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  • 4.00 Credits

    Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit. (Any combination of Intercultural Studies 80, 80W, 80X, 80Y, and 80Z may be taken up to six times, not to exceed 18 units, as long as the topics/projects are different each time.) Practical work with a community, business or civic institution and reflection on that activity.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Four hours lecture. Interdisciplinary examination of historical and contemporary race and ethnic relations in the United States. Topics include racial and ethnic identity, racial privilege and inequality, theories of race and racial ideology, and pluralism and the work of antiracism. Application of theories, concepts, and research frameworks towards studying race and ethnicity in local contexts.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Arts 2G. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. A general introduction to art through major Asian artistic traditions. Focuses upon paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and architecture and their religious, cultural, historical, and social contexts. Examines arts from China, Japan, India, Central Asia, Himalayas, and Southeast Asia and assesses the contributions of Asian art in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 211 and Reading 211 (or Language Arts 211), or English as a Second Language 272 and 273. Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. An introduction to the humanities through Vietnamese literature. Exploration of oral tradition, folk literature, traditional elite literature, modern prose, exile writings, and Vietnamese American literary expressions. Students develop an historical and aesthetic understanding of Vietnamese and Vietnamese American creative expressions, with emphasis on native development and international influences.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly Intercultural Studies 19A.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as History 19A. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. An introductory study of the development of Chinese and Japanese civilizations from their origins through the eighteenth century.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly Intercultural Studies 19B.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as History 19B. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. An introductory study of the development of modern China and Japan in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly International Studies 67.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Arts 2H. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to the visual arts of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica, an area extending from northern Mexico through Central America, and the Andean region of South America. This course covers diverse art forms, including architecture, ceramics, weaving, painting and sculpture from antiquity to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares indigenous arts of the Americas to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of indigenous cultures in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Arts 2J. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to some of the many indigenous art traditions around the world, with emphasis placed upon traditional arts created for use in small-scale communities from the Americas, South Pacific region and Africa. Diverse art forms covered will include sculpture, painting, performance, ceramics, textiles and architecture from antiquity through the colonial period to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares arts from indigenous peoples to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of indigenous arts in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Arts 2K. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. An exploration of the visual arts of Islam in a global context, including comparative analysis of the arts from diverse regions of the Islamic world. Examines artistic traditions of calligraphy, miniature painting, textiles, decorative arts and architecture from the beginnings of the Islamic faith to the present, and Islamic contributions to world art history. Includes interdisciplinary analysis of Islamic visual arts, emphasizing the cultural and religious contexts, as well as issues related to gender and social class.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Arts 2L. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to the visual arts of Africa, covering diverse art forms, including sculpture, painting, performance, ceramics, textiles and architecture from antiquity through the colonial period to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares arts from Africa to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of African arts in a global context.
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