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Art History Course Catalog

AAH 0100 - Drawing I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0101 - Painting I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0102 - Basic Sculpture

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0103 - Fundamentals of Drawing

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AAH 0105 - Fundamentals of Painting

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AAH 0107 - Basic Sculpture

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0140 - Papermaking

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1995

AAH 0150 - Intro Studio Techniques

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0155 - Computer Graphics

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0160 - Graphic Design I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0201 - Visual Fundamentals II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0210 - Drawing II

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Credit Hours: 1.5
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0211 - Life Drawing B

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Credit Hours: 1.5
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0220 - Painting II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1995

AAH 0225 - Watercolor I

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0235 - Watercolor II

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0240 - Visual Fundamentals I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996

AAH 0245 - Visual Fundamentals II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0255 - Topography

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997

AAH 0260 - Printmaking I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0270 - Sculpture I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0275 - Drawing Workshop

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0280 - Illustration

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1996

AAH 0285 - Ceramics I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Fall 1996, Spring 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0286 - Ceramics II

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0290 - Photography I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0300 - Drawing Workshop

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0301 - Multi Media

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0305 - Adv Ceramics Workshop

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0306 - Art in Secondary Schools

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997

AAH 0307 - 19th & 20th C Architect

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0309 - 20th Cen Paint & Sculp

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AAH 0310 - Painting Workshop

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997

AAH 0312 - Twentieth Century Music

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0315 - Sculpture I

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0317 - Wood Sculpture

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0320 - Sculpture II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0325 - The Moving Image

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0328 - Film and Politics

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004

AAH 0330 - Printmaking II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0341 - Photography II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0345 - Film and Psychology

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0350 - Multi-Media

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997

AAH 0351 - Oriental Art:China Japan

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0355 - Computer Graphics Workshop

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2001

AAH 0360 - Literature of Art

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0370 - Landscape Drawing

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2006, Summer 2005, Summer 2004, Summer 2003

AAH 0375 - Graphic Design Workshop

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0380 - Museum Study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0385 - Computer Graphics II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1997, Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0390 - Graphic Design II

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1996, Spring 1995

AAH 0391 - Graphic Design

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0398 - Spec Proj Painting

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AAH 0399 - Spec Proj Printmaking

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1995

AAH 0400 - Options in Art

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Fall 1995

AAH 0404 - Printmaking III-Ind Stud

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AAH 0405 - Painting V- Ind Study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0406 - Drawing V-Ind Study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0407 - Watercolor III-Ind study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0408 - Printmaking IV-Ind study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0409 - Sculpture III-Ind study

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0410 - Photography III-Ind stud

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AAH 0413 - Home Fash Des-Ceramics

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0415 - Studio Art Sen Proj Sem

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Credit Hours: 1.5
Last Offered: Fall 1996, Spring 1996, Fall 1995, Spring 1995

AAH 0420 - Creativity & Marketplace

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 0430 - Studio Art Sr Proj Sem

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0450 - Special Project Comp Graphics

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AAH 0460 - Sem in Special topics

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1998, Fall 1997

AAH 0470 - Special Project:Sculpture

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AAH 0475 - Special Project:Graphic Design

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AAH 0480 - Independent Study

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Credit Hours: 1.5
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AAH 0493 - Art in the Secondary School

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Credit Hours: 3.0
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AAH 1101 - His West Art: Ancient - Med

Description: Art & architecture in Europe, the Mediterranean (esp. Greece & Rome, ) & the Middle East in prehistoric, ancient, & medieval periods, with introduction to issues & themes of art history.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006

AAH 1102 - His West Art: Renaiss - Cont

Description: The history of the visual arts in the West from the Early Renaissance to the present.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

AAH 1103 - Visual Arts in US 1607-1876

Description: A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture created in the present-day United States, from the founding of Jamestown to the great Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. This course fulfills the Fine Arts Requirement.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006

AAH 1104 - Visual Arts in US 1877-Present

Description: A study of painting, sculpture, and architecture done in the United States since the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition from Thomas Eakins and Gross to great contemporary artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Frank Gehry, and Jeff Koons. This course fulfills the Fine Arts Requirement.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007

AAH 1903 - Internship Elective

Description: An internship in an elective area of concentration.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

AAH 2000 - Ancient Art

Description: The artistic contributions of the ancient societies of Egypt, the Aegean, Greece and Rome, placed within appropriate cultural contexts.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2004

AAH 2001 - Medieval Art

Description: European & Mediterranean art & architecture from the late Roman Empire to the 14th c. with emphasis on the social, religious & political contexts of visual production.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2005

AAH 2002 - Early Renaissance Art in Italy

Description: Italian art & architecture from 1300-1480, investigation of the political, religious & social contexts of the visual productions of artists such as Giotto, Donatello, Masaccio, Mantegna & Botticelli.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Summer 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2005

AAH 2003 - Age of Rembrandt & Bernini

Description: Major works of European painting, sculpture, and architecture from the seventeenth through mid-eighteenth centuries. Special emphasis on how historical events affected the production of artistic monuments.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004

AAH 2004 - Modern Art

Description: An examination of the visual arts since 1900 that emphasizes their historical roots and present social significance.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006

AAH 2005 - Modern Architecture

Description: Notable buildings and architects in the last hundred years: Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Antoni Gaudi, LeCorbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi, I.M. Pei, Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry. Emphasis on the influence of modern technology on the practice of architecture.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2007, Summer 2005, Summer 2004

AAH 2007 - Hist. of Western Architecture

Description: Development of architectural styles from the Gothic to the contemporary, with emphasis on the modern period.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2004

AAH 2008 - The Renaissance City

Description: The role of art in the development of Italian Renaissance cities, particularly Siena. The impact of humanism and antiquity. The creation of urban identity. The imitation of ancient Roman public and domestic architecture. The renewal of classical urban planning.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Summer 2007, Summer 2006, Summer 2005

AAH 2009 - Contemporary Art

Description: Artistic movements and artists around the world from the 1960s to the present; Pop Art, Minimalism, Neo- expressionism, Arte Povera, Graffitti Art, and Performance Art, from Warhol to Wyeth to Haring and Koons.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007

AAH 2012 - High Renaissance Art in Italy

Description: Italian art & architecture from 1480 to 1550. Investigation of stylistic, political & social contexts of art. The idea of Mannerism & artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael & Titian.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008

AAH 2993 - Internship

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

AAH 3001 - Women in Art

Description: Themes and images of women in the visual arts as an expression of the needs, desires and attitudes of society; and a study of women artists from ancient times to the present, with regard to how being female may, or may not, have affected their work.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006

AAH 3002 - Art of Philadelphia

Description: Philadelphia's unique contribution to American painting, sculpture, and architecture, from the early Swedish and Welsh settlers of the Delaware Valley, to Andrew Wyeth and Robert Venturi.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Summer 2005, Spring 2003, Summer 2002

AAH 3003 - Romantic to Post-Impress

Description: Nineteenth century painting and sculpture in Europe and America, focusing on Cezanne, Courbet, Delacroix, Goya, Eakins, Homer, Manet, Monet, Rodin and West.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2004

AAH 3007 - The Art of Ireland

Description: The visual arts in Ireland concentrating on the Golden Age from the 5th to the 9th Century: architecture of the early monastic settlements, manuscript illumination and its influence, and the cultural impact of the Irish forms of monasticism.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Summer 2007

AAH 3009 - Topics in Art History

Description: Selected themes or periods in the history of art examined in depth.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007

AAH 3020 - Topics in Archeology

Description: Topics in Archeology of interest to faculty and students. Does not fulfill Fine Arts requirement.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008

AAH 4000 - Senior Thesis

Description: Independent research projects under the guidance of a department faculty member. Passing grade depends on student thesis acceptable to two faculty members.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006

AAH 4003 - Spec Topics: Ancient-Medieval

Description: Seminar on selected topics in ancient or medieval art as announced. Topics will vary depending on the instructor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 1998, Fall 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1996

AAH 4004 - Spec Top: Renais-Baroque

Description: Seminar on architecture, painting, sculpture and art theories of the Renaissance or Baroque as announced. Topics will vary depending on the instructor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Fall 1999, Spring 1997

AAH 4005 - Picasso and Friends

Description: Seminar on the 20th century's most famous artist, with discussion of friends such as Braque, Apollinaire, Gertrude Stein, and Erik Satie.
Prerequisites: AAH 2004
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2002, Spring 2000, Spring 1998, Spring 1997

AAH 4007 - Special Topics

Description: Seminar on advanced topics in modern painting, sculpture, and architecture. This course will cover European and American art of the period from 1750 to the present day. Reports and research paper required. Pre-requisite: AAH 2004 or permission of instructor
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Spring 2003

AAH 4010 - Interpreting Art

Description: An introduction to the theories and criticism relevant for the study and interpretation of art and art history such as feminism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, deconstruction, post-colonialism, and postmodernism. Prerequisite: At least one prior Art History course.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005

AAH 5515 - Independent Research

Description: An intensive research project under individual direction. Permission of chairperson required. Restricted to AAH Majors.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008