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  • ARAB 203: Oral & Written Arabic I

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARAB 203 -- Oral & Written Arabic I (3). This course focuses on expressing yourself; telling about your experiences, expressing opinions and wishes, presenting persuasive speeches. Social roles will be practiced and many cultural topics will be discussed. Grammer will be systematically reviewed. Since class preparation will regularly entail written expression, the emphasis in class will be on oral expression.
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  • ARAB 320: Media Arabic

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARAB 320 -- Media Arabic (3). This course concentrates on newspaper Arabic. Modern Standard Arabic is used for all journalistic purposes, regardless of the country of publication. Due to the formal nature of the language of the media, certain fixed phrases and set expressions occur and reoccur many times, expressions which are not used in everyday colloquial speech. This course systematically presents these formulaic expressions, rhetorical devices and appropriate vocabulary in an authenitic context. The textbook will be used in conjunction with ancillary material gleaned from Arabic language newspsapers and magazines. Students will prepare translation exercises on a daily basis, and will keep a scrapbook journal of news clippings gleaned from the Internet with a running list of new lexical items, an item critical to the development of newspaper Arabic Skills.
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  • ARTH 100: Idea + Image

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 100 -- Idea and Image (3) Introductory course in the appreciation and history of art. Covers painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts. Instruction in analysis or art works including such topics as color theory and perspective. Subjects include the pyramids, the Parthenon, the medieval cathedral, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and contemporary art. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: AC credit; 4 credit sections also receive FS credit.
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  • ARTH 101: Survey Of Art:Ancient To Goth

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 101 -- Survey of Art: Ancient to Renaissance (3) Major art styles and monuments of pre-Renaissance art; relationship between art and politics, religion, and economics in ancient societies. Course will also include some discussion of non-western art: the art of native peoples and of the east. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: WC credit.
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  • ARTH 102: Survey Art:Renaissance-Modrn

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 102 -- Survey of Art: Renaissance to Modern (3) Movements and classic problems in Renaissance tradition in art, from 14th century to beginning of 20th century. Emphasis on painting, sculpture and architecture. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: WC credit.
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  • ARTH 304: Great Discoveries In Art&Arch

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 304 -- Great Discoveries in Art and Archaeology (3) Examines some great discoveries in the history of art and archeology. Cultures studied include those in Africa and the Americas, and ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Topics include discovery of tomb of Tutankhamen, invention of photography, excavation of Teotihuacan, Mexico, and Chinese Bronze technology. Prerequisite: an FS course. As demand warrants. Formerly ARTH 104.
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  • ARTH 355: Art In America

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 355 -- Art in America (3) Evolution of American art and architecture from Native-American and colonial times to present. Analysis of European sources and precedents. Major American ideas and attitudes expressed in the visual arts. Major artists discussed with special emphasis on architecture. Spring, alternate years. Gen Ed: AH & WI credit.
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  • ARTH 358: X-Cultural Approach To Art

    0.00 - 3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 358 -- Cross Cultural Approaches to Art (3) How can the term "art" be applied to a cross-cultural context? This course approaches the changing definitions of this category from both contemporary and historical perspectives. Our study will include material from four broad cultural areas in detail: Native American, Aboriginal Australian, African and Chinese. We will consider how contemporary artsists in change. The course will address broad topics such as the ritual use of art, authenticity, aesthetics, tradition and modernity, art education, social memory, politics and creativity. Spring. Gen Ed: AC & XC credit.
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  • ARTH 365: Art & Culture In China

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 365 -- Art and Culture of China (3) The course presents a critical approach to the relationship between art and culture in China. The course goal is to understand the forms, meanings and circulation of the Chinese arts from the perspective of its producers. The traditional arts of Imperial China will be approached chronologically from within several thematic areas. The primary focus in these area will be the relationship between art and culture, with particular attention paid to painting produced in the literati or amateur artist tradition. The course examines issues such as the transnational circulation of Chinese artists, the representation of China's ethnic minorities, and the Western conceptions of Chinese tradition.
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  • ARTH 385: Art&Archaeology-Classical Wrld

    0.00 - 3.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Potsdam

    ARTH 385 -- Art and Archeology of the Classical World (3) Art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome as reflected in the paintings, sculpture and architecture revealed by archaeological excavations at the great sites of Troy, Knossos, Athens, Delphi, Rome and Pompeii. As demand warrants. Gen Ed: SI credit.
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