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Accounting
  

  • ACCT 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    . 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.
  

  • ACCT 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: ACCT 201 and sophomore standing. 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.
  

  • ACCT 280 - History Through Accounting


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ACCT 297 - Spring-Term Topics in Accounting


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring


    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.

    Spring 2015 topic:

    ACCT 297: Accounting and Corporate Financial Distress (4). Prerequisites: Open to sophomores with ACCT 201 and 202 and others with instructor consent. We examine the connection between financial reporting and individual company financial distress; using the financial statements of one of the companies that have recently experienced financial distress (e.g., Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Circuit City, Chrysler, GM, Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia). Our analysis includes an intensive examination of financial accounting principles, regulatory structures, and standard setting relevant to the company in question. Wiest.



  

  • ACCT 310 - Accounting Information Systems


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    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.
  

  • ACCT 311 - Financial Statement Analysis


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisites: ACCT 202 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.
  

  • ACCT 320 - Intermediate Accounting I


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall (when departmental resources permit), Winter

    Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 202 and at least sophomore standing. 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. Irani, Oliver.
  

  • ACCT 321 - Intermediate Accounting II


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: ACCT 320 and at least junior standing. 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. Boylan.
  

  • ACCT 327 - Contemporary Cases in Financial Accounting


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 320 and at least junior standing. Not open to students who have taken ACCT 328. 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. The Spring Term class visits standard setting bodies such as the FASB, AICPA and PCAOB. Irani.
  

  • ACCT 328 - Contemporary Cases in Financial Accounting


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    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
  

  • ACCT 329 - Writing and Research for Accountants II


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 328 and at least junior standing. Concentrated work in writing for the business world and researching financial accounting issues sharpen students analytical and writing skills. Students continue to hone their writing and researching skills using the transactions covered in Intermediate Accounting II. Oliver.
  

  • ACCT 330 - Cost Accounting


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite: ACCT 202 and at least sophomore standing. This course covers selected topics from cost accumulation, planning, reporting, control and decision making. Use of spreadsheets is required. Bai.
  

  • ACCT 340 - Advanced Accounting


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: ACCT 321 and at least junior standing. This course covers accounting for business combinations and partnerships; segment and interim reporting; foreign currency transactions and translation of foreign currency financial statements; governmental and nonprofit accounting. Wiest.
  

  • ACCT 356 - Taxation of Business Entities and Special Topics in Taxation


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: ACCT 201 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. Alexander.
  

  • ACCT 357 - Tax Research


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015

    Prerequisite: ACCT 355. This course covers tax research fundamentals, focusing on finding and interpreting legislative, administrative and judicial authorities. Students use online tax databases extensively to complete research problems outside of class. This course includes a service component. Alexander.
  

  • ACCT 358 - Individual Income Taxation and Financial Planning


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter.

    Prerequisite: 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. Alexander.
  

  • ACCT 360 - Auditing


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    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.
  

  • ACCT 370 - Casino Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Analysis


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.


    Prerequisites: ACCT 320 or instructor consent, and must be 21 years of age by the first day of Spring classes.  

    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.
  

  • ACCT 371 - Tax Service Learning in South Africa


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 321 and ACCT 356. This service-learning course culminates in a 10-day trip to South Africa to conduct training workshops on SEC reporting requirements for financial statements related to the income taxes of U.S. multinational corporations. The specific class topics include: international tax planning strategies; SEC reporting requirements; attorney-client privilege; ASC 740; and tax social justice. While on campus, students develop workshop training materials through a series of research projects and homework assignments. While in South Africa, students conduct two workshops and participate in activities designed to foster a deeper understanding of South Africa’s culture, history, ecology, and business environment. Alexander.
  

  • ACCT 372 - Management Accounting in China


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years

    Prerequisite: ACCT 202. The objective of this course is to expose students to management accounting practices in China. Students (i) visit multinational companies and Chinese enterprises to discuss with business leaders to understand management accounting practices in businesses of different structures in China; (ii) attend lectures and listen to guest speakers to understand historical, cultural, economic, political, labor, resources, and environmental contexts that shape China’s business environment and management accounting practices; (iii) conduct field trips to explore China’s long history, distinctive culture, and its recent economic development. This unique learning experience prepares students for future accounting and business engagement with China. Bai.
  

  • ACCT 401 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: All terms.

    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.
  

  • ACCT 402 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 2
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    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.



  

  • ACCT 403 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    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.
  

  • ACCT 406 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 6
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    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.
  

  • ACCT 453 - Internship


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisites: ACCT 320, senior standing, and consent of the department. Limited to declared public accounting majors. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Professional service in a public accounting firm or approved equivalent, arranged and supervised individually. Students proposing to undertake an internship must coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor prior to the internship. Students undertaking an internship in the summer may receive credit in the following fall only as an overload. Staff.
  

  • ACCT 493 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 3-3
    Planned Offering: Fall-Winter

    Prerequisite: Take 12 credits from Accounting, except courses ACCT-201, ACCT-202, and senior standing. Instructor consent required. Honors Thesis.




Africana Studies
  

  • AFCA 130 - Introduction to Africana Studies


    FDR: HU
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter


     

    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.
  

  • AFCA 295 - Seminar in Africana Studies


    Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 in spring
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015.


    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 2015 topic:

    AFCA 295-01: From the Underground Railroad to Hip-Hop: Concepts of the Underground in Black Literature and Culture (4). This course is designed to explore the concept of the underground through various examples of underground literature, underground cultural and social movements as well as various films and music that configure the underground symbolically or literally with its main characters, settings, plots and themes. Whether it appears in literature, film, music, political movements, philosophy, or cultural theory, the underground signals one of the most complex formulations of human identity. The chronological range of this project extends roughly from the 19th century (slavery and the Underground Railroad) to the 21st century (including underground moments in black literature, film, and the underground constitutions of hip hop culture). The subject of the ‘underground’ is the consistent theme/thread throughout the course. (HU) J. Peterson. Spring 2015



  

  • AFCA 403 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.


    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.

Art History
  

  • ARTH 101 - Survey of Western Art: Ancient to Medieval


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    First-year and sophomore standing or instructor consent. 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.
  

  • ARTH 102 - Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to the Present


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    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.
  

  • ARTH 125 - The Business of Contemporary Art


    (BUS 125) FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.

    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. Alexander, King
  

  • ARTH 140 - Asian Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall (not offered in Fall 2014)

    An introduction to the study of traditional architecture, sculpture, painting, prints, and decorative arts of India, China, Korea, and Japan. Kerin.
  

  • ARTH 141 - Buddhist Art of South and Central Asia


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall 2012 and alternate years

    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.
  

  • ARTH 170 - Arts of Meso- and South America


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years

    Survey of the art and architecture of Meso- and South 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 Dumbarton Oakes in Washington, DC. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.

    First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. .



  

  • ARTH 200 - Greek Art & Archaeology


    (CLAS 200) FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and every fourth year

    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.
  

  • ARTH 240 - Arts of China


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years.

    A survey of traditional Chinese art from its beginnings through the Qing dynasty. Includes architecture, sculpture, bronzes and ceramics, as well as painting. Kerin.
  

  • ARTH 241 - The Arts of Japan


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.

    A survey of Japanese art from its beginnings through the Edo period. Includes architecture, gardens, sculpture, prints, ceramics and other decorative arts, as well as painting. Kerin.
  

  • ARTH 242 - Arts of India


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.

    A survey of traditional Indian art from its Indus Valley beginnings through the period of Mughal domination. Includes architecture, sculpture, and painting, as well as decorative arts. Kerin.
  

  • ARTH 243 - Imaging Tibet


    (SOAN 243) FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ARTH 245 - Ancient Cultures, New Markets: Modern and Contemporary Asian Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years

    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 monitoring the websites of major auction houses in Hong Kong, we better discern some of the recent trends in showcasing, collecting, and buying Asian 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.
  

  • ARTH 253 - Medieval Art in Southern Europe


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    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.
  

  • ARTH 254 - Medieval Art in Northern Europe


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ARTH 255 - Northern Renaissance Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ARTH 256 - Italian Renaissance Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    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.
  

  • ARTH 257 - Dutch Arts, Patrons, and Markets


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years

    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. Foreign visitors were astonished that even modest members of Dutch society such as farmers and bakers owned multiple works of art. 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. Among the artists covered are Frans Hals, Judith Leyster, Jan Steen, Frans Post, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 258 - Baroque and Rococo Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    A survey of the art and architecture of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. The course focuses on the stylistic and ideological issues shaping western art during the age of Religious Wars. This course considers the stylistic innovations of Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Poussin, Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and Tiepolo, as well as the function of- and interest in-artistic production within the context of 17th- and 18th-century society. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 259 - The Art and Architecture of England


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    The painting, sculpture and architecture of England from the medieval period to the 20th century. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 261 - History of Photography


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    An introduction to the technical, aesthetic, and social history of photography within a cultural context in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary movements in the medium. Course includes weekly lectures, readings, films, and discussions, as well as gallery and museum visits throughout the term. Bowden.
  

  • ARTH 262 - 19th-Century European Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Sculpture and painting in Europe from the French Revolution to 1900. King.
  

  • ARTH 263 - 20th-Century European Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter (not offered in Winter 2015)

    Sculpture and painting in Europe from 1900 to 1950. King.
  

  • ARTH 266 - American Art to 1945


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    Sculpture and painting in the United States from Colonial times to the mid-20th century. King.
  

  • ARTH 267 - Art Since 1945


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Art in Europe and America from 1945 to the present. King.
  

  • ARTH 271 - Arts of Colonial Latin America


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    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 Aztec and Inca before the arrival of Europeans. Classes then explore the cultural convergence that resulted from the 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.
  

  • ARTH 273 - Arts of Modern Latin America


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013

    This lecture course surveys the art and architecture of Latin America from circa 1900 to the present. Students explore the relationship between the arts in Europe and Latin America, 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 Chicano movement in the United States. Among the artists covered are Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Tarsila do Amaral, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Wilfredo Lam, Lygia Clark, and Francisco Botero. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 274 - Art and Revolution: Mexican Muralism


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years

    This course fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the LACS minor. This lecture course surveys public monumental art produced by Mexican artists Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros in Mexico and the United States from 1910 to the 1970s. These artists used art to promote the social ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1911-1920). Through this muralist movement, they attempted to build a new national consciousness by celebrating the cultural heritage of the Mexican people. Quickly, the muralists and their patrons came into conflict with one another concerning how to best achieve their utopian goal of equality for all Mexicans. This course examines the various ideologies of the Mexican muralists and considers reactions to muralism by other artists as well as the public. The class also examines the impact of muralism throughout Latin America and the United States. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 276 - Chicano Art and Muralism: From the Street to the (Staniar) Gallery


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and every third year

    Open to all students. This class examines the process by which Chicano/a artists have garnered public attention and respect, and have taken their artworks from the peripheries of the art world to more traditional 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 Chicano/a artists from the 1970s to the present. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 285 - Art of the Cities of Northern Italy, 1250-1550


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. The art and culture of the cities of the north during the Renaissance. Examines important churches, museums, galleries, palaces, villas, public buildings, and plazas of Milan, Como, Parma, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Mantua, Florence, Siena, Cortona, Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi and Rome. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 288 - Chinese Export Porcelain and the China Trade, 1500 to 1900


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    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.
  

  • ARTH 295 - Special Topics in Art History


    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.

    Spring 2015 topic:

    ARTH 295: East Meets West in the Visual Arts (4). This course explores the history of the 19th-century western fascination with Japanese art and design generally known as Japonisme (or Japanism). The course focuses on its manifestations in France, England, and the United States. Topics include the study of the significance of “Japan” in the work of painters such as Whistler, Monet, Van Gogh, and also in the graphic and decorative arts. Student examine the ways in which Japanese visual culture and objects were collected, displayed, and interpreted, as well as the impact of Japonisme on modern Japanese art. While the main focus is on Japanese influence on the West, we also explore Chinese porcelain and the concept of Chinoiserie, or fanciful European interpretations of Chinese styles in art and design. Both Chinese porcelain export objects and Japanese woodblock prints in W&L’s permanent collection are examined in the context of East meets West. A field trip to the Sackler and Freer Galleries in Washington, DC is planned. (HA) Ramirez. Spring 2015 



  

  • ARTH 342 - Love, Loyalty, and Lordship: Court Art of India, 1500s to1800s


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter (not offered in Winter 2015)

    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 is focused 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.
  

  • ARTH 347 - Forget Me Not: Visual Culture of Historic and Religious Memorials


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring (not offered Spring 2015)

    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.
  

  • ARTH 350 - Medieval Art in Italy


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall (not offered Fall 2014)

    Prerequisite: ARTH 253 or 256 or instructor consent. 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.
  

  • ARTH 351 - The City as a Work of Art: Paris


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    This course considers the designs and appearances of major European cities that were originally created in antiquity, that managed to survive (and even flourish) during the Middle Ages, and that then reached a newer, fresher, and more ideologically cohesive appearance during the modem age. Students will travel to the city of Paris, France and examine its origins and evolution, with particular attention paid to its development during the 17th , 18th , and 19th centuries. Bent.
  

  • ARTH 353 - Gothic Art in Northern Europe


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ARTH 254 or instructor consent. This seminar focuses on artistic, intellectual, and cultural developments in France and England during the 12th and 13th centuries. Stylistic, iconographic and theoretical issues in the visual arts are studied within the context of scholastic thought, mass pilgrimage, and monarchical consolidation. Bent.
  

  • ARTH 354 - Early Renaissance Art in Florence


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ARTH 355 - The High Renaissance in Italy


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter (not offered Winter 2015)

    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.
  

  • ARTH 356 - Science in Art: Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Paintings


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014

    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 foreign 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.
  

  • ARTH 357 - Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    This seminar focuses on the work of Baroque painters Caravaggio (1573-1610) and Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca. 1653). We explore Caravaggio’s intense naturalism and the controversy it caused, his sense of drama, and supernatural light. Gentileschi was deeply influenced by Caravaggio but developed her own unique style. Seminar themes include the 1612 rape trial and its impact on Gentileschi’s career, issues of attribution, and proto-feminism. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 361 - American Architecture


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years.

    Building in the United States from Colonial times to the present. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 362 - Vernacular Architecture


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    An exploration of the approaches used to study common building types. Architecture is considered a form of material culture that invites a study of its cultural and ideological meaning. From log cabins to golden arches, all forms of the built environment are open to contemplation. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 363 - Surrealism


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years

    A study of the development of surrealist art and thought. For its practitioners, surrealism was–and remains–foremost a revolution, striving to “transform the world” (Marx) and “change life” (Rimbaud). We examine writings and ideas underlying key works by artists such as Dali, Magritte, and Max Ernst; watch surrealist films; and play surrealist “games of chance”. King.
  

  • ARTH 364 - Seminar on Art of the 1960s


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years.

    An exploration of the art produced during the decade of the 1960s. A seminal period, it includes Pop Art, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism, Earth Art, Performance Art, and socially conscious and politically oriented art reflecting feminism and black radicalism. Weekly lectures, readings, essays, films and discussion. King.
  

  • ARTH 366 - African-American Art Seminar


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014.

    An exploration of the art produced by African-Americans from the Colonial period to the present. Weekly lectures, readings, essays, films and discussion. King.
  

  • ARTH 367 - Seminar on Women Artists


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014.

    An intensive exploration of the roles women artists have played in the history of western art from the renaissance to the present. Special attention is given to the strategies women used for survival and success, and to contemporary theoretical approaches to the subject. Lectures, discussions, readings, papers, and a research project. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 375 - Tropical Baroque: The Arts of Colonial Latin America


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not yet scheduled.

    A seminar devoted to the Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture of Colonial Latin America (1492-1820), including New Spain, the Andean region, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Students learn about the people and societies who produced and used this art and architecture and who came from a wide spectrum of cultural backgrounds. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 376 - Visual Culture in the Hispanic World, c. 1500-1700


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years

    The 17th-century Golden Age was a period of unparalleled artistic achievement in the Hispanic world. This seminar investigates painting, sculpture and architecture of Spain and the Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru from ca.1500 to the death of the last Spanish Habsburg king in 1700. Artists highlighted in this course include Titian, Juan de Herrera, El Greco, Velázquez, Guaman Poma, Miguel de Santiago, and Goya. Lepage.
  

  • ARTH 384 - Renaissance Art in Venice


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    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.
  

  • ARTH 385 - Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Science and Innovation in Renaissance Europe


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.

    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.
  

  • ARTH 390 - Seminar in Asian Art


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Three credits in art history or instructor consent. Selected topics in Asian art. Includes guided research, reports, term paper, and possible visit to the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Kerin.
  

  • ARTH 394 - Seminar in Art History


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: Three credits in art history and instructor consent. Research in selected topics in art history with written and oral reports. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 395 - Senior Seminar: Approaches to Art History


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: Senior art history major. An exploration of bibliography in preparation for the thesis, and of methodology, criticism and contemporary issues in a capstone seminar. Topics include biography and formalism, iconography and iconology, social history and Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, semiotics, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, and deconstruction. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 398 - Seminar in Museum Studies


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years

    Prerequisites: ARTH 102 or ARTH 140, and instructor’s consent; and sophomore, junior or senior standing. 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. Grover, Hobbs.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • ARTH 403 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 3
    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.
  

  • ARTH 453 - Internship in Arts Management


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Supervised off-campus experience in an art gallery, art dealership, museum, or auction house approved by the Art and Art History Department. Requires a paper in addition to projects devised in advance by the instructor and student. Archer.
  

  • ARTH 473 - Senior Thesis


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite: ARTH 395. An art history thesis. A thesis abstract with a written statement of objectives must be presented to the department for consideration by September 30. Staff.
  

  • ARTH 493 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 3-3
    Planned Offering: Fall-Winter

    Prerequisites: ARTH 395, 3.500 cumulative grade-point average, honors candidacy and senior standing. An art history thesis. Application for the honors candidacy must be made by May 1 of the junior year. A thesis abstract with a written statement of the objective must be presented at this time. The culmination is an oral defense of the thesis project. Staff.

Studio Art
  

  • ARTS 111 - Drawing I


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Development of skills and visual awareness through the study of the basic elements of drawing. Variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, ink and crayon. Lab fee required. Beavers, Olson-Janjic.
  

  • ARTS 112 - Drawing II


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter (not offered Winter 2015)

    Prerequisites: ARTS 111 and instructor consent. Continuation of Drawing I. Lab fee required. Beavers.
  

  • ARTS 120 - Photography I


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to the technical and creative principles of black-and-white photography as a fine art medium, with an emphasis on composition, exposure, and darkroom technique. Course includes a combination of image presentations, technical demonstrations, studio instruction, and group critiques. Lab fee required; cameras available for checkout from department. Bowden.
  

  • ARTS 131 - Design I


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    An introduction to the elements and concepts of two-dimensional design within the context of current digital technology, with an emphasis on contemporary computer software programs. Stene.
  

  • ARTS 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.

    First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. Staff.
  

  • ARTS 211 - Figure Drawing I


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015

    Prerequisites: ARTS 111 and instructor consent. Drawing from the human figure using a variety of media. Lab fee required. Olson-Janjic.
  

  • ARTS 212 - Figure Drawing II


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014

    Prerequisites: ARTS 211 and instructor consent. Continuation of ARTS 211 with emphasis on the use of the human figure as a compositional element. Lab fee required. Staff.
  

  • ARTS 213 - Drawing Italy


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Not offered in 2013-2014.

    Prerequisites: ARTS 111 and instructor consent. Living and drawing on site in Rome, Florence, Umbria, and Tuscany and with day trips to Pompeii, Assisi, and other important art sites in Italy. Students explore Italy’s vast artistic heritage within its cultural context, then apply this experience to their own art while working in the distinctive Mediterranean light. Media include pen and ink, pastel and acrylic. Lab fee required. Olson-Janjic.
  

  • ARTS 214 - Drawing in Place


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015

    Prerequisite: ARTS 111 and instructor consent. This drawing course is intended for intermediate drawing students. The goals of this intensive course are to practice drawing skills, learn about the tradition of art of place, and to produce a series of drawings based on a specific place. We spend the first two weeks brushing up on the basics of drawing while reading and discussing writings about place and site-oriented art. Image presentations and group discussion support the readings. Beavers.
  

  • ARTS 217 - Painting I


    FDR: HA
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: ARTS 111 and instructor consent. Emphasis on color, design and spatial relationships. Work from observation and imagination in oil and acrylic. Lab fee required. Olson-Janjic.
 

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