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2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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  • AAC 101 - U Succeed 101

    Credits 1
    Lecture / 1 hours per week
    Assist first year students on Academic Warning. The course plans to assist students in developing strategies for academic success, increasing understanding of and use of study techniques, time management strategies and creating a functional understanding of their learning style. Successful students will learn to apply study techniques to enhance success in other courses.
    Exclude Credit
  
  • ACT 211 - Principles of Accounting I

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing
    Accounting concepts and procedures, studied through the analysis, classification, recording, and summarizing of business transactions. Financial statements are introduced and shown to be a source of essential information for management and others outside of the business. Ethical issues in financial reporting are considered.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 212 - Principles of Accounting II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite:: ACT 211; Sophomore Standing; Business Majors, Business Administration Minor, or Material & Textiles Majors
    An introduction to managerial accounting emphasizing how managers use accounting data within their organizations for planning, control, and making decisions. The course is structured to provide a foundation of cost terms, systems design, cost behavior, procedural techniques for planning and control, performance measurements, and the use of data for making operational decisions. Ethical issues in managerial reporting are considered.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 311 - Intermediate Accounting I

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in ACT 211 and 212, Junior Standing, and Business Majors Only
    The first of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 312 - Intermediate Accounting II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 311 with a grade of C or better; Business Majors only
    A continuation of the study of financial reporting and financial statement analysis that begins in ACT 311
    Graded
  
  • ACT 351 - Cost Accounting

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 212 and at least Junior standing; for Business majors only or by permission of the appropriate department chair
    A study of the basic concepts, analyses, uses and procedures of cost accounting; cost accounting as a managerial tool for business strategy and implementation of operational decisions; how different costs are used for different purposes; ethical issues in operational decisions.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 355 - Accounting Information Systems

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 211, Junior Standing, Accounting Majors only
    A study of the design and implementation of successful accounting systems. Significant attention is devoted to the relationship among components of an accounting system, the use of information for decision-making, and internal control. Ethical issues in providing and using information are considered. For accounting majors and non-business students only. Cannot be used as a business elective by non-accounting majors.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 396 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 399 - Internship in Accounting

    Credits 3
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Junior standing; Business majors only and permission of the internship director
    Work experience at a specialized level supervised for graded academic credit by a faculty member in the student’s major field. Terms and hours to be arranged. Students must register in advance to receive credit for an internship in the Business College. Deadline for registration and approval for internship contracts is the end of the add/drop period; no late contracts or registrations will be accepted. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalog on Other Learning Experiences.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 401 - Auditing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 311 with a grade of C or better; Business Majors only; Junior standing
    A study of the audit function as performed by the outside public accounting firm. All stages are covered: planning the audit, gathering evidence, review of internal control provisions, development of working papers, analysis of accounts, preparation of statements, and final audit report. The ethics of the accounting profession are stressed throughout the course.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 411 - Taxation

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 212, Junior Standing, Business Majors only
    A study of federal income taxes. Topics will include history and background of the federal income tax system, taxable items, and methods of computation. Research skills will be taught and competency will be developed using both paper and electronic sources.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 412 - Advanced Taxation

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 411 and at least Junior standing; for Business majors only or by permission of the appropriate department chairperson
    Comprehensive tax research techniques applied to different business entities. The course will enhance both research and communication skill in taxation.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 421 - Advanced Financial Accounting

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 311 and 312 with a grade of C or better; Business Majors only
    Advanced topics in financial accounting. Students will become familiar with accounting for investments, business combinations, consolidated financial statements, and foreign currency translations.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 431 - Advanced Managerial Accounting

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 351 and Senior standing; for Business majors only or by permission of the appropriate department chairperson
    Advanced concepts and methods of the flow of accounting information through the organization. The course emphasizes uses of accounting so that managers can effectively make plans to control resources, including planning and controlling of business activities and managerial decision making.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 441 - Government & Non-Profit Accounting

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 312; Business majors only or by permission of the appropriate department chair
    A study of non-corporate organizations with primary focus on governments, hospitals, college and universities and voluntary health and welfare organizations. Coverage will include principles of fund accounting, financial reporting, budgeting and auditing governmental and not-for-profit organizations. In addition, topics related to operating a business as a partnership will be included.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 444 - Intro to Financial Statement Analysis and Firm Valuation

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: FIN 383 with a grade of C or better; Senior standing; Business Majors only
    Covers analysis of financial statements and corporate valuation from a users perspective. This course provides a solid foundation in financial statement analysis for students majoring in finance. Ratio analysis and other analytical tools to assess profitability and risk of the firm are reviewed and reinforced; financial statements forecasting is introduced.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 454 - Financial Statement Analysis

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ACT 311, 312, w/min. grade of C, Business Majors Only
    Analysis of financial statements. This course will provide a solid foundation in financial statement analysis for professional accountants, business managers, financial analysts, investors, creditors, and lenders. Cross-listed with ACT 670
    Graded
  
  • ACT 490 - Special Topics in Accounting

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    An opportunity for the faculty to propose a course and teach it as an elective to students who express interest in a particular subject. Topics will vary and be announced before registration is completed in the previous semester; may be repeated with change of content.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite:Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson and college dean
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • ACT 496 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 196 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 200 - Methods and Materials: Curriculum Methods in Art Education

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Experimental uses of materials and methods and their didactic implications. This course seeks to develop skills in designing curricula for varied age groups which focus on the expressive range of each media. Students will meet for studio-based sessions to explore alternative media and techniques and pursue ideas to create art objects and design lessons and units with which these same ideas may be taught to others. In accordance with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, students seeking teaching certification in either PK-9 or 5-12 will have readings and field practicum specifically for the intended age range. Students aiming for careers other than teaching will do readings and a field practicum appropriate to those career goals. Cross-listed with AED 500
    Graded
  
  • AED 201 - Development and Assessment in the Arts

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Pre- or Co- Requisite AED 200
    Field-based pre-practicum opportunities for students to conduct and assess observations of learners and teachers. Students will record, interpret, and analyze behavior in written or digital form. Emphasis is placed on expanding the student’s view of the relationship between the environment, developmental stages, and learning objectives. Fifteen practicum hours required outside of class. Cross-listed with AED 501
    Graded
  
  • AED 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 298 - Experience Program

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
    Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalog on Other Learning Experiences.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • AED 302 - Technology for K-12 Art Education

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    Strategies for art education students to implement and integrate technology in school systems and the art curriculum in particular. Students explore the theory of technology in art education, using University databases and consider web-based media sources, various technologies and virtual applications in the art classroom. Exploration of various technologies for finding and archiving classroom resources, presentation of course content, assessing and documenting student learning outcomes, communication tools, as well as technology as an art medium are major components of this course.
    Graded
  
  • AED 305 - Social Philosophy and History of Art Education

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing Intermediate Writing
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Co- or Pre-requisites AED 200 and 201
    Relationships between philosophical influences and historical practices in art education. Writing by prominent educators that provide a philosophical framework for analysis of theories and current trends in teaching art will be discussed. Theories will be set in a social context in order to describe how the general period and the specific history shaped the field of art education. Comparative historical and contemporary interpretations will also be explored along with a written review of the literature. Fifteen practicum hours required outside of class. Cross-listed with AED 505
    Graded
  
  • AED 396 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 410 - Curriculum Design

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: AED 200, 201 and 305
    Development of curriculum units in the visual arts applicable to educational settings in public schools as well as other selected institutions. From a basis in understanding the broad goals of art education, students plan appropriate learning experiences. Curricula will be designed based upon traditional concepts and principles of art in a context of human development, physical and social environment, and aesthetics. Students learn to define overarching concepts, developing lessons that are standards-based and content specific. Students work both independently and collaboratively to construct a conceptually based curriculum using the “backward design” model in which assessment criteria guides the development of learning activities. In accordance with the recommendations of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, students seeking teaching certification in either PreK-8 or 5-12 will have readings and field practicum specifically for the intended age range. Fifteen practicum hours required outside of class. Cross-listed with AED 510
    Graded
  
  • AED 411 - Practicum/Seminar - Elem

    Credits 12Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Capstone Study
    Seminar / 12 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: AED 200, 215, 300, 310, 405
    In this practicum experience, teaching licensure candidates are assigned to a school where they work with and are supported by a Supervising Practitioner. Under supervision of an assigned university instructor (Program Supervisor), the student conducts art experiences under actual classroom conditions including teaching and classroom management responsibilities. This practicum is a fifteen-week, full-time classroom experience at the elementary level PreK-8. A weekly seminar at the University provides opportunity for the student teacher to share insights and concerns. Students seeking careers other than teaching take this course but are placed in a non-school setting and do not qualify for state licensure. Cross-listed with AED 511
    Graded
  
  • AED 412 - Practicum/Seminar - Sec

    Credits 12Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Capstone Study
    Seminar / 12 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: AED 200, 215, 300, 310, 405
    In this practicum experience, teaching licensure candidates are assigned to a school where they work with and are supported by a Supervising Practitioner. Under supervision of an assigned university instructor (Program Supervisor), the student conducts art experiences under actual classroom conditions including teaching and classroom management responsibilities. This practicum is a fifteen-week, full-time classroom experience at the secondary level 5-12. A weekly seminar at the University provides opportunity for the student teacher to share insights and concerns. Students seeking careers other than teaching take this course but are placed in a non-school setting and do not qualify for state licensure. Cross-listed with AED 512
    Graded
  
  • AED 414 - Art Education Non-licensure Capstone

    Credits 12
    Internship / 12 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisites: AED 200, 201, 302, 305, 410, 415
    Non-licensure internship capstone. In this capstone experience, education majors are assigned to an arts agency where they work with and are supported by a supervisor. Under supervision of an assigned university instructor the student conducts art experiences under actual conditions that include various arts management responsibilities. This practicum is a 400 hour, full-time experience. A weekly seminar at the University provides opportunity for the student to share insights and concerns. Students seeking a career in teaching art in alternative settings are placed in a non-school setting and do not qualify for state licensure.
    Graded
  
  • AED 470 - Special Topics in Art Education

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    This course satisfies the Art Education Electives. Offered as needed to present advanced material to advanced undergraduate students. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. Maybe repeated with change of content. Cross-listed with AED 570
    Graded
  
  • AED 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite:Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson and college dean
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 496 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite:Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson and college dean
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AED 500 - Methods and Materials: Curriculum Methods in Art Education

    Credits 3
     Graduate equivalent of AED 200. Graduate-level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 501 - Development and Assessment in the Arts

    Credits 3
    Graduate equivalent of AED 201. Graduate- level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 505 - Social Philosophy and History

    Credits 3
    Graduate equivalent of AED 305. Graduate- level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 510 - Curriculum Design

    Credits 3
    Graduate equivalent of AED 410. Graduate-level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 511 - Graduate Student Teaching

    Credits 6
    Graduate equivalent of AED 411/412. Graduate-level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 512 - Graduate Student Teaching

    Credits 6
    Graduate equivalent of AED 411/412. Graduate-level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AED 515 - Special Needs: Current Issues

    Credits 3
    Graduate equivalent of AED 415. Graduate- level students must meet additional work expectations.
  
  • AGH 196 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 201 - Intro to Gerontology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An overview of gerontology is presented with emphasis on the integration of the physical, biological, psychological, social, economic and political aspects of aging. Field experience will include a series of interviews with an older person to develop an oral history.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 298 - Experience Program

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
    Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see selection of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • AGH 300 - Aging, Health Comm Support

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The course focuses on the older adult who resides in the community. Aging is presented as a normal development stage in the life cycle. Factors that facilitate the achievement of old age as an enjoyable and satisfying time of life will be stressed. Forces that impact negatively on the quality of life of older adults will be analyzed. Relevant gerontological research will be highlighted. Support services and available resources for the older adult will be explored and provide an opportunity for student involvement with the elderly.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 301 - Health Disorders-Elderly

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The course focuses on an investigation of physiological and pathological changes which may accompany the aging process in some individuals.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 302 - Aging Contemp Society

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    This course introduces students to the study of aging through a focus on the social definitions, structures, relations, and problems. The differential role of gender, class, ethnicity, race and geography will be explored in relation to aging in society. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between aging and key social institutions such as the family, community, education, religion, government, industry and health care. Students will have opportunities to explore topics through field work and/or written assignments.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 305 - Activities Music Therapy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Graded
  
  • AGH 310 - Therapeutic Activities

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Therapeutic recreation for the aging. Topics include: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and Massachusetts Department of Public Health regulations, calendar planning, program development, resources and activity sharing, management, volunteerism, professionalism, and many aspects of therapeutic recreation with the aging population. Course is applicable towards Massachusetts Certification in Activities for Health Care Professionals and Day Care Recreational Professionals.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 311 - Topics in Gerontology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Topics in gerontology not usually included in the gerontology curriculum will be offered.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 312 - Gerontological Nutrition

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Nutritional needs of the older adult. This course focuses on the physiological changes that occur with the aging process and their relationship to the nutritional requirements of the elderly. Assessment of the nutritional status of elders and nutritional services available to this group will also be discussed.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 317 - Ethics & Hlth Care Prof

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An examination of the ethical aspects of the health care professions and the impact of ethical issues on the professional’s life. Topics include: responsibility, conscience, professional codes of ethics, privacy, informed consent, access to health care, loss and death. Cross-listed with GRT 317, PHL 317
    Graded
  
  • AGH 396 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 421 - Gerontology Practicum

    Credits 3
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: GRT 201 and minimum of one other gerontology core course completed
    The practicum, a required course for the certificate, provides the student an opportunity to synthesize and apply knowledge about older adults either through supervised field experience or a project in gerontology. The practicum is planned to meet the individual needs of the student relative to professional background, personal interests, and career goals.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 430 - Senior Seminar

    Credits 3
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    A culminating and integrating seminar with research components open to those accepted as candidates for the minor who have senior standing or to others with permission of the instructor.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • AGH 496 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • ARA 101 - Elementary Arabic I

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    An introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Arabic. Students acquire language functions, vocabulary, structures and culture through contextualized presentation, interactive activities and extensive video and lab work.
    Graded
  
  • ARA 102 - Elementary Arabic II

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prereq: ARA 101
    Continuation of ARA 101. Extended work in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Arabic. In addition, students acquire new functions, vocabulary, structures and cultural understanding through contextualized presentation, interactive activities and extensive video and laboratory work.
    Graded
  
  • ARA 201 - Intermediate Arabic I

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Pre req ARA 102
    This course is designed to help intermediate students develop their abilities to communicate and interact in Arabic. Communication and interaction involve two important processes: the ability to produce language to say what you mean and the ability to understand language when others speak to you. This course will therefore develop your ability to carry out a number of functions in Arabic and also help you to comprehend, present and interact with oral and written texts. To this end we will use contextualized presentations of real life situations, history, culture and the arts to help you develop the vocabulary and structures necessary for you to understand, speak, read and write Arabic at the novice level. Classroom and homework activities will provide you with the communicative practice needed to achieve the learning outcomes of the course.
    Graded
  
  • ARA 202 - Intermediate Arabic II

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Pre req ARA 201
    This course is designed to help intermediate students who have completed ARA 101 to extend their abilities to communicate and interact in Arabic. Communication and interaction involve two important processes: the ability to produce language to say what you mean and the ability to understand language when others speak to you. This course will therefore develop your ability to carry out a number of functions in Arabic and also help you to comprehend, present and interact with oral and written texts. To this end we will use contextualized presentations of real life situations, history, culture, and the arts to help you develop the vocabulary and structures necessary for you to understand, speak, read and write Arabic at the novice level. Classroom and homework activities will provide you with the communicative practice needed to achieve the learning outcomes of the course.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 101 - Art Pre-History to 1250

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Not for studio art, art history, fine arts, design, or art education majors. Traces the development of the visual arts (painting and sculpture) and architecture from prehistoric to medieval times. In addition, the course explores the critical relationship between art and the social, political, and economic structures which prevailed at the time of the making of a work of art. Students who complete this course may not receive credit for ARH 200.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 102 - Early Modern European Art and its Antecedents

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Not for studio art, art history, fine arts, design, or art education majors. Surveys painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Students who complete this course may not receive credit for ARH 125.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 105 - Visual Imagery: A Critical Introduction

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Visual & Performing Arts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An introduction to analyzing images and the visual experience. This course focuses on ‘reading’ visual phenomena (painting, sculpture, photography, film and digital media) in light of the larger cultural forces which shape our interaction with them. ‘Case studies’ will introduce selected major movements and personalities within the history of art and visual culture.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 125 - Studies in Visual Culture: Renaissance to Modern Art

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Visual & Performing Arts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Surveys painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to Impressionism as well as its ancient and medieval antecedents. Students who complete this course will not receive credit for ARH 102.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 150 - Modern-Contemporary Art

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Visual & Performing Arts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Surveys developments in painting and sculpture from the late 19th century to the present. The historical context of major artists and the theoretical, critical, and aesthetic issues surrounding their works will be discussed. (Formerly offered as ARH 103.)
    Graded
  
  • ARH 196 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 200 - Studies in Visual Culture

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 125, 150; or Permission of instructor
    A thematic approach to the systematic study of art and architecture. Through intensive reading and discussion, students will work with formal, iconographic, and contextual methodology to produce research papers which consider critically social, economic, political, and/or religious structures that influence and formulate visual art traditions. Objects selected for study will be determined by the instructor.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 210 - Studies in Art History

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Study of selected works of art and/or cultural artifacts dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. May be repeated with change of content.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 298 - Experience Program

    Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
    Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. If a student wishes to receive service learning credit for this course, the work must be accomplished at a non-profit entity organized for the benefit of the public, e.g., a 5.0.1.C.3 arts organization or museum. Also required is a paper that reflects on the nature of the service learning experience. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC for specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalog on Other Learning Experiences.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • ARH 301 - Greek and Roman Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The art and architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds from the Bronze Age through Roman empire. Lectures and discussion of the significance of classical art in its original context.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 303 - Greek Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    This course will trace the development of styles of Greek architecture, sculpture and painting. Emphasis will be placed on the definition of Classicism and the variety of its expression in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 304 - Making: An Art Historical Approach

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Exploration of themes from throughout the lifecycle of an object: from the traditional art - craft divide, to tools, and materiality. Students are introduced to ancient and contemporary examples. The focus is on a medium not represented in CVPA, such as glass, ivory or mosaics.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 306 - Roman Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Defines the Roman qualities of Roman Art, in contrast to its Etruscan, Greek and Hellenistic forebearers. The development of painting, sculpture and architecture is traced to the time of Emperor Constantine, ca. 325 A.D.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 313 - The Art of Portugal

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Introduction to the cultural development of the Portuguese people throughout history. Lectures, class discussions, written and oral reports on significant aspects of Portuguese literary, social and artistic life. Cross-listed with POR 313, ARH 513
    Graded
  
  • ARH 320 - Introduction to Film

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An introduction to film. The course investigates film form, genre, narrative, mise-en-scene and the role of sound.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 322 - Art of the City

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Studies of the portrayal of the city since 1850 by painters, filmmakers, architects, and designers.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 323 - Women, Film and Popular Culture

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The representation of women in positions of power in film and popular culture. A special emphasis is given to films that address issues of race and class. In addition, the course examines film criticism and theory that circulates around the issues of female heroines and victims in film. The course will focus on social context and meaning as critical approaches. The goal of the course is to provide students with an analytical framework that permits them to develop a more profound and independent understanding of the subject. Cross-listed as WMS 323 Cross-listed with WGS 323
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  • ARH 324 - Medieval Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An exploration the art and architecture of European middle ages, approximately 200-1400 C.E. The course will concentrate on modes of visual representation that transformed the values of the preceding Hellenistic and Roman classicism in order to emphasize a spiritual order. The goal of the course is to provide students with an analytical framework that permits them to develop a more profound and independent understanding of the subject
    Graded
  
  • ARH 325 - Italian Renaissance Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of the painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries.
    Graded
  
  • ARH 329 - Portraiture

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Issues and problems in portraiture, of all media, from the Renaissance through the 20th century.
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  • ARH 332 - New Media

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Pre-reqs: ARH 125, 150, and 200
    Contemporary new media including digital/web art, animation, photo, digital film, virtual reality and cyber culture. Topics include virtual worlds and community identity; relationship of video installation to viewer experience; the impact of cyborgs, avatars and science fiction on how we define the body; and the transformation of language, art and design by the digital.
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  • ARH 337 - Baroque Art Flan Hol Spn

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of 17th-century painting and graphics in these countries, with in-depth studies of Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velquez.
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  • ARH 340 - History of Animation and Experimental Film

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    History of animation and experimental film. Through weekly screenings (and 3 of 4 required evening events), students study poetic, surrealist, structuralist and groundbreaking film (from Vertov to Michael Snow) and animation (from early Mickey Mouse to the Quay Brothers claymations to contemporary computer generated imagery). Students investigate the intersections between race, gender, technology, politics, commercialism and personal expression.
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  • ARH 342 - Impression to Symbolism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    A study of European art from the 1860s to the early years of the 20th century. The course begins with the Impressionist break from academic painting and a commitment to subjective representations of everyday life, emphasizing a visual world that was unstable, evanescent, and elusive. Resisting the dominance of realism and modern science, Symbolists offered a counter-world in which the arts intimated mysteries beyond the senses. Impressionism to Symbolism studies the visual art at the end of the 19th century in the context of these movements. The goal of the course is to provide students with an analytical framework that permits them to develop a more profound and independent understanding of the subject.
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  • ARH 343 - Cubism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: ARH 150
    This course explores the origin and development of Cubism in France and its impact on artistic developments throughout Europe and the Americas. The major emphasis of this course is on painting and sculpture.
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  • ARH 344 - Expressionism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 200
    A cultural and historical study of Expressionism from its late 19th-century forerunners through contemporary Neo-Expressionism.
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  • ARH 347 - Dada & Surrealism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    A detailed investigation of these avant-garde movements in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, and the U.S.A. The influence of both Dada and Surrealism on contemporary art will be examined.
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  • ARH 349 - Architecture and Sustainability in American Post-Industrial Cities

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of world architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1950.
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  • ARH 350 - Picasso

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    An in-depth study of Picasso’s art, beginning with the youthful and academic work of the 1890s and concluding with the expressionistic and erotic work of the 1960s and 70s.
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  • ARH 351 - Postmodern Art and Aesthetics

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prereq: ARH 150
    An investigation of the theory and practice of Postmodern art. The course considers issues such as repetition, automation, appropriation, virtuality and the role of the artist in relation to postwar photography, painting, film, architecture and other visual media.
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  • ARH 352 - Amer Architecture-1900

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of architecture in North America from the first settlers to the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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  • ARH 353 - Bauhaus

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    Emphasizes the major innovations of the artists, architects, designers, and craftspeople at the Bauhaus in the context of their times. The range of works discussed will emphasize specific media concerns and multimedia experiments.
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  • ARH 355 - American Art and Social Justice

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    A survey of major artists and tendencies from the earliest colonial limners to the triumph of Abstract Expressionism in the mid-20th century.
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  • ARH 356 - Art Since 1945

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: ARH 102 or 125; or permission of instructor
    Major trends in American and European art since 1945, with an emphasis on the art world since 1960. Students will learn about the foundations of the contemporary art in Abstract Expressionism and its aftermath, postwar European painting, Pop, Happenings, Post-Painterly Abstraction and Minimalism, video, Earth Art, digital and web art and postmodern currents. The goal of the course is to provide students with an analytical framework that permits them to develop a more profound and independent understanding of the subject.
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  • ARH 361 - Art & Culture of Africa

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A survey of the arts, crafts, and architecture of Africa. Historical developments, stylistics, and aesthetics will be investigated within a socio-cultural framework. Cross-listed with BLS 361
    Graded
  
  • ARH 362 - Islamic Art

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An overview of the arts of the medieval Islamic world, including architecture, decorative arts, and manuscript traditions.
    Graded
 

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