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4.00 Credits
Although we tend to attribute much of our environmental degradation to technical inadequacies, the more significant obstacles are manifested in our own the social institutions and psychology. This course will examine the complex relationship between culture and the environment - how people relate to their environment and what it means in terms of attitudes and perspectives. Case studies of different cultures will be incorporated to illustrate the effects of these phenomena. Students will also explore potential solutions to deal with these problems.
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4.00 Credits
The objectives of this course are: to understand the psychological origin and scope of current environmental problems and how they relate to our values, attitudes, and behaviors; to study human experiences and behavior in its environmental, political and spiritual context; to question the human institutions and values that lead to environmental problems; and to explore the role of humans within the larger ecosystem.
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4.00 Credits
What are humans and how did we get to be the way we are? How do we live? What makes us act the way we do? Are we moral? How do we effect other species and the world around us? These are the questions we shall investigate in this course, and to answer them we will take an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the disciplines from both the natural (biology, ecology) and social (anthropology, sociology) sciences to provide insights into the heart and soul of the human species. After examining the process of natural selection we will explore how it forged modern Homo sapiens over the last 5 million years. We will then look at the finished product both in terms of our mental and physical characteristics. We shall complete this investigation by examining how we (humans) tend to interact with other species and our surrounding environment. It is hoped that many of the complexities and confusion about who we are will become more clear as we develop an understanding of both our capabilities as well as our limitations. Overall, students should gain a more complete comprehension of who they are as a member of the human species.
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4.00 Credits
A sequence of experiences and discussions intended to expand the student's awareness of the visual world and of the special language of visual communication through drawing. The use of materials such as a brush and ink, pencil, and collage will be stressed.
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4.00 Credits
Drawing from a variety of sources including the live model and biological specimens as fundamental experiences for developing hand-eye coordination. Various media and techniques will be explored.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the visual elements and principles of design, incorporating contemporary and historic visual sources and presented through studio projects and discussions.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of ancient to contemporary western and non-western art history.
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4.00 Credits
A survey starting with man's earliest known artistic expression and continuing through the material culture of the Mediterranean basin into the earlier periods of Western European painting, sculpture, and architecture: Early Christian, Byzantine, Caroligian and Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic. Along with a history of artistic form and its practitioners, this course will provide an introduction to the analysis of visual works of art. A field trip is required.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture beginning with Giotto and the early Italian Renaissance, through the Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, the Italian Baroque, Northern Baroque, Rococo to the French Revolution and David. A field trip is required.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of painting and sculpture from the mid-19th century to the present. Avant-garde developments in Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Postmodernism are emphasized. A field trip is required.
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