexts, religious, social, political and economic, in which the works were made. Key art historical periods such as the Renaissance, the Baroque, and subsequent movements such as Romanticism, Impressionism, and Modernism are discussed. Students will master a chronological history of art and architecture in relation to the cultures in which they were produced. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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ARTH 208 - Islamic Art 4 credits
This course examines the history of ten centuries of Islamic art and architecture both chronologically and thematically. It begins with a study of medieval Islamic art of the Near East and Mediterranean, examining major themes and regional variations. Study will then shift to select monuments of Islamic art from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The focus may include architecture and manuscript painting, with some attention also to metalwork, pottery, and textiles. Issues considered may include: Islamic aesthetic attitudes, definitions of Islamic art, adaptations of a late antique artistic vocabulary, cross-cultural influence, architecture and ritual, and ideology and style in manuscript painting. Offered spring semester in even numbered years. CLA- Breadth/Arts; CLA- Breadth/Humanities; CLA-Diversity International
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ARTH 218 - Seminar in Art History 4 credits
Examination of an artist, period, or special art historical problem. Topics to be determined. Offering to be determined.
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ARTH 219 - Special Topics in Art History 4 credits
A topic or period of art history not covered by regular offerings. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
Offering to be determined.
CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ARTH 220 - Special Topics in Art History: American Art 4 credits
A topic or period of art history relevant to diversity issues (race, class, gender, religion) in American Art not covered by regular offerings.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined.
CLA-Breath/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Diversity U.S.
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ARTH 221 - Speical Topics in Art History: International 4 credits
A topic or period of art history with international diversity relevance not covered by regular offerings.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined.
CLA-Breath/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Diversity International
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ARTH 231 - Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America 4 credits
This course focuses on the development and character of indigenous cultures of Latin America before the arrival of Europeans. Themes of power, economy, religion, ritual, and symbolism that uniquely characterize Latin American native societies are examined primarily through art, architecture and material culture. The course follows a topical and comparative approach drawing on data from archaeology, art history, ethnography and ethnohistory. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 , ANTH 104 or permission of the instructor. Same as: ANTH 231 . Same as: ANTH 231 . Check ANTH listings for up-to-date offering times. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ARTH 242 - Aesthetics 4 credits
A study of a variety of questions centered upon philosophical aspects of art. Of primary concern are the notions of beauty, formalism, emotivism, criticism, expression, creation, and evaluation. Focuses on specific works of art as they serve to illuminate philosophical concerns. Same as: PHIL 334 . Check PHIL listings for up-to-date offering times.
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ARTH 243 - History of Photography 4 credits
This course provides a loosely chronological overview of diverse photographic production beginning with early optical devices such as the camera obscura and continuing to contemporary digital practices. Students will become familiar with various photographic processes and techniques (daguerreotypes, albumen prints, platinum prints, pinhole photography, color, and others); styles and movements (f64, street photography, post-modernism, and others); individual practitioners; and theories of photography proposed by Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, and others. We will also explore how and why the history of photography has been, only recently, integrated into the larger history of art by studying the broad, societal, and technological roles of photography. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ARTH 249 - Museum Study 1 credits
May be taken in conjunction with any upper-level art history course for additional systematic study of originals in area museums. Papers, projects, and/or augmentation of the regular term paper are expected as a result of this study. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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ARTH 251 - Arts of Africa and The Diaspora 4 credits
Topics discussed will include: Art and Audience (considering the relationship between the object and its content of display, which can include masking as well as royal regalia meant to reinforce leadership); Space and Place (art works as markers of space–spiritual, domestic, etc.)–and referents of place); The Cultured Body (the human form in art, as well as dress and body arts); and Africa in the World (art works that reflect Africa’s historic engagement with the world, ie., use of imported materials, “foreign” iconography, but also the impact of African art in the world). Within these themes, we will examine select case studies in depth and will incorporate historic and contemporary forms. Check ANTH listings for up-to-date offering times.
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ARTH 256 - The Art of Ancient Egypt: History and Modern Myth 4 credits
In this course we study the art and architecture of ancient Egypt, from the Predynastic era through Roman rule, from the fourth millennium BCE to the fourth century CE. Students will master the major sites and monuments of ancient Egypt, achieving an in-depth understanding of the artistic, religious, political, and social contexts of these works. The second major goal of the course will be to study the historiography of ancient Egypt and consider contemporary constructions of the culture of ancient Egypt, examining the effect of global forces such as colonialism and discourses such as Orientalism on the creation of a history of Egypt. The strong local collections of ancient Egyptian art will be incorporated into the course through museum visits, discussion, and paper assignments. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, C:A-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Diversity International
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ARTH 258 - Word and Image:The Art of the Book 4 credits
This class examines the history of illustrated books from late antiquity through the early modern period, from early Christian Rome to Mughal India. Manuscripts and early printed books will be considered in terms of their original function and owners as well as how they have been used, collected, and appreciated up to the present day. The main concerns of the course will be the way in which the images in the manuscripts convey meaning in ways complementary to and beyond the text, reflect the interests of their patrons and the stylistic and economic concerns of their artists, and act as evidence of the devotional, social, and political contexts in which the books were produced. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Diversity International
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ARTH 260 - History of Architecture from A to Z: Alberti to Zaha Hadid 4 credits
This course will explore the history of architecture from the revival of the classical architectural treatise in the 15th century by Leon Battista Alberti through contemporary use of computer generated designs such as works by Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid’s Bridge Pavillion, Zaragoza, Spain. (In 2004 Zaha Hadid was the first women to win the Pritzker Prize.) While we will explore some of the great monuments in the history of architecture such as Brunelleschi’s dome of Florence Cathedral or Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum, discussing questions of design and technological innovation, we will also address broader questions surrounding the built environment as reflections of contemporary attitudes. Architecture, past and present, will be analyzed with respect to continuing ideals and contrasting innovations. We will also address issues such as sustainable and “green” architecture; the role of the female architect and the gendering of places and spaces; affordable housing; and the “city beautiful” movement of Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Detroit. Offered fall semester in even numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Quantitative
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ARTH 300 - Independent Study in Art 1-4 credits
Under special circumstances, an advanced student majoring in Art History may plan, in conference with the instructor and with approval of the department, a closely supervised independent project in art criticism, museology, or art history, not otherwise provided in the courses of instruction. Written proposal and paper required. Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.
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