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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the field of American Studies through the examination of a broad range of source material drawn from history, literature, politics, religion, art, popular culture, and so on. The diverse forms of American cultural history will be considered primarily through case studies of significant concepts, persons, social movements, and events; topics might include, for example, Manifest Destiny, the Frontier, the Civil Rights Movement, the JFK assassination, the O.J. Simpson trial, Women's Rights, etc. Credits: 3 cr.
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4.00 Credits
This course, designed to be taken in the junior year, is a focal point of the major and introduces majors to current methodologies, critical theories, and interpretive strategies in the field of American Studies. These methodologies may include cultural studies, cultural geography, popular culture, material culture, gender studies, and film studies. The course will focus on a topic or period, which will be studied through an expansive range of texts suggesting the interdisciplinary nature of American Studies. Credits: 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the black-and-white photographic process as a means of visual expression. Students will develop their own negatives and make their prints in the darkroom. 35mm camera with manual capabilities is required. Credits: 3 cr. Laboratory Fee: yes Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience When Offered: Fall Only
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of drawing, perspective, composition, value, color and design. The ideas developed theoretically in this course will be put into practice in the studio workshop. Credits: 3 cr. Misc. Notes: One section of this course (offered in the fall) is required of and reserved for first-year and sophomore studio art majors as a Prerequisite for advanced studio work. Laboratory Fee: yes Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the fundamental elements of basic free-hand drawing, with emphasis on the development of keen observation, selective seeing, and sensitive interpretation of form using a variety of media. Credits: 3 cr. Misc. Notes: This course is a prerequisite for studio work and is required of fine arts majors with an art emphasis. One section of this course (offered in the spring) is required of and reserved for first year and sophomore studio art majors as a prerequisite for advanced studio work. Laboratory Fee: yes Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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3.00 Credits
Additional drawing experience with emphasis on development of the student's potential to reinforce and expand basic drawing techniques and to gain an appreciation of past and present works. Students use varied approaches and media such as pen and ink, wash and watercolor, with an emphasis on personal interpretations of ideas and feeling in visual terms. Drawing II is a continuation of Drawing I. Prerequisites: AR 205, AR 207 or permission of the instructor Credits: 3 cr. Laboratory Fee: yes
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3.00 Credits
Students will deepen their understanding of the photographic process and expand their shooting and printing skills. The course will cover issues of lighting and exposure, camera filters, medium-format photography, film, chemistry, and alternative printing techniques. Each student will present a research project and a self-designed final series in a gallery setting. Prerequisites: AR 130 or permission of the instructor Credits: 3 cr. Laboratory Fee: yes Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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4.00 Credits
Examination of early human achievement in the arts, from the cave paintings of Lascaux to Chartres cathedral and the frescoes of Giotto. Special interest is given to methods of analyzing form, subject matter and ideology in art and architecture. Topics include the arts of early Europeans and Native Americans. Class meetings incorporate lecture and discussion, student presentations, and collaborative learning projects. Credits: 4 cr. Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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4.00 Credits
Surveys European art from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries, arts of Africa and the United States, and the modern pictorial media of advertising and television. Special emphasis is given to methods of analysis including connoisseurship, Marxism, and feminism. Class meetings incorporate lecture and discussion, field trips to local museums, student presentations, and collaborative learning projects. Credits: 4 cr. Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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3.00 Credits
A two-week academic study tour in Burgundy, France, focusing on the historical, artistic, religious, literary, and social developments of medieval Burgundy in the 12th and 13th centuries. Though based in Pontigny, students will make several excursions to abbeys, castles, museums, and significant archaeological sites. Credits: 3 cr. Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component (one credit). Crosslisted: HI 280; RS 280 Liberal Studies Requirement: Religious Studies or Culture and Civilization
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