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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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ANTH 275L - Peoples and Cultures of China
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course describes and analyzes China and Chinese society through the perspective of culture. By looking at the ways in which Chinese people lead their lives, the beliefs and ideas they place importance upon and the ways in which these ideas are manifested in people’s actions, we hope to gain a more thorough understanding of China as a social, political and economic entity, and a more nuanced and analytical understanding of China’s diverse peoples. Some of the themes we will address include the following: unity and diversity in Chinese society, the role of the family, the place of the state, food and eating, gender relations, ritual and religion, popular culture (particularly movies and opera), economic and social change, nationalism and international relations. ANTH 275L and ASIAN 275L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
036997:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 278L - Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction to key issues and themes in Indigenous Studies and to issues of concern to native peoples today. The majority of the case studies used will refer to Native American/Indigenous Nations from North America, as these nations have the closest relationships with the modern U.S. and are those to whom we have the greatest responsibilities. Other case studies will be drawn from South and Central America, the Pacific (particularly Hawaii, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Australia) and Asia. ANTH 278L and NAIS 278L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
037079:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 280 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Description:
The study of special topics in anthropology. Consult department’s description of current offerings to find out about the topics being explored this semester. May be repeated for credit.
001131:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 295L - Introduction to Human Rights
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This is a collaboratively taught interdisciplinary course on a variety of issues related to Human Rights as discourse and practice. It covers the emergence and institutionalization of human rights discourse in the 20th century, and examines its transformations and extensions into various social, economic, political and cultural realms globally. Topics include critique of Western and normative human rights, policies of indigenous people and women’s rights, and cognitive and practical implementations of human rights. ANTH 295L and WGS 295L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
032283:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 301L - Childhood in America
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An interdisciplinary treatment of conceptions and practices of child nature and nurture in the United States, viewed in the context of American culture and history. The course begins with an historical overview of child life in America, with special attention to Puritan New England, nineteenth century industrialization and urbanization, and twentieth century trends. In treating contemporary childhood, the course examines mainstream patterns of the middle and working classes, both rural and urban; African-American child and family life; Hispano-American child and family life; enculturation among selected American Indian groups; the importance of gender as a variable in childhood experience; and the growing importance of formal institutions-such as schools, youth organizations, and medical institutions-as environments for young people. Children’s own cultural constructions, in the form of games and folklore, are also considered. The course concludes with an examination of selected policy issues affecting children, such as child abuse, medical intervention, day care, and the Children’s Rights Movement. AMST 301L and ANTH 301L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
001119:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 312 - Human Variation
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A consideration of the factors involved in the production and maintenance of biological variability within and between human populations.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or ANTH 105
009671:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 316 - Nutrition, Growth and Behavior
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An evaluation of the influence of nutrition on growth and development in human populations. Particular emphasis on malnutrition and its effects on physical growth, neurological development and behavioral capacity. A model is developed which outlines the relationship between nutritional stress, the behavioral variation produced as a consequence of the stress, and the sociocultural characteristics of human communities.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
009790:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 317 - Human Epidemiology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Epidemiology is the study of disease occurrence and patterns. This course will cover various aspects of epidemiology as applied to human populations, including types of disease and their natural histories, ways of measuring disease occurrence and frequency, ways of studying disease rates and causes, and social disparities in disease burdens. Epidemiology is a foundational area for almost all public health-related work. Understanding how to read, interpret, and conduct epidemiological research will be essential tools for PAMA students looking to pursue careers in public health fields.
009797:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 324 - A Biocultural Approach to War
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course takes a biocultural approach to the study of warfare by taking a broad view of humans as evolved biological organisms and as cultural beings with complex behavior. This course will critically examine a variety of proposed causes for human warfare (evolutionary, materialism, historical contingency), looking at the evidence for conflict and cooperation in humans (and other species) in the archeological and ethnographic records. Second, this course will explore the epidemiological evidence for the effects of war on human health across the globe, including case studies on its effects on psychological health, nutrition, child growth, infection and other sequelae.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ANTH 105 and a minimum of 30 credits
035046:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 336L - Ancient Mesoamerica
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course uses archaeological and ethnohistorical data to chart the prehistoric transformation of Mesoamerica into the setting for several of the ancient world’s most intriguing urban civilizations, including those of the Maya and the Aztecs. Emphasis is given to the common social patterns and ideological premises underlying the region’s long-term cultural and political diversity. ANTH 336L and LATAM 336L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or ANTH 107
001118:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 340 - Historical Archaeology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to historical archaeology, from its initial development to future directions. Topics include the subfields which comprise historical archaeology and their interrelationships; the contributions, both substantive and methodological, of historical archaeology to the field of archaeology; and industrial and historic sites in North America.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 107 or HIST 265
009684:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 341 - Archaeological Method and Theory with Laboratory
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the theory and application of scientific methods in archaeology. Emphasis is given to the ways that the material record of past human activity is formed, from the earliest cultures to those in historic times, and to the recovery and analysis of archaeological data through laboratory and field techniques drawn from geoscience, biology, chemistry, and archaeology.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or ANTH 107
009689:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 343L - African Diaspora Archaeology: Uncovering Roots, Routes, and Resistance
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction to African Diaspora archaeology, a burgeoning area of study within the sub-discipline of historical archaeology. Students will explore the concept of diaspora as a means to critically understand the factors underlying the forced dispersal of African people. Participants will consider how archaeological studies of the African diaspora have yielded alternative interpretations of the black past. Throughout the semester, students will examine how archaeologists have investigated the physical and culture landscape, foodways, ritual and religion and objects from everyday life to reveal the ways the black people have resisted and responded to enslavement and other forms of racial oppression. ANTH 343L and AFRSTY 343L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
039351:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 345 - Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A selective comparative, historical review of major schools of thought in anthropological theory, with special attention to alternative theories of culture, in relation to society, history, ecology, and political economy; and the application of such theories to the analysis of particular ethnographic cases.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or ANTH 103 or ANTH 106
009808:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 346 - Culture, Globalization, and the Environment
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will focus on the interrelation between globalization and the environment in a cross cultural perspective. It will examine the rise of globalization from its colonial antecedents to the modern global era and its multiple effects on local populations and their environment. Topics include environmental institutions, global discourses of environmentalism, environmental movements., media, climate change, and finally, understanding the complex and dynamic nature of engagements between `the local’ and `the global’.
035503:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 349 - Anthropology of Development
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the contributions made by anthropology to the analysis of development in the Third World. It assesses two contrasting perspectives: ‘development anthropology’, which focuses on the dynamics of working on practical projects, and the `anthropology of development’ which makes a series of critiques of development theory and practice. Topics include planning and policy; indigenous traditional knowledge, aid, health, and sustainable development.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or ANTH 103 or ANTH 106
009865:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 352 - Applied Social Anthropology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
How is social anthropology used to solve human problems? This course considers anthropological research and intervention in such fields as business management, communications, health care, parks and recreation, urban development, education, and mental health. Special attention is given to the ethical dilemmas encountered by practicing anthropologists. This course helps students assess the relevance of social science training to later career choices.
009814:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 353 - Urban Anthropology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A comparative study of the form and quality of urban life in the contemporary United States and in selected non-Western cultures. Through an examination of selected case studies, the course assesses the varying theories, methodological strategies, and research techniques that have been employed in anthropological analyses of cities; and considers their significance in the broader field of urban studies. Attention is also given to the cultural evolutionary processes leading to the origin and spread of cities and urbanized society, in both the ancient and modern worlds.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 106 or permission of instructor
009630:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 356 - African Diaspora Art in the City
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
For anthropology and other disciplines, the concept of diaspora helps us understand the role of forced and voluntary dispersal of African people in terms of experience, interpretation, and activism. In this course, the arts are our lens onto the diverse experiences of people of African descent, including how Black people live their histories of movement and also have responded to and resisted racial oppression as they have been rooted and routed across space and time. The course examines different forms of art (primarily visual and performing arts), what they mean to artists producing them, how they are categorized in institutions and communities, and how they illuminate ways of anchoring community and identity to place. The course takes us comparatively across global, national, and local (Boston) spaces in order to illuminate how people(s) use arts to express aesthetic, moral, spiritual, and philosophical dimensions of what it means to be human. The overall approach is drawn from Anthropology - the science of the study of culture - but we also draw from analyses in history, art history, activism, and community development/empowerment. Geographic areas covered include Africa, North America, and the Caribbean.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
040561:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 357 - Culture, Disease, and Healing
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Human adaptations to disease and illness in prehistory and history, and across cultures. Medical systems considered as social and cultural systems related to social structure, religion, economics, and power. Topics include medical anthropology as a field of study, paleopathology, ecology and epidemiology of disease, theories of disease and healing, sorcery and witchcraft, public health and preventive medicine, anatomy and surgery, obstetrics and population control, pain and stress, emotional states, status and role of healers and patients.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or ANTH 102 or ANTH 103 or ANTH 105 or ANTH 106
009822:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 358 - Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The social environment is widely recognized to play a critical role in shaping patterns of health and disease within and across populations. Understanding the processes through which the social environment “gets under the skin” to influence health has become an important question across medical and social science fields, including anthropology. This course will explore key social determinants of health being explored by medical and bio-cultural anthropologists, including: socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, neighborhood environments, social relationships, and political economy. Mechanisms through which these factors are hypothesized to influence health, such as stress and access to health resources and constraints, will be discussed, as well as the ways in which these mechanisms operate within communities and across the life-course. An overarching theme of the course will be how social factors that adversely affect health are inequitably distributed, contributing to marked health disparities.
039759:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 361L - Indigenous Film and Critical Visual Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores the ways in which filmmakers have engaged with the notion of ingenuousness primarily through feature film and documentary forms over the last 40 years. The course will look at films directed, produced and written by indigenous and non-indigenous film-makers. We will examine films from a number of different geographical areas, concentrating on North America (the United States and Canada), Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, and Southern Africa. We will also be looking at a select number of films from other areas in relationship to specific issues, these include Tuvalu, Kazakhstan and Guatemala. As part of the course structure, we will also be engaging with a number of specific issues. These include colonialism, identity, the importance of land, environmental destruction, gender, coming of age, new media platforms, the impact of commercial media, and commodification and appropriation of indigenous peoples. A select numb er of film-makers will also be joining the course as guest lecturers.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
040818:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 364 - Anthropology of Adolescence: Biocultural Interactions
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course takes an anthropological, biological, and phylogenetic approach to questions about adolescence, including: What elements of growth and maturation define adolescence, and is this life stage unique to humans? How do the body’s priorities change, and what can we learn about the selective pressures that shaped human evolution when we examine those changes in the context of ecological and cultural variation? How, at the threshold of adulthood, is gender newly constructed, and what commonalities and cultural variations in the gender inculcation process exist across the glove? Texts will include literature on human growth and development; comparative data from non-human primates; anthropological literature on rites of passage viewed cross-culturally; and literary dramatizations of coming of age.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: International
039352:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 365 - Indigenous and Tribal Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on the visual and artistic cultures of small-scale societies, starting with prehistoric cave paintings and stretching to tribal and peasant communities to today’s postcolonial societies.
040281:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 366 - The Anthropology of Religion
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A comparative study of religion, including belief systems, social functions, ritual processes. Religions of a variety of cultures are considered, and some emphasis is given to the development of modern anthropological theories of religion and on current methods of analysis and interpretation.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or ANTH 103 or ANTH 106
009839:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 367 - Social and Cultural Perspectives on Witchcraft and Sorcery
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 30 credits or permission of instructor.
009609:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 368 - Myth in Cultural Context
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An anthropological analysis and interpretation of myth, using texts from a variety of world cultures, including African, ancient Middle Eastern, Native American, Amazonian, Mediterranean and other traditions as primary materials. The course offers an overview of central problems and issues in the anthropological study of myth, and emphasizes the importance of examining myths within their socio-cultural settings. The course also considers some of the important theoretical perspectives that have been developed within anthropology for the study of myths and folklore.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 30 credits or permission of instructor.
009843:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 372 - Anthropology of Death
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Although human mortality occurs in all societies, it is understood and defined differently within various settings. This course examines how culture influences the way people respond to the fact of death. Key themes include: the analysis of funeral rituals; religion and art in relation to death; cultural dimensions of mourning; and the relationship between social organization and death.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 30 credits.
032321:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 374 - Cultural Politics and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces intellectual debates about the historical and ethnographical world of indigenous populations in Latin America, focusing on how politically powerful outsiders have impacted these groups from pre-Columbian times to the present. Students will also analyze how indigenous ontologies influence knowledge, identity, and the role that they play when confronted by Western modernity through its different projects such as development, land reform, neoliberalism, environmental struggles, gender, democratization, autonomy, and migration.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
038175:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 412 - Issues in Biological Anthropology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An in-depth discussion of current research in biological anthropology based on the reading of primary material from the recent literature. The course is oriented toward the study of human populations and focuses on important controversies and major research trends in a variety of areas including skeletal biology, nutrition, genetics, epidemiology, and evolutionary theory.
009856:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 413 - Forensic Osteology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Forensic Osteology
001130:2
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 432 - Archeological Science
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
This course applies the methods and techniques of the sciences to the problems and issues of archaeology. The course is part of the teaching program of the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, a Boston-area consortium of universities and museums. Courses may be taught at any of the participating institutions, and exact content will vary.
009860:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 444 - Cooperative Education for Anthropology Majors
3 - 6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 4 times/12 credits
Description:
Through the Cooperative Education Program anthropology majors may be placed in paid work situations either directly related to the field of anthropology or where anthropological concepts, theories, and/or methods can be explored. In conjunction with the work experience, students undertake a learning project under the direction of a faculty member. This project is based on a prospectus approved by the faculty advisor, which should include appropriate readings, field observation, and written work equivalent to a 3-credit, classroom-based course. Note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009864:1
3 - 6 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 476L - Current Issues in Native America
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This seminar focuses on the lives of modern Native Americans, on reservations and off. Topics for reading, discussion, and original research include law, politics, economic development, public health, education, and the arts. Each student in the seminar compiles and presents a comprehensive case study on a subject relevant to one of the seminar themes. AMST 476L and ANTH 476L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: AMST /ANTH 270L
001120:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 477 - LLOP Research Seminar
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Instruction in how to develop a comprehensive plan for research on a Latino Studies topic with significant public policy implications. Review of research design procedures, literature assessment, problem definition, use of range of qualitative and quantitative research methods drawn broadly from the social sciences.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
033029:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 478 - Directed Study I
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Advanced students may conduct independent research under the supervision and guidance of members of the faculty. Please note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009867:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 479 - Directed Study II
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Advanced students may conduct independent research under the supervision and guidance of members of the faculty. Please note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009871:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 484 - Field Research in Biological Anthropology
3 - 10 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A supervised sequence of field research in biological anthropology. This research involves continuous study in a field situation directed by a professional anthropologist. The course may include attendance at field schools directed by qualified faculty outside the University, with permission of the department. No more than six credits from field research courses (483 , 484, 485 , 486) can be applied toward the major.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
009896:1
3 - 10 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 485 - Field Research in Archaeology
3 - 10 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A supervised sequence of field research in archaeology. This research involves continuous study in a field situation directed by a professional anthropologist. The course may include attendance at field schools directed by qualified faculty outside the University, with permission of the department. No more than six credits from field research courses (483 , 484 , 485, 486) can be applied toward the major.
009898:1
3 - 10 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 488 - Internship in Anthropology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
Part-time work experience (8 hours per week) in an appropriate business, governmental, laboratory, clinical, museum, or non-profit institution, supervised by an on-site supervisor and an Anthropology Department faculty sponsor. Conferences with the course instructor and appropriate written work are required. The department strongly recommends that students take ANTH 352 before enrolling in this course. Note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009900:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 490 - Independent Rsrch I
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
Independent research in anthropology conducted under the supervision of members of the faculty. Please note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009902:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ANTH 491 - Independent Research II
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
Independent research in anthropology conducted under the supervision of members of the faculty. Please note: This course may not be counted toward the anthropology major distribution requirement.
009905:1
3 Credit(s) |
Applied Behavioral Analysis |
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ABA 340 - Registered Behavior Technician Training
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides an overview of a behavior analytic approach to working with a range of consumers, with a primary focus on working with individuals with autism. Topics covered include measurement, assessment, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, documentation and reporting, and professional conduct and scope of practice. Culminating event is a competency-based assessment containing a combination of interview and observation. This course fulfills the Behavior Analyst Certification BoardTM (BACB) training requirements needed to acquire a RBT credential. Students must also pass the RBT exam given by the BACB to become certified. This training program is based on the Registered Behavior Technician Task List and is designed to meet the 40-hour training requirement for the RBT credential. The program is offered independent of the BACB.
039772:1
4 Credit(s) |
Arabic |
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ARABIC 101 - Elementary Arabic I
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Arabic 101 is designed for students with no previous knowledge, or very limited knowledge of the Arabic language. The first part of this course focuses on learning the script, sound and writing systems in Arabic. Building upon these skills, in the second part of the course, we will focus on the four communication skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). We will also immerse ourselves in Arabic language and culture through various activities designed around the audio-visually enhanced Maha and Khalid, and their family storyline.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
035169:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 102 - Elementary Arabic II
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Arabic 102 picks up where Arabic 101 left off. Our central tasks will be building vocabulary and mastering basic grammatical structures. We’ll also stress training in reading and writing Arabic sentences and in enhancing spoken skills necessary for a variety of daily activities. As the course progresses, more emphasis will fall on assimilating the language for more complex communicative purposes related to describing self, family members, career plans, and abstract matters like personal feelings and decisions.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ARABIC 101 or equivalent
035170:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 201 - Intermediate Arabic I
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an intermediate course, typically undertaken after completion of two university semesters of Arabic. Central tasks will be building vocabulary, mastering grammatical structures, training in reading comprehension, writing Arabic sentences, and enhancing spoken skills necessary for a variety of daily activities. By the end of this semester, you should master intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
038849:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 202 - Intermediate Arabic II
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Arabic I. It is generally appropriate for students who have completed three semesters of the study of Arabic. Central tasks will be building vocabulary, mastering grammatical structures, improving reading comprehension, writing Arabic sentences, and enhancing the spoken skills necessary for a variety of daily activities. By the end of the semester, the successful student should reach intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
039108:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 252L - Global Refugee Narratives
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Across political, cultural, and literary narratives, problematic representations of Muslim refugees are often fueled by distorted imaginations of their cultural and religious identities. In this course, students will explore literary texts and films that examine the contemporary global refugee crisis. Supplementary readings will provide critical context for studying the different constructions and realities of refugee lives. Students will emerge from this class with the ability to critically examine the cultural spaces refugees occupy in western discourse. They will further be able to articulate how refugee identities are constructed across a range of literary narratives that represent them.
040735:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 280L - Muslim Women Writers
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course engages students with Muslim women?s voices through the prisms of literary criticism and feminist theory. Muslim women have long used literature to advance their status and fight for their rights, but also to declare agency over their narratives and rewrite history from their own perspectives. Students will learn about the role of major political events, cultural ideologies, and literary movements in shaping modern literatures by Muslim women. Students are expected to emerge from this class with a better understanding Muslim feminism?s literary poetics, and its contributions to the advancement for Muslim women around the globe.
040736:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 290 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Special topics in Arabic.
039149:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 320 - Modern Arabic Literature
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course considers a variety of work by Arab authors, all written or translated into English. Students will explore key trends, movement, and transformations that have shaped the modern Arabic literary tradition. They will examine narratives in various genres- including the novel, short story and film, which consider a range of political, social, and literary topics. Supplementary readings will provide critical context for analysis and interpretation. Themes may include postcolonial legacies, political struggle, Arab encounters with the West, and the quest for identity.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
039719:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 378 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Independent Study |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Independent study in Arabic
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
039975:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 379 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Independent Study |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Independent study in Arabic
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
039976:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 478 - Readings and Research
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Primarily for seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth,one ordinarily not available in standard course offering. a written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to supervising instructor and department.
039978:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ARABIC 479 - Readings and Research
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Primarily for seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth, one ordinarily not available in standard course offerings. A written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to supervising instructor and department.
039977:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ART 100 - The Language of Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The course teaches students to begin to understand the processes of artistic creation. It enables the student to grasp the expressive content of works of art in a wide variety of media and to analyze how the artist creates his/her effect. It is not an historical survey. Through lectures, discussions, field trips, and museum visits, the student studies paintings, sculptures, and buildings; examples are chosen as often as possible from the Boston area. The course addresses such concepts as elements of composition, rhythm, symmetry, and space; and the possibilities of differing interpretations of subject matter. It offers a solid introduction to the arts by developing the student’s ability to see and analyze forms as the result of aesthetic and interpretive decisions. (Course offered in CAPS.)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
001061:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 101 - Ancient and Medieval Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The course offers an historical survey of art and architecture of the ancient world, giving particular emphasis to Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures. Students are also introduced to the arts in Medieval Europe, with a special focus on the Romanesque and Gothic styles. (Course offered in the fall only.)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
001060:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 102 - Renaissance to Modern Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An historical survey of Western art and architecture from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. The course deals with different aspects of the art of the Renaissance in Italy and the North, the Baroque and Rococo, Neoclassicism and Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. (Course offered in the spring only.)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
001059:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 104L - Introduction to East Asian Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction to East Asian art, focusing on Japan and China. It is divided into three historical segments: early forms of Buddhism, paintings of the scholar class, and the interaction of tradition with imported Western cultural forms. These topics provide a comparative context for exploring style, culture, class and gender. ART 104L and ASIAN 104L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
031940:1
3 Credit(s) |
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4 Credit(s) |
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ART 175 - Visual Techniques
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an exploration of the fundamental concepts of two-dimensional art: Color, Design and Subject. It will include a series of short studio assignments to experiment with color organization, color application, color function, composition, line, shape, virtual space, flatness, mark-making, genre and metaphor.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010122:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 199 - Visual Thinking
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course serves as an introduction to the visual arts by emphasizing how one thinks visually. It provides training and exploration in the organization of sensory experiences - experiences which are already ordered in forms of art and design or which are encountered haphazardly in the world around us. Writing assignments complement studio exercises , lectures and selected reading dealing with issues such as space, light, color, and composition.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010470:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 207L - Queer Visual Culture: Sexuality, Gender, and Visual Representation
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores visual representations of gender and sexuality and the socio-historical contexts of their production. Non-heteronormative viewpoints area a specific focus, as are the scholarly frameworks of feminism, LGBT, (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Studies, and Queer Theory.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
039204:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 208 - Introduction to Contemporary Practices in Fiber Art
3 Credit(s) | Studio | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Introduction to Contemporary Practices in Fiber Art is a studio art class that will explore broad examples of material studies using fiber media. Embroidery, knitting and machine knitting will be introduced. We will discuss the historical overlaps of computing and textile technology and look at artists’ methods of interfacing digital media and fiber.
040998:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 210 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Topics vary from semester to semester according to the needs of the program and opportunities to engage visiting specialists. Please contact the department for descriptions of current and/or contemplated offerings. (Course not offered on a regular basis.)
010158:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 212L - Traditional Japanese Architecture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Traditional Japanese Architecture introduces major forms of Japanese architecture, garden, and building practice prior to contact with the west. Students learn about Japan’s two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism, and discover how its architecture gives from to ideas about divinity, ritual, and national identity, by closely studying both the ways that Japanese city plans, and government buildings, illuminate notions of class identity and power, and the distinctive aesthetic principles embodied in residential and leisure sites. All of these examples show how culture provides a vital framework for thought and form. The study of its architecture prior to Japan’s opening to the West helps us understand how modern Japan builds upon its traditions as its engages with issues of contemporary life.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
040267:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 213L - The Art of Editing
Formerly ART 215
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this course, students will learn the art of cinematic editing and learn to recognize the impact of continuity and discontinuity editing. For two hours per week, the course will focus on looking at specific films that creatively engage editing techniques; for the remaining hour each week, students will learn the basics of editing language by putting together their own short sequences. Prior knowledge of editing is not required, but those students with some editing experience will also be able to engage anew with editing by learning from the masters of the trade in the history of cinema.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
040181:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 222 - Survey of American Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture in America from the 17th century to the present day. Art works will be presented within the context of American culture and includes such topics as the reliance of early American art on the norms of Europe, the quest for a distinct American cultural identity, and visual arts as expressions distinct ethnic, cultural, and gender groups.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
036546:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 229 - American Prints, Politics, and Popular Culture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This lecture course introduces students to the history of American graphic arts, photography, print media, and visual uses of the Internet through topics in politics and culture. From the first publications of graphic arts in the 16th century, the mass-produced image and its presentation have played a vital role in shaping the way Americans view and represent themselves. Superior examples - those that rise to the level of aesthetic excellence - afford deep and rich opportunities for engaging these ideas. Topics include: American prints, politics, and war; American photography, gender, and identity; race and representation in American culture; and the rise of mass media, the World Wide Web, and advertising in the United States.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
038850:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 230 - Architecture, Design, and Society
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to Western and non-Western architecture and design. It explores the social, economic, and political roles of the design professions while tracing theory, technique, and form from ancient times to the present. Although the contributions of architecture are emphasized, the course also examines landscape architecture, urban design, and interior design. Sophomore standing is recommended.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: International
010172:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 235 - History of Global Design
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a survey of the global history of design (including furniture, clothing, utilitarian and decorative objects, and printed works) from 1400 to the present day. We shall study specific objects, places, makers, and consumers in order to understand the role of designed objects in the early-modern and modern era.
040997:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 245 - Great Directors
0 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to a selection of film directors deemed important to film history. It will consider how the selected directors are important to film history, theory, and aesthetics, and will explore issues at the heart of authorship studies, including what it means to be the author of a film, how canons of film masterpieces come into being, and what cultural, economic, political, and other conditions help promote the notion of great directors.
040199:1
0 Credit(s) |
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ART 250 - Art of the Twentieth Century
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This lecture course examines the development of twentieth-century painting and sculpture as well as the newer mediums of photography, video, and performance. Students will learn about specific works and major movements in art through formal (visual), critical, and historical analyses. We will also interrogate ideas about authorship, originality, and myths of the artist.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010179:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 252 - American Art in Boston
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic arts,photography and urban planning in Boston from 17th century to 20th century.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010184:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 253 - Welding
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Mass College of Art course
010446:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 256 - The Arts of Japan
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a chronological survey of Japan’s major artistic traditions. Painting, sculpture, ceramics and architecture are set in historical, religious, and cultural contexts, with particular emphasis on identity issues deriving from Japan’s periodic participation in continental Chinese culture. The course is organized to foreground issues of social class in terms of patronage, power, and representation.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
010186:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 258 - The Arts of China
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course surveys major artistic traditions of China, beginning with its earliest history. Topics include ritual bronzes, sculpture, ceramics, and the major genres of painting. The course material focuses on the central problem of culture and class identity: how culture, and more specifically art objects and style, are used to shape class identity and power.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
010188:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 262L - Greek Art and Architecture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the art and architecture of ancient Greece, from the Late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with special attention to social and cultural contexts. Through careful study and analysis of key works we will explore the visual codes and cultural expectations that informed their original creation and reception, as well as the qualities that have contributed to their enduring influence and prestige. ART 262L and CLSICS 262L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
037818:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 265 - Film Analysis
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Any thorough and systematic study of film, because of its essentially interdisciplinary nature, must address concerns and problems common to other forms of artistic expression such as literature, theater, painting, and photography. This course goes beyond the conventional experience of theater and TV viewing and employs detailed analysis by means of slow motion and still frame techniques. The films studied include examples of classic Hollywood, contemporary American, and foreign feature films, and the documentary. The course is not primarily historical in emphasis; rather, its concerns are the visual language of film, its use as the vehicle for narrative and theme, and major film types and styles.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010201:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 267 - Great Film Directors
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Description:
A critical and analytical examination of selected works by four major film directors. Directors to be included vary each time the course is offered.
010203:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 269L - Anthropology of the Objects and the Objectified: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Things
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
We have all heard of, or used the term object to refer to things outside ourselves: the object of one’s desires, the objectification of other cultures and peoples, works of art vs. ethnographic objects. In this course we deconstruct familiar discourses about things through an examination of the world of material possessions, places, people, ideas, and space in cross-cultural perspective. Our aim is to gain more nuanced understanding about the apparent human tendency to create our identities through assigning personal and cultural significance to objects around us. Course readings will be drawn primarily from anthropology, art history, art criticism, cultural studies, and curatorial/museum studies. We will also share our observations, experiences, and reflections of particular object worlds through museum site visits, class discussions, and individual projects. Our own milieu of the Western museums will offer valuable case studies about the historical and political implications of particular histories of collecting, classifying, displaying, and interpreting the wider world as a collection of objects. ANTH 269L and ART 269L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: International
033831:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 270 - History of Film
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides students with a broad overview of the historical developments of film as a medium. We explore fundamental technological, industrial, and economic developments impacting cinematic production while also examining some of the most significant aesthetics and political movements of the last hundred years. Students also learn analytical and interpretative skills as we examine specific films.
010206:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 271L - Religion and the Arts
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the interplay between religion and aesthetics, as expressed through the literary, visual, and performing arts. Structured thematically rather than by religious tradition, this course covers topics such as religious seeing, visual representation of the divine through icons and iconography, iconoclasm and the power of images, aniconism, calligraphy and geometric design, sacred space and religious architecture, religion and the book arts, religious music, dance, and drama, visual narrativization, and religious ritual as performance. ART 271L and ASIAN 271L and RELSTY 271L are the same course.
039367:3
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 278L - U.S. Documentary Photography
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines U.S. documentary photographs as constructions of the past that articulate the social and political assumptions of their times. We will assess the impact of these photographs on their contemporary audiences and how they have shaped Americans’ collective memories of such events as the conquest of the West, mass immigration, the Great Depression, and 9/11. AMST 278L and ART 278L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
033204:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 281 - Drawing I
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A comprehensive introduction to basic materials and techniques, with emphasis on drawing as a primary means for the description and interpretation of people and their environment. Problems in still life, landscape, and life drawing. Fundamentals of visual language are also addressed.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
010214:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 283 - Introduction to the Materials, Techniques and Concepts of Painting
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Art 283 is an introduction to the discipline of painting. Students will be exposed to many different painting materials and explore the techniques and ideas of painting through a combination of lecture and hands-on practice. This course is taught in the painting studio; students should expect to paint every class meeting.
040737:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 286 - Materials, Processes, and Ideas: Introduction to Contemporary Sculptural Practices
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course presents the concepts, processes, and materials that form the foundation of sculpture and its evolving definition. It will explore the possibilities for autobiographical, aesthetic, conceptual, and formal expression through the practice of sculpture. Methods and approaches to the sculptural practice will include object making, conceptual art, video, installation, public art, and performance. This course will introduce new ways of visual thinking, development, and awareness through individual meetings, critiques, readings, discussions, and current exhibitions.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
033471:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ART 287 - Introduction to Printmaking
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intro to Printmaking examines process, creativity and exploration involved in the creation of a number of different printing methods, including relief and intaglio. It involves the practice of learning to ‘see’ through the activity of making prints. Students apply drawing, visual design, digital image making and painting fundamentals to this medium and work in black and white and in color. It is a hands on studio course that promotes the conceptualization and expression of a visual idea and the refinement of visual aesthetic unique to each student.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010216:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ART 293 - Photography I
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to basic issues in photography. The mechanics of the camera, the techniques of the darkroom, and matters of creative and personal import are addressed through illustrated lectures, class critiques, and assigned lab hours. Some attention is given to the history of photography.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Art majors or students with less than 90 credits.
010220:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ART 295L - Introduction to Video
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This studio course is an introduction to working creatively with moving images within a personal, historical, and critical framework. Through technical workshops using iMovie and Final Cut Pro on the Macintosh, students explore the potential of digital non-linear editing and examine the characteristics and strategies of various genres and forms to inform and enrich their own production. ART 295L and CINE 295L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
010223:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ART 297 - Introduction to Digital Media Art
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Introduces students to an informed and critically engaged art practice using digital imaging software tools in a Macintosh environment. This course serves as a basic introduction to digital imaging, web media and influential themes in digital arts culture. Lab hours are required for the successful completion of the course.
010225:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ART 305 - Early Medieval Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a chronological survey of the are and architecture of western Europe and Byzantium from the Early Christian period to the rise of the Holy Roman Empire (c. 200-c. 1100 C.E.). Lectures, readings, and discussions will focus on the religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts in which are objects were produced. Important themes of the course include the origins of Christian images, the debate over the place of images in religious worship, the role of patrons and politics, the impact of pilgrimage, the cult of relics and saints, and the changing depiction of Christ.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 101 or permission of instructor
033529:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 306 - Romanesque and Gothic Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a chronological survey of the art and architecture of western Europe from the Romanesque to the late Middle Ages (c.1100-c.1500). Lectures, readings, and discussions will focus on the religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts in which are objects were produced. Especially important are key themes such as the impact of monasticism, the experience of pilgrimage, the cult of relics and saints, the role of patrons and politics, the relationship between text and image, issues of gender and viewership, the liturgical function of the art object, and the rise of private devotional practices.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 101 or permission of instructor
033530:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 309 - Northern Renaissance Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course surveys the art produced in northern Europe (primarily the Netherlands, France, and Germany) from the fourteenth through the sixteenth century. Lectures, readings, and discussions will stress key themes such as the role of patronage, the rise of the “self-conscious artist,” the dynamics of material and original setting, the development of new kinds of subject matter, the beginnings of printmaking, the rise of the art market, the impact of devotional practices and pilgrimage, and the use of images by religious reformers.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 101 or permission of instructor
033531:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 310 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A course designed to provide in-depth study in different aspects of the history of painting, dealing with ideas, issues, movements, and major figures. Topics vary by semester and instructor. Consult current course announcement for specifics.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 102 or permission of instructor
010231:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 311 - Early Italian Renaissance Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on early Renaissance art and architecture in Italy, 1300-1500. Focusing on Tuscany, it assesses how the visual arts were informed by humanism, politics, monastic reform, and the emergence of a wealthy mercantile class. The course also considers artists’ growing self-awareness as professionals contributing to intellectual developments. Artists to be studied include Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Alberti, and Botticelli.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 101 or ART 102
010244:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 312 - Late Italian Renaissance Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course concerns Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture of the sixteenth century, the age of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bronzino, Giambologna, and Titian. It studies artistic style and theory in the High Renaissance, Mannerist, and Maniera periods in light of religious, political, and social developments. Emphasis is given to art produced in Florence, Rome, and Venice.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 102
010248:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 314L - Art of the Moving Image
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This art history seminar explores the intersection between the moving image and art worlds. It considers issues that come up when the principles, materials, and contexts of each are brought to bear upon the other. How are paintings, sculptures, and/or the artists who work in these forms represented in films? How are moving images presented in gallery/museum spaces and what are the implications for how they interact with other art works? What are the implications of thinking of cinema as an art form, rather than, for instance, as a form of entertainment or a mechanical recording device? How are moving images related to other kinds of art? Students will consider these and other issues related to the course topic, investigating the vibrant range of ways moving images and art inform each other when they interact. ART 314L and CINE 314L are the same course.
040713:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ART 315 - Eighteenth-Century European Art
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores an extraordinary period in the arts in which experimentation and innovation produced some of the most peculiar objects int he history of art. We shall study a wide range of media, from painting, sculpture and architecture to porcelain, furniture, wax, and shells, as well as the styles of the Rococo, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism. Since the 18th Century was an age of global expansion and cross-cultural contact, this course examines the visual and material culture of Europe specifically in relation to other parts of the world, particularly Asian and the Americas.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART 102 or permission of instructor
040976:1
3 Credit(s) |
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