AH101 - Introduction to Art History
A two-semester sequence of courses introduces the key concepts and historical periods in Western Art from the pre-classical era until the advent of Romanticism, ca. 1820. Students will acquire visual and verbal vocabularies of art history, learn to differentiate historical styles, techniques and media as well as identify significant monuments and objects. First-Year Art History requirements.

AH102 - Introduction to Art History
Prerequisite: AH101 A two-semester sequence of courses introduces the key concepts and historical periods in Western Art from the pre-classical era until the advent of Romanticism, ca. 1820. Students will acquire visual and verbal vocabularies of art history, learn to differentiate historical styles, techniques and media as well as identify significant monuments and objects. First-Year Art History requirements.

AH206 - Art of Egypt
Prerequisite: AH102 The arts and architecture of ancient Egypt.

AH214 - Modern Art
Prerequisite: AH102 Tracing the development of modernism from the late 19th Century to the 1960’s, this course explores questions of artistic experimentation, the emergence of an avant-garde, the expanding definitions of art and the role of the artist in modernist culture. Satisfies: Sophomore Modern Art History Requirement and is a prerequisite for all upper level Modern and Contemporary Art History electives.

AH221 - Tribal Arts
Prerequisite: AH102 Tribal Arts surveys the arts and aesthetics of traditional small groups of nomadic and settled peoples from ancient Europe and Siberia to modern Africa, the Americas and Asia. Course content and emphasis may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: AH200 level Multicultural Art History requirement.

AH223 - African Art
Prerequisite: AH102 Examining the arts of sub-Saharan Africa, from the time of the ancient kingdoms to the present, African Art focuses on the connections between the arts and African social, cultural and religious practices and patterns. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of African arts to belief and ritual. The content may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: 200 level Multicultural Art History Requirement.

AH225 - Art of Asia
Prerequisite: AH102 Art of Asia introduces students to the variety of arts and architecture of Asia, including China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. This course places primary emphasis on the relationship of art to philosophy and religion. The content may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: AH200 level Multicultural Art History Requirement

AH305 - Art of Greece
Prerequisite: AH102 Long considered the birthplace of Western artistic norms and values, Art of Ancient Greece examines major arts and cultural history of ancient Greece from its prehistoric past to the visual refinements and aesthetics associated with the Classical period. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

AH313 - Northern Renaissance Art
Prerequisites: AH102 Northern Renaissance Art traces the history of painting and print-making in Northern Europe from the late 14th century through the period of the Reformation in the early 16th century. Special emphasis is placed on the development of oil painting as a medium in relationship to issues of realism and expanding art markets of the 15th century. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective Requirement

AH314 - Sculpture in Renaissance Italy
Prerequisite: AH102 and HIST201 Large scale, figural sculpture re-emerged as a very public and very powerfully expressive form of art in Renaissance Italy, for the first time since Antiquity. The conditions and problems of creating sculpture in the 15th and 16th century-always public, always functional, always site-specific and usually commissioned by a specific patron, as well as often collaborative in nature yet with significant distinctions drawn between the artist/designer and the workshop that may have actually produced the work of art-are issues that are still with us when we contemplate the role of sculpture today. How did Renaissance artists like Donatello and Michelangelo negotiate these issues and yet create works we still consider to be expressive of their distinct personalities? How did Renaissance sculptors balance and reconcile the requirements of their patrons with their personal, artistic vision? This course proposes to explore these issues while examining the development of monumental sculpture as unique category of art in Renaissance Italy. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

AH315 - Italian Renaissance Art
Prerequisite: AH102 This course explores aspects of the development of the visual arts in Italy from the dawn of the 14th century through the end of the 16th century.

AH316 - Culture & Technology
Prerequisite: AH214 Examine Western culture's changing attitude toward technology from the mid-19th Century to post-modernism. Focuses principally on painting and architecture. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective Requirement

AH317 - Baroque Art
Prerequisite: AH102 "Baroque" designates the art and architecture of Western Europe in the period from approximately 1590-1650. While artists like Caravaggio and Bernini developed an intensely realistic and illusionistic style in Rome, others like Rubens and Velasquez created art in the service of their states and Dutch artists like Vermeer explored the minutiae of everyday life. This course surveys the dynamic expansion of artistic styles and visual genre in pan-European art of the 17th and early 18th centuries.Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

AH321 - Medieval Art
Prerequisite: AH102 Beginning as early as the seventh century, the rapid growth of Christianity inspired new forms of artistic expression and required new types of buildings. Although sometimes disparaged as the "dark ages" in post-Renaissance literature, the Medieval period witnessed a remarkable flowering of both urban and courtly culture, culminating in the form of soaring cathedrals, whose elaborate construction and brilliant decoration became emblems of civic pride. Medieval Art in Western Europe will examine the development of architecture, sculpture and painting from late Antiquity and the fall of the Roman Empire through the Gothic period. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

AH323 - Japanese Cinema & The Arts
Prerequisites: AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 and ENGL102 This course introduces Japanese cinema and filmmaking in its relations to Japanese visual, literary, & performing arts, through the study of a dozen or more feature films by some of the world's greatest directors: Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi, et al. It will pay particular attention to the roles of women, focusing on the unusually strong (from the standpoint of world history) role of women as protagonists, and on the ways that the definitive impact of women's voices on Japanese culture as a whole have shaped Japanese film-making. Readings will be put on reserve in the library and may include feminist film theory, Japanese literature, as well as film analysis and criticism. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

AH327 - Art of India
Prerequisites: AH 101, AH102; AH 200 multicultural requirement The course explores the development, variety and symbolism of Indian art from its beginnings in the Indus Valley through the Hindu Renaissance. Special emphasis is placed on sculpture, the relationship of the arts to India's religious development, and on Indian social and cultural beliefs and practices. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirements.

AH329 - 19th C. Art
Prerequisite: AH102 This course will examine the social, political, philosophical, ethical, psychological, and aesthetic issues involved in nineteenth-century art. Particular attention will be paid to how the nineteenth century provides a bridge between the Enlightenment and the world we have inherited. These ideas will be traced and retraced through the work of artists in England, Continental Europe, and America against the backdrop of cultural movements such as Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Neo-Impressionism. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts NW elective requirement

AH330 - Art Now Post Modern Practice
Prerequisite: AH214 Art Now focuses on the newly abundant, young generation of artists experiencing commercial and popular success in the twenty-first century. Art Now emphasizes a wide variety of media and subjects in order to demonstrate the nature of the postmodern system, especially its amorphous relationship to art criticism, the art market, and the public. Several class topics address the tenuous (and often dubious) relationship between artistic integrity and commercial success through specific themes; the value of shock, the absence of, or emphasis on, technical skill, originality and the question of its necessity in today's cultural milieu, etc. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

AH331 - Topics:Surrealism
Prerequisite: AH214 AH331 provides students with a thorough understanding of Surrealism in its varying visual, literary, and performative manifestations. Since Surrealism is firmly grounded in aspects of the human psyche, students will also gain an understanding of the science of psychoanalysis and its tenuous relationship with Surrealist art. During the semester, students are introduced to the origins and goals of the Surrealist aesthetic through art historical lectures. However, students will further their historical understanding of Surrealism through interactive discussions that debate the validity, limitations, and potential of this movement as a psycho-aesthetic phenomenon. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

AH332 - Art, Culture, and Cuisine
Prerequisite: AH214, and HIST202 People throughout the world have often represented food, drink and eating, but rarely are these works about the objects and celebrations themselves. Instead, images of cuisine are highly symbolic, and speak to the important matters of religious ideology, social distinctions, gender differences, and contacts between cultures. Art, Culture and Cuisine is a thematic course, emphasizing artists who created works about food and drink, as well as the development of media and objects for banqueting, the significance of individual works of art, and the cultural contexts in which these works were created. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirements.

AH334 - Art of China
Prerequisite: AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 Introduction to the arts of China, including symbolism and cultural history of painting, calligraphy, architecture, jade, ivory, lacquer, porcelain, cloisonne and sculpture.

AH336 - African Art
Prerequisite: AH 102, and any 200-level Multicultural course (African Art 223 preferred, but not required) African Art 336 focuses on, and examines intensively, a single area, medium, or time period (ancient or modern). The content of the course will vary from semester to semester, but it will consistently emphasize the relationship of African art to culture, belief, and ritual. This course does not duplicate the content of AH223. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirements.

AH340 - Native American Art
Prerequisites: AH 101, AH102; AH 200 multicultural requirement This course examines the arts of North American Indians, with special emphasis on the relationship of Native American Art to belief and ritual. The content, including geographical areas, media and time period may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirements.

AH341 - Art and Social Issues
Prerequisite: AH214 This course focuses on 20th Century artists who have used their work as a means of engagement with the social issues of their time. Satisfies: Art History Elective Requirement

AH342 - Art Since 1960
Prerequisite: AH214 Art Since 1960 explores the plurality of the artistic enterprise from 1960 to the present, including pop, op, minimalism, art and technology, performance, conceptual and earth art. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

AH344 - Contemp. Issues in the Arts
Prerequisite: AH214 What are the issues in the visual arts at the turn of the 21st century? Contemporary Issues in the Arts focuses on a number of topics including: new media; the real and virtual in performance art; the digital revolution and work on Websites; public art and site specificity; the museum and its meaning; the role of the curator; internationalism; the global and the local; rethinking the object; relationships of high art to popular culture; interconnections between fine arts and design arts; originality and appropriation. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

AH349 - Art of Rome
Prerequisite: AH102 Although once considered a pale imitation of ancient Greece, the artistic accomplishments of Republican and Imperial Rome have undergone major reappraisal during the 20th century. Art of Ancient Rome assesses the relationship between Roman art and its culture of conquest, focusing on Roman contributions to architecture, engineering and urban planning, in addition to the development of portraiture and landscape as significant artistic genre. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective Requirement

AH355 - Topics: Real Thing
Prerequisite: AH214 The Real Thing examines questions of art in public space. While looking at work across time and many continents, the main focus will be modern and contemporary work in the U.S. Using the wealth of public work that fills the city of Philadelphia as one focal point, we will consider issues related to land art, site-specific art, percent-for-art programs, art for civic enhancement, and art in landscapes that few if anyone can get to see. Among the Philadelphia projects we will examine are: the mural arts program, the Village of Arts and Humanities, Oldenburg's Clothespin, the Fairmount Park Art Association's sculpture program, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority's one-percent-for-art program, art installations at the airport and at City Hall. We will also consider other elements of visual design that surround us in our urban space from architecture, to billboards, to manhole covers, to street signage. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

AH358 - Contemp Craft & Design:Asia
Prerequisites: AH214 and AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 This course examines 20th- and 21st-century craft objects, processes, and issues from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean perspectives. Particular attention will be paid to their influence on international design and usefullness as resources for contemporary American designers, as well as their roots in ancient techniques, materials and concepts. With a major focus on textiles, fashion, and ceramics, we will also explore paper, furniture, lacquer, industrial and commercial design, metals, etc., as appropriate. Students will attend the Philadelphia Craft show in November and participate in several site visits to area galleries and collections. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement and Textile Major requirement.

AH359 - Modern Craft & Design
Prerequisite: AH214 This course traces the international development of craft and design history from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in mid-nineteenth century England to objects, concepts and issues confronting craft and design in today's marketplace.

AH361 - Women and Art
Prerequisite: AH214 Women and Art explores issues about women as producers of culture and women as subjects of art. We will look at work by and about women and discuss topics including: sexual politics and visual images; the social construction of gender; media imagery and women; the female body--identity and performance; and definitions of art, craft, and design as they relate to "women's work." Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

AH362 - Women in the Arts in Japan
Prerequisites: AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 and ENGL102 or placement Women and Art: Japan provides a historical survey of the complex relationships between women and the arts in Japan. Because of the relatively late arrival of patriarchy and the unique role women's voices assumed in literature, women's roles as artists, audience, patrons and subjects of the arts were far more important than in other modernized countries. Unified around themes of empowerment and status as subject, the course will begin with an examination of women's roles in early culture, particularly their importance as patrons, and then proceed to explore the impact of women's voices: from the aesthetic influence of the 11th century Tale of Genji, and late Heian and Kamakara illustrated hand-scrolls, through medieval Noh theater, the court arts of Tosa painters and the architecture of Katsura, to the popular 18th century Ukiyo-e prints as well as modern film and video. Satisfies: Art History, Humanities or Liberal Arts NW Elective Requirement

AH364 - Contemporary Issues
Prerequisite: AH214 Analysis of strategies of empowerment for women in the arts in the 21st Century, including separatism and integration, art and social activism, gender and cultural identity.

AH365 - Performance and the Body
Prerequisite: AH214 Performance and the Body focuses on the use of the physical body in the production of expressive art since 1960. Issues such as audience, collaboration, feminism, identity, body as site, (etc.) are addressed, as is the ability of this medium to question art institutions and the role of the artist. In addition, the controversial nature of many of these artists will give rise to a discussion of censorship and the arts. This class will be a mixture of lecture and round-table discussion, meant to encourage students to actively engage with topical issues and offer fresh perspectives as artists on a medium unfolding in the contemporary art world. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

AH366 - Topics: Exhibitionism
Prerequisite: AH214 Contemporary Issues in the Arts: Exhibitions and Exhibitionism focuses on issues related to the museum, the gallery, and art outside the "clean white cube;" the role of the curator; varieties of collections-- from traditional art to the very weird; the real and the fake; viewing and spectatorship. We will examine work by artists who have responded to these issues which are of primary importance to us as both producers and consumers of culture. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

AH399 - Theory/Criticism/Aesthetics
Prerequisites: AH214 and AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 Theory, Criticism and Aesthetics traces the development of art history as a discipline, while also providing an overview of the significant philosophical and critical theories that have influenced aesthetic debates in relation to the field. Students will gain a knowledge and understanding of the various methodologies that influence the interpretation of works of art and how we view past art historical eras, especially those since the emergence of the New Art History. As critical viewers armed with knowledge of the field and the means to revise, reinterpret, and forge new art historical meanings, students will learn to successfully apply these methodologies to the history of art through writing assignments and discussions in class. Satisfies: Art History Emphasis and Art History Minor requirements as well as Art History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

AH400 - Art History Thesis
Prerequisite: AH399 Designed as a senior thesis for Art History Emphasis program students, AH400 is structured as a combined seminar/independent study project. Working closely with art history faculty, students engage in an original research project on a self-selected art historical topic. Thesis projects culminate in an extended written paper and oral presentation, enabling students to work effectively at beginning levels of professional criticism and theory. Satisfies: Art History Emphasis requirement. May be taken by any interested student for AH/Liberal Arts elective credit with chair approval

AN332 - Art, Culture, & Cuisine
Prerequisite: AH214, and HIST202 People throughout the world have often represented food, drink and eating, but rarely are these works about the objects and celebrations themselves. Instead, images of cuisine are highly symbolic, and speak to the important matters of religious ideology, social distinctions, gender differences, and contacts between cultures. Art, Culture and Cuisine is a thematic course, emphasizing artists who created works about food and drink, as well as the development of media and objects for banqueting, the significance of individual works of art, and the cultural contexts in which these works were created. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirements.

AN391 - Visual Anthropology
Prerequisites: AH102 and HIST202 Visual Anthropology introduces students to a broad range of cultural constructs and ideas, examining how film, photography and other media have been used for anthropological studies. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

Preparation for practical business procedures including tax questions, record keeping, and pricing of services.

BUS388 - Marketing/Small Busines
Marketing for the Small Business provides an overview of basic marketing theory with a specific focus on the issues and challenges faced by the entrepreneur marketing the products or services of a small business. Topics include product development and positioning, pricing, distribution, advertising and promotion, explored through case analysis and discussion. Students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding by developing their own marketing strategies for a hypothetical product or service. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

ENGL099 - Essentials of Writing
Essentials in Writing is an intensive writing course for college students who need to enhance their foundational skills in the mechanics of writing as well as critical thinking, reading, and discussion in order to succeed in college-level courses. It introduces students to the language and methods of academic discourse. Students may be required to take ENGL099 as a prerequisite for ENGL101: Writing for Artists and Designers.

ENGL101 - Writing for Artists & Designers
Writing for Artists and Designers is a writing-intensive course designed to help students enhance their writing skills. Students engage in close readings and learn the basics of essay form in order to construct their own well-organized arguments. Analytical and research skills are emphasized as the class conducts various explorations of art and art-related texts. Throughout the semester, students develop their own critical thinking as they build a significant body of writing. Satisfies: First Year English requirement and is a prerequisite for ENGL102.

ENGL102 - Topics in Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL101 Topics in Literature is a writing-intensive literature course that introduces students to significant literary works, presenting central themes from literary history while focusing on the continued development of students' own writing and oral presentation skills. Readings correspond with the chronological sequence of art covered in first-year art history. Satisfies: First Year English requirement and is a prerequisite for all upper level English/Humanities electives.

ENGL210 - Critical Approaches
Prerequisites: AH102 and ENGL102 Critical Approaches is a writing intensive course designed to familiarize students with the advanced forms of writing practiced by curators, artists, art historians, and art critics. We will look at authors' strategies and best practices within various professional venues for communicating ideas about the visual arts. Students will read, critique, and practice writing introductory catalog essays, catalog entries, exhibition proposals, exhibition reviews, artist's project descriptions, grant proposals, interpretive materials and label copy. Satisfies: Curatorial Studies Major and Minor requirements, recommended for Art History majors and minors, and may be taken as a Liberal Arts elective.

FR201 - French I
An introduction to the French language, this course emphasizes speaking, reading and writing in French.

FR202 - French II
Prerequisite: FR201 The second half of an introduction to the French language, this course emphasizes speaking, reading and writing in French. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective.

HIST201 - Intro to World History
The first of a two-course sequence investigating how we create and evaluate interpretations of the past. HIST201 begins by examining major cultural patterns starting with the evolution of the species and ending with the Industrial Revolution. Satisfies: World History requirement

HIST202 - Intro to World History
Prerequisite: HIST201 The second of a two course sequence investigating how we create and evaluate interpretations of the past. HIST202 covers the period from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Satisfies: World History requirement

HIST305 - Modern American Politics
Prerequisite: HIST202 Modern American Politics is a participatory and experiential exploration of the American political process as exists today and as it has developed historically. The class will examine the theory and practice of politics but each student will directly experience some dimension of the political process with a choice of a partisan or non-partisan role. Satisfies: Liberal Arts Elective

HIST331 - Modern American History
Prerequisite: HIST202 Analysis of selected periods in 20th Century American History, including the inter-relationships between social movements, economic change, political events, cultural trends and the social roles of men and women.

HIST332 - History & The Big Screen
Prerequisite: HIST202 Focusing on specific episodes in 20th-century American history, "History and the Big Screen" will examine some of the ways that history has been interpreted - or misinterpreted - on film. Topics will include the Great Depression, wars, the civil rights movement, and the American presidency among others. We will also consider the way Hollywood portrays cultural diversity and deals with stereotypes of "Africa," "Arabs," etc. In addition to class assignments, each student will write a film analysis and present her analysis in class.Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HIST334 - History Through Moving Images
Prerequisite: HIST202 History Through Moving Images examines the ways in which serious history has been portrayed in film, video, and digitized combinations. The course also addresses the potential of moving images for changing the ways we portray history. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

HIST335 - Topics in European Hist:The Holocaust
Prerequisite: HIST202 How could the Holocaust have occurred? How can stereotyping and prejudice lead to discrimination, violence and genocide? Can individuals make a difference? Lessons of the Holocaust reflects current concerns with violence, racism and propaganda, ethical aspects of science and government, as well as the complexities of history, human behavior and moral choice, providing a framework for understanding life under Nazi control. Students will also explore methodology for using film and primary resources, such as documents, photographs and oral testimony. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HIST342 - Making History
Prerequisite: HIST202 Analysis of the forms, processes and materials of history as they have developed from oral history to the present, including the evolving roles of language and issues of evidence and interpretation. The emphasis of the course is on how we actually "do" history and includes site visits. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

HIST372 - Gender Roles in American Society
Prerequisite: HIST202 Using tools and constructs from the fields of sociology and anthropology, Gender Roles in American Society studies the development of male and female roles in contemporary American society. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HIST379 - Women & Religion
Prerequisite: HIST202 Women and Religion explores women's roles in a variety of religious traditions and movements around the world. Topics may include Goddess Worship, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shamanism, utopian communities and feminist theology. Course content and emphasis varies from semester to semester. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HIST382 - Topics in Wrld Culture: Islamic World
Prerequisite: HIST202 Topics in World Cultures examines the process of change over time in a variety of human societies throughout the world. With a specific focus on aspects of Islamic culture this semester, the course will explore a number of topics which may include the nature of cultural encounters; the movement of people, ideas, capital and materials between human societies; the distribution of power on a global scale; in addition to individual societal features such as economic systems, cultural practices, family and kinship, belief systems, technology and gender roles. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HIST388 - The History of Media & Media of History
Prerequisite: HIST202 The History of Media and the Media of History will analyze interpretations of the past and present in a variety of media, including examples from contemporary culture. The class will analyze the history of human communication by working with different media to understand 1) the type of evidence generated by each form of communication, 2) the ways that each type of evidence can be researched and used to interpret the past, and 3) the challenges of each medium as a vehicle for representing historical interpretations. Satisfies: History/Liberal Arts Elective requirement

HU323 - Japanese Cinema & The Arts
Prerequisites: AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 and ENGL102 This course introduces Japanese cinema and filmmaking in its relations to Japanese visual, literary, & performing arts, through the study of a dozen or more feature films by some of the world's greatest directors: Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi, et al. It will pay particular attention to the roles of women, focusing on the unusually strong (from the standpoint of world history) role of women as protagonists, and on the ways that the definitive impact of women's voices on Japanese culture as a whole have shaped Japanese film-making. Readings will be put on reserve in the library and may include feminist film theory, Japanese literature, as well as film analysis and criticism. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU329 - Concepts of Women in Lit
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Students will study concepts of women in literature that still influence modern thinking, juxtaposing portrayals of women by male and female authors throughout Western literature. Beginning with interpretations of Eve and her role in "Genesis," the class will move quickly from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, examining texts that reflect women's struggle to define themselves. Readings will be selected from a variety of genre and may include authors such as Christine de Pisan, Moliere, Jane Austen, James Joyce, Andre Gide, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Katherine Ann Porter, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ursula Hegi. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU338 - Lit & Film:Shakespeare
Prerequisite: ENGL102 An interdisciplinary approach to literature and film, this course will examine specific literary works and their translation into film.

HU345 - Contemporary Short Story
Prerequisite: ENGL102 This course focuses on close readings of contemporary short stories, including the work of Faulkner, Joyce, Malamud, Oates, and Singer. Students are encouraged to write their own stories.

HU346 - Studies in Poetry
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Studies in Poetry offers students the opportunity to read, discuss, and write about poetry past and present. Connections between form and content as well as style and process are explored. Poems are presented in historical and biographical contexts, supplemented with statements of poetics, and considered in relation to movements in the visual arts. Class discussions are supplemented with workshops in which students conduct hands-on writing experiments to understand the readings and develop their own creative writing skills. Course content may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HU361 - Literature & Film
Prerequisite: ENGL102 An interdisciplinary approach to literature and film, this course examines specific literary works and their translation into film. Selections range from the classic to the popular and course content may vary from semester to semester. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU362 - Women in the Arts in Japan
Prerequisites: AH206 or AH221 or AH223 or AH225 and ENGL102 or placement Women and Art: Japan provides a historical survey of the complex relationships between women and the arts in Japan. Because of the relatively late arrival of patriarchy and the unique role women's voices assumed in literature, women's roles as artists, audience, patrons and subjects of the arts were far more important than in other modernized countries. Unified around themes of empowerment and status as subject, the course will begin with an examination of women's roles in early culture, particularly their importance as patrons, and then proceed to explore the impact of women's voices: from the aesthetic influence of the 11th century Tale of Genji, and late Heian and Kamakara illustrated hand-scrolls, through medieval Noh theater, the court arts of Tosa painters and the architecture of Katsura, to the popular 18th century Ukiyo-e prints as well as modern film and video. Satisfies: Art History, Humanities or Liberal Arts NW Elective Requirement

HU364 - Contemporary Lit: American Voices
Prerequisite: ENGL102 This course will examine the work of authors whose voices represent a variety of cultural backgrounds found in America. Readings are drawn from the explosion of ethnic literature that has occurred since the mid-twentieth century. Selections will include poetry, short stories and novels by Native American, African American and Asian American authors, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maxine Hong Kingston, Frank Chin, and Amy Tan, among others. While much of the focus will be on individual authors, we will also consider how these authors handle themes such as self-definition, cultural survival, story-telling and social mobility, in addition to their use of narrative structure and literary devices such as the double or doppelganger. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

HU365 - Films By and About Women
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Explore cinematic representations of women in classical Hollywood films, in world cinema and in films by women and independents.

HU371 - Speaking for Success
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Speaking for Success features public speaking for the artist who wants to develop stronger presentation skills and confidence, while enhancing her research, organizational and critical thinking skills. Students develop their ability to make presentations and deliver speeches by concentrating on speaking extemporaneously and using body language, the voice and visual aids effectively. Speeches are videotaped and students engage in self and group critique as part of the learning process. Specific skills emphasize the development and organization of ideas, understanding the emotional effect of language, effective listening and the use of voice and body to communicate. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU377 - Creative Writing: Fiction
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Creative Writing is structured as a workshop in which students write and revise their own fictional prose and give feedback to their peer writers. Creative experiments will be assigned throughout the semester as practice and inspiration. The class will also read fiction by major modern and contemporary writers in a variety of genres and discuss authors' various approaches to style, narrative strategy, and the writing process. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU378 - Creative Writing:Poetry
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Creative Writing: Poetry is structured as a workshop in which students write and revise their own poetry and give feedback to their peer writers. Creative experiments will be assigned throughout the semester as practice and inspiration. The class will also read poetry by major modern and contemporary writers in a variety of styles. Discussion will focus on the poets' approaches to form and the writing process. Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement

HU380 - Topics/Creative Writing: Visual Poetries
Prerequisite: ENGL102 Visual Poetries will function as a workshop in which students write their own poetry while examining the work of a variety of modern and contemporary poets. Readings will focus on poems that emphasize visual elements, including imagist, symbolist, concrete, and “language” poetry, and explore how poetry takes inspiration from other forms of art such as painting, graphic design, and illustration. Students will consider how each poet makes use of the page as a material canvas and how the placement of words, punctuation, and white space affects the meaning of a poem. Creative experiments assigned throughout the semester will help each student write, design, and present her own brand of visual poetry.Satisfies: Humanities/Liberal Arts elective requirement.

ITAL210 – Italian
An introduction to the Italian language, this course emphasizes speaking, reading and writing in Italian. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

ITAL212 - Italian II
Prerequisite: ITAL210 Italian II is a continuation of Italian I, introducing students to the basic elements of the Italian language and emphasizing speaking and reading in Italian. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

MATH201 - Mathematical Concepts
Mathematical Concepts provides a college-level overview of foundational skills in mathematics. Subjects range from algebraic functions and geometry to problems of specific interest to artists, designers, and art educators. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective and GFA & Art Ed major requirement

MATH204 - Mathematical Applications
Prerequisite: MATH201 Mathematical Applications offers a college level approach to problem solving and statistics. Building upon skills developed in Math201: Mathematical Concepts, this course will explore applications using fundamental math skills, algebra, geometry, graphing, probability, and statistical analysis. Topics will include problems of specific interest to artists, designers, and art educators.Satisfies: Art Ed requirement and may be taken for Liberal Arts elective credit.

PHIL390 - Philosophy:Existentialism
Prerequisite: ENGL102 What does it mean to exist as a human being? What does it mean to exist as the particular human being you are? How can we create meaning in our lives? What is in the way? Using texts and literature from the Existential tradition, the class will explore, individually and together, how we can respond to these questions. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

PSY393 – Psychology
Prerequisite: HIST202 Offering an overview of the main areas of human psychology, topics covered in General Psychology include brain function, theories of behavioral and cognitive learning development and psychotherapy. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement

SCI395 - The Human Environment
Study the interrelationship between population, resources, geography and technology, and the factual background for environmental problems as they exist today.

SPAN210 – Spanish
An introduction to the Spanish language, this course emphasizes the basics of speaking, reading and writing in Spanish. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

SPAN212 - Spanish II
Prerequisite: SPAN210 Spanish II is a continuation of Spanish I, introducing students to the basic elements of the Italian language and emphasizing speaking and reading in Spanish. Satisfies: Liberal Arts elective requirement.

TRAH201 - Great Age of Fresco:Mural Painting-Italy
Prerequisite: AH101 This course traces the development of fresco painting on site in Italy. Students will experience first-hand the contexts, functions and techniques of fresco decoration in Italy. We will examine Italian frescoes from their earliest origins in Etruscan tombs and domestic use in ancient Roman villa decor, through their re-emergence as a major form of Romanesque and late medieval church decoration, to their "flowering" as the preferred mural medium throughout Renaissance Italy. The course will culminate with an exploration of the medium's illusionistic potential for ceiling decoration in Baroque Rome.