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Arts (ARTS)

Assistant Professor Walters (Director)

Participating Faculty: Cooke, Wolfe (Art); Trautmann (Foreign Languages); Schrader (Health and Fitness); Horvitz (Literature and Language); Diefenbach (Mass Communication); McKnight, Weinberg (Music); Peterson (Sociology)

The interdisciplinary Arts program is designed to introduce the student to a variety of artistic areas and enrich the liberal arts experience. Drawing upon the expertise of faculty from various academic departments, the program furthers the interdisciplinary aspects of the University through the study of the creative process in a number of artistic disciplines.

310 Arts and Ideas (3)

Arts and Ideas is an interdisciplinary course that introduces the student to the creative process using a number of artistic disciplines including dance, drama, film and video, music, poetry and the visual arts. This survey class includes readings of essays, attendance at outside performances and events, lectures, classroom presentations and performances, informal discussion and development of written responses. Prerequisite: 60 earned hours (junior standing). Spring.

322 Arts of the Ancient World (3)

An intellectual engagement with the arts of the ancient civilizations covered by HUM 124, ranging from the Near East, India and China to the time of the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. Particular attention will be paid to Greece and Rome. Pre- or corequisite: HUM 124. See program director.

323 Arts of the Medieval and Renaissance World (3)

An intellectual engagement that compares and contrasts the arts of Europe from the fall of Rome to the 17th century with the arts of Africa, Asia and Latin America during the same period. Pre- or corequisite: HUM 214. See program director.

324 Arts of the Modern World: Mid-17th to Mid-20th Century (3)

171-6, 271-6, 371-6, 471-6 Special Topics (1-6)

Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. See program director.

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