Academic Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Listing
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Courses listed below are grouped together alphabetically by subject prefix. To search for a specific course, please follow the instructions in the course filter box below and click on “Filter.”
Departments and interdisciplinary programs are described in detail on the Majors, Minors, and Other Programs page within this catalog. Please refer to the detailed sections on each area of study for more information. Requirements to fulfill a major or minor appear within each program or area of study.
All students must also complete the courses in the Common Curriculum (General Education), including Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) requirements and other requirements that pertain to the undergraduate degree. Courses are numbered as follows.
000-049 - Non-credit courses.
050-099 - Common Curriculum (General Education) courses and others that do NOT count toward the major.
100-199 - Introductory-level courses which count for the major.
200-299 - Sophomore/junior-level courses that can be taken by non-majors. (Some departments may use 200-249 and 250-259 to delineate between sophomore and junior level offerings.)
300-399 - Upper-level courses intended primarily for majors - these are courses representing the depth component of the major.
400-499 - All advanced courses for seniors, including those used to fulfill WS (Senior Writing Experience requirement), small seminars, research, thesis, and independent studies.
Wherever possible, the departments have indicated the instructor and the term during which a course is given. Some courses are offered only occasionally and are so indicated. The College retains the right not to offer a course, especially if enrollment is insufficient.
A few courses are not valued at full course credit, and some carry double credit.
A full course unit may be equated to five quarter-credit hours, or three and one-third semester credit hours.
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AAH 101 - Islamic Art and Architecture Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Matthew) A broad and select survey of the art and architecture of Islamic cultures from the 7th through the 16th centuries that will stress the religious, social, economic, and historical contexts within which Islamic arts and architecture developed. We will study a variety of arts in addition to the traditional architecture, painting and sculpture familiar to students in Western art history surveys, including calligraphy and book painting, metalwork, ceramics, glass, carpets and textiles, and gardens and landscape design. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AIS, REL
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AAH 102 - Medieval Art and Architecture of Northern Europe, 5th-15th Century Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) An introductory survey of sculpture and decorative arts, manuscripts, painting and architecture from the seventh through fourteenth centuries north of the Alps. Examines the emergence of western medieval culture and attitudes toward the arts, as well as western European views of its Byzantine and Muslim neighbors. In addition to introducing major monuments and patrons, students will be introduced to the materials and techniques used to produce the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. The art of medieval Italy is covered in a separate course, AAH 300 CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 103 - Introduction to European Painting and Sculpture, 17th-20th century Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Ogawa) Major works of art and artistic traditions from the 17th century to the present, primarily in western Europe. The vocabulary and techniques of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, and printmaking; the emergence of modernism, abstraction, new materials, and non-objective art. Emphasis on the institutions of art and historical context as well. Visual analysis, verbal and written interpretation of art. CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 104 - Arts of China Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This survey covers works of art and artistic traditions in China from the Neolithic period to the early 20th century. Lectures will focus on representative works in various media - calligraphy, painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts - within the contexts of the tomb, court production, literati culture, Buddhist and Daoist temples, and interactions with other cultures. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AIS
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AAH 105 - Arts of Japan Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Lullo) This introduction to the arts of Japan from the Neolithic period to the 20th century will focus on key monuments of sculpture, architecture, painting, calligraphy, gardens, printing, and other arts within their historical and cultural contexts. Themes discussed include: materials and technologies, sacred and profane spaces, patrons and viewers, tradition and modernity, and the creation of a distinctly “Japanese” aesthetic. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AIS
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AAH 106 - Arts of India Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Lullo) This course is designed as an introduction to ways of seeing, understanding, and questioning the visual arts in India. You will learn how the visual arts (cities, architecture, monuments, statues and painting) have informed us about the history, culture, and religion of India from the rise of civilization to the colonial period. It is important to approach the works we will study not simply as objects of aesthetic taste, but as meaningful and functional to those who commissioned, used, created, and experienced them. In addition to studying the social and political nature of the arts, a large portion of this course looks at works that served to activate the sacred within and across several religious belief systems, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AIS, REL
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AAH 111 - The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) A survey of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and the Hellenistic world which examines origins, development, influences and the contextual meaning of material culture, We will examine its importance to the individual, the state, and other cultures contemporary with Greece and the Hellenistic Kingdoms. We will be considering a variety of art forms including architecture, sculpture, painting, and metalwork. Cross-Listed: CLS 164 CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 112 - The Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Matthew) A survey of the art and architecture of the ancient Roman world which examines origins, development, and the contextual meaning of material culture for the state, the individual and various social groups. Rome’s relationship with non-Roman peoples around the Mediterranean basin, Northern Europe and the East will be an important part of the course. We will be considering a wide variety of art forms including architecture, sculpture, painting, glass making, ceramics and metalwork. Cross-Listed: CLS 165 CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 114 (214) - The Golden Age of Venice: Art and Architecture in “The Most Serene Republic” Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the art and architecture of the Republic of Venice during the period of its economic, political, and artistic “golden age” - from the 14th through the 17th centuries. We will consider the many relationships between the material culture of the city, its maritime and land-based empires, and Venice’s role as a commercial and cultural power in Western Europe during a period of great change. Objects and structures ranging from oil paintings to the new invention of printed books, not to mention the building in which they were created and used, will be examined from multiple points of view: materials, fabrication and workshop practice, artistic reputation, patronage and costs, site and functions, innovation and tradition. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 115 (218) - Leonardo da Vinci: Science, Art, and Technology in the Early Modern Era Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Matthew) This course explores the history of science and technology during a fascinating and complex period when “modern” sciences and engineering are just beginning to emerge in Western Europe. Our focus will be on the artist and thinker Leonardo da Vinci, whose writings, drawings and other works of art provide a vivid picture of the state of imagination, observation, and the pursuit of scientific and technological knowledge, both theoretical and practical, during a time of great change. Leonardo’s remarkably varied interests will allow us to study a wide range of subjects, from botany, optics and astronomy to hydraulic, civil and military engineering; from mining and metallurgy to anatomy and medicine; from diving bells to flying machines. This course has no prerequisites. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 116 - Rome in the Age of Michelangelo Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) The most famous artist and the most famous city in the history of Western culture. How did the much earlier and long-lived fame of Rome affect its most famous artist, and how did both interact with the equally long-lived institution of the Christian papacy? We will examine how culture, language, politics, warfare and religion all intertwined in the art and architecture of the period, particularly as exemplified in the career of Michelangelo, a native of Florence who spent the majority of his working life in Rome. CC: HUM
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AAH 117 - Pyramids to Skyscrapers: An Introduction to the History of Architecture Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course is a wide-ranging survey that will introduce students to the history of humankind’s built environment within the Western tradition, with excursions to the Middle East. The course is organized around a series of key monuments that will help organize our approach to each period, and we will proceed chronologically. We will consider design, materials and techniques, patronage, function, and the evolution of the professions of builder and architect. We will also ask what buildings meant to the societies that built them, and how those meanings might have changed, and been manipulated, over time. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 160 - Art and Architecture of the United States Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) An introductory survey of the visual culture of the United States from colonial times through the present including painting, sculpture, architectural structures, photography, folk traditions and objects more recently defined as “material culture.” Artists and media are situated and studied within the context of broader cultural, political and social themes. Emphasis on visual and textual analysis. CC: HUM
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AAH 163 - Latin American and Caribbean Art of the 19th and 20th Century Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) An examination of the major aspects of Latin American and Caribbean art from the early 19th through the 20th century. Emphasis is placed on integrating the social and political background of the various cultures with the key artists, artistic issues and movements of particular countries and periods. Topics to be covered include: the influence of the major art academies in Mexico, Brazil and Ecuador, the strong links between art and politics, indigeneity, woman as artist and subject, and the ongoing dialogue with the art of Europe and later the United States. CC: LCC, HUM, JCAD, JCHF ISP: AFR, LAS
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AAH 194 - Visual Culture of Communist China, 1919 to Present Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Lullo) This course explores the relationship between ideology and visual culture in China, from the founding of the Communist Party in 1919, to Mao Zedong’s prescriptions at the 1942 Yan’an Conference of Literature and Art, to art policy after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Readings and discussion will cover the range of adherence and resistance to the official party line by art workers. Topics include expressionism, socialist realism, peasant art, “wound art,” cynical realism, political pop, and the avant-garde, as seen in painting, sculpture, architecture, posters, advertising, video, performance, and the material culture of quotidian life. CC: LCC, HUM, WAC ISP: AIS
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AAH 205 - The Art and Science of Painting Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) A historical and chemical grounding in the topic of painting and its impact on society, with a focus on the 14th to the 17th centuries. Topics include inorganic and organic pigments and binders used in late medieval workshops, fresco painting, the tempera tradition, and oil painting in the Renaissance (properties of oil, mixing pigments, glazing, drying). Students will work with primary sources and secondary literature, and engage in laboratory experimentation. Cross-Listed: CHM 090 CC: SET, HUM
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AAH 208 - The Business of Visual Art and Contemporary Entrepreneurship Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Cox) In this course students will study and learn the business of the art world and entrepreneurship in the visual arts from the early 20th century through today. Topics to be covered include the economics of the art market and the commodity of art, auction houses, private collectors, art fairs, gallery ownership, art foundations, non-for-profits, and art criticism. Group assignments, field trips and guest lectures form a large component of the course. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AMS
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AAH 218 - Creative Placemaking and the Social Impact of Art Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Cox) A study of the theory, and practice of culturally driven community development with a focus on urban renewal, social ecosystems, regenerative communities, equity and diversity. Through the study and analysis of case studies, field research and workshops, students will develop creative place making proposals that support and create sustainable and connected communities. Experiential team based learning collaborators will include community partners, organizations, businesses and mentors from the City of Schenectady. Students will see and experience first-hand the transformational impact of creative place making and gain skills for successful project management that also support the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. CC: HUM ISP: AMS
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AAH 220 - Reformation, Counter-Reformation, Revolution Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course will cover the major European art movements of the 17th and 18th centuries. It will be structured chronologically and treat the art of the Catholic Counter-reformation, the “Golden Age” in the Netherlands, the art under the absolute monarchy in France, the Rococo period, and the rise of Neo-classicism during the Enlightenment. We will examine the stylistic characteristics of these major movements, and explore the relationships between art and religious, political, and cultural history. CC: LCC, HUM Note: Course was previously titled “European Baroque Art and Architecture: 17th and 18th Century.
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AAH 222 - History of Photography Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Ogawa) An introductory survey of the history of photography from its pre-history to the present. We will explore the evolution of photographic expression in the period, and focus on relationships between photography and fine art, photography and popular culture, and photography and theory. We will spend time studying first-hand the original photographic works housed in Special Collections, Schaffer Library and in the Union College Permanent Collection. CC: HUM, JCHF, JCAD ISP: AMS, FLM
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AAH 223 - The Nude Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Ogawa) The nude in its art historical and social contexts. Traditionally considered shorthand for abstract concepts such as “truth” or “beauty,” the nude is in fact a powerful index to ideas about gender, power, and sexuality in any of the historical periods which produced it. Drawing on recent scholarship, we will examine works produced in Ancient Greece, the Renaissance, and the Modern Period in social and historical context, and consider ways in which the human body has been both a stylistic vehicle for artistic expression and a social tool for constructing ideas of masculinity and femininity. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: GSW
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AAH 251T - Visual Culture, Urban Landscape and Politics in Washington, D.C. Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Staff) This course focuses on the ways Washington, D.C. residents, writers, politicians and critics have defined the nation’s capital, exploring the dichotomy between Washington as the “lived” city, with that as the nation’s public capital (and spectacle). The course examines the racial and class shifts over the last century in its residential space, its recent rapid gentrification, and the dramatic racial and class divide in both living space and working space. Moreover, the public space, such as presidential monuments, war memorials, federal museums, the White House, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Mall are contentious political spaces as well as symbolic spaces for tourists viewing the “values” of the United States. Cross-Listed: AMS 251T CC: HUM, Does not get LCC credit; term-abroad not outside the United States.
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AAH 260 - Nature, Art, and the Environment Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Matthew) This course studies attitudes toward nature in Western Europe and North America from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. We will be examining cultural and artistic ideas related to the natural world, noting both continuity and change. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of the course, we will be examining such diverse sources as religion, literature and the printed book, gardens and landscape art, painting and printmaking, the history of botany, botanical art and scientific illustration, exploration and travel, climate and geography, agriculture and industrialization, and the development of “ecology”. CC: HUM ISP: ENS
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AAH 265 - Environmentalism and Globalization in Contemporary Art Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course examines artistic practices that meld science, aesthetics, and politics in imaginative and critical ways as they address environmentalism and globalization. The course primarily focuses on 21st century artists whose work takes on such subjects as pollution, biodiversity, sustainability and climate change. We will consider the blurring of the boundaries between art and activism and the many art genres and strategies used to address these issues from photography and sculpture to community collaborations and public art. CC: HUM, GCAD, GCHF, GSPE ISP: AIS, ENS, STS
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AAH 270 - Asian American Art Course Units:
This course explores Asian American art in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present. The term, “Asian American,” will be seen as expansive and shifting as we learn about the histories, experiences and creative production of people of Asian heritage living and producing art in the United States. Throughout the course, we will examine what it meant to be an Asian American artist across differing moments of US history. The course will also emphasize the ways in which art produced by these creative communities made lasting and profound contributions to American visual culture. CC: HUM, JCAD, JCHF ISP: AMS
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AAH 286 - Art and Religion of the Silk Road Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) Central Asia - broadly defined as the area occupied, from East to West, by present-day western China, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, northern India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran - has been characterized as both harsh wasteland and cultural crossroads. This course concerns the visual culture of the Silk Road of Central Asia, focusing on the roles visual culture played in establishing modes of religious imagination in medieval culture. CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 295H - Art History Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0.0
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AAH 296H - Art History Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AAH 300 - Italian Art and Architecture, 14th-15th Century Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) A study of art and architecture in Italy from 1100 to 1400 emphasizing religious, political, and cultural contexts and the role of the Byzantine tradition. Examination of paintings, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts in the major urban centers of the Italian peninsula, including Florence, Siena, Pisa, Rome and Milan, as well as the courts of northern Italy. Venetian topics are covered separately in AAH 206 and AAH 305. Prerequisite(s): One art history course or permission of the instructor. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 304 - Renaissance Art in Italy: The 16th Century Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) A study of the visual arts that emphasizes painting, prints, sculpture, and the decorative arts. Particular attention to the growth of secular art, the role of court patronage, definitions of Mannerism, the cult of the artistic genius, and the emergence of a history of art in this period. Prerequisite(s): One art history course or permission of the instructor. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 322 - 19th-Century European Art Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Ogawa) An advanced course examining major artistic movements and developments after 1789. We will examine the stylistic characteristics of these major movements, and consider art-making of this century in the context of the development of industrial capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. We will also consider the development of such modern art institutions as the art museum and the commercial gallery. Prerequisite(s): At least one Art History course, or by permission of the instructor. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 340 - European Modern Art, 1880-1940 Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) Major developments in modernism primarily in Europe. Traces the emergence of modernist visual vocabularies in painting, graphic arts, photography, sculpture, architecture, and “decorative arts” ranging from ranging from Van Gogh’s post-impressionism, through the cubist art of Picasso and Dali’s dream-like surrealism. Topics include the transformations of traditional modes of art making, the proliferation of movements and “-isms,” the political functions of art and exhibitions, film as an art, and the rise of abstraction. Visual and textual analysis. Prerequisite(s): At least one art history course, or permission of the instructor. CC: HUM, LCC, WAC/S
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AAH 360 - Seminar: Visual Culture, Race and Gender Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Cox) A lecture and discussion-based course concerned with how constructions of race and sexual differentiation are played out across art history and visual culture, focusing on the visual arts of Western Europe and the United States. The first half of the course investigates the constructs of gender and race from antiquity to the middle of the 20th century as expressed in art and visual culture. The second half of the course is a close study of female artists of color living and working in the United States, grouped as African- American, Latina/Chicana, Asian and Middle Eastern and Multi-ethnic. CC: LCC, HUM, JCAD, JCHF ISP: AFR, AMS, LAS
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AAH 363 - Early American Modernism, 1900-1945 Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) A study of modern art in the United States from 1900-1945. Topics to be covered reflect the divergent styles, movements and influences that gave shape to the art of this period, including the rise of the avant-garde in New York City, important patrons, social realism, the WPA and the Harlem Renaissance to name a few. Art works are studied in relation to the cultural and political context of the period. Verbal and written interpretation of art; emphasis on visual and textual analysis. CC: HUM, LCC
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AAH 366 - From Pollock to Post-Modern: European and American Art 1940-2000 Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Cox) Art of the United States and Europe since World War II in critical and historical perspective, emphasizing the influence of social movements on artistic thought and expression. Topics include the impact of technology and popular culture, the subversion of the traditional boundaries between arts, the rejection of the object, and the rise of pluralism. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AMS
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AAH 380 - The Floating World: Edo Prints and Printmaking Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Lullo) This course was previously a Studio-Art History mix, but now it is strictly Art History. Ukiyo-e, or “floating-world pictures,” depict the urban pleasures and escapes offered in Japan’s modern imperial capital of Edo (present-day Tokyo). The course will examine the history, production, and reception of ukiyo-e woodblock prints from the 17th-20th centuries, covering traditional ukiyo-e, updates during the Meiji period (1868-1912), and then Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga movements into the 1950s. Themes to be explored include: cityscapes, landscapes and travel; representations of beautiful men and women in bijinga; the theater and the Kabuki stage; encounters with the west; ghosts and demons; and erotic imagery. Cross-Listed: AVA 380 CC: LCC, HUM
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AAH 390 - The Art Museum: History, Theory, and Practice Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This upper-level course takes the art museum as its subject. It will examine the history of the art museum and its roots in late 18th century ideas about knowledge, display, and democratic politics, and trace the growth of the art museum over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of changing cultural notions of “the public,” philanthropy, and modernist and avant-garde art practice. The course will be supplemented by visits to local art museums. This course also serves as a prerequisite to TAB 336T: Three Weeks in the Louvre. CC: HUM
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AAH 440 - Seminar: Special Topics in Art History Course Units: 1.0
(Not Offered this Academic Year) Writing-intensive, research-oriented, discussion-based seminar that involves comparative methodologies; designed principally for majors. Topics vary. CC: HUM, WAC/S
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AAH 490 - Art History Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1.0
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AAH 491 - Art History Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
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AAH 492 - Art History Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1.0
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AAH 493 - Art History Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1.0
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AAH 495 - Museum Internship 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students who have largely fulfilled the requirements for a concentration in art history may be able to intern at the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Hyde Collection, the Schenectady Museum, other regional museums, or the National Buildings Museum in Washington, D.C. The latter is offered in conjunction with Union’s spring term in Washington, D.C. Permission of the Chair required.
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AAH 496 - Museum Internship 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students who have largely fulfilled the requirements for a concentration in art history may be able to intern at the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Hyde Collection, the Schenectady Museum, other regional museums, or the National Buildings Museum in Washington, D.C. The latter is offered in conjunction with Union’s spring term in Washington, D.C. Permission of the Chair required.
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AAH 498 - Art History Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) Part 1 of a 2 term thesis; grades pass/fail.
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AAH 499 - Art History Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2.0
(TBD: Staff) Two term credits when completed. CC: WS
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ACC 100 - Survey of Accounting Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) A survey of selected topics within various areas of accounting, such as managerial accounting, financial accounting, and tax accounting. Emphasis will be on concepts and not on record-keeping.
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ADA 010 - Ballet 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) An introduction to the basic techniques of classical ballet. Each class incorporates proper body alignment, balance and self-awareness of the classical form. Students learn ballet technique and style by combining a barre warm-up, centre phrases, and across-the-floor combinations. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For beginner level.
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ADA 011 - Ballet 2 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This intermediate ballet level is designed for dancers who have been trained in the classical form. Class includes complex combinations at the barre and in the center. Musicality will be stressed as well as progressive combinations, physical control, and variations through turns, jumps, adagios and allegros. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 012 - Ballet 3 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This advanced ballet level emphasizes classical academic training as well as repertoire. Depending on student’s ability and strength, pointe work will be added. Variations from contemporary or traditional ballets will be learned in class. Dancers who have a desire to perform are encouraged to attend. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For advanced level.
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ADA 020 - Jazz Dance 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) An introduction to the basic technique and vocabulary of Jazz dance. Each class will incorporate dynamic body movements, flexibility, strength and coordination through center combinations and across the floor progressions. This class is danced to contemporary music. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For beginner level.
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ADA 021 - Jazz Dance 2 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) The intermediate jazz class focuses on different styles such as the classical, funky and contemporary genres. The class offers technical progressions with an increased focus on quality of movement. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 023 - Broadway Dance Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This class focuses on ensemble movements done in musicals. Students will learn a variety of numbers from shows including repertoire from both past and present productions. Broadway styles will include the work of famous choreographers such as Jerome Robbins, Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse and Twyla Tharp. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For all levels.
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ADA 030 - Modern Dance 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This contemporary form focuses on gaining an in depth understanding of how the body moves, proper placement, alignment, and flexibility. This class explores different ways of using organic and creative movements, the floor and traveling through space. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For beginner level.
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ADA 031 - Modern Dance 2 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) Delve into the dynamics, rhythms, phrasing, and use of space unique to contemporary dance while developing technical strength. This class will reinforce your physical possibilities and build your inner potential towards dance expression. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 036 - Pilates for Performers Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) Students learn the basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises of the Pilates workout. Specifically, the class focuses on techniques that strengthen the core, enhance flexibility and body placement. This class is an ideal training base for all performing artists. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For all students.
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ADA 038 - Yoga Dance Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This cross training class consists of Yoga warm ups, stretches and a series of choreographed flows and poses. Dancers will gain flexibility; improve strength and peace of mind in this therapeutic movement class. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For all levels.
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ADA 040 - Afro-Dance Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) A class built for everyone who wants to dance to African rhythms. Emphasizes stamina and the learning of exciting dance routines. A cultural dance style and technique welcoming dancers of all levels into a rich range of African dance movements. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For all students.
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ADA 041 - The Moving Body Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This cross training dance class taught to music and contemporary dance vocabulary focuses on the study of muscular elongation and body awareness. Special emphasis on placement, strength, endurance and flexibility will enhance the practitioner’s potential. Open to all interested in learning and experiencing the fundamentals of a physical discipline.
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ADA 042 - Franklin Method Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This movement class analyses daily actions, regiment of exercise and mental training to inform and empower impactful and efficient movement.
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ADA 045 - Tap Dance 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) For all students who want to learn tap dance technique. This class focuses on the study of basic footwork, rhythms and combinations. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For beginner level.
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ADA 046 - Tap Dance 2 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This class explores intricate rhythms that will enhance the quality of tap sounds, speed and its vocabulary. Students with previous experience will be able to expand their expertise. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 051 - Rehearsal and Production Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) Students are invited to participate in dance productions in a variety of capacities, both on-stage and off-stage. Prerequisite(s): By Dance Director’s invitation
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ADA 060 - Hip Hop 1 Dance Class Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This class gives students the opportunity to learn the basics of the hip hop form, based on routines from street jazz, voguing, social and fundamental hip hop. This style gives students a way to gain strength, body awareness and dance skills to today’s hip hop music. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For all students.
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ADA 061 - Hip Hop 2 Dance Class Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This intermediate class provides dancers with a high energy, and innovative dance style. Hip Hop is urban, it’s diverse, and it’s forever changing. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 070 - Choreography - Modern Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This creative class gives students the opportunity to focus on a particular theme or concept to generate choreographic material. The dance piece will aim to produce a contemporary vision that will be presented as part of the Winter Dance Concert. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 071 - Choreography - Jazz Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This class works toward the composition of innovative dance movements found in the contemporary jazz form. Students explore a wide variety of movements as a mean of self-expression. The finalized choreography will be presented as part of the Winter Dance Concert. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 072 - Choreography - Ensemble Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This class concentrates on creating choreography that allows the opportunity to collaborate and strive for group impact on stage. Choreographic material will be presented as part of the Winter Dance Concert series. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 073 - Choreography - Rhythms Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This practicum focuses on developing various rhythms to create vibrant sounds for a challenging choreography. The exploration of dynamic tap steps will be presented in the Winter Dance Concert series. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 074 - Choreography - Ballet Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This choreography class emphasizes either the traditional or contemporary ballet vocabulary. Dancers will be involved in a creation that embraces their expertise. This piece will be presented in the Winter Dance Concert series. Prereq/Corequisite(s): For intermediate level.
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ADA 130 - The Dance Experience Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This exploratory course introduces the many facets of the art of making dances. Through lectures, workshops and performances, students discover choreographic tools, new dance vocabulary and inner skills. Special emphasis on creative abilities, built on trust, and performances. Students work as choreographers in individual and collective dance pieces to be performed publicly at the Steinmetz Symposium and An Intimate Afternoon with Dancers. CC: HUM
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ADA 140 - American Musical Theater and Dance Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course is an introduction to the American Musical from Vaudeville and Minstrel Shows to today’s contemporary Broadway shows. Through lectures, video viewing, and workshops, students learn the historical background that focuses on the work of lyricists, composers, dancers, singers, choreographers, directors and producers. This unique American entertainment art form reflects American diversity and culture, changing times, values and trends. Cross-Listed: ATH 140 CC: LCC, HUM
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ADA 142 - Dance in America Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) An introduction to dance in America from Native American to contemporary diverse styles, approached through lecture, video viewing, and dance workshops. A voyage through time from the French Court with the birth of Classical Dance through the twentieth century with the development of Modern and Post-Modern Dance. Study of the advent of new music and dance with the African American heritage and American contributions towards social dancing. Special emphasis on historical background and international influences, studying the dancers, choreographers, traditions, and trends that influence the making of contemporary dance as an art and form of expression. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AFR, AMS
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ADA 150 - Staging Exploration in Theater and Dance Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course is based on the close examination of a particular period or theme of multidisciplinary artistic production that offers students an immersion into important developments in performative expressions. This course explores dynamic movements in the artistic avant-garde, its historical background, and its principal creators in theater, dance and associated performing arts, through discussions, lectures, studio work, and collaborative creation. The resulting exploration is produced and performed at the Winter Dance Concert series. Cross-Listed: ATH 150 CC: HUM, GCAD
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ADA 153 - Histoire de la danse, Danse de l’histoire/History of Dance, Dance of History Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Examination of Western European dance and dance texts as revelatory of broader historical and cultural patterns, with special analyses of dance as a key tool of nation building (as with the court of Louis XIV) and/or a central medium of artistic creation (as in 1920’s Paris). Primary focus on France as creator, user, and potential abuser of dance’s power, but some attention given other European models (Berlin, St. Petersburg, London). Readings from theoreticians, historians, and dance litterateurs (Moliere, Gautier, Cocteau). Cross-Listed: FRN 421 and MLT 211 CC: HUL, LCC
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ADA 160 - Dance for the Camera Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This course focuses on the process of making dances for the camera, uniting the various aesthetics of movement and the practical elements of recording visual material. Since the arrival of the digital chip, the light camera, and various computer programs, we have seen a revolution in dances created for the screen, Slideroom, YouTube or Vimeos. Methods will focus on conceptualized movement, phrase development, compositional tools and framing, as well as design production. Through discussions, decision-making, individual and collaborative work, the designated choreographer/director, crew and camera person will develop a sense of craft used in the art of making dances for video viewing. The student challenge will be to invent a unique dance language to communicate ideas, intentions and feelings through the medium of video making. Dance moves - with their complexity, richness, rhythmical and compelling imagery - will be at the core of their creative work. CC: HUM
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ADA 295H - Choreography Honors 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) This course seeks to develop students’ choreographic potential through research and exploratory exercises. Methods focus on concept, phrase development, compositional tools, design and artistic presentation. Through discussions, decision-making, individual and group work, the choreographer develops a sense of craft used in the art of making dances. A weekly dance technique class is required. Prerequisite(s): ADA 130 Dance Experience or by Dance Director’s permission. CC: HUM
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ADA 296H - Choreography Honors 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students create choreography and work in collaboration with dancers, designers or any inter-disciplinary artists to fulfill their creative objectives. The final dance piece is presented publicly in the Dance Concert series (winter) or Steinmetz Dance Performance (spring). A weekly dance technique class is required. Prerequisite(s): ADA 295H CC: HUM
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ADA 350 - Choreography Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course emphasizes the creation of a dance piece in collaboration with selected dancers, designers (costumes, props or projections), musicians or any interdisciplinary artists. Students must create a group choreography that will be innovative, express their own style, a specific theme or concept. Students will act as artistic directors, overseeing their creation and being in charge of their collaborators. Their choreography will be presented either in the Winter Dance Concert series or at the Steinmetz Symposium. A weekly technical dance class is required. Prerequisite(s): ADA 130 CC: HUM
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ADA 370 - Dance Internship Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) As a professional work/study experience, students can elect to pursue a specific area of interest in a one-term internship with a professional dance company. The precise form of this project will vary with the student and area of focus, but may include production, performance, management, or administrative work in the field or other projects approved by the Dance Director. Appropriate credit is granted upon completion of the internship. This course will be taken Pass/Fail. Appropriate advisement and guidance will be available to the student. Prerequisite(s): Minor in Dance.
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ADA 490 - Dance Project 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students can elect to pursue a specific area of study. Subjects might include researching dance styles or techniques, a choreographer or dancer’s life and achievements, a dance craze as well as creating a specific dance piece. Their research can be presented through workshops, the restaging of a masterpiece or the creation of a dance piece, the making of a dance film or documentary.
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ADA 491 - Dance Project 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students can continue pursuing a specific area of study. Subjects might include researching dance styles or techniques, a choreographer or dancer’s life and achievements, a dance craze as well as creating a specific dance piece. Their research can be presented through workshops, the restaging of a masterpiece or the creation of a dance piece, the making of a dance film or documentary.
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ADA 492 - Dance Project 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Students can create their own dance project that could extend to volunteer work in the community, including workshops in schools and centers and get involved in dance presentations or choreographic work outside Union premises. .
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GPM 354T - WMC Balinese Performing Arts Mini-term Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This mini-term focuses on the study of the performing Arts of Bali. Students will have daily group instruction with Masters Performers of gamelan (the Balinese orchestra of gongs and xylophones) and dance, as well as additional lessons in an art form one’s choosing (e.g. painting, drumming, mask making, etc.). This instruction will culminate in a final performance. Students will also visit many important artistic and ritual locations, attend professional shows and meet with local Balinese people in a variety of contexts. No previous experience is required. CC: LCC
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AFR 100 - Introduction to Africana Studies Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of Africana Studies. This course will examine the issues and perspectives-social, economic, political, historical, and cultural-of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora. CC: LCC
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AFR 295H - Africana Studies Honors Independent Study 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AFR 296H - Africana Studies Honors Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AFR 490 - Africana Studies Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) ISP: AFR
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AFR 491 - Africana Studies Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AFR 498 - Africana Studies Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) ISP: AFR
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AFR 499 - Africana Studies Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): AFR 498 CC: WS ISP: AFR
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AMS 251T - Washington D.C.: Cultural and Political Spaces in America’s Capital Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course focuses on the ways Washington, D.C. residents, writers, politicians and critics have defined the nation’s capital, exploring the dichotomy between Washington as the “lived” city, with that as the nation’s public capital (and spectacle). The course examines the racial and class shifts over the last century in its residential space, its recent rapid gentrification, and the dramatic racial and class divide in both living space and working space. Moreover, the public space, such as presidential monuments, war memorials, federal museums, the White House, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Mall are contentious political spaces as well as symbolic spaces for tourists viewing the “values” of the United States. CC: HUM, Does not get LCC credit; term-abroad course not outside the United States.
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AMS 498 - American Studies Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AMS 499 - American Studies Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) CC: WS
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AIS 295H - Asian Studies Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AIS 296H - Asian Studies Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AIS 490 - Asian Studies Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AIS 491 - Asian Studies Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff)
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AIS 492 - Asian Studies Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): AIS 491
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AIS 498 - Asian Studies Senior Project 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) Interdisciplinary investigation of a topic in Asian Studies.
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