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4.00 Credits
Cities cannot exist in isolation but depend upon rural areas for food, natural resources, labor, housing, and recreation. Drawing upon examples from the U.S. and the developing world, this course examines the mutual dependencies and flows between city and countryside and the social and cultural consequences of these interactions. The course considers the implications for ruralurban dynamics of specific trends such as: the mechanization of agriculture, export oriented agriculture, offshore manufacturing, free trade agreements, circular migration, tourism, immigration policy, and international labor migration. This course may be used as an elective in the urban and community studies degree program; as part of the sociology concentration; and as a free elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
The Senior Thesis is the final requirement in the urban and community studies degree program. Students will conduct and present research on a selected major issue in the field of urban and community studies. The course will provide students the opportunity to develop skills of expressing their research in written and orals forms. The completed written thesis will be presented to the department faculty and then orally defended before a committee of three department faculty members. This is a required course for seniors in the urban and community studies degree program. It may be taken by students in any Liberal Arts degree program with interest in urban and community studies and who satisfy the prerequisites. (0515-442, 0515-406 and 0526-440) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered bi-annually)
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4.00 Credits
This is a lecture-studio/lab course on materials and tools, supports and techniques of works of art on paper and other organic art materials. Topics include the application, development and manufacture of artists' materials: drawings, watercolors, furniture, textiles, prints and photographs. This course includes studio reconstructions of masterworks, lectures, and library research. Part of the art history concentration and minor and the material culture science concentration. May be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces the study and examination of artistic and historic materials within a humanities oriented forum in which students present and debate published research on several famous case studies including: the Shroud of Turin, the Getty Kouros, and the Han van Meegeren forgeries of Vermeer paintings. Emphasis will be placed on using resources from the interdisciplinary fields of art history, art and material science supported by a virtual lab in which the application of instrumental techniques to the materials is demonstrated. Part of the material culture science concentration and may be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with fine arts, 0505-437. Class 4, Credit 4 ( offered annually) 0531-438 Introduction to Art Conservation This course examines the philosophies, ethics, art conservation methods and principles of collection management. An overview of deterioration characteristics and conservation strategies for a variety of materials including: stone, glass, ceramic, wood, paper, new media, metals, textiles, oil paintings and archaeological materials will be presented. Part of the material culture science concentration and may be taken as an elective. No prerequisite. Cross listed with fine arts, 0505-438. Credit 4, Class 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
NAR addresses issues surrounding cultural objects, contested ownerships, repatriation, reparations, legal compliance, museum technologies and the ever-changing role of repositories. This course facilitates experiential learning including work with the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Lectures, round-table discussions, and instruction are provided by museum professionals, nationally renowned speakers, and Native American representatives. Students will comprehend the breadth of federal legislation regulating human remains and objects of culture patrimony, the complex legal and social issues facing museums and communities, and the opportunities that exist as NAGPRA enters into its third decade since ratification in 1990. Part of the Native American science and the material cultural science concentrations andmay be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the anthropological study of metallurgy. The course begins with the survey of the earliest uses of metals and examines some of the early metallurgical treatises. Using archaeologically-derived and modern data, we will explore ancient and current mining and extraction techniques. We will also explore the meanings of metallurgical processes as presented in ethnographic accounts. Using information and data derived from scientific inquiry, archaeological excavations, and ethnographies, we will examine basic metal refining and working techniques. Students will also learn to interpret phase diagrams and study microstructures of metal samples. Part of the material culture science and archaeology concentrations and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the methods of archaeological field work. The course begins with the student's development of a research question and design. We then explore the feasibility of this research through the examination of sampling techniques, site survey, and excavation. Field methods of recording, photography and artifact conservation will also be discussed. Students will be able to analyze the usefulness of the field techniques in light of the archaeological scientific methods for dating, and organic and inorganic analyses. Students should emerge from the course understanding the values of the techniques necessary for proper archaeological excavation towards the reconstruction of the past and the development of an understanding of our present. Part of the material culture science and archaeology concentrations and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
The resilience of Native North Americans continues to amaze anthropologists and those who once proclaimed them certain for extinction. What can now be acclaimed as a remarkable revival of dead Indians, these cultures are rich and thriving. They maintain their world views but in a drastically changed and contemporary setting. Many tribes own casinos, hotels, resorts, and other successful businesses. Not only are the values and their heritage alive and well, they are quite successful in reviving the formerly outlawed traditions of the past such as Potlatch, Medicine Lodge, and Ghost Dance. This course is taught from a Native American perspective and addresses both past and current issues that affect their culture, heritage, and tribal sovereignty. Part of the material culture science concentration and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
From visions of romantic fantasy to imagery of the barbaric and horrific, Native Americans have been misrepresented in film since the invention of motion pictures. Tonto, Pocahontas, Hiawatha, and how the west was wonhow do you know what is real and what is imagined This course examines the genre of Native American films and intends to critically analyze stereotypes, false imagery, and how these have infatuated even the most educated of viewers. While anthropologists studied diligently among Native Americans, they too fed Hollywood the embellished images that dominate the big screen. We will identify the roles anthropologists have played in the emergence and correction of these Native American stereotypes. Part of the material culture science concentration and may be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with anthropology, 0510 448. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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4.00 Credits
Archaeology is the study of the human past, from the origin of our species through the development of modern, industrial states. In studying the past, archaeology seeks to explain how we, as modern humans came to be. This course discusses how archaeologists study the past and explain how human society has changed over time, and presents an overview of world prehistory, examining key developments in the human past. Specific topics will include the evolution of modern humans, the peopling of the world, the development of agriculture, the rise of states and the development of urban society. Case studies will be used throughout the course. Part of the archaeology concentration and may be used as an elective. Cross-listed with anthropology, 0510-502. Credit 4, Class 4 (offered annually)
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