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1.00 Credits
This course is for students in the American Language Program who need intensive, supplemental instruction in grammar and writing skills. This computer-assisted learning program is provided on an individual, prescriptive basis. Lecture [1.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to improve students' ability to integrate he skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing in English as required for the TOEFL iBT test. Students will learn to recognize the types of questions on this test and to develop skills and strategies to answer the questions. This course emphasizes reading and listening comprehension and includes activities to improve speaking and writing. Lecture [3.00] AMERICAN LANGUAGE PROGRAM - SPEECH
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a comprehensive approach to the study of cultural diversity. The course introduces students to the four fields of anthropology: socio/cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical/biological anthropology. Introduction to Anthropology emphasizes behaviors, similarities and differences in adaptations, and variations in current and past human populations. >General Education Course. >Diversity Course. Lecture [3.00]. 3
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3.00 Credits
This course is a comparative study of human cultures. Attention is given to the various ways in which people cope with their natural settings and their social environments and to the ways in which customs are learned and handed down from one generation to the next. Topics of discussion include the family, social change, religion and magic, economic and political systems, the arts, and urban anthropology. >General Education Course. >Diversity Course. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course will study past human cultures and societies as evidenced by material remains. This course provides information on the basic theories, methods, and techniques used in archaeology. Important topics include archaeological survey and excavation, artifact analysis, dating techniques, conservation and display of artifacts, dietary reconstruction, the analysis of prehistoric social and political organization, and the evolution of cities and ancient civilizations. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the anthropological literature on peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Some of the major themes examined include: kinship, marriage, ethnic and religious minority groups, Islam, gender, mass media, nationalism, and politics. Special attention will be paid to the effects of the colonial period and modernization and to the increased economic and strategic significance of this region to the Western World. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course trains students in the analysis of images and aesthetic objects and considers issues regarding art production, viewer response, and art in society. A spectrum of fine art, decorative arts, and commercial design from diverse cultures is presented in a non-chronological format through illustrated lectures, discussions, and independent visits to exhibitions. Techniques of visual and thematic analysis are applied to exemplary works from world cultural history and contemporary life. >General Education Course. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course is a chronological survey of art and visual culture, western and non-western, from the Mesopotamian period through the Middle Ages. In a lecture and discussion format, selected works of sculpture, architecture, and painting, as well as decorative utilitarian objects made by peoples in Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, and Africa are studied both for their styles and materials and their relation to politics, religion and patronage. >General Education Course. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course is a chronological survey of art and visual culture, western, and non-western. Selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, printmaking, and decorative utilitarian objects made by peoples in Europe [Renaissance to Post-Impressionism], Asia, North and South America, India and Africa are studied both for their styles, materials, and techniques and their relation to history, society, religion, patronage, politics and modernity. >General Education Course. Lecture [3.00].
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3.00 Credits
This course is a chronological survey of selected works of European and American painting, sculpture and architecture. These demonstrate both individual artists' innovative thinking and visual art's prominent role in the formation of culture, society, and the idea of modernity in relation to historical art, urbanism, spiritualism and war. >General Education Course. Lecture [3.00].
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