Courses

The dynamic interrelationships and interplay of music and literature in a diversity of cultural contexts. Specific areas to be explored may include Western art song, opera, blues and jazz music and poetry, music and literature of the Caribbean and/ or Latin America, music in/and the novel, and the music and literature of movements for social change.

The literatures from the South Asian subcontinent organized around a theme, such as the literature of colonization/decolonization; multilingualism and translation; nationalism and globalization; secularity, the novel, and the lyric. Texts may be written in English but could also be read in translation, possibly including writers such as Bama, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Anita Desai, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, and Salman Rushdie. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

The exploration of values, concepts, and working methods in the visual arts which abandon the traditional limits and characteristics of painting, sculpture, and printmaking, etc., to enlarge both formal vocabulary and ways of communicating. Topic will be announced before pre-registration. May be repeated for credit a total of three times if the topic is different.

An examination of selected turning points in the history of science and their philosophical significance. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

Advanced work in scanner- and camera-derived, pixel-based imagery. Topic and suggested preparation will be announced before pre-registration. May be taken three times for credit if topic is different.

An advanced course in ethics involving an intensive study of a limited number of texts. Emphasis is given to contemporary philosophers, but a continuous effort is made to place these thinkers in the larger context of Western philosophy. May be repeated once for credit provided the topics is different.

Possible topics include the philosophy of language, the human body, theories of consciousness, Husserl's logical studies. May be repeated once for credit provided the topics is different.

A continuation of ARTS 182 with an additional focus on concepts and content. Students are given initial instruction in techniques such as casting and mold making and the use of power equipment and hand tools. Emphasis is also placed on viewing and discussion of work in galleries and museums. The topic and necessary preparation will be announced before registration, and the course may be taken a total of two times for credit if the topic is different.This course has an M&T Fee.

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Topic to be discussed varies and is announced in advance. May be repeated for credit provided the topic is different.