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ARTS 1001 - Introduction to Contemporary Art and Theory (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1001/ArtS 1001H
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course introduces you to contemporary perspectives on art through the lens of race, power, and justice. How has art allowed marginalized people to protest oppression, express joy and defiance, and serve as a cultural space for healing? In what ways does the symbolic, open-ended language of art allow artists to imagine otherwise, conjure different futures, and connect to ancestral pasts that co-mingle with present lived experiences? Course readings center BIPOC voices and focus on issues of representation, cultural appropriation, and decolonization. We look at the emergence of ?fine art,? a cultural category steeped in race, power, and the politics of exclusion; the history of the Black art movement and its commitment to political purpose in art; the challenges that arise from the insistence that the political align with the aesthetic. The course explores Indigenous organizing and resurgence as well as the politics of opacity and refusal. We will study socially engaged art forms, Afro- and indigenous futurisms, creative practices that explode distinctions between ?traditional? and ?modern,? art and craft, and engage with art as a field of cultural expression deeply involved in imagining and demanding social justice.

ARTS 1001H - Honors Introduction to Contemporary Art and Theory (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1001/ArtS 1001H
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course introduces you to contemporary perspectives on art through the lens of race, power, and justice. How has art allowed marginalized people to protest oppression, express joy and defiance, and serve as a cultural space for healing? In what ways does the symbolic, open-ended language of art allow artists to imagine otherwise, conjure different futures, and connect to ancestral pasts that co-mingle with present lived experiences? Course readings center BIPOC voices and focus on issues of representation, cultural appropriation, and decolonization. We look at the emergence of ?fine art,? a cultural category steeped in race, power, and the politics of exclusion; the history of the Black art movement and its commitment to political purpose in art; the challenges that arise from the insistence that the political align with the aesthetic. The course explores Indigenous organizing and resurgence as well as the politics of opacity and refusal. We will study socially engaged art forms, Afro- and indigenous futurisms, creative practices that explode distinctions between ?traditional? and ?modern,? art and craft, and engage with art as a field of cultural expression deeply involved in imagining and demanding social justice. prereq: Honors student

ARTS 1002 - Art and Life: Thinking About Ethics Through Art (AH, CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Case examples from visual arts. Ethical theories. Philosophical take on relationship between art, life, ethics.

ARTS 1101 - Introduction to Drawing (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1101/ArtS 2101
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This is an introductory studio course in drawing with an emphasis on representation from direct observation. Students are exposed to the ideas, methods, and materials of drawing. Fundamental elements such as line, value, texture, shape, and space are explored in works using media such as graphite, charcoal, and ink on a variety of surfaces. Found and other source materials are utilized in collage and mixed-media works. Students will create original work based on observation and imagination in hands-on exercises and projects. This rigorous course will also introduce techniques and methods to realize and evaluate visual ideas. Students will draw from a live model in order to further develop observational drawing skills. Technical demonstrations, lectures, and exhibition visits will provide starting points for further explorations. Individual and group critiques will help students address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of drawing. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. Studio work outside of class time is expected.

ARTS 1102 - Introduction to Painting (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1102/ArtS 2102
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This is an introductory studio course that will focus on the fundamentals of painting (oil and/or acrylic). We will explore a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter. Our assignments will emphasize developing the skills and understanding of basic painting fundamentals, using traditional and experimental approaches to painting, such as: color mixing and relationships, tone, mark-making, texture, abstraction, space, and visual language. There will be demonstrations, practice, field trip(s) and class discussion. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. We will look at historical and contemporary painters. This course provides an introduction the creative process through hands-on investigation, observation of the immediate environment, and the exploring the artist's imagination. Studio work outside of class is expected.

ARTS 1103 - Introduction to Printmaking: Relief, Screen and Digital Processes (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1103/ArtS 2502
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Students will be introduced to techniques of relief printing using oil based inks, screenprinting using water based inks, and digital printmaking. Relief projects (linoleum and woodcut) emphasize the exploration of mark making, printing techniques and color layering. Screen print and digital applications will explore layering, color and image making strategies. Students will learn digital strategies for creating images in screen printing, working from both photo and drawn sources. The course includes the historical context and recent innovations for each process in order to develop contemporary applications for these each method. Students will develop meaningful content in conjunction with the acquisition of technical skills. Individual and group critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of printmaking. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1104 - Introduction to Drawing and Printmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course exposes students to the ideas, methods, and materials of drawing and printmaking. Fundamental elements such as line, value, texture, shape and space are explored in works using media such as graphite, charcoal and ink on a variety of surfaces. Students will be introduced to printmaking methods through monoprinting and other immediate techniques. In hands-on exercises and projects, students will create original work based on observation and imagination. Slide lectures and critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of these two graphic media. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1107 - Introduction to Digital Drawing (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course introduces students to digital drawing as a means of expression. Students will experiment with methods of making marks on a surface or virtual surface, and the materiality and process of making those marks. In this introductory drawing course, students will explore the realm of possibilities of digital technology as an essential component in a contemporary drawing practice. Elements such as line, value, texture, shape and space are explored in works using digital technology. Students will learn the basics of drawing using Wacom Bamboo, Cintiq tablets, and Adobe software applications. This class provides students with hands on experience with technological aids in art making such as a laser cutter, digital router, 3d printers, digital embroidery machine, vinyl cutter, and sonic welder. Students will also gain experience using large format Epson printers with a variety of materials. This class will use drawing to explore conceptual development and critical thinking. Individual and collaborative projects are aimed to provide students with technical ability while building concept and content in the work. Individual and group critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of drawing. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1801 - Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel-Throwing and Hand-Building Techniques (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Are you interested in working with a material and practice that dates back 20,000 plus years? The creative journey in this course includes learning about diverse global histories, people, and cultures and the dynamic realm of contemporary ceramics. This introductory ceramic course focuses on the various methods and processes of working with clay as an artistic medium. One half of the semester focuses on hand-building methods and techniques. The other half will focus on learning wheel-throwing methods and techniques. This hands-on experience with clay unifies hand, eye, and mind. You will learn foundational three-dimensional concepts, terminology, and vocabulary related to ceramics and explore the range of forms and processes to create functional and sculptural works with clay. In addition, the curriculum places importance on creating space to examine and discuss diverse historical and contemporary global perspectives related to ceramics. You will learn to make clay, load electric and gas kilns, fundamentals of glaze chemistry, and ceramic lab health and safety protocols. Your finished pieces will reflect essential skills, techniques, and knowledge of the complete ceramic production process. This course provides relevant, challenging, and rewarding projects developing creative and critical thinking skills to sustain long-term creative growth. You will be supported with meaningful direction from your instructor and constructive critique, discussion, and self-reflection with peers. At the end of this course, your knowledge and technical skills will prepare you for upper-level ceramic courses.

ARTS 1802 - Introduction to Sculpture: Understanding the Fundamentals of the Practice of Sculpture (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course is aimed at students who are eager to creatively take risks, experiment, play, and work in an environment of collaboration and team learning experiences. This intro level course is the foundation for sculpture. Through hands-on demonstrations of basic sculptural processes (for example: carving, modeling, assembling, and casting) you will gain experience in developing art projects from idea to realization all the way to the final surprising artwork. Throughout the semester we will be looking at contemporary and historical works of art as examples of how a broad range of diverse artists have explored the concepts and materials they use in their work and how this applies to the work you create. Critiques will be used as a tool for developing critical thinking and project development. You can expect by the end of this course to discover your individual creative processes and feel comfortable and safe working independently in a sculpture studio. You will be prepared for advanced sculpture and foundry and metal casting courses.

ARTS 1701 - Introduction to Photography (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1701/ArtS 2701
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Want to take photography to the next level beyond the phone in your pocket? Photography is a way to understand and explore the world and your own inner life. This class incorporates both digital and analog (black and white darkroom) technologies. It will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Your own image making will be considered in the context of photographic history, visual literacy, and the universe of imagery in which we live. Half of the semester will be devoted to B&W film and darkroom, and half to digital cameras and processes. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital and film camera operation and will be introduced to digital imaging software and printing. We will cover refined digital capture, image adjustment/manipulation and inkjet printing methods. Class activities will consist of lectures and demonstrations, individual and group exercises, project assignments, lab time, field trips and student presentations. Students? work will be constructively discussed in class and small group critique sessions. 35mm film cameras will be provided. The class requires students to have their own digital camera (a limited number of cameras are available for students unable to provide their own). Students who have no prior experience with serious photography, as well as those who are already avid photographers, are both welcome. The class serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level photography classes.

ARTS 1704 - Introduction to Moving Images (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1704/ArtS 2601
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Do you want to engage with a medium of the everyday? From watching a film to making a video of a friend or family reunion, moving images are all around. This is an introductory, hands-on studio course in digital filmmaking. Through lectures, screenings, demonstrations, hands-on practice, readings, and discussions, this course will cover practical and theoretical elements of digital filmmaking. Students will be introduced to film language, aesthetics, and technical terminology, as well as camera, lighting, sound and editing. Throughout the semester we will view and discuss films and clips from a variety of genres, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and combinations thereof. Students create several short film projects. They also develop skills in critical evaluation through critique sessions that investigate the aesthetic, technical, and cultural interpretation of moving images. As filmmakers you are free to make films in any genre in this class. Students need to provide their own portable drive and 1 - 2 SD cards for each class, and may choose to purchase their own subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud if they wish to use their own computer. This course is the prerequisite for intermediate level Department of Art courses in Moving Images including Narrative Digital Filmmaking, Experimental Film and Video, Animation, Super 8 and 16mm Filmmaking.

ARTS 1002 - Art and Life: Thinking About Ethics Through Art (AH, CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Case examples from visual arts. Ethical theories. Philosophical take on relationship between art, life, ethics.

ARTS 3401W - Critical Theories and Their Construction From a Studio Perspective (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3401W/ArtS 3401V
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

How do artists read and write theory? What roles can ideas play in the creative process? This course investigates practices and theories that inform the work of contemporary artists. Through a combination of readings, lectures, asynchronous discussions, writing assignments, and experiments in practice and prose, we will explore some significant questions that lie at the crossroads of ethics and aesthetics. We will also dig into our own practices as artists, writers, and thinkers to understand more fully how ethics and aesthetics intersect in what we do. Readings include texts by visual artists and poets, articles from art journals, as well as essays by art historians and critics of visual culture. This course utilizes writing and critical thinking to deepen each student's connection to contemporary art and to reflect on their own aesthetic experiences. As a writing intensive course, ARTS3401W: Critical Theories emphasizes writing as a multi-purpose tool for making sense of?and with?art. prereq: instr consent

ARTS 3401V - Honors: Critical Theories and Their Construction From a Studio Perspective (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3401W/ArtS 3401V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How do artists read and write theory? What roles can ideas play in the creative process? This honors course investigates practices and theories that inform the work of contemporary artists. Through a combination of readings, lectures, asynchronous discussions, writing assignments, and experiments in practice and prose, we will explore some significant questions that lie at the crossroads of ethics and aesthetics. We will also dig into our own practices as artists, writers, and thinkers to understand more fully how ethics and aesthetics intersect in what we do. Readings include texts by visual artists and poets, articles from art journals, as well as essays by art historians and critics of visual culture. This course utilizes writing and critical thinking to deepen each student's connection to contemporary art and to reflect on their own aesthetic experiences. As a writing intensive course, Critical Theories emphasizes writing as a multi-purpose tool for making sense of?and with?art. prereq: Honors Student and Junior or Instructor Consent

ARTS 3404W - Professional Practices in the Arts (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Professional Practices in the Arts is a course that examines practical applications of presentation, documentation, business skills, and career planning specific to studio art. It provides a foundation of practical information to assist undergraduate and graduate studio majors in building a successful career. The course consists of lectures, discussions, readings, presentations, and demonstrations. The class will spend a significant amount of time discussing different types of art venues and the appropriate contexts for different types of work. Additionally, we will assess and interpret individual students' work as a means to generating appropriate questions and insights for artists statements. prereq: Grad student or [Art BFA student or Art Major, jr or sr]

ARTS 3896 - Internship

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Field work at local, regional, national, or international arts organization or with professional artist provides experience in activities/administration of art/art-based organizations. prereq: BFA Art major, instr consent

ARTS 3481 - Curatorial Practice Field Experience

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTS 3481/ ARTH 3481
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course looks at current critical questions of curating and exhibition making. We explore the process of developing an exhibition, building working relationships with artists and understanding how to e?ectively communicate ideas to turn a concept into a project. The course assumes that curating has also evolved from a practice associated with a museum art expert to something that is increasingly framed as a creative marketable skill related to cultural production. Discussions, readings, and coursework include consideration of gallery and public space and audience experience. Curatorial trends will be explored via site visits to established and alternative exhibit spaces. Students are introduced to a wide variety of artists and how their work is contextualized by the exhibition format. Site visits to exhibition spaces and conversations with professional curators reinforce the course material. Through practice and application, students examine the evolving de?nitions and responsibilities of a curator, and a variety of issues related to the development of a coherent and relevant exhibition. Students participate in hands-on, curatorial workshops, and curate a professional, public presentation using a nontraditional space, gallery space, digital space or other local venue.

ARTH 3481 - Curatorial Practice Field Experience

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTS 3481/ ARTH 3481
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course looks at current critical questions of curating and exhibition making. We explore the process of developing an exhibition, building working relationships with artists, and understanding how to effectively communicate ideas to turn a concept into a project. The course assumes that curating has also evolved from a practice associated with a museum art expert to something that is increasingly framed as a creative marketable skill related to cultural production. Discussions, readings, and coursework include consideration of gallery and public space and audience experience. Curatorial trends will be explored via site visits to established and alternative exhibit spaces. Students are introduced to a wide variety of artists and how their work is contextualized by the exhibition format. Site visits to exhibition spaces and conversations with professional curators reinforce the course material. Through practice and application, students examine the evolving definitions and responsibilities of a curator, and a variety of issues related to the development of a coherent and relevant exhibition. Students participate in hands-on, curatorial workshops, and curate a professional, public presentation using a nontraditional space, gallery space, digital space, or other local venue.

ARTS 1101 - Introduction to Drawing (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1101/ArtS 2101
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This is an introductory studio course in drawing with an emphasis on representation from direct observation. Students are exposed to the ideas, methods, and materials of drawing. Fundamental elements such as line, value, texture, shape, and space are explored in works using media such as graphite, charcoal, and ink on a variety of surfaces. Found and other source materials are utilized in collage and mixed-media works. Students will create original work based on observation and imagination in hands-on exercises and projects. This rigorous course will also introduce techniques and methods to realize and evaluate visual ideas. Students will draw from a live model in order to further develop observational drawing skills. Technical demonstrations, lectures, and exhibition visits will provide starting points for further explorations. Individual and group critiques will help students address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of drawing. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. Studio work outside of class time is expected.

ARTS 1102 - Introduction to Painting (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1102/ArtS 2102
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This is an introductory studio course that will focus on the fundamentals of painting (oil and/or acrylic). We will explore a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter. Our assignments will emphasize developing the skills and understanding of basic painting fundamentals, using traditional and experimental approaches to painting, such as: color mixing and relationships, tone, mark-making, texture, abstraction, space, and visual language. There will be demonstrations, practice, field trip(s) and class discussion. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. We will look at historical and contemporary painters. This course provides an introduction the creative process through hands-on investigation, observation of the immediate environment, and the exploring the artist's imagination. Studio work outside of class is expected.

ARTS 1103 - Introduction to Printmaking: Relief, Screen and Digital Processes (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1103/ArtS 2502
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Students will be introduced to techniques of relief printing using oil based inks, screenprinting using water based inks, and digital printmaking. Relief projects (linoleum and woodcut) emphasize the exploration of mark making, printing techniques and color layering. Screen print and digital applications will explore layering, color and image making strategies. Students will learn digital strategies for creating images in screen printing, working from both photo and drawn sources. The course includes the historical context and recent innovations for each process in order to develop contemporary applications for these each method. Students will develop meaningful content in conjunction with the acquisition of technical skills. Individual and group critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of printmaking. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1104 - Introduction to Drawing and Printmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course exposes students to the ideas, methods, and materials of drawing and printmaking. Fundamental elements such as line, value, texture, shape and space are explored in works using media such as graphite, charcoal and ink on a variety of surfaces. Students will be introduced to printmaking methods through monoprinting and other immediate techniques. In hands-on exercises and projects, students will create original work based on observation and imagination. Slide lectures and critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of these two graphic media. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1107 - Introduction to Digital Drawing (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course introduces students to digital drawing as a means of expression. Students will experiment with methods of making marks on a surface or virtual surface, and the materiality and process of making those marks. In this introductory drawing course, students will explore the realm of possibilities of digital technology as an essential component in a contemporary drawing practice. Elements such as line, value, texture, shape and space are explored in works using digital technology. Students will learn the basics of drawing using Wacom Bamboo, Cintiq tablets, and Adobe software applications. This class provides students with hands on experience with technological aids in art making such as a laser cutter, digital router, 3d printers, digital embroidery machine, vinyl cutter, and sonic welder. Students will also gain experience using large format Epson printers with a variety of materials. This class will use drawing to explore conceptual development and critical thinking. Individual and collaborative projects are aimed to provide students with technical ability while building concept and content in the work. Individual and group critiques will help students to address technical concerns and contextualize their work within the rich history of drawing. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected.

ARTS 1201 - Art + Change: The Transformational Power of Art

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Art+ Change: The Transformational Power of Art is an introduction to the complex and varied artist-centered approaches to the social, ethical, political, and environmental challenges of our times. As an emerging form of art, contemporary socially engaged art is not a monolithic practice and goals amongst practitioners exhibit a wide range of approaches. Artists may work towards changing dominant systems in order to foster more positive outcomes; other artists strive to acknowledge and call out complexity and contradictions of those same systems. While artists working in this field, commonly called social practice work, investigate a broad set of topics and media approaches, with varying motivations and intentions, what they share is a foregrounding of the subject and content that informs the work. This course examines the way engaged social art practice can lead to sustained connections and shared visions within communities and institutions; can create a more just and equitable culture; and can address many pressing environmental and social issues of our day. The class investigates the role of the art as a catalyst for social change. We will approach this through questions and dialogue, acknowledging that many of the tensions and contradictions cannot be resolved but are still worth the effort to recognize and address. This course combines a research-based learning environment with a strong studio- based component. Through readings, presentations, field trips, experiential and sensory opportunities, case studies, video presentations, and class project initiatives, we will explore the spectrum of contemporary strategies to a socially engaged approach to art. Students will create hands-on and a culminating collaborative creative project and will learn to identify themes, develop ideas individually, and collectively and execute these ideas through multiple ways of knowing and making of art projects. Through a variety of media, students will be encouraged to explore issues and address themes that they are passionate about. Students will be assessed through their participation in discussion, through their writing, and the quality of their creative projects

ARTS 1701 - Introduction to Photography (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1701/ArtS 2701
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Want to take photography to the next level beyond the phone in your pocket? Photography is a way to understand and explore the world and your own inner life. This class incorporates both digital and analog (black and white darkroom) technologies. It will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Your own image making will be considered in the context of photographic history, visual literacy, and the universe of imagery in which we live. Half of the semester will be devoted to B&W film and darkroom, and half to digital cameras and processes. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital and film camera operation and will be introduced to digital imaging software and printing. We will cover refined digital capture, image adjustment/manipulation and inkjet printing methods. Class activities will consist of lectures and demonstrations, individual and group exercises, project assignments, lab time, field trips and student presentations. Students? work will be constructively discussed in class and small group critique sessions. 35mm film cameras will be provided. The class requires students to have their own digital camera (a limited number of cameras are available for students unable to provide their own). Students who have no prior experience with serious photography, as well as those who are already avid photographers, are both welcome. The class serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level photography classes.

ARTS 1704 - Introduction to Moving Images (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 1704/ArtS 2601
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Do you want to engage with a medium of the everyday? From watching a film to making a video of a friend or family reunion, moving images are all around. This is an introductory, hands-on studio course in digital filmmaking. Through lectures, screenings, demonstrations, hands-on practice, readings, and discussions, this course will cover practical and theoretical elements of digital filmmaking. Students will be introduced to film language, aesthetics, and technical terminology, as well as camera, lighting, sound and editing. Throughout the semester we will view and discuss films and clips from a variety of genres, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and combinations thereof. Students create several short film projects. They also develop skills in critical evaluation through critique sessions that investigate the aesthetic, technical, and cultural interpretation of moving images. As filmmakers you are free to make films in any genre in this class. Students need to provide their own portable drive and 1 - 2 SD cards for each class, and may choose to purchase their own subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud if they wish to use their own computer. This course is the prerequisite for intermediate level Department of Art courses in Moving Images including Narrative Digital Filmmaking, Experimental Film and Video, Animation, Super 8 and 16mm Filmmaking.

ARTS 1801 - Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel-Throwing and Hand-Building Techniques (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Are you interested in working with a material and practice that dates back 20,000 plus years? The creative journey in this course includes learning about diverse global histories, people, and cultures and the dynamic realm of contemporary ceramics. This introductory ceramic course focuses on the various methods and processes of working with clay as an artistic medium. One half of the semester focuses on hand-building methods and techniques. The other half will focus on learning wheel-throwing methods and techniques. This hands-on experience with clay unifies hand, eye, and mind. You will learn foundational three-dimensional concepts, terminology, and vocabulary related to ceramics and explore the range of forms and processes to create functional and sculptural works with clay. In addition, the curriculum places importance on creating space to examine and discuss diverse historical and contemporary global perspectives related to ceramics. You will learn to make clay, load electric and gas kilns, fundamentals of glaze chemistry, and ceramic lab health and safety protocols. Your finished pieces will reflect essential skills, techniques, and knowledge of the complete ceramic production process. This course provides relevant, challenging, and rewarding projects developing creative and critical thinking skills to sustain long-term creative growth. You will be supported with meaningful direction from your instructor and constructive critique, discussion, and self-reflection with peers. At the end of this course, your knowledge and technical skills will prepare you for upper-level ceramic courses.

ARTS 1802 - Introduction to Sculpture: Understanding the Fundamentals of the Practice of Sculpture (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course is aimed at students who are eager to creatively take risks, experiment, play, and work in an environment of collaboration and team learning experiences. This intro level course is the foundation for sculpture. Through hands-on demonstrations of basic sculptural processes (for example: carving, modeling, assembling, and casting) you will gain experience in developing art projects from idea to realization all the way to the final surprising artwork. Throughout the semester we will be looking at contemporary and historical works of art as examples of how a broad range of diverse artists have explored the concepts and materials they use in their work and how this applies to the work you create. Critiques will be used as a tool for developing critical thinking and project development. You can expect by the end of this course to discover your individual creative processes and feel comfortable and safe working independently in a sculpture studio. You will be prepared for advanced sculpture and foundry and metal casting courses.

ARTS 3110 - Intermediate Drawing

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

An intermediate level course that expands upon skills learned in beginning drawing. Students further develop and refine drawing techniques and concepts, as well as basic skills of drawing the human form. Specialized drawing techniques in dry and wet media will be introduced as well as contemporary, experimental, and conceptual approaches and issues. Experimentation with a variety of materials will be encouraged. Creative problem solving techniques will be discussed and applied. This rigorous course is designed to aid in the development of skills in dealing with formal issues in drawing such as line, tone, space, and composition. Students will also develop their own content, in relation to their context, and begin to develop their own artistic style or vision. Exploration of individual approaches and self-directed concepts are stressed. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected. prerequisite: ARTS 1101 or 1104

ARTS 3120 - Intermediate Painting

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course explores traditional and contemporary concepts and techniques of painting and the development of artistic voice. This course aims to provide students with a working knowledge of techniques, materials, processes, and aesthetic sensibilities related to contemporary painting. This rigorous course is designed to aid in the development of skills in dealing with formal issues in painting such as color, space, and composition. Students will also develop their own content, in relation to their context, and begin to develop their own artistic style or vision. Exploration of individual approaches and self-directed concepts are stressed. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. Students can choose to work with acrylics and/or oils. Studio work outside of scheduled class time is expected. prerequisite: ARTS 1102

ARTS 3130 - Intermediate Printmaking: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The print as vehicle for conceptual/personal expression. Traditional printmaking techniques, evolving contemporary processes for realizing visual concepts. Historical/cultural development of multiple/matrix as means of communication. prereq: 1103 or 1104

ARTS 3140 - Figure Drawing

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3140/ArtS 3112
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course is designed to develop skills in drawing through observation and interpretation of the human form. Though the practice of observational drawing from a live model, students will develop visual perception skills and understanding of pictorial space including exercises in gesture, contour, outline, and tonal modeling. Some in-class work and assignments will be structured with strict limitations, including choices of media. Students will explore contemporary viewpoints and modern aspects of the figure through slide lectures, class discussions, and outside assignments. Prerequisite: 1101 or 1104

ARTS 3150 - Dimensional Painting

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course explores the hybridization of painting, sculpture, and installation. The illusionary space and techniques of two dimensional media is combined and co-exists with three dimensional sculptural approaches. Students will discover their own solutions to painting in space. Formats for projects include wall constructions, wall paintings, object-based paintings, found objects, assemblage, reliefs, shaped paintings, floor works, and installations. The students will also explore a vast number of materials, and the technical problems and solutions that are possible. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students' work. Historical and contemporary artists and concepts that are relevant to dimensional painting will also be introduced. Studio work outside of class is expected. Prerequisite: 1102

ARTS 3170 - Intermediate Digital Drawing

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Possibilities of digital technology as tool and component in contemporary, creative drawing practice. prereq: 1107

ARTS 3180 - Zines, Comics, and Books

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This class introduces students to the culture and creation of artist's books, comics, and zines. Students will generate one example of each format, while being exposed to a wide range of works and relevant processes. We will view and read examples across cultures and develop an understanding of the history and contemporary context for making artist's books. We will look at zines that embrace punk culture, gay culture, counter culture, and feminist movements. We will read graphic novels and connect with the local comics scene. We will visit archives of artists books in the Twin Cities, starting with the impressive collection at the University of Minnesota. Students will use the Risograph process as well as other generative techniques for self-publishing, from the copy machine to internet publishing. Students will also be introduced to binding techniques for the artists' book section of this class. Prerequisite: Students must have taken one of the following courses: 1101,1103, OR 1107.

ARTS 3190 - Mixed Media on Paper

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Discover the artistic possibilities of wet and dry mixed media on paper, including water-based painting, wet and dry drawing, and collage. Learn strategies for image-making, techniques for pairing different media, and color theory through both representational and abstract imagery. Explore various subject matter, including images from the imagination, direct observation of the immediate environment, and reference images from a variety of sources. Projects encourage self-directed content and the development of individuals' artistic voice. Students are introduced to contemporary and historical painting, drawing, and mixed media practices as context for art-making. We will develop the verbal and analytical skills necessary to critically examine students? work. This course provides a focus on the creative process through hands-on investigation. Class time includes student work time, introduction to projects, demonstrations, individual feedback from the instructor, and class critiques. Studio work outside of class is required.

ARTS 3206W - Art + Ecology (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Art + Ecology explores the history, theory, and contemporary practice of artists engaged with the ecological issues of our time. This seminar offers an introduction to the dynamic and emerging field of Environmental Art, focusing on the ways in which artists use creativity to work across disciplines to address ecological concerns. This course investigates the role contemporary artists play as catalysts in relation to a range of concerns, including environmental justice, mass extinction, climate change, and treatment of "waste" as well as issues of the quality of the air, water, soil, and habitat. This seminar also will introduce the notion of artists as agents of change who build communities of ecologically aware practices around interrelated environmental and social issues. Students will be encouraged to see how their creativity and imagination can contribute to finding solutions to pressing environmental problems.

ARTS 3230 - Sound Art

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This Sound Art course is designed to cultivate your curiosity about the sonic as a contemporary art modality. It provides an introduction to diverse practices, techniques, and ways of thinking about sound while encouraging you to develop and expand upon your creative work. Students produce creative projects using sound as primary material. History of experimental sound art from early 20th century to present. Critiques, readings, writing, public presentations will be included weekly.

ARTS 3250 - Art + Performance

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3250/ArtS 5250
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Studio practice, investigation of forms of expression involving narrative, performance, installation. Hybrid art forms introduced by Dada movement in 1920's, continued by Fluxus movement in 1950's, to contemporary performance/installation artists.

ARTS 3415H - Honors Exhibition

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Advanced problems in studio and research, leading to a magna or summa exhibition. prereq: [Magna or summa honors candidate], instr consent, dept consent

ARTS 3416H - Honors Thesis: Supporting Paper

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Summa thesis paper written in support of honors exhibition or in relation to candidate's visual/conceptual interests. prereq: Summa level honors candidate, instr consent

ARTS 3490 - Workshop in Art

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Selected topics and intensive studio activity; topics vary yearly.

ARTS 3710 - Black and White Darkroom Photography

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Step away from the computer and move into the darkroom. This course is designed to introduce students to intermediate and advanced techniques in black and white photography. The class covers exposure and development, printing, archival considerations, and film formats. Traditional darkroom skills will be emphasized, the history of the camera and photography, and ways conceptual and contemporary artists approach these traditional techniques today. Through lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and readings you will develop an understanding of the history of darkroom photography in a contemporary art context. Throughout the course you will explore how your own voice can find form through a photographic practice. Students should come to class with a working knowledge of the basics of analog camera operation and photographic principles. There will be a review of darkroom, covered in ARTS 1701: Introduction to Photography, especially at the beginning of the term. The core of this class is a series of photographic assignments. Some will have a technical basis. Some will emphasize finding your personal voice and direction as a photographic artist. All work should be approached in the service of creative expression, self-reflection, and exploration. Students will leave the class with advanced darkroom skills, deeper knowledge of photographic history, and how these skills can be used and applied to support their creative work and life. Prerequisite: 1701

ARTS 3720 - The Extended Image

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Photography is coming out of the frame, down off the walls, out into the world and into our lives. This course explores the use of photographs in expanded interdisciplinary work. We will examine its role in both the museum/gallery context as well as in utilitarian, community, and online settings. Projects may incorporate moving image, sound, text, found images, as well as traditional and digital 2D and 3D media. The class explores alternate presentation modes including installation, performance, social engagement, social media and interactive formats. Class activities consist of lectures and videos on historic and contemporary practice, tech and software demonstrations, student research and presentations, field trips and visiting artists. The core of the class is a series of interdisciplinary photographic projects, culminating in a final project of your choice. Students are encouraged to embrace your own passions and interests in your project work, incorporating other art media, life experiences and concerns that drive you as an artist and person. Prerequisite: 1701 or 1704

ARTS 3730 - Intermediate Digital Photography

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

In a world of images, what are ways you can use digital photography? This class explores those possibilities. You will consider your own image making in the context of contemporary art, current events, photographic history, and the universe of imagery in which we live. This class builds on 1701 Intro to Photography, approaching photography as a means of expression, investigation, critical inquiry, and interaction. The emphasis is on finding your personal voice and direction as a photographic artist. Students come to this class with a working knowledge of basic camera operation and photographic principles, from technical to aesthetic and conceptual. Students will learn and use advanced digital tools and workflow in the service of their own creative exploration. We will examine the changing role of digital image production and distribution in society. This class is organized around a series of project assignments and exercises. These prompts are opportunities to engage with both your own physical surroundings and the larger world. Smartphone cameras, social media and mass dissemination of images have changed people's everyday lives. These tools have been at the forefront during the pandemic and to highlight long-standing systems of violence. This class engages with these topics. Projects will be completed with manually controlled advanced digital cameras, cell phone cameras, found images (print, negatives and / or digital), and more. Prerequisite: ARTS 1701

ARTS 3740 - Lighting and the Constructed Image

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3740/ArtS 5740
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Take control of your photographs and moving images. This class is about creating photographs vs. simply taking pictures of what you observe. Students will learn to use flash and continuous light sources to shape the content and feeling of your work, to create worlds, characters, and stories. You will have access to the well-equipped lighting studio and a variety of studio and location lighting equipment for check out. Some projects will be specific to still photography, but you will have the option of working with video in others. You will learn principles of lighting that apply to all media. In addition to lighting, the use of props, sets, costumes and digital manipulation will be explored in a series of student projects. You will learn to control and use light creatively in the studio and on location, in table-top setups, portraits and large-scale outdoor productions. The class will look at contemporary and historic artists in all genres who work with the constructed image. There will be a lot of hands-on skills taught in this class, but always in the service of exploring and expressing your personal vision. Prerequisite: ARTS 1701 Introduction to Photography

ARTS 3750 - Narrative Digital Filmmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3750/ArtS 5750
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The class approaches Filmmaking as an art form and is designed to heighten students' awareness of the variety of ways narratives can be constructed and developed through moving images and sound. Students will spend the semester making an original short fictional narrative or documentary film which they shoot and edit. Through development, pre-production, production, and post-production processes, students work with original ideas and material to discover alternative ways of telling their stories. The first section of the class is dedicated to developing their ideas, studying scene design, character development, and various forms of narrative filmmaking that they will use to write a short original screenplay. The second section of the class is dedicated to pre-production and production, including planning for and shooting their screenplay and applying innovative cinematography and audio techniques to tell their stories in image and sound. The last section of the class is devoted to post-production, including editing video and audio and finishing the film. When editing, students will edit various versions of scenes to explore interesting and unplanned changes in tone and flow in their films. Finally, students will finish their films and participate in an end-of-semester public screening. Prerequisite: 1704 or instructor consent

ARTS 3760 - Experimental Film and Video

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3760/ArtS 5760
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Experimental moving image practice is increasingly prevalent within contemporary art and cinema. This class is designed to heighten your awareness and experience of the variety of ways feeling and perception can be explored through moving images and sound. We will step beyond traditional narrative structures and conventions of camera use to explore the spiritual, conceptual, and emotional potential of the medium. There will be individual and collaborative group work on elements of film production - character design, location and scene design, writing, improvisational and scripted acting and shooting, camera and sound recording tools and techniques, editing, and post-production. The class will include screenings, readings and discussion of experimental films from the inception of the avant-garde through the most contemporary experimental work being produced today. You will explore the visual and aural experience of moving image and sound through a variety of alternative shooting, recording, editing and interdisciplinary installation and presentation options. Students begin the semester by developing a film concept and planning production. Working individually and collaboratively, you will then shoot the film and complete a preliminary edit. Through critiques and further editing and shooting, you will work, re-work, and start over with your material to discover unplanned changes in tone, flow, experience, and meaning. Students need to provide their own portable drive and 1-2 SD cards for each class, and may choose to purchase their own subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud if they wish to use their own computer. Prerequisite: ARTS 1704

ARTS 3770 - Animation

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3770/ArtS 5770
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

In this course, students will be introduced to a variety of techniques of digital animation. Through short exercises and longer projects, students gain experience with digital 2D animation in Photoshop and After Effects as well as 3D animation in Maya. Through practice and application, students explore the tools and methods of animation. The course begins with focused exercises and culminates in an independent project. Classes consist of demonstrations, independent work time, historical and contemporary animation screenings, in-progress and final critiques, and self-assessments. This course strives to further the student?s knowledge, skills, and artistic achievement in animation. This is a class for undergraduate (3770) and graduate (5770) students of varied experience and skills, and the outcomes above are evaluated on progress and participation. All students successfully completing the class will have created one, in?depth, short animation and several short animation exercises. They will leave the class with a working knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, and other animation skills and techniques. prereq: ARTS 1704 or Instructor Consent

ARTS 3780 - Super 8 and 16 MM Filmmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 8.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3780/ArtS 5780
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Feel the film whirring through the camera, get your hands wet in the darkroom, and hear the click-click of the projector. Revisit the origins of moving image and how it evolved into your mobile device and contemporary practice. This course will explore the medium of Super 8 filmmaking in the tradition of the experimental and avant �garde. We will focus on the physicality of the film stock, the basic mechanics of the camera and projector, and how these elements translate into a visual language and aesthetic. Students will learn how to shoot, process, edit, splice, project, and transfer their own super 8 films. This course will balance the technical, conceptual, and historical aspects of small� gauge or amateur analog filmmaking, and address what it means to work in this medium at the beginning of the 21st century. The course will include presentations, readings, and discussions on contemporary and historical artists in the medium, as well as film screenings and lectures. Classroom visits by artists and field trips will also provide an informed context for the primary course objective. prereq: ARTS 1704 or instructor consent

ARTS 3790 - Phone It In: Mobile Imaging and the Connected World

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course embraces the phone camera as a serious photographic tool. 1.43 trillion photos were taken in 2020, 91% of them on mobile phones. This is a hybrid art class involving both making and sharing of photographs, as well as readings, presentations, discussions, and research presentations. We will explore how mobile imaging technology and connectivity have transformed photography, as well as every other aspect of our lives- emotional, social, political, economic, and health. The role of mobile devices in social justice movements will be discussed, as well as issues of privacy, surveillance, and mental health implications. We will learn about the history, technology, and infrastructure of mobile devices and the internet. Technical and aesthetic aspects of phone photography will be addressed, including advanced camera controls, and in-phone and post image optimization and enhancement software. This online class will take place in synchronous Zoom meetings, as well as small group and individual meetings with the instructor. Content includes lectures, discussions, class visitors, and critiques of student work. You will be assigned a series of photographic projects, culminating in an extended final project reflecting your interests and passions. This is not your grandparents' photo class (although it is open to all generations).

ARTS 3820 - Ceramic: Wheel Throwing

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Have you completed Introduction to Ceramics and would like to continue learning intermediate wheel throwing techniques and methods with clay? Are you interested in developing a more refined skill set to create functional ceramics? This course focuses on learning intermediate technical processes on the wheel and incorporating some hand-building strategies. This course will examine diverse historical craft traditions to contemporary conceptual trends in ceramics to inspire artistic modes of working with clay. Your instructor's class demonstrations and expertise will help you learn intermediate wheel throwing skills built on the foundational wheel throwing skills from ARTS 1801 Introduction to Ceramics. You will focus on creating a range of functional ceramics that reflect and recognize the value of the strong history of diverse global pottery traditions, makers, and cultures. This course will emphasize the refinement of craftsmanship, creative and conceptual thinking, and the development of individual creative expression with clay. You will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge of clay and glaze chemistry, kiln firing, and surface activation. Also, we will examine a diverse spectrum of historical and contemporary ceramic artists and how their work sustains valuable traditions and aesthetics, expanding the contemporary field of ceramics. prereq: ARTS 1801

ARTS 3830 - Ceramic Sculpture

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Have you completed Introduction to Ceramics and would like to continue learning more and exploring hand-building techniques and methods with clay? Are you interested in learning more about clay and glaze chemistry and firing kilns? Are you interested in developing a more personal and expressive creative language with clay? This intermediate ceramic sculpture course further explores technical, historical craft traditions, and contemporary conceptual trends in ceramics. Your instructor's class demonstrations and expertise will help you learn advanced hand-building skills. You will focus on creating dynamic clay artwork ranging in forms but not limited to hand-built ceramic vessels and sculptural forms. This course will emphasize the refinement of craftsmanship, creative and conceptual thinking, and the development of individual creative expression with clay. You will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge of clay and glaze chemistry, kiln firing, and surface activation with glazing. You will learn how ceramic sculptural artists in the past and present use clay to speak to issues centered on the environment, global issues of equality and social justice, figurative sculpture, and installation art and more. prereq: ARTS 1801

ARTS 3850 - Foundry and Metal Sculpture

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3850/ArtS 5850
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Are you interested in participating in a human tradition that is at least 8,000 years old? In this course, you will collaborate with the elements: earth, water, wind, and fire to create artwork using different mold techniques for casting metal and pouring bronze and aluminum. Using studio practices, we will investigate the historical and contemporary methods and concepts of mold making and casting metal. Metal casting processes are by nature a social act. In this course, please be ready to help each other, whether by helping brainstorm ideas, helping preparing materials, cleaning areas, or giving a hand to lift something? this is all part of the making process and our shared learning experience in the foundry. prereq: ARTS 1802

ARTS 3860 - Sculpture and Installation

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class will examine the historical and contemporary aspects of sculpture installation art. The structure of this studio course provides space for in-depth research, idea development, individual exploration, experimentation, play and critical feedback. This course is not media specific, you will be working with materials that work with the concepts in your practice. You are encouraged to explore the use of sound, video and performance in your installations. A generous amount of studio time is allowed for studio work and personal exploration augmented by readings, field trips and visiting artist lectures. prereq: 1802

ARTS 3890 - 3D Modeling and Digital Fabrication

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3890/ArtS 5890
Typically offered:	Every Spring

In this class, students will learn the basic skills of computer drafting and 3D modeling as it relates to digital fabrication and the generation of objects using the Department of Art's XYZ Lab. Instruction includes drafting in Adobe Illustrator and Rhino, modeling in Rhino and by means of digital imaging, transfer of files and object fabrication using laser cutters, a 3-axis CNC router, 3D printers, and vinyl cutter. This class is intended for art majors and non-art majors interested in building skills in prototyping, iteration and digital design and fabrication. While there is no prerequisite, basic drafting or Adobe Illustrator skills are highly encouraged.

ARTS 3896 - Internship

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Field work at local, regional, national, or international arts organization or with professional artist provides experience in activities/administration of art/art-based organizations. prereq: BFA Art major, instr consent

ARTS 3481 - Curatorial Practice Field Experience

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTS 3481/ ARTH 3481
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course looks at current critical questions of curating and exhibition making. We explore the process of developing an exhibition, building working relationships with artists and understanding how to e?ectively communicate ideas to turn a concept into a project. The course assumes that curating has also evolved from a practice associated with a museum art expert to something that is increasingly framed as a creative marketable skill related to cultural production. Discussions, readings, and coursework include consideration of gallery and public space and audience experience. Curatorial trends will be explored via site visits to established and alternative exhibit spaces. Students are introduced to a wide variety of artists and how their work is contextualized by the exhibition format. Site visits to exhibition spaces and conversations with professional curators reinforce the course material. Through practice and application, students examine the evolving de?nitions and responsibilities of a curator, and a variety of issues related to the development of a coherent and relevant exhibition. Students participate in hands-on, curatorial workshops, and curate a professional, public presentation using a nontraditional space, gallery space, digital space or other local venue.

ARTH 3481 - Curatorial Practice Field Experience

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTS 3481/ ARTH 3481
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course looks at current critical questions of curating and exhibition making. We explore the process of developing an exhibition, building working relationships with artists, and understanding how to effectively communicate ideas to turn a concept into a project. The course assumes that curating has also evolved from a practice associated with a museum art expert to something that is increasingly framed as a creative marketable skill related to cultural production. Discussions, readings, and coursework include consideration of gallery and public space and audience experience. Curatorial trends will be explored via site visits to established and alternative exhibit spaces. Students are introduced to a wide variety of artists and how their work is contextualized by the exhibition format. Site visits to exhibition spaces and conversations with professional curators reinforce the course material. Through practice and application, students examine the evolving definitions and responsibilities of a curator, and a variety of issues related to the development of a coherent and relevant exhibition. Students participate in hands-on, curatorial workshops, and curate a professional, public presentation using a nontraditional space, gallery space, digital space, or other local venue.

ARTS 5110 - Advanced Drawing

Credits:	4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This studio course provides students the opportunity to investigate individual ideas and work on self-guided projects within a communal learning environment. Students will be encouraged to develop and execute their ideas with skill and clarity. Through a consideration of diverse materials and practices, students will develop a proficiency in the language of contemporary drawing. This rigorous course is designed to assist students in making connections between their own work and larger global themes and issues. Students will develop their own artistic style and think deeply about their own form, content, process, and context. Group and individual critiques, class discussions, field trips, reviewing the work of other artists and readings will supplement studio work. Students are expected to spend time working on their projects outside of scheduled class time. prereq: Art major and ARTS 3110

ARTS 5120 - Advanced Painting

Credits:	4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This studio course provides students the opportunity to investigate individual ideas and work on self-guided projects within a communal learning environment. Students will be encouraged to develop and execute their ideas with skillfulness and clarity. Through a consideration of diverse materials and practices, students will develop a proficiency in the language of contemporary painting. This rigorous course is designed to assist students make connections between their own work and larger global themes and issues. Students will develop their own artistic style and think deeply about their own form, content, process, and context. Group and individual critiques, field trips, reviewing the work of other artists and readings will supplement studio work. Students are expected to spend time working on their paintings outside of scheduled class time. prereq: ARTS 3120 and ARTS major

ARTS 5140 - Advanced Printmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course engages deeply with print media to understand the processes technically and conceptually. Students hone their skills with in-depth demonstrations that can include intaglio, lithography, monoprinting, relief, and screen printing. Contemporary visiting artists who engage with print as their primary media offer inspiration for students' development, as do visits to local collections to view and discuss prints from the past 600 years. Students develop their own voice and a community with their peers as they build skills in the printmaking studios. They explore their relationships with the media as they learn about concepts of how the multiple has functioned historically, politically and as a tool for activism. Through readings, lectures, discussions, and making, the course explores print?s contemporary iterations to combine digital and hand processes and even work across media to morph into sculptural, printstallation, or public projects. prereq: ARTS 3130

ARTS 5230 - Advanced Art + Sound

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Sound art practice/theory. Emphasizes individual creative projects using sound as primary material. History of experimental sound art from early 20th century to present. Critiques, readings, writing, public presentations. prereq: ARTS major and 3605 or 3230

ARTS 5250 - Art + Performance

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3250/ArtS 5250
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Studio practice in performance art and installation; investigation of historical and contemporary methods and concepts of interdisciplinary expression. Development of personal imagery. Prereq: ARTS major

ARTS 5260 - Art + Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Interdisciplinary, collaborative artist teams explore modes of creative expression at intersections of the arts. Students collaborate to co-author/produce works of art for pubic presentation. Emphazes integration of media arts with visual art, music, dance, and theater to produce interdisciplinary/collaborative art. prereq: Upper-division undergraduate or graduate student in art, creative writing, dance, music or theater.

ARTS 5490 - Workshop in Art

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 48.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Selected topics and intensive studio activity. Topics vary yearly.

ARTS 5710 - Advanced Photography and Moving Image Projects

Credits:	4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

In this class, students have the opportunity to deepen and expand their creative practice, conceptual and technical skills they have developed so far in Photography and/or Moving Image. The class is structured around two individual, advanced projects of the student's choice over the course of the semester. The first body of work will be presented in an exhibition or installation. Students will learn skills in developing a project all the way through to sharing it with the public. They will develop skills in preparing and mounting an exhibition. They will have the chance to reflect on their exhibited works in order to develop their second, smaller project, which launches from, rethinks, or is an entirely different direction from the first. To this end, all types of digital, analog photographic, film and video media, and installation are welcome and any mix thereof. The class includes studio time, image lectures, discussions, critique, selected readings, field trips, demonstrations determined by the class needs, one-to-one meetings and visiting artists. In this advanced class, students use the cameras, tools and methods necessary for their work and their ideas. prereq: previously completed a 3XXX course in Photography or Moving Images.

ARTS 5750 - Advanced Narrative Digital Filmmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3750/ArtS 5750
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The class approaches Filmmaking as an art form and is designed to heighten students' awareness of the variety of ways narratives can be constructed and developed through moving images and sound. Students will spend the semester making an original short fictional narrative or documentary film which they shoot and edit. Through development, pre-production, production, and post-production processes, students work with original ideas and material to discover alternative ways of telling their stories. The first section of the class is dedicated to developing their ideas, studying scene design, character development, and various forms of narrative filmmaking that they will use to write a short original screenplay. The second section of the class is dedicated to pre-production and production, including planning for and shooting their screenplay and applying innovative cinematography and audio techniques to tell their stories in image and sound. The last section of the class is devoted to post-production, including editing video and audio and finishing the film. When editing, students will edit various versions of scenes to explore interesting and unplanned changes in tone and flow in their films. Finally, students will finish their films and participate in an end-of-semester public screening. Prerequisite: 3750 or Graduate Student

ARTS 5760 - Experimental Film and Video

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3760/ArtS 5760
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Experimental moving image practice is increasingly prevalent within contemporary art and cinema. This class is designed to heighten your awareness and experience of the variety of ways feeling and perception can be explored through moving images and sound. We will step beyond traditional narrative structures and conventions of camera use to explore the spiritual, conceptual, and emotional potential of the medium. There will be individual and collaborative group work on elements of film production - character design, location and scene design, writing, improvisational and scripted acting and shooting, camera and sound recording tools and techniques, editing, and post-production. The class will include screenings, readings and discussion of experimental films from the inception of the avant-garde through the most contemporary experimental work being produced today. You will explore the visual and aural experience of moving image and sound through a variety of alternative shooting, recording, editing and interdisciplinary installation and presentation options. Students begin the semester by developing a film concept and planning production. Working individually and collaboratively, you will then shoot the film and complete a preliminary edit. Through critiques and further editing and shooting, you will work, re-work, and start over with your material to discover unplanned changes in tone, flow, experience, and meaning. Students need to provide their own portable drive and 1-2 SD cards for each class, and may choose to purchase their own subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud if they wish to use their own computer. Prerequisite: ARTS major, ARTS 1704

ARTS 5770 - Animation

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3770/ArtS 5770
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

In this course, students will be introduced to a variety of techniques of digital animation. Through short exercises and longer projects, students gain experience with digital 2D animation in Photoshop and After Effects as well as 3D animation in Maya. Through practice and application, students explore the tools and methods of animation. The course begins with focused exercises and culminates in an independent project. Classes consist of demonstrations, independent work time, historical and contemporary animation screenings, in-progress and final critiques, and self-assessments. This course strives to further the student?s knowledge, skills, and artistic achievement in animation. This is a class for undergraduate (3770) and graduate (5770) students of varied experience and skills, and the outcomes above are evaluated on progress and participation. All students successfully completing the class will have created one, in?depth, short animation and several short animation exercises. They will leave the class with a working knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, and other animation skills and techniques. prereq: ARTS 3770 or Instructor Consent

ARTS 5780 - Advanced Super 8 and 16 MM Filmmaking

Credits:	4.0 [max 8.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3780/ArtS 5780
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Feel the film whirring through the camera, get your hands wet in the darkroom, and hear the click-click of the projector. Revisit the origins of moving image and how it evolved into your mobile device and contemporary practice. This course will explore the medium of Super 8 filmmaking in the tradition of the experimental and avant �garde. We will focus on the physicality of the film stock, the basic mechanics of the camera and projector, and how these elements translate into a visual language and aesthetic. Students will learn how to shoot, process, edit, splice, project, and transfer their own super 8 films. This course will balance the technical, conceptual, and historical aspects of small� gauge or amateur analog filmmaking, and address what it means to work in this medium at the beginning of the 21st century. The course will include presentations, readings, and discussions on contemporary and historical artists in the medium, as well as film screenings and lectures. Classroom visits by artists and field trips will also provide an informed context for the primary course objective. prereq: Art major

ARTS 5810 - Advanced Ceramics

Credits:	4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Are you interested in creating a compelling body of ceramic work that prepares you to embark on a solid professional path into the visual arts with an emphasis on ceramic material? Advanced Ceramics is a course that facilitates self-directed learning and project development. With your experiences in Introduction to Ceramics, and Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture and Wheel Throwing, this course will facilitate the development of independent, disciplined studio practice. Your instructor will encourage you to elevate and expand conceptual and creative ideas, methods, and modes of visual communication in the realm of ceramics. Engaging in robust studio practice, scholarly research, meaningful peer engagement, and mentorship from your instructor will support the development of independent projects. Your independent projects will culminate in a professional body of work revealing quality craftsmanship, visual unity, and compelling aesthetics to support BFA/BA exhibition/capstone goals. Overall, this course will prepare you with professional skills as a visual artist to sustain after graduation for ongoing professional studio practice, creative growth, and self-evaluation in the ceramic discipline. prereq: ARTS major and ARTS 1801, ARTS 3820 or ARTS 3830

ARTS 5850 - Advanced Foundry and Metal Sculpture

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3850/ArtS 5850
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Are you interested in participating in a human tradition that is at least 8,000 years old? In this course, you will collaborate with the elements: earth, water, wind and fire to create artwork using different mold techniques for casting metal and pouring bronze and aluminum. Using studio practices, we will investigate the historical and contemporary methods and concepts of mold making and casting metal. Metal casting processes are by nature a social act. In this course, please be ready to help each other, whether by helping brainstorm ideas, helping preparing materials, cleaning areas, or giving a hand to lift something? this is all part of the making process and our shared learning experience in the foundry. prereq: Art major

ARTS 5860 - Advanced Sculpture

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This advanced Sculpture course is a self-motivated and self-directed studio class to help you develop and maintain a personal studio practice. The structure of this studio course provides space for in-depth research, idea development, individual exploration, experimentation, play and critical feedback. Prereq: ARTS major and ARTS 3860

ARTS 5890 - 3D Modeling and Digital Fabrication

Credits:	4.0 [max 12.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3890/ArtS 5890
Typically offered:	Every Spring

In this class, students will learn the basic skills of computer drafting and 3D modeling as it relates to digital fabrication and the generation of objects using the Department of Art's XYZ Lab. Instruction includes drafting in Adobe Illustrator and Rhino, modeling in Rhino and by means of digital imaging, transfer of files and object fabrication using laser cutters, a 3-axis CNC router, 3D printers and vinyl cutter. This class is intended for art majors and non-art majors interested in building skills in prototyping, iteration and digital design and fabrication. While there is no prerequisite, basic drafting or Adobe Illustrator skills are highly encouraged. prereq: ARTS major

ARTS 5990 - Independent Study in Art

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Independent study project designed by student in consultation with instructor. prereq: Major, completed regular course with instructor, instr consent

ARTH 5781 - Age of Empire: The Mughals, Safavids, and Ottomans

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5781/RelS 5781
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Artistic developments under the three most powerful Islamic empires of the 16th through 19th centuries: Ottomans of Turkey; Safavids of Iran; Mughals of India. Roles of religion and state will be considered to understand their artistic production.

RELS 5781 - Age of Empire: The Mughals, Safavids, and Ottomans

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5781/RelS 5781
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Artistic developments under the three most powerful Islamic empires of the 16th through 19th centuries: Ottomans of Turkey; Safavids of Iran; Mughals of India. Roles of religion and state will be considered to understand their artistic production.

AAS 1101 - Imagining Asian America (SOCS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 1101/AMST 1101/ANTH 1101
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What are the histories, cultures, and experiences of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing group in the United States? How do they fit into the U.S.'s history of immigration, race, and citizenship? Is the "model minority" myth really true? This course is an introduction to Asian American Studies, an interdisciplinary field that uses ethnography, literature, histories, films, memoirs, and other texts to study how the history of Asian immigration to the United States has visibly shaped existing Asian American communities and identities, and how "Asian America" is central to a more general understanding of American popular culture and public life. The course is roughly organized chronologically. We will first begin with an introduction to the field of Asian American Studies by asking the questions: What is Asian America? What is Asian American Studies" We will then examine important concepts, categories, and processes before exploring the rich history of Asian migration to the United States and contemporary issues facing Asian Americans today. One of the core principles of this course is to encourage active and interdisciplinary learning. This means that we will be learning in a variety of ways to explore and understand the material (reading, writing, watching, listening, seeing, discussing, presenting). We will be drawing from a wide range of disciplines (history, law, sociology, education, cultural studies, psychology, etc.). And we will be using a variety of materials (memoir, scholarly articles, historical documents, government records, newspapers, films, photographs, popular culture, etc.) Your active participation in these activities is essential.

AMES 1001 - Asian Film and Animation (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Various film styles within Asian film/animation production. Ways of analyzing film. Work of 20th-century directors in Asia.

AMST 1511 - Americans Abroad: Rethinking Travel, Culture, & Empire (GP, HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

In this course, we will look at Americans (including ourselves) who travel abroad and what their experiences, both in the present and historically, tell us about how we imagine others and our/their place in the world. What do these experiences tell us about who we are as a people, a culture, and a nation? This course will examine how these experiences have transformed (and continue to transform) Americans and the countries and cultures with which they interact. Indeed, this course challenges students to consider the overall effects that these processes have had on America�s relationship with the rest of the world.

ARTH 1001 - Introduction to Western Art (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course serves as a general introduction to key questions about the nature and history of art in the West from the prehistoric to contemporary eras: Who creates art and why? What unique insights does it provide into the past? And, finally, what good does art do? Organized around these three central questions, lectures, readings, and assignments will address several themes, central to understanding the history of Western art in a wider global context: (1) the forms, functions, and symbolism of images, objects, and spaces; (2) materials, techniques, and skills deployed by artists, architects, artisans, and laborers to make aesthetic objects; (3) the historical and cultural construction of visual experiences; and (4) customs, beliefs, and values associated with art production, collection, and exhibition in various cultures, including patronage, fame, trade, cross-cultural influence, authenticity, and reproduction.

ARTH 1002W - Why Art Matters (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to history of topics that investigate power/importance of art both globablly and in its diverse forms, from architecture and painting to video and prints. Sacred space, propaganda, the museum, art/gender, art/authority, tourism.

ARTH 1004W - Introduction to Asian Art (HIS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 1004W/1004V/1016W/1016V
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This one-semester course is an introduction to painting, sculpture, and architecture from South, Southeast, and East Asia. It will cover works from ancient cultures to those of contemporary Asian diasporas. Resisting the impossible task of covering everything, we will instead home in on specific objects in order to understand them in their broader cultural, religious, and social contexts. We will trace the ways in which common themes and problems appear in different art forms and in different places, and we will discover the ways in which seemingly disparate styles and objects may be productively understood in conversation with each other. We will work together to create an interpretive model that is synthetic, critical, and appreciative of the enormously diverse field that is Asian Art. Lectures will move from explanatory descriptions of objects and histories that are covered in the textbook to critical interpretations of the historiographies that shape the contemporary reception of Asian art.

CSCL 1001W - Introduction to Cultural Studies (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Culture is a site of struggle, over meanings, values, history, and reality. This course introduces students to cultural studies as a conceptual, interpretive, and interdisciplinary approach to the role that culture plays in defining reality and to the possibilities for contesting those definitions. Through exploring the rituals and practices of culture that shape our perceptions of the world, often in ways we take for granted, the course seeks to develop a critical understanding of the relationships between individual and society, representation and reality, as well as theory and practice.

CSCL 1301W - Reading Culture: Theory and Practice (AH, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Culture and cultural conflict. Reading cultural theory/texts such as film, literature, music, fashion, commercial art, and built environment.

GDES 2399W - Design and its Discontents: Design, Society, Economy, and Culture (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	GDes 2399W/GDes 2399V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Secret history of modern, postmodern, and contemporary design. Principles and practices of designers who operate outside of main stream. Innovators, activists, cultural gadflies whose work challenges, provokes, and inspires. Context of economy, society, culture, and politics. Lecture, research, studio production. Written project proposals/reflections/blogging.

ITAL 1837 - Imagining Italy: Italian and Italian-American Culture, History, and Society through Film (AH, GP)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ital 1837/Ital 3837
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Weekly guest lectures and critical readings expand from different disciplinary perspectives upon issues raised by films. Urban life, religion, nationalism, opera, violence, leisure, food, fascism, terrorism, family, emigration/immigration, ethnicity, Mediterranean culture.

JOUR 1501 - Digital Games and Society (AH, TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Digital games have a wide-ranging impact on our culture and society and are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the entertainment media industry, generating enormous profits for the game companies. In this course, you will: (1) be introduced to the academic study of video games; (2) examine digital games as forms of communication and interactive storytelling, as well as games of entertainment, commerce, social activism, professional training, and education; (3) consider the impact of mobile media, particularly for games and gameplay; (4) discuss next-generation virtual reality technology that may change the way we think about immersive media experiences; and (5) study the history, ethics, and socio-cultural impact of digital games and related technologies.

TH 1102 - Stage, Screen, Society: Performance in the Media Age (AH, CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

From viral memes to ?fake news,? from video-gaming to vlogging, our rapidly changing media-scape is at the center of public debates about everything from mental health to the future of democracy. This course engages with these debates to understand the power of new media to shape our identities and values, our cultural habits and communities, our economy and political life. We discuss how we ?perform ourselves? through media, giving rise to social anxieties about truth, authenticity, equality, and belonging, but also to tremendous opportunities for self-expression and connection. And we investigate how our performances are monetized or instrumentalized by governments, social movements, or corporations. How did our current media system develop, and whose interests has it served? How, for better or worse, has the social media age changed us and the world we live in? And how can we make sure that in the future that change is for the better?

ARTH 1921W - Introduction to Film Study (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 1921W/CSCL 1201W/SCMC 120
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fundamentals of film analysis and an introduction to the major theories of the cinema, presented through detailed interpretations of representative films from the international history of the cinema.

CSCL 1201W - Cinema (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 1921W/CSCL 1201W/SCMC 120
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the critical study of the visual in modernity, presented through sustained analysis of the cinema and cinematic codes. Emphases on formal film analysis and major film movements and conventions in the international history of cinema. Students develop a vocabulary for formal visual analysis and explore major theories of the cinema. *Students will not receive credit for CSCL 1201W if they have already taken SCMC 1201W, CSCL 1201V, SCMC 1201V, ARTH 1921W, CSCL 1921W, CSCL 1201 or SCMC 1201

SCMC 1201W - Cinema (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 1921W/CSCL 1201W/SCMC 120
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the critical study of the visual in modernity, presented through sustained analysis of the cinema and cinematic codes. Emphases on formal film analysis and major film movements and conventions in the international history of cinema. Students develop a vocabulary for formal visual analysis and explore major theories of the cinema. *Students will not receive credit for CSCL 1201W if they have already taken SCMC 1201W, ARTH 1921W, CSCL 1921W, CSCL 1201 or SCMC 1201

CSCL 1202W - Media: Word, Image, Sound (AH, TS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 1202W/SCMC 1202W
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the critical and theoretical study of media and technology from Aristotle to the modern world. The first half of the course emphasizes theoretical readings in dialogue with historical apparatuses (printing press, photography, radio, cinema, television) and various expressive objects (the bible, early film, ethnographic sound recordings). The second half turns to the modern culture industry since World War II, and introduces students to the critical study of mass culture, the concept of ideology, and of the relationship between corporate power and media conglomerates.

SCMC 1202W - Media: Word, Image, Sound (AH, TS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 1202W/SCMC 1202W
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the critical and theoretical study of media and technology from Aristotle to the modern world. The first half of the course emphasizes theoretical readings in dialogue with historical apparatuses (printing press, photography, radio, cinema, television) and various expressive objects (the bible, early film, ethnographic sound recordings). The second half turns to the modern culture industry since World War II, and introduces students to the critical study of mass culture, the concept of ideology, and of the relationship between corporate power and media conglomerates.

ACL 5231 - Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues for Cultural Leaders

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course explores topics in ethics, law and leadership. Through interactive sessions, readings, presentations, discussions, papers and guest speakers, student-leaders will develop knowledge, tools and resources for assessment of ethical and legal issues within arts and cultural contexts. The course will engage student-leaders with an overview of relevant topics and a foundation for further exploration of self selected topics. Student-leaders will learn to spot issues and identify when to seek legal guidance, and assess considerations relevant to critical problem solving and informed decision-making.

ACL 5251 - Courageous Imagination in Action: Art and Culture as Forces and Resources of Change

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This class is for anyone passionate about the unique capacities embedded in arts and cultural work, concerned about the cascade of challenges facing humanity, and determined to lead with and through the powerful resources of the arts and culture. Fundamental changes in organizations, programs, and resources are needed to meet the complex challenges of our times. A key emphasis of the course is development of a personal mission and purpose by each student as a leader in working with existing organizations and systems and leading changes essential for a sustainable, humane, creative, and thriving future. The course is designed to challenge and support students as they choose a direction and purpose they wish to address ? contacts, examples, resources, local, regional, national, websites, people, and examples will be provided. The course examines existing organizations and systems, those in transformation and the opportunity, need and challenge in creating new forms. Students meet key people in different sectors and stages of change. This is a highly interactive course, with simulations, imaginative work and a variety of visitors, site visits, and explorations of ideas and beliefs that may be challenging. These may include connections with Minnesota State legislature, regional arts councils, City of Minneapolis and/or St Paul, large and small arts and culture organizations in the area. National networks including USDAC, Americans for the Arts, Climate Generation, The Wounded Warrior Project, and others. Students will prepare a presentation that links their personal purpose and mission with the work they seek and the differences they hope to make and support.

AFRO 3654 - African Cinema (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Summer

This course introduces you to films written and directed by African filmmakers beginning the 2nd part of the 20th Century. Through an exploration of the stylistic and thematic issues raised by each film, it is expected that students will gain a broad understanding of how African filmmakers portray African social and cultural life, including the artistic and political contexts within which they work. In this way, students will gain an historical perspective on the origins of African filmmaking, confront the basic social, cultural and aesthetic questions raised by African filmmakers and critics, and consider how questions raised by African filmmakers and their films fit into the larger context of world cinema. We will contrast postcolonial African films with Hollywood jungle epics, settler/adventure romances in safari paradise, and colonial movies about Africa. Moving beyond strict categories and standards we will also examine the role of documentary films in shaping our understanding of African people's lives and the social construction of reality. We will review the place of documentary film in the current media-scape and discuss its functions and limitations. Most films will be screened in original languages with English subtitles.

AMES 3356W - Chinese Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Survey of Chinese cinema from China (PRC), Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Emphasizes discussion/comparison of global, social, economic, sexual, gender, psychological, and other themes as represented through film.

AMES 3357 - Taiwan Film

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course examines the history of Taiwan film from the Japanese colonial period to the early 21st century along with the increased (though still quite limited) availability of pre-1980s films on DVD with English subtitles. We will cover topics such as dialect films; Nationalist propaganda; "healthy realism;" connections with the Hong Kong, Hollywood, and mainland Chinese film industries; the aesthetics of New Taiwan Cinema; the imagination of Taiwan as a postcolonial Southeast Asian rather than East Asian or Chinese polity; and the battle for commercial viability in the global film market. Throughout the course, we will closely analyze cinematic form and narrative structure in addition to broader issues of nation, society, politics, and ecology.

AMES 3456 - Japanese Film (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Themes, stylistics, and genres of Japanese cinema through work of classic directors (Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu) and more recent filmmakers (Itami, Morita). Focuses on representations of femininity/masculinity.

AMES 3556 - Korean Film and Media (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AMES 3556 / AMES 5556
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course is an introduction to Korean film from the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) to the present day. We discuss the emergence of the Korean film industry under the conditions of colonial modernity and the various political pressures put on film production in South Korea until the 1990s. We will then turn to the last twenty years, during which South Korean film and television have experienced a boom in popularity in East Asia and globally. Throughout, we will focus on the formal and technical aspects of film, representations of history and historical memory, genre borrowing and genre mixing, and the relationships between art-house and culture industry productions.

AMES 3673 - Voices of India: Languages, Literature, and Film (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

A course on Indian languages and literatures that studies the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical, and sociological perspectives. Diachronic analysis of the languages of India in relation to some structural features will be also investigated. This course will also provide an overview of literatures of several main South Asian languages with a focus on Hindi - Urdu literatures. We will address the origin of Hindi-Urdu literatures, periodization, and naming of each period. We will also examine the important writers and their representative work, along with the literary trends and influences of each period, including political, social, and cultural situations which helped to shape the writers and their work. Among the representative literary works in Hindi-Urdu, some have been made into films.

AMES 3856W - Palestinian Literature and Film (GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course examines modern literature and film of the Palestinian people both for artistic significance and interactions with the broader historical and political situations confronted by Palestinians. We will ask how cultural production, namely literature and film, interacts with, responds to, and even anticipates historical and political events. At the same time, we will problematize a strictly historicist and political reading of literary and cinematic texts, which reduces such artistic works to mere sociological documents, overlooking their creative and artistic achievements. Ultimately, this leads us to a number of questions: what is the relationship between history/politics and art? Can artistic texts transcend the historical and political contexts in which they are produced? How has artistic production functioned within the context of Palestinian statelessness, exile, and anti-colonial struggle? All texts covered in the course will be in English translation, however those able to read texts in the original Arabic are encouraged to do so.

AMES 5351 - Chinese New Media

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course explores new media and intermediality from specific moments in the history of modern China. The new visuality of the late Qing Dynasty offers examples of how new forms of visual culture became both reflexive and constitutive of modernity. Later, silent cinema of the Republican era both drew upon and defined itself against existing Chinese dramatic forms, particularly opera. In the 1930s, the arrival of sound in cinema provided a space for phonographic modernity to be expressed through film. In the People�s Republic, the productive interplay between traditional art forms and cinema entered a new era, culminating in the cinematic adaptations of the �model plays� of the Cultural Revolution. Finally, recent years have seen the explosive growth of digital cinema, computer animation, internet culture, and gaming communities.

AMES 5359 - Early Shanghai Film Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Shanghai film culture, from earliest extant films of 1920s to end of Republican Era in 1949. Influences on early Chinese film, from traditional Chinese drama to contemporary Hollywood productions. Effects of leftist politics on commercial cinema. Chinese star system, material film culture.

AMES 5486 - Images of "Japan"

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course examines non-Japanese texts that deploy the imagination of "Japan" in their narratives. Discussions will take up such focal points as: ethnographic cinema, the politics of travel and translation, the intersections of race and gender, the cultural politics of alternate histories, and the ramifications of techno-orientalist discourse.

AMIN 3304 - Indigenous Filmmakers (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Analysis of film/video made by American Indian writers, directors, producers within contexts of tribally specific cultures/histories, as well as within context of US culture/film history.

AMST 3112 - Prince, Porn, and Public Space: The Cultural Politics of the Twin Cities in the 1980s (DSJ, HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course uses music (especially Prince and the Replacements), debates around pornography/sex, and shifts around access to public space in order to explore the local culture and national importance of the Twin Cities during the 1980s.

ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 3003/GloS 3003
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Topics vary. Field research. Politics of ethnographic knowledge. Marxist/feminist theories of culture. Culture, language, and discourse. Psychological anthropology. Culture/transnational processes.

ANTH 3006 - Humans and Aliens: Learning Anthropology through Science Fiction (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 2006/Anth 3006
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Science Fiction has been one of the most popular genres of literature over the last century and a half. Despite its great popularity, however, many fans of the genre do not realize how much it has in common with the discipline of Anthropology. Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human in all times and places. Science fiction, for its part, explores human existence in equally diverse contexts, except that those imagined contexts frequently have not yet happened. Despite this similarity, anthropology is extremely poorly known compared to science fiction. This course uses the stimulating and entertaining literature of science fiction to expose students to anthropology who, having never been exposed to it in high school, are likely to leave university without learning the power of the discipline?s perspective on humanity. Through individual pairings of anthropology texts and science fiction stories, the course explores the relevance of biological anthropology, social anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology to humanity?s future. The course?s juxtaposition of anthropological literature to science fiction stories is designed to provide students with the ability to see how our future is more dependent on how humanity works (as anthropology understands it), than merely what the next technological invention has to offer us. This course introduces students to the breadth of anthropological topics using the literature of such award-winning science fiction (SF) authors as Isaac Asimov, Elisabeth Bear, Jerome Bixby, Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Ursula K. Le Guin, Catherine Moore, Mike Resnik, Kim Stanley Robinson, Neil Stephenson, James Tiptree, Jr., and Kurt Vonnegut. While the course is not designed to cover the literary criticism of SF literature nor the social analysis of the SF community of readers and authors, the choice of which SF authors to oppose to select anthropological topics was shaped by my understanding of the historical development of SF literature. Students will thus read stories written from the Golden Age of magazine SF to the most recent post-cyberpunk novelists. The selection of SF stories is of course idiosyncratic but it is designed to reflect the goal of learning something of anthropology while having a blast reading SF.

ANTH 3034W - Roots Music in American Culture and Society (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

This course focuses on aspects of southern American vernacular music that came to public attention in the 1920s and 1930s as commercial recordings and field recordings of rural music became available. Although the music had deep roots in the American past, it also underwent dramatic transformations as a result of the coming of industrial capitalism to the south and as a result of the commercial recording process itself. This music continues to profoundly shape popular music today. We will try to consider as many questions as possible during the semester, but we will focus especially on three sets of issues. First, we will consider the music in terms of the historical contexts that shaped it. Second, we will consider the cultural politics surrounding the music as we focus on question of how historical narratives, popular media and popular perceptions, and scholarly works represent and interpret (in often problematic ways) certain genres of popular music and what the politics of those representations might be; and we will consider also how we listen to ?roots music,? how our listening is shaped by contemporary social and political circumstances. Third, we will attempt to understand musical genres in relation to the production of race and class and the experience of racial and class inequalities in the United States, and this may in turn prompt us to think critically about the idea of musical genre itself.

ANTH 3036 - The Body in Society

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Body-related practices throughout the world. Readings, documentaries, mass media.

ANTH 3043 - Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Summer Odd Year

The relationship of art to culture from multiple perspectives including art as a cultural system; the cultural context of art production; the role of the artist in different cultures; methodological considerations in the interpretation of art across cultural boundaries.

ANTH 3242W - Hero, Savage, or Equal? Representations of NonWestern Peoples in the Movies (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will explore images of nonWestern peoples and cultures as they have appeared in the movies and in other popular media. It has four aims: l) to introduce the problem of nonWestern peoples in the West from historical points of view, 2) to discuss the relationship between mass media and issue of representation to the marketplace, 3) to introduce the concept of morality in and through collective representations as developed by Durkheim, and 4) to analyze the problem of moral agency in a series of Hollywood and Independent movies which portray nonwestern peoples and cultures. We will watch movies portraying three different groups of cultures, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and the Japanese. In each unit, we will first read important commentary on Western representations of each of these peoples, such as Bernard Smith on Pacific Islanders and Vine Deloria on images of Native Americans and Gina Marchetti on Hollywood?s Japanese.

ARCH 3412W - Architectural History Since 1750 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Examples of the built environment from the Enlightenment to the present are studied within a broad social, cultural, and political context. Major architectural movements and their associated forms and designs. prereq: Soph or above

ARCH 4701W - Introduction to Urban Form and Theory (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Urban form, related issues of design/theory/culture. Thematic history of cities. Lectures, discussions, assignments. prereq: [3411, 3412] or instr consent

ARCH 5410 - Topics in Architectural History

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Advanced study in architectural history. Readings, research, seminar reports.

ARCH 5412 - Architecture: A Global and Cultural History

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course examines the history of architecture from a global perspective, addressing a variety of traditions and geographical locations, and following their interconnections and exchanges.

ARCH 5423 - Gothic Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4423/Arch 5423
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

History of architecture and urban design in Western Europe, from 1150 to 1400. prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARTH 3005 - Identity and American Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course is designed to help you think about American history, experiences, and identities by looking closely at the visual record of painting, sculpture, decorative/applied arts, and other sites and artifacts made in the United States, from the colonial period to the rise of the Cold War in the 1950s-60s. Our particular interest will be to understand how "America" is an idea that has been continually shaped, expressed, represented, and even contested through the visual and material world.

ARTH 3012 - 19th and 20th Century Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Major monuments/issues of modern period. Sculpture, architecture, painting, prints. Neo-classicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, evolution of modernism, symbolism, fauvism, cubism, dadaism, surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art, conceptualism, postmodernism.

ARTH 3309 - Renaissance Art in Europe (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Major monuments of painting/sculpture in Western Europe, 1400-1600. Close reading of individual works in historical context. Influence of patrons. Major social/political changes such as Renaissance humanism, Protestant Reformation, market economy.

ARTH 3311 - Baroque Art in Seventeenth Century Europe (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Dominant trends/figures of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Baroque period. Works of major masters, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Rubens. Development of illusionistic ceiling decoration. Theoretical basis of Baroque art. Art's subservience to Church and royal court.

ARTH 3312 - European Art of the Eighteenth Century: Rococo to Revolution (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Major developments in 18-century painting, sculpture, and interior decoration, from emergence of Rococo to dawn of Neoclassicism. Response of art to new forms of patronage. Erotics of 18-century art. Ways art functioned as social/political commentary.

ARTH 3401W - Art on Trial (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Why does art so often elicit anger, debate, protest, and vandalism? Arts controversies raise many difficult questions that this class examines: should artists be allowed to use taxpayer funds to create works of art critical of the government or that some find offensive? Should public sculptures commemorate Confederates, slave owners, or colonialists? How do we know when something is obscene? Is censorship ethical? Do artists have the right to control the fate of their work after it is sold? Who should decide what artists are chosen for public commissions, what artworks are selected for public buildings, or how works of art should be interpreted? Does public opinion make bad art? This course trains students in the history of arts controversies in the United States from the 19th century to the present and in the changing social conditions through which art has become a flashpoint for public debate. Assignments focus on discipline-specific research and writing techniques that build toward a group project in which students research, take up positions, and debate the merits of important case studies. The class is primarily designed for students to learn about the arts and arts policy today, i.e., the art world of which they are and will be citizens. They are asked to inspect the sources of dominant cultural beliefs and to gain a deeper understanding of and take responsibility for their own cultural, political, and artistic values.

ARTH 3434 - Art and the Environment (AH, ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Western art has a long tradition of depicting and directly engaging with the environment?from ancient earthworks such as Stonehenge and Avebury Stone Circle, to 18th and 19th century landscape paintings and 20th century photographs, to land and earth art of the 1960s and ?70s, and what is now called environmental or eco art. Such art has had a prominent place in art?s history, but do we really need art to save the environment? Studies repeatedly show that the arts are crucial to understanding and forestalling environmental disaster because, it turns out, human attitudes are shaped by the stories we tell, by our ability to imagine the unimaginable, to accept the inanimate as potentially coming to life, to picture things on a vast scale. In this course students learn the historical development of artistic movements from 1968, when the first exhibition of such art, called ?Earthworks,? took place at the Dwan Gallery in New York, up to the present day. The course tracks the changing aesthetic, political, and climatic forces that influenced such art, from the anti-institutionalism and participatory approaches of the 1960s to the more activist artistic engagement with environmentalism today. The class takes up two primary concerns: understanding the historical and scientific conditions that have given rise to such art and learning the ways in which artists have sought to intervene in and affect a changing environment. Students put historical knowledge, environmental research, and visual analysis skills to work in a culminating group project creating art that responds to a contemporary environmental problem.

ARTH 3464 - Art Since 1945 (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

The end of the Second World War is commonly understood as a watershed moment in art history when the center of western art shifted from Paris to New York and the old tradition of art academies and annual salons disappeared once and for all. It is a moment that sees dramatic changes in who artists are, how they are trained, what kind of art they make, and the audiences to whom they appeal. This course surveys U.S. and European art history from 1945 to the present so that students gain a thorough understanding of the social, political, and economic forces that contributed to the development of significant art movements including abstract expressionism, pop art, and minimalism, as well as key modes of artmaking including painting and sculpture, happenings, installations, video, earthworks, and participatory art. The course also trains students in philosophies of art and tracks the dramatic changes in aesthetics over the period. Primarily a lecture course, students? historical knowledge is assessed through two in-class examinations in which they identify, compare, contrast, and think critically about works of art. In addition, students practice discipline-specific research skills by compiling an annotated bibliography and writing short papers that rigorously examine primary sources.

ARTH 3577 - Photo Nation: Photography in America (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Development of photography, from 19th century to present. Photography as legitimate art form. Portraits/photo albums in culture. Birth of criminal justice system. Technological/market aspects. Politics of aesthetics. Women in photography. Ways in which idea of America has been shaped by photographs.

ARTH 3896 - Directed Professional Experience

Credits:	1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Internship or research assistantship in approved program, art institution, business or museum. prereq: instr consent

ARTH 3921W - Art of the Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course will engage with the history of film as an art form through a selection of significant movements, styles, filmmakers, institutions, and, of course, individual films from around the world. While this will not be a comprehensive study, it will address both mainstream, commercial films as well as oppositional, experimental, underground, and otherwise challenging works. Some of the wide-ranging selection of films we will watch and discuss: Germaine Dulac?s La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman) (1922), Gillo Pontecorvo?s The Battle of Algiers (1966), Julie Dash?s Daughters of the Dust (1991), and Alfonso Cuar�n?s Roma (2018).

ARTH 3929 - Cinema Now (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Course examines contemporary cinema, including fiction films, documentaries, animation, and avant-garde experiments. Focuses on feature-length theatrical films, but will also consider other aspects of the contemporary media world: graphic novels, video games, television series and the Internet (e.g., Youtube). Examines media production, distribution, marketing, exhibition, and reception. Course will also present a survey of developments in contemporary cinema studies, since the choice of films will support a variety of critical approaches including economic, aesthetic (generic, auteurist, formalist), ideological (race, class, gender), and reception studies.

ARTH 3993 - Directed Study

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

TBD prereq: instr consent

ARTH 5413 - Alternative Media: Video, Performance, Digital Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

One rather old and rigid concept in the history of art and aesthetics is that artistic media, each with its distinct qualities, are most successful when they remain separate. The best painting, according to this view, is one that explores its own properties of flatness, abstraction, and color. What became known in the first half of the 20th century as the philosophy of ?medium specific purity? was radically challenged in the 1960s when the differences between painting and sculpture were intentionally blurred and when new media (performance, body art, happenings, video art, installations and digital art) were introduced. This course seeks to understand how alternative media were developed not through the invention of new technologies nor in isolation, but through revolutionary modes of thinking about time and space, human and non-human life, machines, archives, cyborgs, and interactivity (some of which date back to the 18th and 19th centuries). Through assigned readings and discussions as well as structured essay assignments, the class provides students with extensive practice in the critical analysis of theoretical texts and ample experience synthesizing diverse intellectual ideas and arguments in written form. More broadly, through a creative ?timeline? assignment, the course seeks to teach students to think inventively about new media and their histories, to learn strategies for looking at, evaluating, and thinking about works of new media art. It also provides instruction in research techniques and resources in contemporary art, as well as on writing in art history.

ARTH 5466 - Contemporary Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

The art of today as it is practiced around the globe takes a bewildering variety of forms?from traditional painting and sculpture to AI, interactive digital media, film projections, bio art (involving human, plant, and animal blood, tissue and DNA), participatory and community engaged projects, and environmental interventions. It addresses urgent social and political themes including globalization, institutionalized racism, climate crisis, big data, and mechanized vision. Just as today?s citizens should inform themselves about contemporary politics and current events, so is it crucial that we understand the art of our own time. In this course students gain an understanding of art?s development since the late 20th century and key ideas that are central to interpreting the art of this period. The course begins with a review of important movements, significant artists, and influential theories and issues. It then takes up and studies specific themes through the reading and analysis of theoretical texts. Students are asked to read, participate in class discussions, complete guided or independent research papers, prepare an in-class presentation on one of the course themes, and complete a book review for a textbook on contemporary art history. Each of these assignments is designed to impart specific historical knowledge about the period of the contemporary, to provide students with opportunities to practice critical reading and synthetic writing, and to offer them a chance to inspect their own positions regarding key debates.

ARTH 5766 - Chinese Painting

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Major works from the late bronze age to the modern era that illustrate the development of Chinese landscape painting and associated literary traditions.

ARTH 5781 - Age of Empire: The Mughals, Safavids, and Ottomans

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5781/RelS 5781
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Artistic developments under the three most powerful Islamic empires of the 16th through 19th centuries: Ottomans of Turkey; Safavids of Iran; Mughals of India. Roles of religion and state will be considered to understand their artistic production.

ARTH 5950 - Topics: Art History

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Topics specified in Class Schedule.

ARTH 5993 - Directed Study

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course provides a mechanism for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to work closely with a faculty member to plan their own course of study around a topic or topics of mutual interest that are not otherwise covered (or are not covered with the same level of depth) in the regular curriculum. In addition, the very task of designing the course?working with the faculty adviser to research the topic, decide on goals, outcomes, and assessments, and determine a sequence of readings, meetings, and tasks?is an invaluable exercise for the student. In general, the course may be designed as an intensive period of reading in key scholarly literatures in which the instructor has expertise or as an independent research project on a topic and with an outcome (such as an annotated bibliography, capstone paper draft, a qualifying paper, dissertation prospectus, exhibition proposal, or archive) that will serve the student?s future academic career. The course schedule, required readings, assignments, and assessments are worked out in advance and agreed upon by both parties in the ?Student/Faculty Contract for Independent/Directed Study,? to which is often appended a bibliography or plan of work. The contract is signed by the participants and approved by the appropriate departmental authority (e.g., the Director of Graduate Studies or Chair). prereq: instr consent

CHIC 3221 - Chicana/o Cultural Studies: Barrio Culture and the Aesthetics of Everyday Life (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Cultural studies approach to investigating aesthetic dimensions of experience that inform and are informed by dynamic relationship between culture, class, ethnicity, and power.

CHIC 3223 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Representation in Film (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o visual representation. Depiction of Latina/o experience, history, and culture in film. Analyzing independent/commercial films as texts that illuminate deeply held beliefs around race, class, ethnicity, gender, and national origin.

COMM 3231 - Reality TV: History, Culture, and Economics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Social, visual, cultural, economic, historical, and ethical dimensions of reality television.

COMM 3263W - Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Analysis of media images/messages. Principles of literacy. Media content/industries. Media and identity. Media effects. Textbook/packet readings, videos, small groups of peer writing workshops, media analyses.

COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Theories of and factors influencing intercultural communication. Development of effective intercultural communication skills. prereq: Planning an intercultural experience

COMM 3645W - How Pictures Persuade (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How words/pictures interact in graphic memoirs, political cartoons, and science to create/communicate meaning. How this interaction bears on public advocacy. Reading examples of comprehensive cognitive model of visual communication.

COMM 4235 - Electronic Media and Ethnic Minorities--A World View

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Representation and involvement of various ethnic groups (e.g., African-Americans, Native Americans in United States and Canada, Maori, Turks in Europe) in radio, TV, cable, Internet. Roles of government, industry, public organizations, and minority groups in regulating, managing, and financing ethnic media activities.

COMM 4263 - Feminist Media Studies (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Issues, controversies, and practices of gender and their relationship to U.S. media. Ways in which gender is represented in and comes into play with media texts/institutions. Histories of feminism, theories/methods/political economy, case studies. prereq: 3211 or instr consent

COMM 4291 - New Telecommunication Media

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Development and current status of new telecommunication media such as cable TV, satellites, DBS, MDS, and video disk/cassettes. Technology, historical development, regulation, and programming of these media and their influence on individuals, organizations, and society. prereq: 3211 or instr consent

COMM 5211 - Critical Media Studies: Theory and Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Survey of theories, research methods, and scholars dominating critical media studies since late 1920s. prereq: Graduate students or undergraduates who have completed COMM 3211 (Introduction to Media Studies) or its equivalent

CSCL 3211 - Global and Transnational Cinemas (GP)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3211/SCMC 3211
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course explores Global and Transnational Cinemas as alternative traditions to the dominant Hollywood-centered accounts of film history. Students will grapple with the historical, social, and political motivations of cinematic projects that critique traditions of national cinema, or that resist the hegemonic force of neocolonial cultural centers. Italian Neo-realism and the French New Wave will be examined as movements that challenge politics and mass culture. Third Cinema in Latin America and pan-African cinematic movements will be examined through their struggles with both colonialism and the rise of post-colonial dictatorships. Indian and Japanese cinemas of the 50s & 60s will mark out new possibilities of filmmaking and distribution. Finally, counter-hegemonic and experimental movements in U.S.-based film, such as the L.A. Rebellion and Fluxus, will allow students to understand how opposition to Hollywood style could exist within the very centers of cultural power while also reaching out to larger global communities.

CSCL 3212W - Documentary Cinema: History and Politics (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3212W/SCMC 3212W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course explores the ethics and aesthetics of documentary cinema, arguably the very first genre of film. We will track the way documentary has widened from largely instructional and experimental uses early in its history to become a distinct genre among today?s familiar feature films. We will screen early documentaries, which may include shocking ethnographies (Nanook of the North, The Mad Masters). Over the course of the term, the syllabus makes its way to recent exemplars of the genre (films may include: Amy, American Teen, I Am Not Your Negro, A Jihad for Love, Generation Wealth, Fetish, Blackfish and so on). One of our aims will be to explore students? relations as viewers and documentarians themselves (via smartphones, Instagram, etc.) to this participatory, revelatory, and always controversial, politically fraught film practice. Documentary Cinema includes both full class lectures and discussions as well as small group discussion of films and readings, and may include the opportunity for students to create their own personal documentary. Intellectually, the course balances out a study of the grammar of documentary as an artistic practice with explorations of the ways the genre reflects broader currents of cinematic and cultural history. By the end of the semester, students should have a stronger understanding of the ways documentary cinema opens our senses to the world around us.

CSCL 3221 - On Television (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3221/SCMC 3221
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

We will study writings on television and specific TV shows from a variety of angles to understand the rise of American broadcast technologies, how race and class are crafted on TV, representations of gender and the home, postmodernity and late capitalism, the rise and demise and of taste, global television and the public sphere, the production of ?reality? in our present historical moment, and changes in televisual technologies. Throughout the course, we will also consider what constitutes television?the technology, the form, and the content?and learn to read these three facets of it concurrently.

CSCL 3310W - The Rhetoric of Everyday Life (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

How discourse reproduces consciousness and persuades us to accept that consciousness and the power supporting it. Literary language, advertising, electronic media; film, visual and musical arts, built environment, and performance. Techniques for analyzing language, material culture, and performance. (previously 3173W)

CSCL 3334 - Monsters, Robots, Cyborgs (LITR)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Historical/critical reading of figures (e.g., uncanny double, monstrous aberration, technological hybrid) in mythology, literature, and film, from classical epic to sci-fi, cyberpunk, and Web. (previously 3461)

CSCL 3351W - The Body and the Politics of Representation (HIS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica. (previously 3458W)

CSCL 3352W - Queer Aesthetics & Queer Critique (LITR, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Is there such a thing as global queer aesthetic? If so, how do various modes of representation and expression (novels, poetry, and sophisticated uses of language across film, television and video, digital media, pop music and punk) elaborate and enact queerness in particular material ways while also helping to create a larger, intermedial queer culture?

CSCL 5302 - Aesthetics and the Valuation of Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CL 5302/CSCL 5302/CSDS 5302
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Society, ideology, and aesthetic value considered in light of recent critical theories of visual art, music, and literature. Meditations of place, social class, gender and ideology on aesthetic judgment in post-Renaissance Western culture.

CSCL 5305 - Vision and Visuality: An Intellectual History

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CL 5305/CSCL 5305/CSDS 5305
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Central role of vision/visuality in modernity. Modern age as scopic regime. Ways that ideas/ideologies of perception have shaped aesthetic experience within social existence.

CSCL 5411 - Avant-Garde Cinema

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

In 1939, the art critic Clement Greenberg defined avant-garde art in opposition to the ?kitsch? of mass-produced culture. To what extent does this conception of the avant-garde apply to the cinema?an institution and art form that supposedly requires machines and industrial modes of production? This course introduces students to key works of avant-garde and experimental film made by artists working on the margins of commercial film and mainstream art institutions. From the first half of the twentieth century, we will consider influential films made under the banners of Futurism, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Dada, and discuss their complex relation to Hollywood commodities. In the postwar period, we will explore a range of increasingly global experimental film practices, from the queer underground cinema in Latin America to the use of film projection in avant-garde performance. We will examine these practices in light of larger debates about medium specificity as well as the aesthetics and politics of the personal vs. the structural. In the final unit, we will reflect on the way contemporary artists, scholars, and curators have assembled a tradition of avant-garde cinema in the age of new media, and contemplate new directions we want it to take.

CSCL 5666 - Film Music: Theory, History, Practice

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Role of music in American/European film from early 20th century silent cinema to near present. Narrative features, shorts, documentary, horror, thriller, science fiction, comedy, cartoon. Film music as social/cultural practice and as part of political economy within culture industry.

DES 3141 - Technology, Design, and Society (TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Explore/evaluate impact of technology/design on humans, societies. How design innovation shapes cultures. How people use technology to shape design, adoption, use of designed products/environments through consumerism/ethical values.

ENGL 3020 - Studies in Narrative

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Examine issues related to reading and understanding narrative in a variety of interpretive contexts. Topics may include "The 19th-century English (American, Anglophone) Novel," "Introduction to Narrative," or "Techniques of the Novel." Topics specified in the Class Schedule

ENGL 3024 - The Graphic Novel

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course aims to read and study a specific kind of narrative we call "graphic novel." The term itself is often a point of contention, but the purpose of this course is not to defend the validity of the term or the medium. "Comic books" and "graphic novels" are not endangered animals. Rather, we will use this example of "sequential art" to think through the ways this genre intersects, uses, and informs various other narrative and artistic forms as well as the way the genre may be unique with its own way of producing meaning. Comics involve a hybrid strategy of image and text, so we will attempt to keep both aspects in mind throughout the semester, never forgetting that comics are neither purely "visual" nor purely "textual." Since comics are often wedded-in mainstream culture-with certain kinds of content (e.g. superheroes), we will also investigate the characteristics of different "genres" within comics, as well as various questions about literariness.

ENGL 3040 - Studies in Film

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3040/EngL 3040H
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Topics regarding film in variety of interpretive contexts, from range/historic development of American, English, Anglophone film.

ENGL 3045 - Cinematic Seductions: Sex, Gender, Desire

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Gender/sexuality in cinema. Sexuality/identity. Historical contexts of films. Theoretical debates regarding gender/sexuality.

ENGL 5040 - Theories of Film

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Advanced topics regarding film in a variety of interpretive contexts, from the range and historic development of American, English, and Anglophone film (e.g., "Fascism and Film," "Queer Cinemas"). Topics and viewing times announced in Class Schedule. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

FREN 3431 - Gender and Sexuality in Francophone Literature and Cinema

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Fren 3431/Fren 5431
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course will introduce students to colonial and postcolonial representations of gender and sexuality in Francophone contexts. Through literary and cinematic works from the Caribbean, Maghreb, West Africa, and Quebec, we will examine constructions and deconstructions of gender roles and sexual norms in relation to other identity categories such as race, class, nation and religion. We will consider topics such as exotic portrayals of the other, repressive and rebellious eroticism, and ambivalent or unruly affirmations of identity. Taught in French. prereq: 3101W. All courses counted toward a major/minor must be taken on an A-F basis.

FRIT 3850 - Topics in French and Italian Cinema

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Theme, problem, period, filmmaker, or topic of interest in French/Italian cinema. See Class Schedule. Taught in English. prereq: Knowledge of [French or Italian] helpful but not required

GDES 4131W - History of Graphic Design (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Historical analysis of visual communication. Technological, cultural, and aesthetic influences. How historical events are communicated/perceived through graphic presentation/imagery.

GER 3604W - Introduction to German Cinema (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

An introduction to the study of German cinema, with a focus on the relation between German film and German history, literature, culture, and politics.

GWSS 3302 - Women and the Arts (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.

GWSS 3306 - Pop Culture Women (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Contemporary U.S. feminism as political/intellectual movement. Ways in which movement has been represented in popular culture.

GWSS 3307 - Feminist Film Studies (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Construction of different notions of gender in film, social uses of these portrayals. Lectures on film criticism, film viewings, class discussions.

GWSS 5390 - Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics specified in Class Schedule.

IDES 3161 - History of Interiors and Furnishings: Ancient to 1750 (GP)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Study of European and American interiors and furnishings, including furniture, textiles, and decorative objects.

IDES 3162 - History of Interiors and Furnishings: 1750 to Present (HIS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

European/American interiors/furnishings, including furniture, textiles, and decorative objects.

ITAL 3837 - Imagining Italy: Italian and Italian-American Culture, History, and Society through Film (AH, GP)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ital 1837/Ital 3837
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Weekly guest lectures and critical readings expand from different disciplinary perspectives upon issues raised by films. Urban life, religion, nationalism, opera, violence, leisure, food, fascism, terrorism, family, emigration/immigration, ethnicity, Mediterranean culture.

JOUR 3006 - Visual Communication

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

From Instagram to YouTube to memes-we live in a visual culture. How can we interpret this flood of images? Learn how to analyze advertisements, photographs, television, and social media from multiple perspectives. Historical, cultural, and ethical approaches unearth the changing role of visual media in society. You'll actively interpret current images to learn how to effectively communicate with visuals.

JOUR 3614 - History of Media Communication (HIS, TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Glos 3605/Hist 3705/Jour 3614
Typically offered:	Every Spring

In the history of humankind, there have been five major changes in how we communicate and we're in the middle of the latest revolution. This class helps you make sense of these uncharted waters by exploring how humanity adopted, and adapted to, past disruptions. From the alphabet to the internet and social media, learn how technological innovations in the media have changed not only how people share information and values but also what people have communicated throughout history. We will learn about these five phases in mediated communication over 5,000 years, and how they relate to major changes in politics, society and culture. And then we'll use history's lessons to peek into the future: When presidents tweet and everyone's foodie photos are on Instagram, how does the world communicate?

JOUR 3741 - Diversity and Media (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How are our perceptions of crime been influenced by the news? How do social movements use media to share their messages? What can we as audiences do? Social media, news and entertainment media help shape our ideas about identity and differences. Learn how representation and inclusion have been negotiated through media with a particular focus on local case studies. Topics include race, ethnicity, social class, physical ability, and gender. Students will learn how to use media literacy to build a just and equitable society.

JOUR 3745 - Media and Popular Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Popular culture is everywhere. Social media, film, music, video games, television, websites, and news bring popular culture into our daily lives. In this class, we will examine popular culture in modern and historical contexts through various mass communication, sociological, and cultural theories. Is popular culture of the people? or dictated by corporate interests? What social and commercial pressures result in stereotypes, misrepresentation and exclusion in popular culture? Does popular culture mirror or shape social reality? This course will provide you with the tools to become active and thoughtful consumers of media and popular culture.

JOUR 3751 - Digital Media and Culture (AH, TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

How have digital media innovations like social media, mobile phones, artificial intelligence, drones and games shaped and been shaped by a culture and society globally? Learn to critically examine the function of digital media in your life. Take away a socio-historical understanding of digital media innovation, and the social, political, and economical impact of new media in creativity, industry, and culture from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Topics range from the concept of branding in an online context, to the varied uses of digital media in the context of journalism, social mobilization, law and privacy, business, globalization, content creation, and beyond. You will read, discuss, and debate cutting edge material from documentaries, podcasts, popular press, and academic literature. This course balances local contexts with global perspectives, and provides details into the practicalities of working and living in a new media environment.

LA 5203 - Ecological Dimensions of Space Making

Credits:	6.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Design studio experience drawing on ecological, cultural, aesthetic influences to explore development of design ideas responsive to ecological issues and human experience. prereq: LA major or instr consent; recommended for both BED and Grad students

LA 5402 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture History and Theory

Credits:	1.0 -6.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Independent studies under the direction of landscape architecture faculty. prereq: instr consent

MIMS 5910 - Topics in Moving Image Studies

Credits:	2.0 -4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Special topics in moving image studies.

MST 5011 - Museum History and Philosophy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Historical and philosophical roots of museums and emerging philosophical issues faced by museums today - from art, history, science, and youth to living collections, living history sites, and historic houses. Field trips to area museums.

MST 5170 - Topics in Museum Studies

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

In-depth investigation of specific topic, announced in advance. prereq: grad student

PDES 3705 - History and Future of Product Design

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This class covers critical milestones in the history, evolution, and trajectory of modern product design as well as the human relationships to consumer goods, including production and consumption. In some assignments, students have the opportunity to apply the topics discussed towards imagining the future of the product design industry.

PORT 3800 - Film Studies in Portuguese

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course offers an introduction to Brazilian film from the 1960s to the present and to postcolonial films from Portugal, Angola, and Mozambique. You will learn about the history of Brazilian film from cinema novo on, with attention to state funding; internationalization; and recurrent themes, such as the sert�o or backlands and the favela or shantytown. In the case of Lusophone postcolonial films, you will learn about issues of personal and collective identity, including hybrid, diasporic, and non-heteronormative identities; nation building and post-conflict trauma; memory and healing. The approach is two-fold: cinema as representation of society, history, culture, and the individual subject; and cinema as a complex, multi-layered, and expensive art form. You are expected to critically engage with the form and content of each film as you acquire an understanding of the historical, cultural, (geo)political, and socio-economic forces that have shaped the development of film in the various countries, in addition to the social issues raised by filmmakers. You will also become familiar with philosophical and aesthetic insights from which to critically review a film. The course will be taught in Portuguese and you are expected to use Portuguese orally in class and in all written assignments. Readings will be in Portuguese and occasionally in English. Topics vary and are specified in the class schedule. prereq: 3003 or instr consent or dept consent

RUSS 3512 - Russian Art and Culture (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Major trends in Russian visual arts in context of social, political, and ideological questions.

SCMC 3001W - History of Cinema and Media Culture (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Genealogy of cinema in relation to other media, notably photography, radio, television/video, and the Internet. Representative films from decisive moments in global development of cinema. Rise/fall of Hollywood studio system, establishment of different national cinemas, cinematic challenges to cultural imperialism, emergence of post-cinematic technologies.

SCMC 3910 - Topics in Studies in Cinema and Media Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics specified in Class Schedule.

SCMC 5001 - Critical Debates in the Study of Cinema and Media Culture

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course serves as a capstone within the Studies in Cinema and Media Culture program as well as an advanced seminar in cinema and media theory. It covers such topics as contemporary cinema, transnational television, video games, digital networks, and surveillance technologies. It builds on the knowledge of cinema and media studies that students have developed over their undergraduate education. Students are given the resources and encouragement to construct larger reading and viewing lists that will further develop their knowledge of media and cinema. The final grade is based on participation, critical essays, weekly viewing assignments, and an individualized project that can include creative and professional interests.

SCMC 5002 - Advanced Film Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Application of textual analysis to the reading of a film. Students work collaboratively to discern and interpret all component aural/visual elements of what the film says and how it says it.

SOC 3415 - Consume This! The Sociology and Politics of Consumption

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

How symbols are created, acquired, diffused, and used for organizing personal identity and maintaining group boundaries. Fashion. Socialization. Structure of retail trade. Role of mass media, advertising, marketing/production strategies. Implications of worldwide markets. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F

SOC 3451W - Cities & Social Change (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Soc 3451W/Soc 3451V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F

SOC 3701 - Social Theory

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F

TH 3120 - Theatre: Theory and Practice

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introdution to diverse ways of thinking about theatre and its representational practices. Students explore traditional/non-traditional modes of performance through readings, discussions, and hands-on performance projects. Seminar-style course. prereq: 1101

TH 3171 - Western Theatre & Performance Historiography: Part I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What does it mean to represent? By focusing on a critical examination of this and similar questions, this course will investigate how performance events from the Ancient Greece to the French Revolution are brought to our attention, how they are made worthy of notice, and how they are rationalized as significant for theatre and performance history. By studying the theories of the Western origins of theatre and drama, the censoring of creative activities in the Ancient Rome or in the Renaissance England, the appearance of female actors and playwrights in Restoration, and the fashioning of a new economic type the eighteenth century, this course will ask: what are the consequences today of using or promoting these and not other representational practices?

TH 3172 - Western Theatre & Performance Historiography: Part II (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

?Dare to Think? is the motto for a critical examination of representational practices from the Age of Enlightenment until the Postmodern Condition today. We will discuss how theatre makers and thinkers responded to this call by offering playtexts and performance practices which challenged mainstream theatre in the era of the revolutions in time and space?Naturalism, Symbolism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism; Agit-Prop, Theatre of the Oppressed, Theatre for Social Change; Black, Feminist, Queer Theatres; and Pixelated Revolutions. We will investigate histories, politics, and aesthetics of theatre and performance in a variety of cultural and ideological contexts. While reviewing these representational practices, which materialize as play-texts, performances, theatre architecture, theatre rebellions and regulations, theoretical writings, etc., we will discuss how they were produced, given intelligibility, and disseminated. One may ask: what are the consequences of using or promoting these and not other representational practices? How are performance events brought to our attention by the past and present imaginations? How are they made worthy of notice are rationalized as significant for theatre history.

TH 5117 - Performance and Social Change

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Reading, writing, research, presentations and workshops explore activist performance projects. Theories of social formation and ideology provide framework to discuss/animate theater's potential for social change. prereq: Jr or sr or grad student

TH 5182W - Contemporary Black Drama and Dramaturgies (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 5182W/Th 5182W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course is an exploration of the impact and evolution of Black Theatre in America, covering the period rising from the Black Arts Movement to the present. The exploration will entail an understanding of cultural and socio-political issues as they are reflected in key and significant plays written and produced from the late 1950?s to the present. The plays and essays will be read against the background of significant cultural, social and literary movements - the Civil Rights Movement, Cold War politics, the Women?s Movement, Gay Liberation, the Culture Wars, post-modernism, deconstruction, multiculturalism, afro-futurism, etc. as well as the evolution of identity nomenclature and racial classification from Colored to Negro to Black to African American. In addition to play analysis and criticism, students will garner a knowledge of significant Black cultural institutions and their impact on the ever-changing American theatre landscape.

AAS 3301 - Asian America Through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

ENGL 3301 - Asian America through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

ADES 3121 - History of Fashion, 19th to 21st Century

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ADes 4121/ApSt 5121
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Survey of apparel and appearances in Western cultures, from the 18th century to the present. Role of gender, race, and class with respect to the change in dress within historical moments and social contexts will be addressed. Students will learn and apply research approaches and methods in the study and interpretation of dress using objects from the Goldstein Museum of Design.

APST 5121 - History of Fashion, 19th to 21st Century

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ADes 4121/ApSt 5121
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Analysis/interpretation of primary data about 19th/20th centuries based on historical methods. Critique of cultural, social, economic, technological, political, and artistic data presented through lens of dress in film/literature.

AFRO 3120 - Social and Intellectual Movements in the African Diaspora (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3120/Afro 5120/Hist 3456
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Political, cultural, historical linkages between Africans, African-Americans, African-Caribbean. Black socio-political movements/radical intellectual trends in late 19th/20th centuries. Colonialism/racism. Protest organizations, radical movements in United States/Europe.

AFRO 5120 - Social and Intellectual Movements in the African Diaspora

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3120/Afro 5120/Hist 3456
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Political, cultural, historical linkages between Africans, African-Americans, African-Caribbean. Black socio-political movements/radical intellectual trends in late 19th/20th centuries. Colonialism/racism. Protest organizations, radical movements in United States/Europe. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

HIST 3456 - Social and Intellectual Movements in the African Diaspora (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3120/Afro 5120/Hist 3456
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Political, cultural, historical linkages between Africans, African-Americans, African-Caribbeans. Socio-political movements/radical intellectual trends in late 19th/20th centuries within African Diaspora. Resistance in Suriname, Guyana, Caribbean. Protest organizations, intellectual discourses, radical movements in United States/Europe.

AFRO 5627 - Seminar: Harlem Renaissance

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3627/Afro 5627/ArtH 3627/
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Review Harlem Renaissance from variety of perspectives. Literary, historical, cultural, political, international. Complex patterns of permeation/interdependency between worlds inside/outside of what W.E.B. Du Bois called "the Veil of Color." prereq: Grad student or instr consent

ARTH 3655 - African-American Cinema (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3655/ArtH 3655/ArtH 5655
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

African American cinematic achievements from silent films of Oscar Micheaux through contemporary Hollywood and independent films. Class screenings, critical readings.

ARTH 5655 - African-American Cinema (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3655/ArtH 3655/ArtH 5655
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

African American cinematic achievements, from silent films of Oscar Micheaux through contemporary Hollywood and independent films. Class screenings, critical readings.

ARTH 3014W - Art of India (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3014W/ RelS 3415
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.

RELS 3415W - Art of India (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3014W/ RelS 3415
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Indian sculpture, architecture, and paintings from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.

AMES 3377 - A Thousand Years of Buddhism in China: Beliefs, Practices, and Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3377/RelS 3377
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Buddhism in China, 4th-15th centuries. Introduction of Buddhism to China. Relevance of Buddhist teaching to indigenous thought (e.g., Taoism, Confucianism). Major "schools": Tiantai, Huayan, Chan/Zen, etc.. Cultural activities of monks, nuns, and lay believers.

RELS 3377 - A Thousand Years of Buddhism in China: Beliefs, Practices, and Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AMES 3377 / RELS 3377
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Buddhism in China, 4th-15th centuries. Introduction of Buddhism to China. Relevance of Buddhist teaching to indigenous thought (e.g., Taoism, Confucianism). Major "schools": Tiantai, Huayan, Chan/Zen, etc.. Cultural activities of monks, nuns, and lay believers.

AMIN 3402 - American Indians and the Cinema (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AmIn 3402/AmIn 5402
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring & Summer

Representations of American Indians in film, historically/contemporarily. What such representations assert about Native experience and cultural viability. What they reflect about particular relationships of power.

ANTH 5402 - Zooarchaeology Laboratory

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How archaeologists reconstruct the past through the study of animal bones associated with artifacts at archaeological sites. Skeletal element (e.g., humerus, femur, tibia), and taxon (e.g., horse, antelope, sheep, bison, hyena) when confronted with bone. Comparative collection of bones from known taxa.

ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3711W/Arch 3711V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Designed environment as cultural medium/product of sociocultural process/expression of values, ideas, behavioral patterns. Design/construction as complex political process. prereq: Soph or above

ARCH 3711V - Honors: Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3711W/Arch 3711V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Designed environment as cultural medium and as product of a sociocultural process and expression of values, ideas, and behavioral patterns. Design/construction as complex political process. prereq: Honors, [soph or above]

ARCH 4424 - Renaissance Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4424/Arch 5424
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

History of architecture and urban design in Italy, from 1400 to 1600. Emphasizes major figures (Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Palladio) and evolution of major cities (Rome, Florence, Venice). prereq: 3411 or instr consent

ARCH 5424 - Renaissance Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4424/Arch 5424
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

History of architecture and urban design in Italy, from 1400 to 1600. Emphasizes major figures (Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Palladio) and evolution of major cities (Rome, Florence, Venice). prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARCH 4425W - Baroque Architecture (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4425/Arch 5425
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Architecture and urban design in Italy, from 1600 to 1750. Emphasizes major figures (Bernini, Borromini, Cortona, Guarini) and evolution of major cities (Rome, Turin). prereq: 3411 or instr consent

ARCH 5425 - Baroque Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4425/Arch 5425
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Architecture and urban design in Italy, from 1600 to 1750. Emphasizes major figures (Bernini, Borromini, Cortona, Guarini) and evolution of major cities (Rome, Turin). prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARCH 4432 - Modern Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4432/Arch 5432
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Architecture and urban design in Europe and the United States from early 19th century to World War II. prereq: 3412 or instr consent

ARCH 5432 - Modern Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4432/Arch 5432
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Architecture and urban design in Europe and the United States, from early 19th century to World War II. prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARCH 4434 - Contemporary Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4434/Arch 5434
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Developments, theories, movements, and trends in architecture and urban design from World War II to present. prereq: 3412 or instr consent

ARCH 5434 - Contemporary Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4434/Arch 5434
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Developments, theories, movements, and trends in architecture and urban design, from World War II to present. prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARCH 4435 - History of American Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4435/Arch 5435.
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Through lectures, readings, discussion, and research, we will analyze buildings and spaces�architect designed and �vernacular��in the context of social, political, economic, technological, and ecological change. As we address these issues, we will examine the ways design and daily life, performed locally, interacted with national and global systems and flows; and the role the built environment has played in advancing structures and concepts of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and power. Students will gain a broad familiarity with the history of American buildings and landscapes, develop critical frameworks for analysis, and enhance their understanding of the environments they interact with every day�as designers, citizens, consumers, and professionals.

ARCH 5435 - History of American Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4435/Arch 5435.
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Through lectures, readings, discussion, and research, we will analyze buildings and spaces�architect designed and �vernacular��in the context of social, political, economic, technological, and ecological change. As we address these issues, we will examine the ways design and daily life, performed locally, interacted with national and global systems and flows; and the role the built environment has played in advancing structures and concepts of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and power. Students will gain a broad familiarity with the history of American buildings and landscapes, develop critical frameworks for analysis, and enhance their understanding of the environments they interact with every day�as designers, citizens, consumers, and professionals.

ARTH 3009 - Intersectional Medieval Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3009/MeSt 3009/RelS 3609
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.

MEST 3009 - Intersectional Medieval Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3009/MeSt 3009/RelS 3609
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.

ARTH 3015W - Art of Islam (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3015W/ClCv 3015W/RelS 370
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Architecture, painting, and other arts from Islam's origins to the 20th century. Cultural and political settings as well as themes that unify the diverse artistic styles of Islamic art will be considered.

RELS 3706W - Art of Islam (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3015W/ClCv 3015W/RelS 370
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Architecture, painting, and other arts from Islam's origins to the 20th century. Cultural and political settings as well as themes that unify the diverse artistic styles of Islamic art will be considered.

ARTH 3152 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3152/CNES 3152
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course will provide an introduction to the history of Greek art, architecture and archaeology from the formation of the Greek city states in the ninth century BCE, through the expansion of Greek culture across the Mediterranean and Asia in the Hellenistic period, to the coming of Rome in the first century BCE. While this survey concentrates on the main developments of Greek art, an important sub-theme of this course this is the changes Classical visual culture underwent as it served non-Greek peoples, including the role it played for Alexander and his successors in forging multiethnic, globally minded empires in Western, Central and South Asia. No background in the time period or discipline is expected and therefore this class will also serve as an introduction to interdisciplinary study of art history and the classical world. A number of art historical methodologies will be introduced in order to not only give students a useful background in art history but to give them the tools to think as art historians and incorporate related visual and textual evidence meaningfully into their writing.

CNRC 3152 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3152/CNES 3152
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course will provide an introduction to the history of Greek art, architecture and archaeology from the formation of the Greek city states in the ninth century BCE, through the expansion of Greek culture across the Mediterranean and Asia in the Hellenistic period, to the coming of Rome in the first century BCE. While this survey concentrates on the main developments of Greek art, an important sub-theme of this course this is the changes Classical visual culture underwent as it served non-Greek peoples, including the role it played for Alexander and his successors in forging multiethnic, globally minded empires in Western, Central and South Asia. No background in the time period or discipline is expected and therefore this class will also serve as an introduction to interdisciplinary study of art history and the classical world. A number of art historical methodologies will be introduced in order to not only give students a useful background in art history but to give them the tools to think as art historians and incorporate related visual and textual evidence meaningfully into their writing.

ARTH 3162 - Roman Art and Archaeology (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3162/CNES 3162
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Introduction to history of Roman art, from formation of city-state of Rome under Etruscan domination, to transformation of visual culture in late antiquity under peoples influenced by the Romans.

CNRC 3162 - Roman Art and Archaeology (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3162/CNES 3162
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Introduction to art and material culture of Roman world: origin, change, continuity. Progress/decay in later empire, its legacy to modern world.

ARTH 3182 - Egypt and Western Asia: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and Western Asia (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3182/CNES 3182/RelS 3182
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course will provide students with foundational knowledge in the art, architecture, and archaeology of Egypt, East Africa, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia from the Neolithic through Late Antiquity (ca. 7,000 B.C.E. - 650 C.E.). Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the visual material and the social, intellectual, political, and religious contexts in which it developed and functioned. In this regard, students will also gain an understanding of the evolution of, and exchanges and differences among, the visual cultures of these time periods and regions. It will also expose them to the preconditions for contemporary geopolitics in the region.

CNRC 3182 - Egypt and Western Asia: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and Western Asia (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3182/CNES 3182/RelS 3182
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course will provide students with foundational knowledge in the art, architecture, and archaeology of Egypt, East Africa, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia from the Neolithic through Late Antiquity (ca. 7,000 B.C.E. - 650 C.E.). Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the visual material and the social, intellectual, political, and religious contexts in which it developed and functioned. In this regard, students will also gain an understanding of the evolution of, and exchanges and differences among, the visual cultures of these time periods and regions. It will also expose them to the preconditions for contemporary geopolitics in the region.

RELS 3182 - Egypt and Western Asia: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and Western Asia (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3182/CNES 3182/RelS 3182
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course will provide students with foundational knowledge in the art, architecture and archaeology of Egypt, East Africa, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia from the Neolithic through Late Antiquity (ca. 7,000 B.C.E. - 650 C.E.). Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the visual material and the social, intellectual, political and religious contexts in which it developed and functioned. In this regard, students will also gain an understanding of the evolution of, and exchanges and differences among, the visual cultures of these time periods and regions. It will also expose them to the preconditions for contemporary geopolitics in the region.

ARTH 3216W - Chicana and Chicano Art (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3216W/Chic 3216W/Chic 512
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

A Chicana/o has been described as a Mexican-American with a political sense of identity that emerges from a desire for social justice. One journalist bluntly stated, "A Chicano is a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself" (Ruben Salazar, Los Angeles Times, 1970). This identity emerged through the Chicano Movement, a social and political mobilization that began in the 1960s and 1970s. The Chicano Movement witnessed the rise of community-based political organizing to improve the working conditions, education, housing opportunities, health, and civil rights for Mexican-Americans. For its inception, the Chicano Movement attracted artists who created a new aesthetic and framework for producing art. A major focus of Chicana/o artists of the 1960s and 1970s was representation, the right to self-determination, and the role of art in fostering civic and public engagement. This focus continues to inform Chicana/o cultural production. Social intervention, empowerment, and institutional critique remain some of the most important innovations of American art of the last several decades, and Chicana/o artists played a significant role in this trend.

CHIC 3216W - Chicana and Chicano Art (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3216W/Chic 3216W/Chic 512
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

A Chicana/o has been described as a Mexican-American with a political sense of identity that emerges from a desire for social justice. One journalist bluntly stated, "A Chicano is a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself" (Ruben Salazar, Los Angeles Times, 1970). This identity emerged through the Chicano Movement, a social and political mobilization that began in the 1960s and 1970s. The Chicano Movement witnessed the rise of community-based political organizing to improve the working conditions, education, housing opportunities, health, and civil rights for Mexican-Americans. For its inception, the Chicano Movement attracted artists who created a new aesthetic and framework for producing art. A major focus of Chicana/o artists of the 1960s and 1970s was representation, the right to self-determination, and the role of art in fostering civic and public engagement. This focus continues to inform Chicana/o cultural production. Social intervention, empowerment, and institutional critique remain some of the most important innovations of American art of the last several decades, and Chicana/o artists played a significant role in this trend.

ARTH 3315 - The Age of Curiosity: Art, Science & Technology in Europe, 1400-1800 (AH, TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTH 3315/HIST 3708/ARTH 5315/
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Diverse ways in which making of art and scientific knowledge intersected in early modern Europe. Connections between scientific curiosity and visual arts in major artists (e.g., da Vinci, Durer, Vermeer, Rembrandt). Artfulness of scientific imagery/diagrams, geographical maps, cabinets of curiosities, and new visual technologies, such as the telescope and microscope.

HIST 3708 - The Age of Curiosity: Art, Science & Technology in Europe, 1400-1800 (AH, TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ARTH 3315/HIST 3708/ARTH 5315/
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Diverse ways in which making of art and scientific knowledge intersected in early modern Europe. Connections between scientific curiosity and visual arts in major artists (e.g., da Vinci, Durer, Vermeer, Rembrandt). Artfulness of scientific imagery/diagrams, geographical maps, cabinets of curiosities, and new visual technologies, such as the telescope and microscope.

ARTH 3335 - Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3335/Rels 3162/Hist 3706/
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

This course explores the center of Baroque culture?Rome?as a city of spectacle and pageantry. The urban development of the city, as well as major works in painting, sculpture, and architecture, are considered within their political and religious context, with special emphasis on the ecclesiastical and private patrons who transformed the Eternal City into one of the world?s great capitals.

ARTH 5335 - Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3335/Rels 3162/Hist 3706/
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

This course explores the center of Baroque culture --Rome-- as a city of spectacle and pageantry. The urban development of the city, as well as major works in painting, sculpture, and architecture, are considered within their political and religious context, with special emphasis on the ecclesiastical and private patrons who transformed the Eternal City into one of the world's great capitals.

ARTH 5777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interact.

RELS 5777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia's diverse ethnic and religious communities interact.

ARTH 5787 - Visual Cultures in Contact: Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5787/CNRC 3787/5787
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

What happens when two cultures meet? How do different cultures shape and influence each other? In this course we'll examine how the diverse cultures of the Ancient Eurasian world became entangled with one another through the material remains they left behind. We'll use a variety of tools and techniques to analyze and interpret material objects, spaces and art? from the Egyptians and Sassanians, to the Romans and Qin and Han dynasties. Uncover a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of how these ancient cultures changed their ideologies, iconographies, and modes of representation through trade networks, political alliances, and colonial enterprise.

CNRC 5787 - Visual Cultures in Contact: Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5787/CNRC 3787/5787
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

What happens when two cultures meet? How do different cultures shape and influence each other? In this course we'll examine how the diverse cultures of the Ancient Eurasian world became entangled with one another through the material remains they left behind. We'll use a variety of tools and techniques to analyze and interpret material objects, spaces and art? from the Egyptians and Sassanians, to the Romans and Qin and Han dynasties. Uncover a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of how these ancient cultures changed their ideologies, iconographies, and modes of representation through trade networks, political alliances, and colonial enterprise.

CNRC 3061 - "Bread and Circuses:" Spectacles and Mass Culture in Antiquity (HIS, CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3061/Hist3061
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Development of large-scale public entertainments in ancient Mediterranean world, from athletic contests of Olympia and dramatic festivals of Athens to chariot races and gladiatorial games of Roman Empire. Wider significance of these spectacles in their impact on political, social, and economic life of the societies that supported them.

HIST 3061 - "Bread and Circuses": Spectacles and Mass Culture in Antiquity (HIS, CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3061/Hist3061
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Development of large-scale public entertainments in ancient Mediterranean world, from athletic contests of Olympia and dramatic festivals of Athens to chariot races and gladiatorial games of Roman Empire. Wider significance of these spectacles in their impact on political, social, and economic life of the societies that supported them.

CSCL 3210 - Cinema and Ideology (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3210/SCMC 3210
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.

SCMC 3210 - Cinema and Ideology (AH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3210/SCMC 3210
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.

CSCL 3220W - Screen Cultures (AH, TS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3220W/SCMC 3220W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Screens increasingly define the ways that we communicate with one another and how we encounter the world. This course will offer a critical, historical approach to the emergence of ?screen cultures? from the beginning of photography and cinema to our own age of ubiquitous touch screen displays. We will pay a great deal of attention to the ways that such technologies drive our patterns of consumption and production as well as how they create and define our social environments.

SCMC 3220W - Screen Cultures (AH, TS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3220W/SCMC 3220W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Screens increasingly define the ways that we communicate with one another and how we encounter the world. This course will offer a critical, historical approach to the emergence of ?screen cultures? from the beginning of photography and cinema to our own age of ubiquitous touch screen displays. We will pay a great deal of attention to the ways that such technologies drive our patterns of consumption and production as well as how they create and define our social environments.

CSCL 3350W - Sexuality and Culture (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3350W/GLBT 3456W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical/critical study of forms of modern sexuality (heterosexuality, homosexuality, romance, erotic domination, lynching). How discourses constitute/regulate sexuality. Scientific/scholarly literature, religious documents, fiction, personal narratives, films, advertisements.

GLBT 3456W - Sexuality and Culture (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3350W/GLBT 3456W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical/critical study of forms of modern sexuality (heterosexuality, homosexuality, romance, erotic domination, lynching). How discourses constitute/regulate sexuality. Scientific/scholarly literature, religious documents, fiction, personal narratives, films, advertisements.

JOUR 4721 - Mass Media and U.S. Society (SOCS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Jour 4721/Jour 4721H
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Are the news media doing a good job? How can you tell? Does it matter? Is The Daily Show the best news program on television? Why or why not? Most people seem to have an opinion about all of these questions. Most discussions seem to center on one of four themes: 1) who owns the media and what they care about; 2) whether the news media are becoming more or less credible and/or biased; 3) whether entertainment is replacing or enhancing information in news programming; and 4) how much, if at all, is the Internet changing everything about the way the media work, including who we think of as a journalist. Mass Media and U.S. Society explores the validity and importance of these themes in terms of what roles can the media play in society, what roles does it play, and how have those roles have changed over time. The course draws on ideas from various social sciences to develop tools for discussing a number of specific issues related to these themes.

JOUR 4721H - Mass Media and U.S. Society (SOCS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Jour 4721/Jour 4721H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Are the news media doing a good job? How can you tell? Does it matter? Is The Daily Show the best news program on television? Why or why not? Most people seem to have an opinion about all of these questions. Most discussions seem to center on one of four themes: 1) who owns the media and what they care about; 2) whether the news media are becoming more or less credible and/or biased; 3) whether entertainment is replacing or enhancing information in news programming; and 4) how much, if at all, is the Internet changing everything about the way the media work, including who we think of as a journalist. Mass Media and U.S. Society explores the validity and importance of these themes in terms of what roles can the media play in society, what roles does it play, and how have those roles have changed over time. The course draws on ideas from various social sciences to develop tools for discussing a number of specific issues related to these themes. prereq: honors

LA 3413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Study of landscape architecture's roots by examining the creation of landscapes over time. Influences of ecological and environmental issues as well as political, economic, and social contexts on the cultural construction of landscape ideas and meaning and creation of landscape architectural works.

LA 5413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	LA 3413/LA 5413
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introductory course examines the multiple roots of landscape architecture by examining the making of types of landscapes over time. Emphasis on ecological and environmental issues, and issues related to political, economic, and social contexts of landscape architectural works. prereq: One course in history at 1xxx or higher

PHIL 4510 - Philosophy of the Individual Arts

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phil 4510/Phil 5510
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Aesthetic problems that arise in studying or practicing an art. prereq: 3502

PHIL 5510 - Philosophy of the Individual Arts

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phil 4510/Phil 5510
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Aesthetic problems that arise in studying or practicing an art. prereq: 3502

PHIL 4605 - Space and Time

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phil 4605/5605
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Philosophical problems concerning nature/structure of space, time, and space-time. prereq: Courses in [philosophy or physics] or instr consent

PHIL 5605 - Space and Time

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phil 4605/5605
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Philosophical problems concerning nature/structure of space, time, and space-time. prereq: Courses in [philosophy or physics] or instr consent

SCAN 3614 - Blood on Snow: Scandinavian Thrillers in Fiction and Film (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Scan 3614/Scan 5614
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Scandinavian crime novels/films against background of peaceful welfare states. Readings in translation for non-majors. Scandinavian majors/minors read excerpts in specific languages.

SCAN 5614 - Blood on Snow: Scandinavian Thrillers in Fiction and Film

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Scan 3614/Scan 5614
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Scandinavian crime novels/films against background of peaceful welfare states. Readings in translation for non-majors. Scandinavian majors/minors read excerpts in specific languages.

SOC 3412 - Social Networking: Theories and Methods (TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Soc 3412/Soc 3412H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.' prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F

SOC 3412H - Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Soc 3412/Soc 3412H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: � Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. � Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). � Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading � Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. � Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors

ARTS 5401W - BFA Seminar Capstone 1: Concepts and Practices in Art (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Various ideologies, cultural strategies that influence practice/interpretation of art. Emphasizes diversity of viewpoints. Application of issues in developing final BFA exhibition.

ARTS 5407 - BFA Capstone 2: Critique and Exhibition

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This critique-based seminar will provide a structured critical forum for the discussion of your work, help you to verbally articulate and defend your work and prepare you in the presentation of your work. This is a self-motivated and self-directed class. It is expected that you will produce a substantial amount of work to show in this course. Your work is self-directed Artwork created from assignments (in other classes) will not be critiqued. Each artist will have two one-hour critiques of their work over the course of the semester. Critiques may include members from the arts community such as local artists, MIA, Midway Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, The Soap Factory and Franklin Artworks. Grades are based on critique participation, attendance and your artist presentation. This class culminates in the BFA Exhibition in the Nash Gallery. Throughout the semester, we will meet with Nash Gallery staff to develop this final show.

AMES 3356W - Chinese Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Survey of Chinese cinema from China (PRC), Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Emphasizes discussion/comparison of global, social, economic, sexual, gender, psychological, and other themes as represented through film.

ANTH 3242W - Hero, Savage, or Equal? Representations of NonWestern Peoples in the Movies (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will explore images of nonWestern peoples and cultures as they have appeared in the movies and in other popular media. It has four aims: l) to introduce the problem of nonWestern peoples in the West from historical points of view, 2) to discuss the relationship between mass media and issue of representation to the marketplace, 3) to introduce the concept of morality in and through collective representations as developed by Durkheim, and 4) to analyze the problem of moral agency in a series of Hollywood and Independent movies which portray nonwestern peoples and cultures. We will watch movies portraying three different groups of cultures, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and the Japanese. In each unit, we will first read important commentary on Western representations of each of these peoples, such as Bernard Smith on Pacific Islanders and Vine Deloria on images of Native Americans and Gina Marchetti on Hollywood?s Japanese.

ARCH 4701W - Introduction to Urban Form and Theory (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Urban form, related issues of design/theory/culture. Thematic history of cities. Lectures, discussions, assignments. prereq: [3411, 3412] or instr consent

ARTH 3921W - Art of the Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course will engage with the history of film as an art form through a selection of significant movements, styles, filmmakers, institutions, and, of course, individual films from around the world. While this will not be a comprehensive study, it will address both mainstream, commercial films as well as oppositional, experimental, underground, and otherwise challenging works. Some of the wide-ranging selection of films we will watch and discuss: Germaine Dulac?s La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman) (1922), Gillo Pontecorvo?s The Battle of Algiers (1966), Julie Dash?s Daughters of the Dust (1991), and Alfonso Cuar�n?s Roma (2018).

ARTS 3206W - Art + Ecology (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Art + Ecology explores the history, theory, and contemporary practice of artists engaged with the ecological issues of our time. This seminar offers an introduction to the dynamic and emerging field of Environmental Art, focusing on the ways in which artists use creativity to work across disciplines to address ecological concerns. This course investigates the role contemporary artists play as catalysts in relation to a range of concerns, including environmental justice, mass extinction, climate change, and treatment of "waste" as well as issues of the quality of the air, water, soil, and habitat. This seminar also will introduce the notion of artists as agents of change who build communities of ecologically aware practices around interrelated environmental and social issues. Students will be encouraged to see how their creativity and imagination can contribute to finding solutions to pressing environmental problems.

ARTS 3404W - Professional Practices in the Arts (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Professional Practices in the Arts is a course that examines practical applications of presentation, documentation, business skills, and career planning specific to studio art. It provides a foundation of practical information to assist undergraduate and graduate studio majors in building a successful career. The course consists of lectures, discussions, readings, presentations, and demonstrations. The class will spend a significant amount of time discussing different types of art venues and the appropriate contexts for different types of work. Additionally, we will assess and interpret individual students' work as a means to generating appropriate questions and insights for artists statements. prereq: Grad student or [Art BFA student or Art Major, jr or sr]

ARTS 5401W - BFA Seminar Capstone 1: Concepts and Practices in Art (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Various ideologies, cultural strategies that influence practice/interpretation of art. Emphasizes diversity of viewpoints. Application of issues in developing final BFA exhibition.

COMM 3263W - Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Analysis of media images/messages. Principles of literacy. Media content/industries. Media and identity. Media effects. Textbook/packet readings, videos, small groups of peer writing workshops, media analyses.

COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Theories of and factors influencing intercultural communication. Development of effective intercultural communication skills. prereq: Planning an intercultural experience

COMM 3645W - How Pictures Persuade (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How words/pictures interact in graphic memoirs, political cartoons, and science to create/communicate meaning. How this interaction bears on public advocacy. Reading examples of comprehensive cognitive model of visual communication.

CSCL 3212W - Documentary Cinema: History and Politics (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3212W/SCMC 3212W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course explores the ethics and aesthetics of documentary cinema, arguably the very first genre of film. We will track the way documentary has widened from largely instructional and experimental uses early in its history to become a distinct genre among today?s familiar feature films. We will screen early documentaries, which may include shocking ethnographies (Nanook of the North, The Mad Masters). Over the course of the term, the syllabus makes its way to recent exemplars of the genre (films may include: Amy, American Teen, I Am Not Your Negro, A Jihad for Love, Generation Wealth, Fetish, Blackfish and so on). One of our aims will be to explore students? relations as viewers and documentarians themselves (via smartphones, Instagram, etc.) to this participatory, revelatory, and always controversial, politically fraught film practice. Documentary Cinema includes both full class lectures and discussions as well as small group discussion of films and readings, and may include the opportunity for students to create their own personal documentary. Intellectually, the course balances out a study of the grammar of documentary as an artistic practice with explorations of the ways the genre reflects broader currents of cinematic and cultural history. By the end of the semester, students should have a stronger understanding of the ways documentary cinema opens our senses to the world around us.

CSCL 3310W - The Rhetoric of Everyday Life (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

How discourse reproduces consciousness and persuades us to accept that consciousness and the power supporting it. Literary language, advertising, electronic media; film, visual and musical arts, built environment, and performance. Techniques for analyzing language, material culture, and performance. (previously 3173W)

CSCL 3351W - The Body and the Politics of Representation (HIS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Western representation of the human body, 1500 to present. Body's appearance as a site and sight for production of social and cultural difference (race, ethnicity, class, gender). Visual arts, literature, music, medical treatises, courtesy literature, erotica. (previously 3458W)

GDES 4131W - History of Graphic Design (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Historical analysis of visual communication. Technological, cultural, and aesthetic influences. How historical events are communicated/perceived through graphic presentation/imagery.

GER 3604W - Introduction to German Cinema (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

An introduction to the study of German cinema, with a focus on the relation between German film and German history, literature, culture, and politics.

SCMC 3001W - History of Cinema and Media Culture (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Genealogy of cinema in relation to other media, notably photography, radio, television/video, and the Internet. Representative films from decisive moments in global development of cinema. Rise/fall of Hollywood studio system, establishment of different national cinemas, cinematic challenges to cultural imperialism, emergence of post-cinematic technologies.

SOC 3451W - Cities & Social Change (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Soc 3451W/Soc 3451V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F

TH 5182W - Contemporary Black Drama and Dramaturgies (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 5182W/Th 5182W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course is an exploration of the impact and evolution of Black Theatre in America, covering the period rising from the Black Arts Movement to the present. The exploration will entail an understanding of cultural and socio-political issues as they are reflected in key and significant plays written and produced from the late 1950?s to the present. The plays and essays will be read against the background of significant cultural, social and literary movements - the Civil Rights Movement, Cold War politics, the Women?s Movement, Gay Liberation, the Culture Wars, post-modernism, deconstruction, multiculturalism, afro-futurism, etc. as well as the evolution of identity nomenclature and racial classification from Colored to Negro to Black to African American. In addition to play analysis and criticism, students will garner a knowledge of significant Black cultural institutions and their impact on the ever-changing American theatre landscape.

ARTH 3014W - Art of India (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3014W/ RelS 3415
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.

RELS 3415W - Art of India (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3014W/ RelS 3415
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Indian sculpture, architecture, and paintings from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.

ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3711W/Arch 3711V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Designed environment as cultural medium/product of sociocultural process/expression of values, ideas, behavioral patterns. Design/construction as complex political process. prereq: Soph or above

ARCH 3711V - Honors: Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3711W/Arch 3711V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Designed environment as cultural medium and as product of a sociocultural process and expression of values, ideas, and behavioral patterns. Design/construction as complex political process. prereq: Honors, [soph or above]

ARTH 3015W - Art of Islam (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3015W/ClCv 3015W/RelS 370
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Architecture, painting, and other arts from Islam's origins to the 20th century. Cultural and political settings as well as themes that unify the diverse artistic styles of Islamic art will be considered.

RELS 3706W - Art of Islam (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3015W/ClCv 3015W/RelS 370
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Architecture, painting, and other arts from Islam's origins to the 20th century. Cultural and political settings as well as themes that unify the diverse artistic styles of Islamic art will be considered.

ARTS 3401W - Critical Theories and Their Construction From a Studio Perspective (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3401W/ArtS 3401V
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

How do artists read and write theory? What roles can ideas play in the creative process? This course investigates practices and theories that inform the work of contemporary artists. Through a combination of readings, lectures, asynchronous discussions, writing assignments, and experiments in practice and prose, we will explore some significant questions that lie at the crossroads of ethics and aesthetics. We will also dig into our own practices as artists, writers, and thinkers to understand more fully how ethics and aesthetics intersect in what we do. Readings include texts by visual artists and poets, articles from art journals, as well as essays by art historians and critics of visual culture. This course utilizes writing and critical thinking to deepen each student's connection to contemporary art and to reflect on their own aesthetic experiences. As a writing intensive course, ARTS3401W: Critical Theories emphasizes writing as a multi-purpose tool for making sense of?and with?art. prereq: instr consent

ARTS 3401V - Honors: Critical Theories and Their Construction From a Studio Perspective (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtS 3401W/ArtS 3401V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How do artists read and write theory? What roles can ideas play in the creative process? This honors course investigates practices and theories that inform the work of contemporary artists. Through a combination of readings, lectures, asynchronous discussions, writing assignments, and experiments in practice and prose, we will explore some significant questions that lie at the crossroads of ethics and aesthetics. We will also dig into our own practices as artists, writers, and thinkers to understand more fully how ethics and aesthetics intersect in what we do. Readings include texts by visual artists and poets, articles from art journals, as well as essays by art historians and critics of visual culture. This course utilizes writing and critical thinking to deepen each student's connection to contemporary art and to reflect on their own aesthetic experiences. As a writing intensive course, Critical Theories emphasizes writing as a multi-purpose tool for making sense of?and with?art. prereq: Honors Student and Junior or Instructor Consent

ARTH 3216W - Chicana and Chicano Art (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3216W/Chic 3216W/Chic 512
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

A Chicana/o has been described as a Mexican-American with a political sense of identity that emerges from a desire for social justice. One journalist bluntly stated, "A Chicano is a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself" (Ruben Salazar, Los Angeles Times, 1970). This identity emerged through the Chicano Movement, a social and political mobilization that began in the 1960s and 1970s. The Chicano Movement witnessed the rise of community-based political organizing to improve the working conditions, education, housing opportunities, health, and civil rights for Mexican-Americans. For its inception, the Chicano Movement attracted artists who created a new aesthetic and framework for producing art. A major focus of Chicana/o artists of the 1960s and 1970s was representation, the right to self-determination, and the role of art in fostering civic and public engagement. This focus continues to inform Chicana/o cultural production. Social intervention, empowerment, and institutional critique remain some of the most important innovations of American art of the last several decades, and Chicana/o artists played a significant role in this trend.

CHIC 3216W - Chicana and Chicano Art (AH, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3216W/Chic 3216W/Chic 512
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

A Chicana/o has been described as a Mexican-American with a political sense of identity that emerges from a desire for social justice. One journalist bluntly stated, "A Chicano is a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself" (Ruben Salazar, Los Angeles Times, 1970). This identity emerged through the Chicano Movement, a social and political mobilization that began in the 1960s and 1970s. The Chicano Movement witnessed the rise of community-based political organizing to improve the working conditions, education, housing opportunities, health, and civil rights for Mexican-Americans. For its inception, the Chicano Movement attracted artists who created a new aesthetic and framework for producing art. A major focus of Chicana/o artists of the 1960s and 1970s was representation, the right to self-determination, and the role of art in fostering civic and public engagement. This focus continues to inform Chicana/o cultural production. Social intervention, empowerment, and institutional critique remain some of the most important innovations of American art of the last several decades, and Chicana/o artists played a significant role in this trend.

CSCL 3350W - Sexuality and Culture (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3350W/GLBT 3456W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical/critical study of forms of modern sexuality (heterosexuality, homosexuality, romance, erotic domination, lynching). How discourses constitute/regulate sexuality. Scientific/scholarly literature, religious documents, fiction, personal narratives, films, advertisements.

GLBT 3456W - Sexuality and Culture (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3350W/GLBT 3456W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical/critical study of forms of modern sexuality (heterosexuality, homosexuality, romance, erotic domination, lynching). How discourses constitute/regulate sexuality. Scientific/scholarly literature, religious documents, fiction, personal narratives, films, advertisements.

SOC 3322W - Social Movements, Protests, and Change (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	GloS 3322W/Soc 3322W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F

AAS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Diversity of cultures designated "Asian American." Understanding women's lives in historical, cultural, economic, and racial contexts.

GWSS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Analysis of media, art, literature, performance, on artistic contributions. History, politics, culture of Asian American women. Interpret cultural production to better understand role of race, gender, nation within American society/citizenship.

GEOG 3374W - The City in Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3374W/3374V/5374W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Cinematic portrayal of changes in 20th-century cities worldwide including social and cultural conflict, political and economic processes, changing gender relationships, rural versus urban areas, and population and development issues (especially as they affect women and children).

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