2019-2020 University Catalog archived
Course Descriptions
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ACCT 100 - Introduction to Accounting
Credits: 3
Open only to students who have not taken ACCT 201 and/or ACCT 202. An introduction to accounting for both internal and external purposes. Students cover the fundamental principles of financial accounting (external) and an introduction to how companies process financial information in order to disclose it to the public. The course also investigates how managers prepare information for internal purposes (managerial accounting). Financial accounting is guided by external requirements, while managerial accounting generally is not. Staff.
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ACCT 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
(No longer offered. See ACCT 100) This course covers the fundamental principles of financial accounting and provides an introduction to the process of accumulating, classifying, and presenting financial information. Primary emphasis is given to understanding the financial statements of a business enterprise. Staff.
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ACCT 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 and sophomore standing. (Last offered in Fall, 2018 for those students who have taken ACCT 201. See ACCT 100) This course covers the preparation and utilization of financial information for internal management purposes. Special emphasis is given to cost determination, cost control, and the development of information for planning and decisions. Staff.
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ACCT 231 - Corporate Financial Reporting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 100 or 202, and at least sophomore standing. Not to be taken if ACCT 320: Intermediate Accounting I has been completed. An examination of the principles of financial accounting applied to financial statement presentation and the underlying treatment of cash versus accrual accounting, present-value analysis, earnings per share, investments, and equity. Boylan, Reid.
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ACCT 256 - Federal Tax Policy and Planning in Today’s World
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 or 231. This course promotes thoughtful discussion and research of current topics in U.S. tax policy and planning. After an intensive introduction to basic federal tax concepts, each student writes a paper on a current federal tax topic. Bovay.
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ACCT 280 - History Through Accounting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 100 or 201. This class explores the development of accounting through the study of historical economic, business, and cultural issues. From Venetian merchants to recent scandals, this course seeks to learn how accounting has impacted society and vice versa. The course begins by reviewing early evidence of accounting methods as important tools for decision makers and then moves on to the development of financial reporting, with a large focus on the history of the railroad industry in the U.S. The class combines readings with site visits to libraries, historical societies, and businesses to dig into the forces that have helped shape accounting into the science it is today. Fafatas.
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ACCT 297 - Spring-Term Topics in Accounting
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ACCT 201 and others which may vary by topic. Intensive study of specific accounting issues in significant detail. Pedagogy depends on the specific topic but generally emphasizes discussion, research, fieldwork, projects, or case analysis rather than lecture. Specific course content changes from term to term, and is announced prior to preregistration. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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ACCT 303 - Sustainability Accounting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 201. Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 202. This course examines best practices and key debates in sustainability accounting and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting. Sustainable business practices meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future. Increasingly, accountants are playing an important role in measuring, reporting, and auditing corporate impacts on society and the environment so that corporations can be held accountable and more sustainable business practices can be implemented. M. Hess.
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ACCT 304 - Anatomy of a Fraud
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 and 202. This course examines the phenomena of financial statement fraud and discusses some of the key forensic accounting concepts and skills used to address this problem. Drawing on historical cases of financial statement fraud as well as the first-hand experience of the instructor, we search for the answers to questions such as: What causes executives to “cook the books”? What factors contribute to fraud? What can be done to prevent and detect it? How have regulations changed the landscape of corporate misconduct? What role do auditors, lawyers, employees, the media, and other stakeholders play? M. Hess.
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ACCT 310 - Accounting Information Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 and at least junior standing. An introduction to the information systems used in accounting, including the flow of data from source documents through the accounting cycle into reports for decision makers; the principle of internal control; flowcharting and systems narratives; and use of computers and database systems in accounting information. Students have hands-on experience implementing and using accounting information systems. Ballenger.
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ACCT 311 - Financial Statement Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ACCT 202 or ACCT 231, and at least junior standing. Students work to prepare an industry and a company analysis. Through presentations, written analyses and extensive work using computer spreadsheets and databases, students learn to analyze and interpret financial statements of publicly traded companies. Fafatas.
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ACCT 320 - Intermediate Accounting I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 202 and at least sophomore standing. Do not take ACCT 231: Corporate Financial Reporting if ACCT 320 has been completed. This course examines the principles of financial accounting as applied to financial statement presentation and the underlying treatment of cash, investments, receivables, inventory, long-term assets, and intangible assets. Boylan, Reid.
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ACCT 321 - Intermediate Accounting II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 320 and at least junior standing. Do not take ACCT 231: Corporate Financial Reporting if ACCT 321 has been completed. This course examines financial reporting issues that cover current and long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity, earnings per share, revenue recognition, income taxes, pensions, leases, accounting changes and errors, and cash flows. Cowins, Irani.
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ACCT 328 - Contemporary Cases in Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 320 and at least junior standing. Not open to students who have taken ACCT 327. The objective of this course is to understand the financial accounting standard setting process and the roles different institutions play in that process as well as to learn to use the FASB Codification along with other accounting information to research solutions to real world cases. Oliver
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ACCT 330 - Cost Accounting
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ACCT 100 or 202, and at least junior standing. This course covers selected topics from cost accumulation, planning, reporting, control and decision making. Use of spreadsheets is required. Tanlu.
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ACCT 332 - Intermediate Financial Reporting I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 231 and at least sophomore standing. An examination of the principles of financial accounting by gathering evidence through the accounting research process as well as exploring revenue recognition, cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and property, plant, and equipment. Cowins, Tanlu.
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ACCT 333 - Intermediate Financial Reporting II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 332 and at least junior standing. An examination of financial reporting issues that cover operating and long-term liabilities, income taxes, pensions, leases, and cash flows. The course also continues using the Accounting Standards Codification to explore accounting questions. Irani.
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ACCT 358 - Individual Income Taxation and Financial Planning
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ACCT 100 or 201, and at least junior standing. This course focuses on the tax and non-tax factors to consider when managing personal/family financial affairs. Topics include tax-subsidized savings and investment vehicles, deductions, and credits for individuals and families, executive compensation and fringe benefits, real estate ownership, and intergenerational giving. Bovay.
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ACCT 359 - Taxation of Business Entities and Special Topics in Taxation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 358 and at least junior standing. This course begins by establishing a basic understanding of income tax laws as they relate to C corporations and flow-through entities (e.g., partnerships, s-corporations, limited liability corporations). The course includes modules on specialized tax topics such as international taxation, state and local taxation, taxation of investments, accounting for income taxes, and taxation of property. Bovay.
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ACCT 360 - Auditing
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ACCT 321, at least junior standing, and accounting major. This course examines auditing and its role in a market economy. Course content focuses on the market for audit services, audit planning, evidence gathering, and reporting. Hess.
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ACCT 370 - Casino Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Analysis
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ACCT 320 and instructor consent, and must be 21 years of age by the first day of Spring classes. Additional course fee required, for which the student is responsible after Friday of the 7th week of winter term. This course provides an introduction to financial accounting and auditing in the gaming industry. Topics include the design and implementation of controls over cash, revenue recognition and measurement, accounting for the extension of casino credit , progressive jackpot liabilities, complimentary expenditures, and customer loyalty programs. Boylan.
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ACCT 373 - The Boardroom: A View Behind the Corporate Curtain
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: One course chosen from ACCT 320, BUS 221, or ECON 210, or instructor consent. This class is designed to help students understand the framework in which business operates. We discuss corporate governance both from the perspective of the corporation and from the perspectives of the other actors within this framework, such as institutional investors, activist investors, and auditors. The course incorporates working sessions in addition to class that include in-depth financial and corporate governance analyses of the banking industry, including a specific bank traded on NASDAQ. These analyses culminate in the unique opportunity to attend this bank’s annual meeting of shareholders as well as a meeting of the board of directors. Reid.
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ACCT 401 - Directed Individual Study
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: 12 credits in accounting courses numbered above 202, either a cumulative grade-point average of 3.000 or of 3.000 in all accounting courses, at least junior standing, and instructor consent. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of accounting not presented in other courses, or to emphasize a particular field of interest. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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ACCT 402 - Directed Individual Study
Experiential Learning (EXP): YES
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: 12 credits in accounting courses numbered above 202, either a cumulative grade-point average of 3.000 or of 3.000 in all accounting courses, at least junior standing, and instructor consent. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of accounting not presented in other courses, or to emphasize a particular field of interest. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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ACCT 403 - Directed Individual Study
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: 12 credits in accounting courses numbered above 202, either a cumulative grade-point average of 3.000 or of 3.000 in all accounting courses, at least junior standing, and instructor consent. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of accounting not presented in other courses, or to emphasize a particular field of interest. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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ACCT 452 - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 358 or by instructor consent. Graded pass/fail. Students prepare federal and state income tax returns for individuals with low to moderate income, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and individuals with limited English proficiency. In order to accomplish this, students need to be certified by the IRS which involves completing an online course and passing a certification exam. May be repeated once for a total of four credits. Bovay.
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ACCT 454 - Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): YES
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ACCT 332 or 321, junior standing, and consent of the department. Graded Pass/Fail only. Limited to declared accounting majors. Must be an accounting- or finance-related internship. Students apply with the department’s internship supervisor in order to receive consent to register. May be carried out during the summer. May be repeated for credit. Staff.
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ACCT 493 - Honors Thesis
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3-3
Prerequisite: Senior standing and cumulative grade-point average of 3.600 or higher; 12 credits from Accounting, excluding ACCT 100, 201, and 202. Students are responsible for arranging for a thesis sponsor from among Accounting faculty. Development of and production of an Honors Thesis.
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Africana Studies |
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AFCA 130 - Introduction to Africana Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
This seminar, taught collaboratively in four discrete modules, introduces students to the issues, debates, and moments which have shaped and continue to shape the broad and complex field of Africana Studies and the multifaceted experiences and aspirations of peoples of African descent. Among other effects, students who take this class gain a broad appreciation of the historical and philosophical context necessary for understanding the specific identities and contributions to world cultures and civilizations of Africans, African Americans, and Africans in the greater Diaspora; and develop thinking, analytical, writing, and collaborative skills as students complete a major project with one or more of their classmates. Staff.
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AFCA 286 - Black Writers and the Allure of Paris
(ENGL 286)
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
During two weeks on campus and two in Paris, students are immersed in the literary works of African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance through the mid-20th century, reading work by writers like Jessie Fauset, Gwendolyn Bennett, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Chester Himes. In preparation for traveling to Paris, the site that represented new and promising possibilities for cultural exploration and artistic inspiration, we study how these literary texts examine the modern reality of racial identity. We also assess the significance of Paris as a site of cultural production and as a site of representation for early- to mid-20th century African American writers. Lena Hill and Michael Hill.
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AFCA 295 - Seminar in Africana Studies
Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 in spring
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Students in this course study a group of African-American, African, or Afro-Caribbean works related by theme, culture, topic, genre, historical period, or critical approach. In the Spring Term version, the course involves field trips, film screenings, service learning, and/or other special projects, as appropriate, in addition to 8-10 hours per week of class meetings. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2020, AFCA 295-01/ENGL 295-04: Adolescence in the African-American Novel (3). Adolescence names a complicated moment in human development. Considering this complexity, it is not surprising that writers use this theme to convey the knotty realities that attend black self-definition. Focusing on the post-Harlem Renaissance era, we examine novels about adolescence. We identify sexuality as a key theme in these works. By term’s end, students should emerge with a mature understanding of how adolescent sexuality symbolizes black participation in American democracy. (HL) Hill.
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AFCA 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: AFCA 130, completion of six credits in Africa-focused and African Diaspora-focused courses, at least junior standing, and instructor consent.
This course facilitates individual reading, research, and writing in an area of Africana Studies not covered in-depth in other courses. May be repeated for degree credit and/or used for the capstone requirement in the minor in Africana Studies. Staff.
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Arabic |
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ARAB 111 - First-Year Arabic I
Credits: 4
An introductory course in written and spoken Arabic, focusing on basic grammar and speaking. Aspects of Arab culture introduced. Edwards.
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ARAB 112 - First-Year Arabic II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Grade of C-minus or higher in ARAB 111 or equivalent. This course builds communicative skills in written and spoken Arabic, emphasizing foundational grammar and speaking. Continued introduction to cultural practices of the Arab world. Edwards.
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ARAB 151 - Arabic for Experienced Beginners
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Ability to read and write Arabic and an active knowledge of at least 300 words. This course expands on basic grammar and vocabulary knowledge, building communicative skills in written and spoken Arabic through intensive listening, reading, speaking, and writing exercises. Aspects of Arab culture introduced. Edwards.
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ARAB 161 - Second-Year Arabic I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in ARAB 112, 151, or the equivalent. Building on basic grammar and vocabulary knowledge, this course emphasizes speaking and writing, as well as listening comprehension and reading. Students introduced with popular Arab culture. Edwards.
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ARAB 162 - Second-Year Arabic II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in ARAB 161 or the equivalent. Students with credit in ARAB 164 may not receive subsequent credit in a lower numbered Arabic course. Students may not receive degree credit for both ARAB 162 and 164. A continuation of Second-Year Arabic focused on speaking and writing, in addition to listening comprehension and reading. Increased familiarization with popular Arab culture.
Edwards.
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ARAB 164 - Advanced Intermediate Arabic
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Grade of B or higher in ARAB 151 or instructor consent. Students with credit in ARAB 164 may not receive subsequent credit in a lower numbered Arabic course. Students may not receive degree credit for both ARAB 162 and 164. This course emphasizes on reading and composition skills, with intensive practice in speaking and listening. Nightly assignments to help students reach a high-intermediate level of proficiency in one term. Edwards.
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ARAB 211 - Third-Year Arabic I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ARAB 162, 164, or equivalent. This course expands on grammar concepts and vocabulary knowledge with practical applications of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Social and political aspects of Arab culture are introduced. Edwards.
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ARAB 212 - Third-Year Arabic II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ARAB 211 or the equivalent. A continuation of third-year Arabic reinforces grammar and vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Continued emphasis on social norms and political dimensions of Arab culture. Edwards.
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ARAB 220 - Media Arabic
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ARAB 162 or equivalent language skill. A language-focused course that provides students with vocabulary and discourse structures common in today’s Arabic media coverage. Weekly topics are culled from various news outlets (e.g., Al-Jazeera, AJ-Arabiyya, BBC Arabic, YouTube, AJ-Ahram, An-Nahar, AI-Dustour) which serve to familiarize students with a broad range of current sociopolitical, economic, and cultural issues. Edwards.
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ARAB 225 - Arabic Dialects
FDR: HU
Prerequisite: ARAB 212 or instructor consent. Taught in Arabic. An introduction to three Arabic dialects, in particular those used in Morocco, Egypt, and the Emirates. Students learn the sounds, key vocabulary, and sentence structures particular to these dialects, and develop their listening comprehension abilities and communication skills. This practical course is designed to prepare students to engage in authentic interactions with Arabic speakers in North Africa and the Middle East. Edwards.
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ARAB 395 - Special Topics in Arabic Literature and Culture
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in ARAB 211 or instructor consent. Conducted in Arabic. An advanced seminar on a particular author, period, or genre. Topics may include Arab Short Stories, Classical Arabic Poetry, Travelogues in Arabic Literature, Arabic Pop Culture and Music, and Arabic Media. The subject changes annually. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Fall 2019, ARAB 395A-01: Special Topic in Arabic Literature and Culture: Shabab Talk (3). Prerequisite: ARAB 211 or instructor consent. An advanced-level Arabic language course about shabab (youth) and the political, social, and religious issues that they face in the 21st-century Arabic-speaking world. Hosted by Jaafar Abdul Karim and television on DW Arabia, Shabab Talk is an Arabic, talk show addressing topics such as women’s rights, homosexuality, unemployment, politics, and atheism. Students watch episodes of Shabab Talk and develop their linguistic and analytical abilities in order to engage critically with these discourses. Students continue to improve their Arabic skills in listening comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading and broaden their cultural understanding of the region, specifically from the perspective of their peers: the Arab shabab. Edwards.
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ARAB 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced study in Arabic. May include formal writing and conversational Arabic, and literary study of texts in Arabic. The nature and content of the course is determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Edwards.
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Art History |
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ARTH 101 - Survey of Western Art: Ancient to Medieval
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Chronological survey of Western art from the Paleolithic Age through the Middle Ages in Italy and Northern Europe. Examination of cultural and stylistic influences in the art and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Consideration of distinct interests of Early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Europe. Focus on major monuments and influential images produced up to circa 1400. Bent.
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ARTH 102 - Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to the Present
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Chronological survey of Western art from the Renaissance through the present. Topics include the Renaissance, from its cultural and stylistic origins through the Mannerist movement; the Baroque and Rococo; the Neoclassical reaction; Romanticism and Naturalism; the Barbizon School and Realism; Impressionism and its aftermath; Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, and the Postmodern reaction to Modernism. King, Lepage.
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ARTH 125 - The Business of Contemporary Art
(BUS 125) FDR: HA
Credits: 4
This course combines finance, tax policy, marketing, economics, and art history to provide a ‘nuts-and-bolts’ view of how the contemporary art world operates. Appropriate for business students with an interest in contemporary art as well as museum studies and art history majors who wish to gain an understanding of business concepts in the art world, the course serves as preparation for students who may anticipate acquiring art for personal or business investment/use, serving on a museum board, pursuing employment in the art world, or advising high wealth clients on business matters related to art. Each topic begins with an overview of general principles before reviewing applications to the art world. For example, discussion of charitable giving covers the general tax rules of charitable deductions before discussing the specific rules related to art and museums. Additional course fee; see details link at http://go.wlu.edu/CourseOfferings. King, Staff.
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ARTH 140 - Asian Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of artistic traditions from South (including the Himalayan region), East, and Southeast Asia from roughly the 1st to the 18th centuries CE. The course focuses on a wide range of media - including architecture, sculpture, painting, textiles, and book arts - that serve a spectrum of religious and secular functions. The broad temporal, geographic, and topical scope of this course is meant to provide students with a basic understanding of not only the greatest artistic achievements and movements in Asia, but also the historical and political contexts that gave rise to these extraordinary pieces of art. Kerin.
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ARTH 141 - Buddhist Art of South and Central Asia
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course investigates the multivalent world of Buddhist art from South and Central Asia, particularly areas that now fall within the modern-day boundaries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, Tibet, and Nepal. We study the nascent forms of Buddhist imagery and its ritual functions from the Indo-Pak subcontinent, focus on monumental sculpture and cave architecture of Central Asia (Afghanistan and the Tarim Basin) and issues of iconoclasm, and study the art and iconography of the Himalayas, as well as current-day production and restoration practices of Tantric Buddhist art. Kerin.
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ARTH 146 - Introduction to Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies: Problems of Ownership and Curation
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Cultural heritage objects are powerful artifacts to own, display, and even destroy. But why? This introductory course explores the ways art and cultural heritage objects have been stolen, laundered, purchased, curated, and destroyed in order to express political, religious, and cultural messages. Case studies and current events are studied equally to shed light on practices of looting and iconoclasm. Some of the questions we consider: What is the relationship between art and war? Under what conditions should museums return artifacts to the country/ethnic group from which the artifacts originated? What role do auction houses play in laundering art objects? What nationalist agendas are at work when cultural heritage objects are claimed by modem nation states or terrorist groups? Kerin.
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ARTH 170 - Arts of Mesoamerica and the Andes
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. Survey of the art and architecture of Mesoamerica and the Andes before the arrival of the Europeans, with a focus on indigenous civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca. Art is contextualized in terms of religious, social, political, and economic developments in each region under discussion. The class includes a trip to the Virginia Museum of fine Arts in Richmond or the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Lepage.
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ARTH 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. First-year seminar. Topics vary by term.
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ARTH 195 - Special Topics in Art History
FDR: HA
Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 in spring
Selected topics in art history with written and oral reports. May be repeated if topics are different.
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ARTH 200 - Greek Art & Archaeology
(CLAS 200) FDR: HA
Credits: 3
An introduction to ancient Greek art and archaeology. We encounter some of the greatest works of art in human history, as we survey the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and town planning of the ancient Greeks. We encounter the history of the people behind the objects that they left behind, from the material remains of the Bronze Age palaces and Classical Athenian Acropolis to the world created in the wake of Alexander the Great’s conquests. We also consider how we experience the ancient Greek world today through archaeological practice, cultural heritage, and the antiquities trade. Laughy.
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ARTH 209 - History of Western Architecture
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of Western architecture, including material from the ancient world to the 20th century, addressing the major traditions of architectural visual culture and practice. The course investigates the ways in which architecture has been designed to frame the significant socio-religious and political contexts of historical cultures. Gustafson.
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ARTH 240 - Arts of China
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This broad-based investigation of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the present examines a wide spectrum of media: painting, illustrated scrolls, architecture, ceramics, and sculpture. This general survey will be paired with single-focused analyses of materials, issues, and genres particular to Chines art, such as the use of jade, development of ceramics, lore of calligraphy, and tradition of landscape painting. To this end, we use objects from the W&L Special Collections. Kerin.
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ARTH 241 - The Arts of Japan
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This survey of Japanese art, which includes material from protohistoric times to the 20th century, is structured chronologically with lectures addressing seminal artistic developments and movements throughout Japan’s history. Central to this course is an investigation of the ways in which Japan’s dynamic socio-political contexts shaped its religious and political artistic developments. Kerin.
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ARTH 242 - Arts of India
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course explores the artistic traditions of India from the earliest extant material evidence of the Indus Valley Civilization (circa 2500 BCE) to the elaborate painting and architectural traditions of the Mughal period (circa 16th - 18th centuries). The course analyzes the religious and ritual uses of temples, paintings, and sculptures, as well as their political role in expressing imperial ideologies. Kerin.
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ARTH 243 - Imaging Tibet
(SOAN 243) FDR: HA
Credits: 4
An examination of images and imaging practices of the early 1900s to the present in order to define and analyze the ways in which both Western and Asian (particularly Tibetan and Chinese) artists have imagined Tibet and its people. Kerin.
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ARTH 245 - Ancient Cultures, New Markets: Modern and Contemporary Asian Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Meets simultaneously with ARTH 394B-01. Students may not register or receive credit for both. This course examines the art movements of the last one hundred years from India, China, Tibet, and Japan primarily through the lenses of the larger sociopolitical movements that informed much of Asia’s cultural discourses: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Socialism, Communism, and Feminism. We also address debates concerning “non-Western” 20th-century art as peripheral to the main canons of Modern and Contemporary art. By the end of the course, students have created a complex picture of Asian art/artists, and have engaged broader concepts of transnationalism, as well as examined the roles of galleries, museums, and auction houses in establishing market value and biases in acquisition practices. Kerin.
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ARTH 253 - Medieval Art in Southern Europe
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Examination of the art and culture of Italy and Greece from the rise of Christianity to the first appearance of bubonic plague in 1348. Topics include early Christian art and architecture; Byzantine imagery in Ravenna and Constantinople during the Age of Justinian; iconoclasm; mosaics in Greece, Venice and Sicily; sculpture in Pisa; and the development of panel and fresco painting in Rome, Florence, Siena and Assisi. Bent.
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ARTH 254 - Medieval Art in Northern Europe
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Survey of the art of France, Spain, Germany, and the British Isles from circa 700 to circa 1400. Discussions include Carolingian and Ottonian painting and architecture, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, and French cathedral design and decoration during the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Bent.
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ARTH 255 - Northern Renaissance Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of Northern painting from 1300 to 1600, examined as symbols of political, religious, and social concerns of painters, patrons, and viewers. Among the artists covered are Campin, van Eyck, van der Weyden, Dürer, Holbein, and Brueghel. Emphasis placed on interpretation of meaning and visual analysis. Bent.
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ARTH 256 - Italian Renaissance Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Survey of the art and architecture of Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries. The course focuses on innovations of the Early, High, and Late Renaissance through the work of Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Alberti, Leonardo, Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Images are considered as exponents of contemporary political, social, and religious events and perceptions. Bent.
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ARTH 257 - Dutch Arts, Patrons, and Markets
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
During the 17th century, the practices of making and buying art boomed as never before in the Dutch Republic. With the creation of the first large-scale open art market, prosperous Dutch merchants, artisans, and civil servants bought paintings and prints in unprecedented numbers. Dutch 17th-century art saw the rise of new subjects, as landscapes, still lifes, and scenes of daily life replaced formerly dominant religious images and scenes from classical mythology. Portraiture also flourished in this prosperous atmosphere. Lepage.
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ARTH 258 - Baroque and Rococo Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of the art and architecture that focuses on the stylistic and ideological issues shaping western Europe during 17th and 18th centuries. Lepage.
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ARTH 261 - History of Photography
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
An art-historical introduction to the history of photography, from its origins in the 19th century to the present day. Lectures and discussions examine photography’s aesthetic, documentary, and “scientific” purposes; important contributors to photography and its history; the evolution of the camera and related technical processes; and issues of photographic theory and criticism. Photography is considered as a medium with its own rich history - bearing in mind stylistic shifts and changes in subject matter related to aesthetic, social, and cultural concerns - but also as a key component in the wider narrative of modern art. King.
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ARTH 262 - 19th-Century European Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course begins in the late 18th century and covers major European art movements and criticism up to c.1900. Topics include the art of the French Revolution as an instrument of propaganda; the rise of Romanticism; the advent and impact of early photography; and the aesthetic and ideological origins of Modern Art. King.
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ARTH 263 - 20th-Century European Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course covers major European art movements and criticism from the late 19th century through the 20th century. Lectures and discussions explore the implications of what it means for art to be/appear “modern,” the social and aesthetic goals of the early avant-garde, the “rise and fall” of abstraction, and artistic responses to post-war mass culture. Movements discussed include Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and New Realism. King.
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ARTH 266 - American Art to 1945
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of painting and sculpture in the United States from its earliest settlement to about 1945. Lectures and discussions emphasize the English eastern seaboard development in the 17th and 18th centuries, though other geographical areas are included in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include art of the early colonies, the Hudson River School, Realism and Regionalism, and the reception of abstract art in the United States. King.
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ARTH 267 - Art Since 1945
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to art and art theory from 1945 to the present. The objectives of the course are: (1) to enhance student knowledge of the major works, artists, and movements of art in Europe and the United States since 1945; (2) to integrate these works of art within the broader social and intellectual history of the period; and (3) to help students develop their skills in visual analysis and historical interpretation. Among the issues we examine are the politics of abstract art; the ongoing dialogue between art and mass culture; the differences between modernism and postmodernism; and contemporary critiques of art history’s prevailing narratives. This is a lecture course with a heavy emphasis on in-class discussion. King.
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ARTH 271 - Arts of Colonial Latin America
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. A survey of the art and architecture of Latin America from the 16th through early-18th centuries. This course begins with an exploration of the art of the Aztec, Maya, Inca, and Spanish before cultural contact. Classes then explore the cultural convergence that resulted from the European military conquest in the 16th century, focusing on the role of indigenous artists and traditions in the formation of early colonial culture. Later lectures consider the rise of nationalism and its effect on the arts. Lepage.
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ARTH 273 - Arts of Modern Latin America
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. This lecture course surveys the art and architecture of Latin America from 1900 to the present. Students explore the relationship between the arts in Latin America and Europe, trace the development of modern art in Latin America, and consider topics such as the rise of modernismo in Latin America, art in service of nationalism, indigenismo, and the growing Chicana/o movement in the United States. Lepage.
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ARTH 274 - Art and Revolution: Mexican Muralism
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. A survey of public monumental art produced by Mexican artists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros in Mexico and the United States from 1910 to the 1970s. Lectures focus on art that promotes social ideals and the role that art played in building a new national consciousness in Mexico. Students also examine the impact of muralism throughout Latin America and the United States. Lepage.
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ARTH 275 - Community Muralism: The Art of Public Engagement
(ARTS 275) FDR: HA
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Our nation is currently witnessing a community mural renaissance. Public murals help to create welcoming and inclusive public spaces, build and solidify community identity, commemorate individuals or events, arouse social consciousness or impact social change, and recognize the voices of traditionally disempowered groups. During the term, we trace the historical development of community murals. Students participate in studio exercises that give them experience with a variety of methods, materials, and techniques necessary to plan, design, and produce a largescale community mural. We produce and document a mural in collaboration with a local community partner. Lepage, Olson-Janjic.
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ARTH 276 - Chicana/o Art and Muralism: From the Street to the (Staniar) Gallery
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Open to all students. This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. This class examines the process by which Chicana/o artists have garnered public attention and respect, taking their artworks from the peripheries of the art world to museum and gallery spaces. Using the Great Wall of Los Angeles as a connecting thread, this class considers the broad theme of identity creation and transformation as expressed by Chicana/o artists from the 1970s to the present. Lepage.
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ARTH 288 - Chinese Export Porcelain and the China Trade, 1500 to 1900
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course covers the development and history of Chinese export porcelain made for the European and American markets and its role as a commodity in the China Trade. Students examine Chinese export porcelain from several different perspectives, including art history, material culture, and economic history. Fuchs.
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ARTH 295 - Special Topics in Art History
FDR: HA
Credits: 3 in fall or winter, 4 in spring
Selected topics in art history with written and oral reports. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2020, ARTH 295A-01: African-American Art (3). A survey of African-American art and culture from the 17th century to the present. We investigate work in a wide range of media—painting, sculpture, quilts, photography, music, ephemera—produced during this period by people of African descent in North America. This course focuses on the social and political context surrounding artistic production and the ways that scholars have worked to define “African-American art” in relation to Euro-American art. Course participants travel to the National Museum of African American Art and Culture in Washington, D.C. (HA) Lazevnick.
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ARTH 302 - Between Things and Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
In the West, we are used to knowing what art is - grandiose paintings, monumental sculptures, and delicate drawings, all housed in stately museums. But is that characterization of art relevant any longer? This course investigates other ways that art can be understood, pulling from a variety of theoretical and historical contexts. We discuss broader interdisciplinary concepts and dig more deeply into specific historical contexts in order to consider what can make things significant. Gustafson.
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ARTH 342 - Love, Loyalty, and Lordship: Court Art of India, 1500s to1800s
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
During the 16th-19th centuries, India’s Hindu and Islamic courts, as well as British imperial forces, vied for political authority and control over the subcontinent. Despite the political and economic volatility of the time, the regional courts commissioned spectacular secular and religious arts in the form of illustrated narratives, miniature paintings, and architectural masterpieces. This course focuses on this rich artistic heritage. As we analyze the courts’ painted and built environments, we investigate three recurring themes: love (of court, God and, in some cases, an individual); loyalty (to courtly values, religious ideals, and ruler); and lordship (over land, animals, and people). Kerin.
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ARTH 343 - Art and Material Culture of Tibet
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Through a chronological presentation of sites and objects, we study Tibet’s great artistic movements from the 7th-20th centuries. Our analyses of the art and material culture of Tibet, and its larger cultural zone, has an art historical and historiographic focus. This two-pronged approach encourages students to analyze not only the styles and movements of Tibetan art, but the methods by which this art world has been studied by and simultaneously presented to Western audiences. Kerin.
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ARTH 347 - Forget Me Not: Visual Culture of Historic and Religious Memorials
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
No prerequisites. Appropriate for students of all class years. This class analyzes the visual material of memorial sites that shape social identity. Whether simple or elaborate in their construction, these creations allow people the space to connect with and/or honor a person or event from the historic or even mythological past. This global and thematic examination of memorials considers three primary foci: the built environment of a memorial; the performative role of visitors; and the function of memory at these sites. Kerin.
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ARTH 350 - Medieval Art in Italy
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Art and architecture of the Italian peninsula, from circa 1200 to 1400. This seminar addresses issues of patronage, artistic training and methods of production, iconography, and the function of religious and secular imagery. Topics of discussion include the construction of Tuscan cathedrals and civic buildings; sculpture in Siena, Pisa, and Rome; and painting in Assisi, Padua, and Florence. Bent.
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ARTH 354 - The Early Renaissance in Italy
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Examination of the intellectual, cultural, and artistic movements dominant in Florence between ca. 1400 and ca. 1440. Images and structures produced by Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Donatello, and Fra Angelico are considered within the context of Florentine social traditions and political events. Bent.
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ARTH 355 - The High Renaissance in Italy
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ARTH 256 or instructor consent. This seminar addresses issues of patronage, artistic production, criticism and art theory, and the uses and abuses of images during the High Renaissance. Works by Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Bramante are considered as emblems of larger cultural movements popular in Italian courts between 1470 and 1520. Bent.
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ARTH 356 - Science in Art: Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Paintings
FDR: HA
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 156 in the preceding winter term. Spring Term Abroad course. A survey of 17th-century Dutch history, art history, politics, religion, economics, etc., which links the scientific analysis of art to the art and culture of the time. The course begins on campus and then history, etc., will occur for a few days in Lexington and then proceed to Center for European Studies, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands. Students visit numerous museums, hear guest lectures from faculty at Universiteit Maastricht, and observe at conservation laboratories at some of the major Dutch art museums. Students are graded by their performance on two research projects involving presentations and journals. Though students are not required to learn a world language to participate in the program, they are expected to learn key phrases in Dutch as a matter of courtesy to citizens of the host country. Uffelman.
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ARTH 357 - Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This seminar focuses on the work of Baroque painters Caravaggio (1573-1610) and Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca. 1653). Classes explore their development of new forms of naturalism, drama, and lighting in painting. Students consider artist biography, issues of attribution, and various methodological approaches to the study of Caravaggio and Gentileschi Lepage.
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ARTH 363 - Surrealism
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Surrealism was one of the most multi-faceted and influential intellectual movements of the 20th century with a legacy and practice that continues today. This seminar examines the key writings and ideas that underlie surrealism with a focus on its artistic practice. We will consider works by artists including Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Max Ernst; watch surrealist films; discuss the significance of dreams; and play surrealist “games of chance.” King.
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ARTH 364 - Seminar on Art of the 1960s
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
An exploration of the art produced during the decade of the 1960s. A seminal period, it includes Pop Art, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism, and socially conscious and politically oriented art reflecting feminism and black radicalism. Emphasis is placed not only on the major artistic currents of the period but also on the broader cultural reflections of these movements. . King.
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ARTH 365 - Women, Art, and Empowerment
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This seminar explores female artists from the late 18th century through the present, whose depictions of women have directly challenged the value system in art history that has traditionally privileged white heterosexual male artists, audiences, collectors, historians, curators, etc. Lectures, discussions, and research projects address multicultural perspectives and provide a sense of feminism’s global import in a current and historical context. King.
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ARTH 366 - African-American Art Seminar
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
An exploration of the art produced by African-Americans from the Colonial period to the present. Weekly lectures, readings, essays, films and discussion. King.
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ARTH 378 - Border Art: Contemporary Chicanx and U.S. Latinx Art
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. This seminar engages broad-ranging debates that have looked at the Mexico-US border as a fruitful site of identity formation. In this seminar, we examine artworks with an emphasis on location, critical standpoint, interrelatedness, and the geopolitics of identity. Through readings and class discussions, students investigate protest art and arts activism. Students develop methods of “critical seeing” through image analysis, art historical analysis, and cultural critique. We consider artworks produced by Chicanx, U.S. Latinx, and other transnational artists in a wide range of formats including printmaking, performance art, mural painting, photography, film and video, books, comics, public art projects, and an array of post-conceptual practices.. Lepage.
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ARTH 383 - Digital Florence
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
This course invites students to participate in and contribute to the Digital Humanities project “Florence As It Was: The Digital Reconstruction of a Medieval City”. We consider how the built environment of Florence influenced–and was in turn influenced by–the culture, society, art, and history of the city. Students learn to translate historical, scholarly analysis into visually accessible formats, and collaborate on the “Florence As It Was” project, contributing to the digital mapping, data visualization, and virtual-reality reconstruction of medieval Florence. Bent.
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ARTH 384 - Renaissance Art in Venice
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or 256. This course addresses issues of patronage, artistic production, uses of ancient themes and sources, criticism and art theory, and the uses and abuses of images during the High Renaissance. We focus our attention on the art and architecture of Northern Italy from about 1460 to 1575, with particular emphasis placed on images and structures produced in Venice and its territorial possessions (“The Veneto”) and by those who considered la serennissima their home. Bent.
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ARTH 385 - Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Science and Innovation in Renaissance Europe
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Leonardo da Vinci has for years been considered the consummate “Renaissance Man,” equally skilled as a painter, anatomist, engineer, and military scientist. This course examines the contextual background from which this true genius was sprung, the works he produced, the people for whom he produced them, and the visions of the artist both realized and unrealized that have captured the imaginations of people around the world since Leonardo’s death in 1519. Bent.
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ARTH 394 - Seminar in Art History
FDR: HA
Credits: 3-4
Research in selected topics in art history with written and oral reports. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2020, ARTH 394A-01: Art and Technology (3). An investigation of the multiple intersections of technology and modern visual culture from the 19th century to the present. It is telling that the term “technology” derives from the ancient Greek word technê, referring to any manufactured object of art or craft. Taking this shared history as a point of departure, we consider how technological developments have shaped the making and viewing of art from the Industrial Revolution to the rise of net.art in the Digital Age. Students attend to the role of technology in re-shaping visual experience more broadly, asking how different innovations have successively altered the way that humans understand and engage with the world. (HA) Lazevnick.
Winter 2020, ARTH 394B-01: Ancient Cultures, New Markets: Modern and Contemporary Asian Art (3). Meets simultaneously with ARTH 245. Students may not register or receive credit for both. This course has additional upper-level assignments. An examination of the art movements of the last one hundred years from India, China, Tibet, and Japan, primarily through the lenses of the larger sociopolitical movements that informed much of Asia’s cultural discourses: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Socialism, Communism, and Feminism. We also address debates concerning “non-Western” 20th-century art as peripheral to the main canons of Modern and Contemporary art. By the end of the course, students have created a complex picture of Asian art/artists, and have engaged broader concepts of transnationalism, as well as examined the roles of galleries, museums, and auction houses in establishing market value and biases in acquisition practices. (HA) Kerin.
Spring 2020, ARTH 394-01: Seminar in Art History: “Little Magazines”: In the Archives and on the Web (3). Between 1880 and 1950, hundreds of small-press, non-commercial journals were published in cities around the world, their pages filled with a mixture of radical poetry, fiction, avant-garde art, manifestos, and criticism. These so-called “little magazines” were small in publication run but not in ambition. In fact, many scholars believe that little magazines were the single most important factor in fostering modernist and avant-garde thought during the period. Through an in-depth exploration of little magazines, this seminar brings together two types of scholarly research: archival and digital. We first explore these journals in-person and then examine their “digital” afterlives in the archives. What are the advantages and disadvantages of migrating historical material to a virtual platform? What new kinds of scholarship are made possible due to increased accessibility to digitized little magazines and how might access to such materials change our ideas about modernism? Students make trips to Special Collections at W&L and the University of Virginia, and maintain a personal website based on their research. (HA) Lazevnik.
Spring 2020, ARTH 394-02: Technical Examination of Paintings (3). Prerequisite: CHEM 156. An examination of the intersection of various imaging modalities and/or the study of the materiality of European and American paintings with their art history. We focus on publications from the technical art history literature and on research projects in which the professor has been involved. Uffelman. [applicable to Museum Studies]
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ARTH 395 - Senior Seminar: Approaches to Art History
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Senior art history major. This capstone seminar studies the origins, applications, strengths, and weaknesses of various methodological approaches that art historians use to study art. Topics include Formalism; Iconography and Iconology; Social History and Marxism; Feminism; Psychoanalysis; Semiotics; Structuralism and Post-Structuralism; Deconstruction; Reception Theory; Post-Colonialism; and Critical Race/Ethnicity Theories. Staff.
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ARTH 398 - Seminar in Museum Studies
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ARTH 102 or ARTH 140, or instructor’s consent; and sophomore, junior or senior standing. Additional course fee required, for which the student is responsible after Friday of the 7th week of winter term. An exploration of the history, philosophy and practical aspects of museums. Topics of discussion include governance and administration, collections, exhibitions and education. The course alternates weekly readings and class discussion with field trips to regional museums. Requires short papers and a major project. Hobbs.
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ARTH 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual or class study of special topics in art history. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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ARTH 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual or class study of special topics in art history. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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