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4.00 Credits
This advanced course is one of the capstone courses for majors. The archaeology senior seminar engages students in a critical examination of the interpretive frameworks of archaeology and controversial issues currently facing the discipline. These may include: the peopling of the New World, the domestication of plants and animals, the collapse of complex societies, how the past is represented, and the impact of the past on the present. Students will be immersed in contemporary scholarship. Students must have completed one 300 level course in each anthropological subdiscipline in addition to the listed prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
This lively, advanced seminar is one of the capstone courses for majors. The seminar will engage students in the critical evaluation of current issues, controversies, ethical challenges, and new developments in biological anthropology today. Students will present critical analyses of current scholarship in the areas of evolutionary theory, human biological variation, primate biology, ecology, and behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. Biological anthropologists from the Chicago area will visit the class to discuss their current research. Students must have completed one 300 level course in each anthropological subdiscipline in addition to the listed prerequisite.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Cultural appreciation.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of ARAB 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course will emphasize conversation and grammatical and conversational skills and continue the development of grammar and vocabulary studied in Arabic 102. By the end of this course, students are expected to read and write paragraph-length compositions in Arabic about topics such as school, family jobs and other related topics; read and identify familiar sentence structure; and engage in conversations on genera topics. An important component of this course will be on the social and cultural life in the Arab world.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the function art in a variety of cultures with specific reference to American culture. Application of insights gained through inter-cultural analysis of contemporary issues. Slide lectures, films, gallery and museum visits.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the visual arts from ancient to medieval times, emphasizing the major style on their historical contexts. Introduces the basic qualities of each medium, the descriptive and critical vocabulary of art history, and the concepts of style, subject matter and content in the visual arts. Topics inlude the patronage of, and audience for, art; the changing social status of the artist; and the social, political and religious functions of art and architecture. Slide lectures and museum assignments.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the visual arts from ancient to medieval times, emphasizing the major style on their historical contexts. Introduces the basic qualities of each medium, the descriptive and critical vocabulary of art history, and the concepts of style, subject matter and content in the visual arts. Topics inlude the patronage of, and audience for, art; the changing social status of the artist; and the social, political and religious functions of art and architecture. Slide lectures and museum assignments.
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3.00 Credits
This field-based course explores art in an urban environment, examines the relationships between art and urban culture, and considers the role of art in an urban setting. Students will gain a familiarity with Chicago as a cultural home; they will evaluate the role of public art in Chicago, examine the design and purpose of open spaces, and gain a familiarity with the Chicago school of architecture.
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