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College Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Anthropology
  

  • ANTH 487 - Theory in Anthropology

    This course introduces students to the broad range of explanations for social and cultural phenomena used by anthropologists since the emergence of the discipline in the 19th century. The course focuses on the development of three broad theoretical approaches: The American school of cultural anthropology, British social anthropology, and the French school that emerged from the work of Durkheim and his followers. The course also examines theoretical approaches such as cultural materialism, and symbolic and interpretive approaches to the study of culture. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing.  Students should have at least two courses in anthropology including   or ANTH 111 , or the permission of the instructor. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 490 - Senior Seminar

    The senior seminar is for anthropology majors who are working on their senior capstone project and is designed to help students develop that project for presentation. The seminar will also include reading of anthropological works, guest speakers and discussion of current controversies in the discipline. Prerequisite(s):   or ANTH 101 , and either ANTH 387  or ANTH 487   Every year; Spring semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 494 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 601 - Tutorial

    Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 602 - Tutorial

    Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 603 - Tutorial

    Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 604 - Tutorial

    Closely supervised individual (or very small group) study with a faculty member in which a student may explore, by way of readings, short writings, etc., an area of knowledge not available through the regular catalog offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 611 - Independent Project

    Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 612 - Independent Project

    Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 613 - Independent Project

    Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 614 - Independent Project

    Independent project in anthropology. Projects might include intensive ethnographic research, the analysis of ethnographic data, or a variety of other projects. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 621 - Internship

    Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/SD/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 622 - Internship

    Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/SD/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 623 - Internship

    Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an ethnographic paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/SD/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 624 - Internship

    Work that involves the student in practical (usually off campus) experience. Students may intern in any of the variety of internships listed by the college or arrange their own internships. Students will be expected to produce an anthropological paper for the instructor in addition to approximately 10 hours per week at the internship site. Only one internship may count towards an anthropology major. The department views internships as a valuable experience in which the student has an opportunity to “study” a job. Offered as S/SD/N grading only, but may be included on Anthropology major plans. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 631 - Preceptorship

    Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 632 - Preceptorship

    Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 633 - Preceptorship

    Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 634 - Preceptorship

    Work in assisting faculty in the planning and teaching of a course, precepting or tutoring. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 641 - Honors Independent

    Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 642 - Honors Independent

    Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 643 - Honors Independent

    Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ANTH 644 - Honors Independent

    Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)

Art
  

  • ART 130 - Drawing I

    This studio course is an introduction to fundamental drawing materials and techniques. Students explore a variety of themes and subjects, including still life, architecture, figure drawing, portraiture, and imagination. Formal elements covered include: line, value, volume, space, proportion, perspective, mark-making, and composition. Context for assignments is given through frequent slide lectures, which cover both historical and contemporary use of drawing. In group critiques and discussions, we consider composition, representational accuracy, creative expression, content, and intention. Two three-hour periods per week. (4 credits)     Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 131 - Ceramics I

    This introductory course will provide a supportive studio environment for the exploration of diverse approaches to the ceramic field, ranging from investigation of utilitarian object making to sculptural practice. Techniques and applications for both handbuilding and wheel throwing will be presented. Emphasis is placed on development and understanding of strong three-dimensional forms as well as the relationship with surface decoration. Content-based assignments allow for individual expression through creative problem solving. The course goal is to present students with a historical perspective and the understanding of contemporary ceramics, building an appreciation for the spirit of the hand-made object as well as preparing students for upper level self-directed work. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques and gallery/museum visits will supplement studio work. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review, along with class participation. Three two-hour periods per week. $100 materials fee is required. Offered every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 133 - Introduction to Ceramics: The Wheel

     

    An introduction to ceramics through the wide range of creative possibilities of the potters wheel. Centering, shaping, trimming, glazing and kiln firing will be introduced as the tools for self-expression in utilitarian and non-utilitarian forms. Emphasis is placed on development and understanding of strong three-dimensional forms as well as the relationship of surface decoration. The class goal is to create strong ceramic forms that embody the spirit of the hand-made object as well as preparing students for upper level self-directed work. Slide lectures, critiques and a gallery/museum visit will supplement studio work. Three two-hour periods per week. $100 materials fee is required.

      Offered fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 149 - Introduction to Visual Culture

    This course considers the production and reception of multiple visual culture forms, from standards of fine art practice such as painting and sculpture to mass media including TV, film, advertising, and the Internet. Students will learn different theoretical paradigms and techniques for visual analysis in order to understand how visual media inscribes power, difference, and desire as it mediates numerous social, economic, cultural and political relationships. We will investigate diverse types of visual culture through lectures, exhibitions, guest lectures, film, historical art and media, and, of course, those proliferating images that define our daily experiences. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 160 - Art of the West I

    Cross-Listed as CLAS 260 
    This course surveys the visual and material culture of Europe and the Middle East from the Ancient through the late Medieval period in the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece, Etruria, Rome, and western Europe through the Gothic period (including early Christianity, Judaism and Islam). We consider the artistic and archaeological remains from a contextual perspective in order to understand each culture’s ideologies and the diverse contexts and purposes for which art was created as well as the appropriation of these objects and images in later Western culture.  (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 161 - Art of the West II

    This course surveys artists and art movements that are generally perceived to be crucial in the development of Western art from the 14th through the 20th century. The course introduces students to art periods such as  Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and a wide spectrum of modernist art movements, including Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. The course examines visual culture of this broad period of Western art within political, socio-historical and philosophical context in which it was produced. (4 credits). Spring semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 170 - Art of the East I: China

    Cross-Listed as ASIA 170 
    This course introduces the art and visual culture of China from the Neolithic era to the twenty-first century. Through this survey, students will engage with a broad array of media, from jade carvings, Buddhist cave painting, calligraphy and monumental landscape paintings to ceramics, modern graphic media, and contemporary installations. Lectures and readings will teach methods of formal visual analysis as well as the historical context of each work. While examining the specific cultural, social, economic, and political functions of Chinese art and objects, we will think critically about  different ways in which scholars write the artistic history of China. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 171 - Art of the East II: Japan

    Cross-Listed as ASIA 171 

    This course examines the art, architecture, and visual culture of Japan, spanning a broad temporal frame from the ancient Neolithic era to our own contemporary moment.  We will discuss a diverse array of art and objects from ancient Jomon pottery, Shinto shrines, and print media to Buddhist sculpture, painting practices during World War II, anime (cartoons) and manga (comics). In addition to learning methods of formal visual analysis, students will gain insight into how these artworks, spaces, and objects articulated complex artistic, social, economic, political, and religious trends. Through this course, students will develop skills to reflect critically on the production of narratives of Japanese culture, interrogating concepts such as tradition, hybridity, authenticity, commodity, sexuality, nationalism, and militarism. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 194 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 230 - Color

    This course introduces, through studio projects, the basic principles regarding the use of color in the visual arts. Students explore a range of topics, including the historical uses of color, the interactions between colors, and the psychology of color. The class will be comprised of a series of small color studies with more involved studies to follow. Some projects will be completed using paint while others will use media chosen by the student. The class will include painting/color demonstrations, color assignments, image presentations, readings, museum visits, individual and group critiques. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 233 - Photography I

    This course introduces the conceptual, technical, and historical aspects of photography within a fine-arts context. The emphasis throughout is on photography as a creative and narrative medium and will introduce strategies and methods related to this goal through assignments and class activities. Students will learn the foundational aspects of digital photography from manual camera operation to the editing of images through Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Along the way, students will be introduced to digital workflow, color managment, and how to take their images from screen to print. Historical presentations and assigned readings will help students develop the critical skills needed to understand how photographs function in society and culture. $75 materials fee charged for course. Note: A digital SLR camera is required for this course. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 234 - Painting I

    An introduction to the studio practice of painting, using oil paint on a variety of supports ranging from paper, board and canvas to non-traditional painting surfaces. Exploration of the practical techniques and mechanics of painting as well as a consideration of content and meaning. Readings and class discussions of historical and contemporary painting practices and issues will develop a visual vocabulary as well as critical/theoretical knowledge to complement technical skills. Slide lectures, critiques and a gallery/museum visit will supplement studio work. Three two-hour periods per week. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 235 - Sculpture I: Basic Sculpture with a Dose of Hot Metal

    We begin with an exploration of the nature of vision, creating life-size clay portrait heads of a partner. We move on to the exploration of the tools and processes available in the new sculpture studio, including woodworking tools for both carving and fabrication. Sculpture I introduces students to case metal work in our new foundry, where we will learn a lost wax ceramic shell casting system. The range of form which can be explored is infinite and starts with a wax form which is eventually replaced with 2100-degree bronze. Like my other course offerings, Sculpture I will include off-site projects that includes a class trip to my farm/studio in Western Wisconsin. $150 materials fee charged.

      Prerequisite(s): ART 130  is recommended as an introduction to the studio courses in the department Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 236 - Printmaking I

    A hands-on introduction to original printmaking in the media of relief, etching, lithography and handset type. Included are discussions of aesthetics, the impact of printed imagery on our society, printmaking practices from around the world and field trips to local exhibits and museum collections. Emphasis is on individual expression and appropriate techniques for the content. Two three-hour periods per week. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 239 - 2-D Design

    A series of two-dimensional projects through which the components of design are examined and applied. Discussion includes philosophical, cultural and design topics and theories. Both manual and computer generated projects are expected. Three two-hour periods per week. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 252 - Gender, Sexualities, and Feminist Visual Culture

    Cross-Listed as WGSS 252  
    This course examines the ways in which gender and sexuality are understood in modern visual culture. It also covers a wide range of feminist approaches in the 20th and 21st century art and as they have been articulated in theory. Students explore social constructions of gender and sexualities, their visible and invisible representation, and discuss the impact of feminism and the changing role of women in society. The course will also cover some of the most recent global feminist trends and new directions in the feminist theory. Feminist work from Africa, India, Asia and Eastern and Central Europe and various marginalized cultural centers in Western Europe and the United States will be addressed. Offered every two years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 257 - Image in 20th Century China

    Cross-Listed as ASIA 257 
    This course investigates the function of images in the social and political life of 20th century China. From the last decades of dynastic rule through the rise of Communism and ending with China’s current presence on the global stage, we explore the role of the image in representations of cultural identity, the relationship between tradition and modernity, and changes in technology and media. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 259 - Nineteenth Century: From Neoclassicism through Symbolism

    This course surveys the visual arts of nineteenth century Europe, including neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, naturalism, impressionism, post-impressionism, and symbolism. The course will situate artists, artworks, art institutions, and new visual technologies such as photography within their social and political contexts, including the construction of national identities, European colonialism, and the rise of industrial production and mechanical reproduction. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 263 - Modern Art

    This course explores major developments in European and American art from the 1900s to the 1980s, including Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Dad, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, and postmodern art trends. It will examine the key figures and works of Modernist period and the critique of Modernism formulated by its contemporaries and the postmodern discourse. Throughout the semester we will trace the unfolding of different avant-garde practices, both in the early decades of the twentieth century and in the post-World War II period, and analyze them in the context ofpolitics and historical catastrophes of World War I and World War II, and with regard to ever increasing powers of capitalism and mass culture. Theoretical models used by critics and art historians to study artistic production of the twentieth century art will be incorporated in the course. 4 credits Prerequisite(s): 100-level Art History course or permission of instructor. Fall semester every other year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 264 - Contemporary Art and Critical Theory

    This course examines the visual arts in the United States and Europe during the last three decades. It coves major artists and art movements that shaped the character of contemporary art within sociopolitical, cultural, and theoretical contexts. The course focuses on the exploration of the most recent artistic, cultural and intellectual trends, with attention to post-modernism, post-colonialism, globalization, internationalism, and multiculturalism. Prerequisite(s): ART 149  or ART 160  or ART 161  or permission of instructor.

      Spring semester, every other year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 265 - Renaissance Art

    A study of painting, sculpting and architecture in Florence, Rome and Venice during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Special emphasis on the formation of the Early and High Renaissance style and the role of representative artists of the period, such as Donatello, Masaccio, Burnelleschi, Botticelli, as well as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione, and Titian, as well as the Mannerist artists Anguissola, Fontana, Pontormo, Rosso, and Parmigianino. Prerequisite(s): ART 160 /CLAS 260 , ART 161 , or permission of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 270 - Making Sacred: Religious Images and Spaces in Asia

    This course focuses on the visual culture that supported major religions and spiritual trends spanning India, China, and Japan. In the course of examining the formal development of devotional objects, images, and spaces associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Shintoism, and even the religious rhetoric that informed twentieth-century militarism, we will discuss the multifaceted ways the sacred was visualized and how these manifestations exemplified systems of cultural exchange in Asia. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 271 - Japan and the (Inter)National Modern

    Cross-Listed as ASIA 271  
    This course introduces students to the art and visual culture of Japan from the late 19th century through the post-millennium. In this class, we will ask: What are the Japanese modern and postmodern? How might Japanese art, design, media and spaces be understood not only through the lens of Japanese history over the last 150 years but as part of transnational movements? To answer these questions, this course explores prewar and postwar trends in Japanese visual culture, including painting, prints, sculpture, architecture, fashion, anime (Japanese cartoons), film, photography, advertising design, sculpture, and manga (Japanese comics). Through these various artistic forms and media, we will explore themes such as trauma, nationalism, fascism, protest, hybridity, fantasy, embodiment, and performativity. Students will be asked to critically consider how these works operated as a part of international flows in art, design, and consumerism and contributed to the formation of new modern and postmodern subjects. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 278 - Baroque Art

    This course covers the painting, sculpture and architecture of Europe from the late sixteenth century through the early eighteenth century. Students will study major characteristics of Baroque art across Europe, including work of Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Bernini, Rubens, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Leyster, Poussin, and Vermeer within a cultural and historical context. The course will consider issues such as political geography, religious conflict, changing social structures, scientific discovery, economic expansion into the new world, and the creation of colonial empires in analyzing the visual culture of the period. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 294 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 328 - The Buddhist Body

    This course examines visual and textual representations of the human body in Buddhist art, scripture and literature as site of idealization, mutilation, sacrifice, and relic making, among other cultural practices. Interdisciplinary in scope, this course is neither limited to a specific tradition nor to a specific time period. Rather, it encourages students to explore individual interests in Buddhist texts, recent scholarship on Buddhist visual and material culture, and modern theories of embodiment, gender and sexuality. Every spring. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 330 - Figure Drawing

    In this course we will explore both the structural and expressive aspects of figure drawing. Students will be introduced to the elements of surface anatomy and structure of the human body through working with nude and clothed models, the skeleton, anatomical texts, and other source material. Confidence, the ability to improvise, and an expressive connection with the figure will be encouraged through exercises that encourage experimentation with gesture and materials. In an in-depth, independent final project, students will develop their own personal content related to the figure/body, using the materials and methods of their choice. Discussion of the various issues brought up by representation of the body will be part of our study of both contemporary and historical works of art. Every other fall. Prerequisite(s): ART 130  or permission of instructor. Every other fall. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 333 - Photography II

    Building on the tools and techniques learned in the Photography I course, Photography II highlights the material aspect of photography in contemporary art and is designed for self-driven students wanting to pursue a photography-based art project. Alternative processes, advanced lighting, and digital distribution will be explored at length. Students will work toward the product of printed and digital portfolios and create work for a group exhibition. Class time will consist of critiques, readings, lectures, material demonstrations, field trips, and lab time. 4 credits. Prerequisite(s): ART 233   Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 334 - Figure Painting

    This studio art class focuses on representations of the human figure in contemporary painting. Students will learn how to paint the human figure by first drawing from the skeleton and models. Portrait painting as well as full figure painting will be taught. The class will situate figure painting as a studio practice within the context of art history and address problems of representation. Projects will focus on topics such as the psychological body, the political body and the abstracted body. Slide lectures, critiques and a gallery/museum visit will supplement studio work. Three two-hour periods per week. Prerequisite(s): ART 234  or permission of instructor. Alternate years; next offered fall 2007. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 367 - 3-D Design

    We are surrounded by three dimensional design; from the architecture of our built environment to the tools and objects that surround us, to the human-altered landforms and plantings of our larger environment. All of these elements can be considered and affected by design choices which we make. In the class we build structures which can be considered from structural, aesthetic, and functional points of view. Some of these projects are built to very specific parameters so that trade-offs can be observed and measured. We smash a lot of things, but learn a lot about problem-solving along the way. The course includes a field trip to my farm/studio in Western Wisconsin where we install a large site-specific project. Past projects have included a collaboratively-built ninety-three foot long illuminated lantern across the pastures, as well as a series of kinetic structures. The food is great too! Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 369 - Mural Painting

    This course will consider the historical and contemporary uses of mural painting ranging from Pompeiian frescoes to modern and contemporary social activist murals, graffiti and commercial applications (film, theater, etc.). A combination of Art History/Theory/Studio course, students will be required to research, develop and design projects, and create scale models of their designs in addition to class readings, discussions and slide lectures on the topic. ART 130 - Drawing I is recommended as an introduction to the studio courses in the department and ART 149 - Introduction to Visual Culture is recommended as an introduction to the art history courses. Some are required prerequisites to other art courses. Although not strictly required, it is recommended that students complete either ART 160 or ART 161 before registering for advanced courses in Art History (i.e. ART 263, ART 265, and selected topic courses). Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 370 - Drawing II

    Building on Art 130, this studio course seeks to enlarge the student’s visual vocabulary and inventive capacities in drawing. Projects are more complex and require a sustained effort. Students develop more individual content and explore a wider range of drawing styles and materials. Overall theme of the course varies each semester. Group discussions, critiques, slide lectures, and field trips are included. Two three-hour periods per week. May be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite(s): ART 130 (Drawing I), or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 371 - Painting II

    A continuation of ART 234, expanding both technical and critical/theoretical knowledge through projects which demand the development of each student’s individual interests. Required projects will encourage increasing self-direction and development of the students’ own artistic vision. Readings will supplement students’ art historical critical, theoretical understanding of contemporary or postmodern art practices. Weekly group discussions and critiques. Three two-hour periods per week. Prerequisite(s): ART 234  Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 372 - Sculpture II: Metal Fabrication and Welding

    In this course, students build upon and expand the basic technical skills acquired in Sculpture I, and work to develop more sophisticated, individually-designed projects in a variety of media. Basic welding is taught, allowing students to develop strength and scale in their projects. the new foundry provides the means for an individual or a small group to cast bronze components which can become part of larger sculptural pieces. The foundry process includes working with dangerous materials, requires wearing of funny outfits, and offers the potential for dramatic moments. Students in Sculpture II will create a piece for transport and installation at the farm/studio. A typical project which could be shown at the farm might be a wind-powered kinetic sculpture. Prerequisite(s): ART 235  or permission of instructor. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 373 - Printmaking II

    This course is a continuation of ART 236, focusing on individually generated projects. There is an introduction of new techniques appropriate for content such as monoprint, collograph, screenprint, photo-printmaking and computer-based processes. Field trips, and arranged meetings. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 374 - Ceramics II

    This course is for students with a passion for clay! Designed to engage and build on students’ previous ceramic experiences, advancing their knowledge, techniques and concepts of contemporary ceramic art. Course content will be both assignment based and self-directed whether created on the wheel or through handbuilding. Through thoughtful discussion, critical examination and evaluation of concepts and ideas the class encourages students to develop a better understanding of their relationship to the rich tradition of ceramics and ceramic sculpture. Students will develop an understanding of glaze and clay materials while also taking on responsibilities for electric, gas and raku kiln firings. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques and gallery/museum visits will supplement studio work. Learning will be assessed primarily through portfolio production and review, along with class participation. May be taken without an introductory class with instructor’s review and approval. Can be taken for credit multiple times. Three two-hour periods per week. $100 materials fee is required. Prerequisite(s): ART 131 , ART 133 , or approval of instructor. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 375 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Art

    This course provides an introduction to the diversity of twentieth century visual culture of the United States, within the historical, social, and cultural contexts in which it is created. It will analyze the intersection and the social dynamics of race and ethnicity, along with gender and class, and how these shaped the experience of American artists and their audiences at various historical moments during the last century. Studying the work of Native American, African-American, Asian-American, and Latino-American artists in response to the mainstream US art and culture, will provide students with broad and complext understanding of concepts of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as reflected in artistic production of this marginalized artists and art groups. Prerequisite(s): At least one course in Art History, WGSS or AMST or permission of the instructor. Offered in the fall every two years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 394 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 487 - Art History Methodology Seminar

    This course is designed for graduating art history majors and it exposes them to methods and theories of art history, with a particular focus on the transformation of the discipline that began in the 1970s and continues to the present. The course will expose the students to both conventional methods of art historical analysis (style, form, iconography) and to the so called “revisionist” perspectives of “new” art history. The course surveys a wide range of approaches used in the discipline, beginning with writers such as Vasari, Riegl, Panofsky, Gombrich, and ending with the more recent art historical studies informed by Marxism, feminism, and postmodern and postcolonial theories. Students must enroll in a 2-credit independent study course in the spring semester of their senior year to do additional preparation for the successful completion of their capstone requirement, which culminates in a public oral presentation. Prerequisite(s): Art History seniors only. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 488 - Senior Studio Seminar

    This course provides a setting in which art studio majors complete their capstone projects, including mounting a professional exhibition of recent work. It provides a look ahead to post-Macalester opportunities and the challenges of graduate school, jobs, and career opportunities in art. Arts professionals make presentations to the class and readings provide theoretical grounding for putting contemporary art in context. Students prepare artist statements, professional resumes and learn grant and application writing techniques. Two three-hour sessions per week. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 490 - Art Apprenticeship

    (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 494 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 601 - Tutorial

    Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ART 602 - Tutorial

    Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ART 603 - Tutorial

    Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ART 604 - Tutorial

    Supervised individual or small group study with a faculty member in studio or art history allowing the student to explore the field beyond regular course offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 611 - Independent Project

    Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ART 612 - Independent Project

    Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ART 613 - Independent Project

    Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ART 614 - Independent Project

    Independent work in any art medium or in the history of art. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 621 - Internship

    May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ART 622 - Internship

    May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ART 623 - Internship

    May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ART 624 - Internship

    May be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ART 631 - Preceptorship

    Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
  

  • ART 632 - Preceptorship

    Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
  

  • ART 633 - Preceptorship

    Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
  

  • ART 634 - Preceptorship

    Preceptorships may be used in the art major/minor only with approval of the instructor and the department chair. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)

Asian Studies
  

  • ASIA 111 - Introduction to Asian Studies

    This course introduces students to foundational legends, epics, novels, and poetry from across Asia. Studying core texts from the Arab World, India, China, Korea, and Japan will provide windows into the ancient cultures that produced these works. We will also examine these tales’ enduring power today. We will analyze the many changes these tales underwent as they spread across Asia and appeared in diverse media including theater, visual arts, and television. Texts include: The Journey to the West, The Arabian Nights, The Tale of Genji, The Ramayana, and The Story of Hong Gildong. Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 123 - Masterpieces of Chinese Literature

    Cross-Listed as CHIN 123  
    This course introduces students to masterpieces of Chinese poetry, drama, philosophy, and history. We begin with ancient folk songs and poems and progress historically to the twentieth century. The Chinese word for “literature” - “wenxue” -  literally means “the study (xue) of patterns (wen).” In class we will search for thematic, rhythmic, stylistic, and philosophical patterns that structure individual texts. We will also discover broader social patterns that transcend individual works and bind the tradition together. All texts will be read in English translation; no knowledge of Chinese language or literature is expected. There will be frequent writing assignments. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 124 - Asian Religions

    Cross-Listed as  
    An introduction to the study of Asian religious traditions in South and East Asia (India, China and Japan). Open to everyone but especially appropriate for first and second year students. Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 127 - Religions of India

    Cross-Listed as  
    An introductory level course on the popular, classical and contemporary religious traditions of South Asia. Topics include Advaita Vedanta and yoga, popular devotionalism, monastic and lay life in Theravada Buddhism, the caste system, Gandhi and modern India. Prerequisite(s): RELI 124  or permission of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 140 - Introduction to East Asian Civilization

    Cross-Listed as HIST 140 
    This course introduces the cultures and societies of China, Japan and Korea from the earliest times to the present day. Primarily an introductory course for beginners in East Asian civilization, this course considers a variety of significant themes in religious, political, economic, social and cultural developments in the region. Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 150 - Language and Gender in Japanese Society

    Cross-Listed as  ,   and WGSS 150 
    Japanese is considered to be a gendered language in the sense that women and men speak differently from each other. Male characters in Japanese animation often use “boku” or “ore” to refer to themselves, while female characters often use “watashi” or “atashi.” When translated into Japanese, Hermione Granger (a female character in the Harry Potter series) ends sentences with soft-sounding forms, while Harry Potter and his best friend Ron use more assertive forms. Do these fictional representations reflect reality? How are certain forms associated with femininity or masculinity? Do speakers of Japanese conform to the norm or rebel against it? These are some of the questions discussed in this course. Students will have opportunities to learn about the history of gendered language, discover different methodologies in data collections, and find out about current discourse on language and gender. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 170 - Art of the East I: China

    Cross-Listed as ART 170 
    This course provides a broad thematic survey of artistic production in China from prehistoric jades to experimental installations in contemporary Beijing. While encouraging the close analysis of visual materials and exploring the methods appropriate to interpreting works of art, this course also emphasizes the specific historical, political and religious contexts that made, used and inspired these materials. Topics include the funerary art of early tombs, Buddhist cave temples and monumental ink landscape paintings. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 171 - Art of the East II: Japan

    Cross-Listed as ART 171 
    This course examines the art, architecture, and broader visual culture of Japan.   We will discuss a diverse array of art and objects from Neolithic Jomon pottery, Shinto shrines, and print media to Buddhist sculpture, postwar art trends, anime (cartoons) and manga (comics); in the process, students will learn methods of formal visual analysis and gain insight into the artistic, social, economic, political, and religious function of each work.  Through this course, students will learn to view various artworks, spaces, and objects in their historical contexts and how they influence contemporary practices. Class discussions and projects provide the opportunity to   critically reflect on narratives about Japanese culture. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 194 - Topics Course

    Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 211 - Indian Philosophies

    Cross-Listed as PHIL 211 
    An introductory study of some of the great philosophers and philosophical problems of the Indian philosophical tradition focusing on Buddhist and Hindu philosophical debate from the time of the Buddha to around 1000 CE. Topics will include the role of philosophy in the Indian intellectual and religious tradition; Indian logic; the relationship between philosophy and practice (yoga, meditation); what counts as knowledge (pramana theory); ultimate truth versus conventional truth; Buddhist/Hindu debate on the nature of persons, rebirth and karma; competing theories of reality (momentariness, emptiness, non-dualism, realism) and methodologies of cross-cultural philosophy. Students will learn the basic Sanskrit terminology of Indian philosophy and will work with primary source material in translation. Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 236 - Sanskrit and Classical Religion in India

    Cross-Listed as CLAS 202 , LING 236 , and RELI 236  
    Like Latin and Greek in Europe, Sanskrit is a highly inflected language of scholarship and revered as the perfect medium for discourse on everything from science and sex to philosophy and religion. It flourished in its classical form after the age of the Buddha (5th century BC) and served as a scholarly lingua franca in India until the Islamic period. This course serves as an introduction to the grammar an script of Sanskrit, and we will advance to a point of reading simplified texts from the classical epic Ramayana.Students will be expected to attend class regularly and spend at least ten hours a week outside class studying the grammar and vocabulary. Without this sort of effort, no progress is possible in such a complex language. In addition to the rigorous study of the language, we will consider both the role of the language in classical Indian culture and religion, and some texts from the Ramayana, looking at both English translation and Sanskrit originals. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 254 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo

    Cross-Listed as JAPA 254 
    This course surveys the history of Japanese film from the “golden age” of Japanese cinema to the contemporary transnational genre of anime. While introducing methodologies of film analysis and interpretation, it develops knowledge of how major works of Japanese film and animation have expressed and critiqued issues of modern Japanese society. In doing this, we trace the development of two related archetypes: the middle-class salaryman and the adolescent girl (shojo). These figures - as well as their incarnations as cyberpunks and mecha-warriors, sex workers and teen rebels - help us explore Japanese film’s engagement with the strictures of middle-class society, the constrained status of women, fantasy and escapism, sexuality and desire. Weekly screenings and discussion will be supplemented by readings in film theory and cultural criticism. Directors include Ozu Yasujiro, Akira Kurosawa, Oshima Nagisa, Miyazaki Hayao, Anno Hideaki, and Hosoda Mamoru. No prior knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 255 - China on Screen

    Cross-Listed as  
    This course is an overview of China on the silver screen. Adopting the “nation” as its primary structuring device, the course examines how Chinese films represented the national identity, national issues, and the national past. The topics under discussion include how women’s virtues became the emblems of a nation that strived for modernity in the early 20th century; how films were politically appropriated for the socialist construction; how the revolutionary past had been cinematically constructed, remembered and critiqued in the post-Mao era; how the national legacy and tradition were consciously or unconsciously re-created and revised as a spectacle to meet the curious gaze from the global market; and how Taiwan and Hong Kong cinema constantly reflected the issue of cultural and national identities. The course starts from the silent film period and extends to the fifth generation directors, underground filmmaking, and the revival of martial arts genre in the greater China area. Feature films from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong will be screened and discussed. Secondary articles and books are also assigned in conjunction with the films. The course is organized thematically and moves chronologically. No prior knowledge of China or Chinese is required. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 256 - India and its Neighbors: The Anthropology of South Asia

    Cross-Listed as ANTH 256  
    Introduces students to anthropological knowledge of the peoples and cultures of South Asia and to the ways in which Western knowledge of that region has been constructed. The course examines the historical and social processes that have shaped the culture and lifeways of the people who live on the subcontinent and that link the modern states of South Asia to the world beyond their frontiers. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101  or ANTH 111   Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 257 - Image in 20th Century China

    Cross-Listed as ART 257 
    This course investigates the function of images in the social and political life of 20th century China. From the last decades of dynastic rule through the rise of Communism and ending with China’s current presence on the global stage, we explore the role of the image in representations of cultural identity, the relationship between tradition and modernity, and changes in technology and media. Every year. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 258 - Gender and Sexuality in China

    Cross-Listed as CHIN 258  and WGSS 258  
    How are masculinity and femininity defined and transformed in modern and contemporary Chinese culture? How is the culturally constructed gender related to a larger social context? Through a rigorous analysis of the content and structure of modern and contemporary novels and films, this course examines the literary representation of gender and sexuality and its relation to the tumultuous social transformations, and engages with a variety of themes including: May Fourth enlightenment, anti-Japanese war, Socialist construction, the Cultural Revolution, and the liberalization of the post-Mao era. This course seeks to help students develop critical views of Chinese society and culture from gendered perspective, and gain familiarity with major authors, genres, and literary movements. This course assumes no prior knowledge of China or Chinese, and all reading materials are in English. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 260 - Narratives of Alienation: 20th Century Japanese Fiction and Film

    Cross-Listed as JAPA 260  
    The sense of being out of place in one’s society or one’s nation, estranged from one’s self or the world - this is the feeling that has motivated many of the narratives of modern Japanese fiction. Through stories of precocious adolescents, outcast minorities, vagabond women, disillusioned soldiers, and rebellious youth, this course examines the social implications of narrative fiction (including film, anime, and manga) within the context of modern Japanese history. While introducing methods of literary analysis and developing a familiarity with major works of Japanese fiction, the course aims to cultivate an understanding of how stories can be used to engage and think abou the quandaries of modern society. We will explore the way these narratives express marginal experiences, rethink the foundations of human and societal bonds, and articulate new ways of being in the world. Works covered include stories by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Oe Kenzaburo, Mishima Yukio, and Murakami Haruki, as well as films by Akira Kurosawa, Koreeda Hirokazu, and Otomo Katsuhiro. No knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
  

  • ASIA 271 - Japan and the (Inter)National Modern

    Cross-Listed as ART 271  
    This course introduces students to the art and visual culture of Japan from the late 19th century through the post-millennium. In this class, we will ask: What are the Japanese modern and postmodern? How might Japanese art, design, media and spaces be understood not only through the lens of Japanese history over the last 150 years but as part of transnational movements? To answer these questions, this course explores prewar and postwar trends in Japanese visual culture, including painting, prints, sculpture, architecture, fashion, anime (Japanese cartoons), film, photography, advertising design, sculpture, and manga (Japanese comics). Through these various artistic forms and media, we will explore themes such as trauma, nationalism, fascism, protest, hybridity, fantasy, embodiment, and performativity. Students will be asked to critically consider how these works operated as a part of international flows in art, design, and consumerism and contributed to the formation of new modern and postmodern subjects. Offered occasionally. ( )
  

  • ASIA 274 - The Great Tradition in China before 1840

    Cross-Listed as  
    A study of the traditional culture and society of China from earliest times to the eighteenth century, when the impact of the West was strongly felt. The course will be based on detailed study of selected significant themes in Chinese history. Lecture/discussion format. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
 

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