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  • 0505-442: Music in the United States

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A survey of music in the United States from the time of European colonization to the present. Particular emphasis is placed upon the question of what makes music distinctively "American." Part of the American artistic experience andESL concentrations; the music concentrations and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0505-443: Images of American Life

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Students examine images of American life in the 19th and 20th century in the visual arts, particularly photography, to analyze and evaluate the influences of American political, social and cultural events on imagery and perception. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the art history concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0505-444: American Painting

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A survey of the style and meaning in American paintings from the colonial limners to contemporary artists. Centers on what distinguishes painting of the colonies and of the United States from its European counterpart. Part of the American artistic experience and ESL concentration; the art history concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0505-445: Issues in American Art

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A comprehensive overview of American attitudes and philosophies as they have shaped and been embodied in our artistic heritage. Emphasis is placed on American art from 1850 to the present. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the art history concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0505-446: American Film in the Studio Era

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course examines the history and aesthetics of the motion picture in the U.S. during the classical hollywood studio period. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of both the work of major American film makers and the evolution of major American film genres. Among the filmmakers to be studied are Griffith, Chaplin, Hawks, Ford, Capra, Welles, Hitchcock, Wilder and Kubrick. Genres to be covered include the melodrama, silent comedy, screwball comedy, western, thriller, film noir, and the gangster film. The films will be studied within the context of contemporary cultural and political events, and will be discussed from several viewpoints. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the art history concentration and minor; affiliated elective in the women and gender studies minor; and the theatre arts minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0505-447: American Musical Theatre

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Survey of the development of American opera and the American musical theater, highlighting representative works, composers, librettists and performers of both the "cultivated and vernacular traditions." Part of the Americanartistic experience concentration; the music concentration and minor; and the theatre arts minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0505-448: 20th Century American Music

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Survey of both the cultivated and vernacular traditions of American music in the 20th century taking into account its political, social and historical frameworks. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the music concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0505-449: Music Theory I

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    For the student who has basic musical literacy (ability to read music notation). In addition to the writing of melody, two-part counterpoint and four-part harmony, some attention is given to the analysis of form and style. Part of the music concentration and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0505-450: Music and the Stage

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A historical and cultural survey of collaboration between the arts of music and theater, focusing on a selection of significant creative products that combine music and drama. Included are works by Shakespeare, Monteverdi, Moliere, Mozart-DaPointe, John Gay, Beethoven-Goethe, Wagner, Puccini, Brecht-Weill, and Berstein, spanning the genres of Renaissance tragedy and comedy, opera serial, opera buffa, ballad opera, incidental music romantic drama, Italian opera, music drama, epic theater, cabaret, vaudeville, and musical comedy. Part of the music concentration and minor and the theater arts concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0505-452: Special Topics:American Art

    3.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    A critical examination of issues and/or artistic developments in American art. The topic may have been briefly covered in another concentration course. Provides a unique opportunity to expose the student to an in-depth analysis of one selected aspect of America art. Examples of likely topics are: American landscape painting; American portraiture; pop art of the '60s; jazz; Robert Venturi and post-modern architecture in America; criticism and theory; or other topics dealing with American painting, sculpture, architecture, music and film. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the art history concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Prerequisites, if any, are determined by the instructor. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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