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Italian 3: Reading and Writing

You’ll increase your Italian vocabulary and idiomatic expressions based on situational dialogues, articles, and readings that reflect various Italian-speaking cultures and practice to gain greater listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.

Film History 2: 1940-1974

It was the Golden Age of Cinema. You’ll study Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, Cinéma Vérité, and a new Golden Age of Hollywood to discover what made the great directors—Vittorio DeSica, Billy Wilder, Francois Truffaut, Akira Kurosawa, Mike Nichols, Francis Ford Coppola—great.

Art of the Middle Ages

Discover the art and architecture from the Early Christian and Byzantine Empires to the start of the Renaissance. You’ll analyze the historical context and literary and philosophical texts of the era.

History of Aesthetics

Explore the concepts of truth, beauty, artistic form, unity, expression, representation, and taste by reading philosophers and artists, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Croce, Henri, Rodin, and Hughes.

The Art and Ideology of the 20th Century

What is art? Or modernism? You’ll take a deep dive into the 20th century, exploring the artists, philosophers, cultural phenomena, stylistic movements, and world of ideas that shaped the century.

Study Abroad: Seminar in Great Britain

Keep Calm and discover the art, architecture, and history of Great Britain! You’ll explore the region’s historic castles, cathedrals, and treasure-filled museums during your Intersession tour. (This course is cross-listed with LA 276.) NOTE: GLA 903 meets the graduate Cross Cultural Understanding requirement. Students may also seek director approval to… Read More

Human-Centered Design

Design for humans. Using the science of ergonomics and Norman’s design principles, you’ll learn to make products and design spaces that satisfy the physical, physiological, and psychological needs of consumers.

Art of the Italian Renaissance

Examine the major artists, artworks and historical context related to the production of sculpture, painting, and architecture in Italy from 1300 to 1600. Students will engage in critical analysis of artwork through application of primary source readings and seminal theories of Renaissance scholarship in essays and oral presentations.

World Cinema

Discover films made outside of Hollywood. You’ll examine the work of filmmakers from across the globe and identify the unique stylistic elements and narrative strategies that characterize cinema from various cultures.

Classical Aesthetics and the Renaissance

Examine the ideas that helped shape the Renaissance. Considering the art and ideas of ancient Greece, Rome, and Medieval Europe as the foundation, you’ll analyze the art of the Renaissance and its transition to the modern world.