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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Designed to give students a culminating experience within a range of practical settings related to the art historical profession. Internships require a negotiated number of hours per week and regular evaluation by a supervisor. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits. Approval required of the Art History Internship advisor and the Department Chair. Prerequisite(s): Junior status.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Advanced work in a limited area of art history, developed and executed in consultation with an Art History faculty mentor. Consent required of the instructor who will supervise the independent study and the Department Chair. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Employing works of architecture, sculpture, painting and the decorative arts, explores the twin variables of word and time in shaping varying past and present worldviews. Beginning with the arts of preliterate groups and continuing through the early Renaissance in Northern Europe (c. 1500), examines such topics as writing and symbol, text and image, myth and ritual, history and memory, and cultural defining moments to bring awareness to the power of images as potent historical, political and cultural markers resonating from the past into the present. Students are challenged to understand and explain how the past was/is always "the present" and provides connective links between times and cultures. Falls. (ARTS)(PPDI)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of people and cultures around the world. A brief survey of the 4 major divisions of anthropology (archaeology, cultural, physical, linguistics) is followed by a comprehensive discussion of the concept of culture and its technological, social and ideological components. Falls and Springs. (GLOB)(GACO)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to archaeology (prehistory/history) including a survey of scientific methods used, core concepts, a brief outline of the prehistoric developments of the human species and the archaeological perspective on human behavior in the distant and more recent past. Falls. (SPSY)
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3.00 Credits
A scientific examination of humans as biological organisms. Surveys current research on evolutionary theory and principles; introductory Mendelian, molecular and population genetics; human biological adaptation and diversity; nonhuman primate biology and behavior; human and nonhuman fossil record. Humans are members of the Kingdom Animalia and the Order Primates and thus share many features with other animals, particularly the other Primates. This relationship is explored, both as to shared features and those which are unique to humans. Falls and Springs. (SCIE)
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the laboratory methods of physical or biological anthropology. Major areas include heredity, skeletal biology, human biological variation and fossil primates. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): AN 2300 or concurrent with AN 2300. (SLAB)
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3.00 Credits
Examines archaeological evidence for the rise of civilization in Egypt. Topics include the history of exploration, art and architecture, social history, mummification, burial rites and gods. Emphasis is on pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Temples of Karnak and Luxor, as well as some of the latest discoveries. Also examines popular misconceptions about Egypt. Fall of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or AN 2250.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the archaeological and ethnohistorical data for the existence of high civilizations in Mesoamerica such as the Olmec, Maya and Aztec. Traces the prehistory from earliest people into the historic era of Spanish conquest and domination. Fall of even years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the cultural diversity of West Indian Island societies. Special topics include subsistence horticulture and plantation economies, family and village structure, ethnic diversity, development and nationalism and folk culture and health. Spring of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.
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