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3.00 Credits
The intent of this course is to acquaint the student with the painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts of the United States produced during the years beginning with the Civil War to the present. Works of art will be discussed as products of the political, social, and cultural conditions found in the United States, and ideas regarding the revision of research in studies regarding American art will be introduced. 3 semester hours
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Asurvey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography in Europe from 1750 to 1900. The course examines how each of the media at once drew upon the art of the past and broke with long-established conventions to formulate models of representation that anticipate Modern Art. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Western Europe and the United States from 1900 to the present. 3 semester hours
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This course looks at studies over the past twenty years that have resituated the significant contributions of women in making, commissioning, and inspiring artistic images. These re-evaluations have led to a richer, more nuanced history- one that posits gender as an integral factor and that reveals the key role women have played in the world of art. We will focus on how artists portrayed women and the ways representations of women function as a manifestation of culture. The work of women artists and feminist critical discourse will be included. 3 semester hours
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This course covers the outstanding arts of Africa, encompassing visual arts and architecture of ancient cultures, regional artistic traditions in more recent pre-colonial times, and contemporary art. Students gain an appreciation of the scope of this field while achieving an in-depth understanding of particular African artistic traditions, artists, and artworks within their historical and cultural contexts. The course also promotes an understanding of the arts of the African Diaspora, focusing on artistic expressions in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. 3 semester hours
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This course presents the history of photography, from its beginnings in the 1830s to the recent post-modern era. Key figures in the history of photography are placed within the context of corresponding artistic movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. 3 semester hours
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Topics offered in response to student and/or faculty interest. 3 semester hours each
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3.00 Credits
This course is not about religions, but religion. By looking at the “logic” behind the religious experience and the religious beliefsof many cultures, the course delves into the varieties of religious philosophy and religious practice that exist in the world. The importance of religions as a way to find meaning in life, and the expressions of religious belief in magic, witchcraft, astrology, spirit mediums, voodoo, ritual, symbol, myth, and ethics are explored. The social uses of religions in group formation and cohesion, politics, and cultural revitalization are explained. The role of religion in American life and social/political behavior is discussed. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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2.00 Credits
This course deals with the interaction of biological and cultural factors in the evolution of modern humans and their adaptation to the environment. The course begins by reviewing the mechanisms of biological evolution and genetics and how appearance and behavior are encoded, and changed through time. By first looking at our closest, non-cultural bearing relatives, the monkeys and great apes, the contrast between biological and cultural factors is emphasized. The detective work in interpreting the fossil record of human evolution is then examined to understand better how humans came to be the species we are. The remainder of the course looks at variation in modern humans in various climates and regions, and explains how variation in biological form-skin color, body form, eye shape, variation in growth patterns, menarche, disease, sexual behavior, and "race"-araffected by biological and cultural factors. A two-hour lab permits hands-on examination of the specimens and the tools and techniques physical anthropologists use. No prerequisite. Meets the General Education requirement for a science with lab or a social science elective. 4 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This course concerns ideas of human sexuality and to a lesser extent, gender, in a cross-cultural context. In the course, students study the human brain and hormonal system in order to discover what about sexuality and gender are biologically programmed. Once that is established, students look at sexuality as it is understood in a number of cultures, including our own. Topics include (1) marriage systems of different types and how they regulate sex, (2) what different cultures define as customary or "normal"sexual practice and what is regarded as abnormal, (3) sexual custom versus sexual practice, and (4) sexual taboos and how taboos reflect masculinity, femininity, and other culturally defined sexual orientations. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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