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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the history of American housework, to theories of housework's meaning, to studies of household divisions of labor, to the home economics movement, and to contemporary approaches to "the housework problem." It will focus onsociological literatures that intersect around issues of the family, of public and private spheres of influence, of divisions of labor, of gender, and of social and cultural change. Prereq: Permission of the instructor; A. Singer
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the constructed nature of law, order, justice, and social reality itself. In addition to sociological and cross-cultural readings, we will consider the issue of social order and control through literature, which provides key insights into social institutions that generate order, including the educational and legal systems, the police and military, the family, the workplace, and the media. We will also examine traditions of dissent that have challenged existing social orders. Prereq: junior standing; ANSO 300 recommended; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will examine contemporary political, cultural and environmental movements involving indigenous peoples in Latin America, including the armed struggles of the Zapatista army in Southern Mexico, the Pan-Maya cultural movement in Guatemala, and indigenous concerns and activism surrounding environmental and intellectual property rights issues. Prereq: ANSO 232 or ANSO 234 recommended; CL: LAST 342; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Working closely with a departmental faculty member, each student prepares a research proposal including appropriate theoretical and methodological background materials and a detailed research design to be implemented in ANSO 399. During periodic group meetings, issues that have emerged in research design are shared and alternative solutions are discussed. Prereq: senior standing or ANSO 300, ANSO 301, or permission of the instructor; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Working closely with a departmental faculty member, each student executes the research design prepared in ANSO 398 and prepares a "professional" research report. These reports areorally summarized and discussed during group meetings toward the end of the term. Prereq: ANSO 398 or permission of the department; O; W; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Surveys painting, sculpture and architecture with emphasis on the Western world from their origins in prehistory through the Middle Ages. While the focus of the course is on Western traditions, issues and works from non-Western cultures are also treated. The course aims to develop a sense of visual literacy and an iconographic knowledge of art while examining key works in various historical, religious, political, philosophical and socio-cultural contexts. G. Gilbert
  • 3.00 Credits

    Surveys the painting, sculpture and architecture of the Western world from the Renaissance to the present. While the focus of the course is on Western traditions, issues and works from non- Western cultures are also treated. The course aims to develop a sense of visual literacy and an iconographic knowledge of art while examining key works in various historical, religious, political, philosophical and socio-cultural contexts. G. Gilbert
  • 3.00 Credits

    Drawing is the probity of art, said Ingres. Since drawing is the basis for constructing visual form, ART 110, 210, 310, and 312 constitute an ongoing drawing workshop available to all students every term. Focusing on close observation from nature and working primarily from the life model, issues of composition, proportion, space and volume are addressed as well as issues of the gaze. A variety of media including charcoal, ink wash and collage are explored. ARTS; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores a variety of approaches and attitudes. Fundamentals of color harmony, shape, and space; two and three-dimensional organization of a painted surface. Projects in still life, figure, landscape, and non-objective painting. Grade is based on work presented at weekly group critiques. ARTS; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Includes fundamentals of exposing, developing, printing, and displaying black and white photographs. Group critiques of class work. Students supply camera, film, printing paper, and mounting supplies. Darkroom facilities and processing chemicals are supplied with a lab fee applied. This course focuses on both technical competence and conceptual creativity. ARTS; M. Godsil
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