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3.00 Credits
Topics for this in-depth interdisciplinary seminar change by semester. Majors are strongly encouraged to take more than one seminar during their course of study. Multiple AMS 362 topics courses count as electives in the student's course of study to complete the major, and are the best and most intensive method of preparation for the Senior capstone experience, AMS 363. Recent seminar topics have included "Photography and Memory in American Culture," "The American Indian in American Culture," "Designs for Living: Environmentalism, Counterculture, and Utopias," "The 1920's", "Nature in American Culture." "American Censored," "America, a Hydraulic Society," and "The Beat Generation in American Culture." [W] Prerequisite: American Studies 150 Offered: Fall and Spring semesters Staff
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this capstone research seminar is to allow students to do in-depth, interdisciplinary work on a topic of their own choosing and to integrate the diverse courses they have taken for the American Studies degree. AMS 363 provides a supportive, coordinated, workshop-based structure for students' original research on a major project or paper. The projects are based on original sources and must involve a combination or integration of at least two disciplines (such as art and literature, economics and sociology, or history and law). [W] Prerequisite: American Studies 150 and 362 Offered: Fall semester Staff
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1.00 Credits
Qualified students may develop, in consultation with a faculty member, a one-semester course directed to a particular theme or topic in American Studies. Prerequisite: American Studies 150 and 362 Offered: 390/Fall, 391/Spring Staff
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3.00 Credits
Students majoring in American Studies who wish to become candidates for honors register for the senior thesis. During the senior year, honors candidates pursue independent study culminating in a thesis that utilizes more than one discipline. Honors are awarded upon successful defense of the thesis in oral examination. Offered: Fall and spring semesters Staff
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3.00 Credits
A survey of visual culture from prehistoric through the Middle Ages. The course is designed as an introduction to basic problems and terminology of art history, and to methods of analyzing and interpreting individual works of art. Emphasis is placed upon historical and cultural contexts, and upon the development of major styles. Recommended for first-year students and sophomores who are considering art as a major; open to all students. Offered: Fall semester Ahl, Sinkevic
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3.00 Credits
This course is organized like Art 101, but deals with painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present. Recommended for first-year students and sophomores who are considering art as a major; open to all students. Offered: Spring semester Ahl, Mattison, Sinkevic
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce art majors as well as interested non-majors to the visual problem-solving process. Emphasis is placed on basic design components such as line, shape, and color by the assignment of projects exploring the principles of balance, spatial relationships, and visual unity. Staff
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3.00 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary course which surveys music, painting, architecture and sculpture in various historical periods and from various philosophical perspectives (Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism, etc.). Through slides and recordings as well as textbook presentations and classroom lectures, students gain both a deeper appreciation of the arts and a deeper understanding of the interrelationships among the various arts in history (3 Credits).
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3.00 Credits
A foundation for basic sculptural techniques, materials, and creativity in the studio. Students examine sculpture from the past to the present as a means of developing their technical and creative skills, including drawing, then implement their knowledge through studio projects using such materials as clay, plaster, wood, and found objects. They are also trained in the use of basic power and hand tools. At least two field trips required. Open to all students with or without prior knowledge of sculpture. Noble
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to various approaches to drawing, including the use of line, hatching, contour, and shading. More emphasis is placed on immediacy than on finishing technique. Human and other natural forms as well as inanimate objects are drawn in both experimental and disciplined ways. Open to all students. Staff
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