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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on MesoAmerican art and architecture from the Olmec to the Aztec. Various modes of artistic expression will be covered, including frescoes, metals, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. In addition, the cultural aesthetics as well as the historical, social and political contexts in which these arts were produced will be examined. Offered every two years. (CFPA; CGCL)
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course offers off-campus programs within culturally rich areas of the United States. Participants will visit museums, galleries, working studios, architectural sites and/or other sites related to the visual arts. Emphasis is given to the first-hand viewing of art, experiencing settings involved in the creation of art and studying the artists, achievements, and styles of a particular region of our country. Preparatory work is conducted on campus prior to travel, and assignments and exams will be completed on the return. This course may be repeated with different itineraries and topics. (CFPA, CMCL)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to Commonwealth Honors students and to others at the discretion of the instructor Sophomore Honors Colloquia in Art allow exceptionally able students to explore a challenging topic in small classes under close faculty supervision. Colloquia meet once a week for 50 minutes and culminate in a paper or artistic project, which provides the major part of the grade. Topics vary from semester to semester. Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to Commonwealth Honors students and to others at the discretion of the instructor Sophomore Honors Colloquia in Art allow exceptionally able students to explore a challenging topic in small classes under close faculty supervision. Colloquia meet once a week for 50 minutes and culminate in a paper or artistic project, which provides the major part of the grade. Topics vary from semester to semester. Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101, and the speaking skills requirement. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 299 is taken for credit. Second Year Seminars (SYS) are speaking-intensive topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their speaking, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 is taken for credit. Second Year Seminars (SYS) are writing-intensive topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)
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3.00 Credits
This course will address the historical and contemporary perspectives of women artists, their contributions through traditional and nontraditional art forms, and will examine critically the extent to which this talent and art has not been fully recognized nor supported by various cultures and prevailing attitudes. Offered once every two years. (CFPA; CMCL)
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3.00 Credits
Major developments in painting, sculpture, and architecture are examined from 1850 to 1940. Attention is given to the theoretical foundations for these modern artistic movements as well as their stylistic distinctions. Offered each year.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARTH 309 Major developments in painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts after 1940 are examined, with attention given to how they have reflected the cultural and social ideas and issues of our time. Consideration will be given as well to how the traditional forms and boundaries of the visual arts have been challenged and expanded through new mediums, technologies and approaches to visual communication. Offered each year.
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3.00 Credits
This course critically examines Orientalism as both a way the West views the East, and as the East sometimes views itself. The focus will be on the visual arts – painting, photography, architecture and film, as well as literature and music, and how they depict the “Orient” from the 18th century through the present. Emphasis will also be placed on how the East adopted the same mode of expression as a lens to view the Islamic world. The course emphasizes the Middle East, but the Far East and India are also included in lectures, readings and assignments. Museum visits are a course requirement with a possible visit to New York City museums. Offered every other year. (CFPA; CGCL; CMCL; CSPI)
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