Fall 2013 Course Schedule - Updated Hourly

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Arts Administration

AADM 143 - State of the Arts

4 sem. hrs. Studies cultural organizations, their functions, and their role in a changing society. Instruction emphasizes 'backstage' and 'firsthand' exposure to visual and performing arts organizations through site visits, guest lecturers, readings, and discussion. Topics include the multicultural arena, public art, and the management of visual and performing arts institutions. Moore.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	02:00PM-04:50PM	N/A	Heather Hole	Open	1	No	4.00

Art

ART 100 - Objects & Ideas: a Museum History of Art

4 sem. hrs. Introduces the history of art based on the worldclass museum collections in the Boston area. Includes slide lectures and weekly field trips to Boston-area museums and galleries, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard Art Museums, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Gardner Museum, and others. Counts towards the art minor. Lynch.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue,Thu	02:00PM-03:20PM	N/A	Bridget Lynch	Open	6	No	4.00

ART 111 - Introduction to Studio Art - Drawing

4 sem. hrs. Introduces basic pictorial concepts and techniques while investigating or interpreting sources such as portraits, landscapes, still life, and interior and architectural space. Uses slides, critique, and homework assignments to expand on skills developed in class and provide insight into the cultural and historical context in which stylistic development takes place. Requires no previous studio experience. Kiely, Lynch.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	10:00AM-01:20PM	N/A	Colleen M. Kiely	Open	12	No	4.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	06:00PM-09:20PM	N/A	Frances Hamilton	Open	12	No	4.00

ART 112 - Introduction to Studio Art - Color

4 sem. hrs. Investigates the role of color in perception and in pictorial structure through studio work in painting and mixed media. Uses slides to depict works of art from different periods and cultures and considers the relation between the cultural and historical situation of the artistic and stylistic development. Requires no previous experience,although ART 111 is strongly encouraged.Kiely,Lynch.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	02:00PM-05:20PM	N/A	Colleen M. Kiely	Open	10	No	4.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	09:00AM-12:20PM	N/A	Guhapriya Ranganathan	Open	3	No	4.00

ART 117 - Printmaking

4 sem. hrs. Presents a variety of basic printmaking processes including wood block, calligraphy, drypoint etching, stenciling, embossing, and monotypes. These techniques will be used to explore the transformation of drawings, designs, and ideas into prints. Popinchalk.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	06:30PM-09:50PM	N/A	Helen Anna Popinchalk	Clsd	0	No	4.00

ART 121 - Artist's Books

4 sem. hrs. Introduces creative bookmaking as a form of visual expression. Addresses the book as an art object. Students will be introduced to several ways of making books, unique construction, and basic hand-printing methods. Emphasizes thinking visually about content. Lynch.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	09:30AM-12:50PM	N/A	Bridget Lynch	Open	11	No	4.00

ART 138 - The Poetry of Photography

4 sem. hrs. Like a poem, the art photograph often uses metaphor, allusion, rhythm, and profound attention to detail. In this course, students will learn to create artful photographs, and acquire the skills and craft of using a 35mm camera, developing black and white film, and making prints in the darkroom. Bresler, Sills.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	02:00PM-04:50PM	N/A	Jaclyn R. Kain	Open	9	No	4.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	12:30PM-03:20PM	N/A	Jaclyn R. Kain	Open	9	No	4.00

ART 138L - Photography Lab

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	7	No	0.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	7	No	0.00
03	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	6	No	0.00
04	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	8	No	0.00
05	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	7	No	0.00

ART 139 - Intro to Photography & the Digital Lab

4 sem. hrs. Teaches the art and craft of contemporary color photography with emphasis on using the medium as a means of personal expression. Hands-on demonstrations demystify how manual and digital cameras work, Students learn effective Photoshop and Camera Raw techniques to produce color prints with impact. Bresler.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	02:00PM-04:50PM	N/A	Edith Bresler	Open	11	No	4.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	12:30PM-03:20PM	N/A	Edith Bresler	Open	7	No	4.00

ART 139L - Intro to Photo- Digital Lab

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
02	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
03	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
04	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
05	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
06	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00
07	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Fri	12:30PM-03:20PM	N/A	TBA	Open	0	No	0.00

ART 141 - Intro to Art Hist: Egypt to Mannerism

4 sem. hrs. Explores the idea of art as a visual language, why people make art, what purpose art serves, and how art reflects values and ideas. Discusses painting, sculpture, and architecture ranging from the Egyptian pyramids to Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling. Students develop their ability to recognize and analyze art from a wide range of cultures, and to understand the variety of contexts in which art was made. They study firsthand and write about the collections at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon,Wed	09:30AM-10:50AM	N/A	Kimberlee Cloutier-Blazzard	Open	11	No	4.00

ART 154 - Contemporary Art

4 sem. hrs. Examines art from 1945 to the present with emphasis on the changing nature of the art object, role of the artist, and audience for art in the second half of the 20th century. Emphasizes primarily, but not exclusively, American art with attention to emerging awareness of feminism, multiculturalism, and postmodern critical influences. Hopkins.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	12:30PM-03:30PM	N/A	Randi Hopkins	Open	1	No	4.00

ART 183 - Drawing the Human Figure

4 sem. hrs. Offers a more animated perspective to a spatial environment than ART 111. Requires no previous studio experience and covers techniques and concepts that may overlap basic drawing. Includes work with a live model in numerous contexts and explores a broad range of media and techniques. Relates the figure to other figures, an environment, or more conceptual interpretations. Kiely, Staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	03:00PM-06:20PM	N/A	Masha Ryskin	Open	10	No	4.00

ART 205 - Thinking Through Art

Examines the Visual Thinking Strategies teaching method, in which open-ended group discussions of visual art help learners of all ages to develop critical thinking skills. Students will explore the theory and research underpinnings, practice facilitating discussion, study assessment strategies and consider applications of VTS in both classrooms and art museums. Guest speakers and visits to the Gardner Museum and Museum of Fine Arts are included in the work for this course. No experience in art or art history is necessary. Grohe. 4 sem. hrs.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed	06:00PM-08:50PM	N/A	Michelle Grohe	Open	10	No	4.00

ART 213 - Painting I

4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Students are strongly encouraged to have taken ART 111, 112, or 183. Students are introduced to a wide range of basic approaches to painting, emphasizing the development of perceptual, organizational, and critical abilities. Studio projects will utilize traditional and non-traditional methods and will work from observational sources (still life, figure) and with abstraction. Emphasizes color as it relates to both individual expressive concerns and pictorial structure. Stresses technical and conceptual understudying of painting practices. Kiely, Lynch.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	03:00PM-06:20PM	N/A	Colleen M. Kiely	Open	7	No	4.00

ART 239 - Documentary Photography

4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ART/COMM 138 or 139. Offers an opportunity to use color or black and white photography to describe, understand, and interpret the world around us by creating photographic essays on subjects of students' choosing. Gives attention to refining technical skills while delving into aesthetic issues of significance and meaning in images. Studies the documentary tradition as a basis to develop work. Sills.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	02:00PM-04:50PM	N/A	Edith Bresler	Open	4	No	4.00

ART 245 - American Art

4 sem. hrs. This museum-based course relies on the outstanding American collection at the Museum of Fine Arts to study painting, photography, decorative arts, and sculpture from the colonial period to the 20th century. Considers how the nation during various historical periods defined and presented itself through art. Explores the experiences of women artists in America and the changing role of the U.S. in the international art world. Investigates themes of portraiture, landscape, and the development of modernism. Examines artists such as Copley, Sargent, Homer, Cassatt, and O'Keeffe and many others at the Museum of Fine Arts. Hanni.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	01:30PM-04:20PM	N/A	Heather Hole	Open	7	No	4.00

ART 251 - African Art: 3000 BC to the Present

4 sem. hrs. Introduces African art from 3000 BC through the present, including Egyptian, Ashanti, Benin, Dogon, Bambara, Ife, and Ethiopian art, as well as art from other African cultures. Includes guest speakers (artists, historians, curators, etc.) and visits to museums. Staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Thu	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Jean Borgatti	Open	13	No	4.00

ART 349 - Directed Study

4 sem. hrs. Directed study addresses coursework required for the major or degree not being offered formally that semester. Students work under the close supervision of a faculty member. Consent is required for a directed study, which does not count toward the independent learning requirement. Staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	4	Yes	4.00

ART 350 - Independent Study

4 sem. hrs. Staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	6	Yes	4.00

ART 370 - Internship

4 or 8 sem. hrs. Offers students 'hands-on' experience in an arts organization such as a gallery, museum, music program, concert hall, or arts nonprofit. Internship sites are selected in consultation with advisor based on interest and learning goals. Staff.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	TBA	Open	5	Yes	4.00

Africana Studies

AST 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies

4 sem. hrs. Considers the histories and cultures of people and societies of the African diaspora with particular emphasis on the United States and the Caribbean. Students will gain an understanding of the experiences of black people around the world and develop the critical thinking skills to interpret those experiences across interdisciplinary perspectives. Ward.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Wed,Fri	11:00AM-12:20PM	N/A	Dawna Thomas	Open	16	No	4.00

AST 210 - Sisters of African Diaspora

4 sem. hrs. An interdisciplinary lens is used to examine Black women's experiences with sexism, colorism, domesticity, sexuality, immigration, body politics, and violence. Black women from the African Diaspora (Cape Verdean, Caribbean, Afro Latina, and Black American) show how their experiences transcend national and societal boundaries, challenging common assumptions of black womanhood. Thomas.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon,Wed	01:30PM-02:50PM	N/A	Dawna Thomas	Open	19	No	4.00

AST 232 - Race, Gender & Health

4 sem. hrs. Examines the unique perspective of health care from the cultural lens appropriate to women of color. Historical, social, environmental, and political factors that contribute to racial and gender disparities in health care are analyzed. Students will develop cultural competency tools for more effective health care delivery. Thomas.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Dawna Thomas	Open	17	No	4.00

AST 245 - Tweeting Into the Future: Race, Technology & Social Media

This course, open to all undergraduate students, and will focus on the ways technology, social media and race intersect. Particular attention will be paid to the uses of new media by communities of color (with emphasis on African Americans) and the innovative ways technology can create, maintain or challenge identities and stereotypes. As this is a class focused on technology, we will be using as much technology as possible as part of our learnings. This means we will be using FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, Prezi, YouTube and other media applications as part of the regular coursework. Students must be available on Wednesdays between 6-9pm for class (either in person or virtually, depending on the week).

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	06:30PM-09:20PM	N/A	Ms. Ulli K. Ryder	Open	14	No	4.00

AST 275 - Soul Funk and Civil Rights

4 sem. hrs. Through the study of popular music produced and consumed by African Americans between 1960 and 1980 we will explore social movements, racial consciousness, and the elements of black creative expressions that transformed Black and mainstream American society. Song lyrics and dance inform our interrogation of the remaking of American culture. Ward.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue,Thu	11:00AM-12:20PM	N/A	Ms. Janie V. Ward	Open	19	No	4.00

AST 300 - African American History -Film

This course will examine the representation of African American history in commercial films. Historiography and narrative theory will inform our analysis. Films covered will include Amistad, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Roots, A Raisin in the Sun, Glory, Django, and others.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Theresa Perry	Open	13	No	4.00

AST 388 - Black Popular Culture & Education Of Black Youth

4 sem. hrs. Students explore black popular culture produced and consumed by Black youth, examining how these works draw on African American historical, cultural, and linguistic practices. Can Black popular culture be resistant, subversive, and contribute to social change? Can these works critically inform the education of Black youth? Course materials draws on scholarship from the fields of education, sociology, African American studies, media studies, and linguistics. Perry.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Theresa Perry	Open	16	No	4.00

AST 500 - African American History -Film

This course will examine the representation of African American history in commercial films. Historiography and narrative theory will inform our analysis. Films covered will include Amistad, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Roots, A Raisin in the Sun, Glory, Django, and others.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Tue	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Theresa Perry	Open	15	No	4.00

AST 588 - Black Popular Culture & Education Of Black Youth

Students explore black popular culture produced and consumed by Black youth, examining how these works draw on African American historical, cultural and linguistic practices. Can Black popular culture be resistant, subversive and contribute to social change? Can these works critically inform the education of Black youth? Course materials draws on scholarship from the fields of education, sociology, African American studies, media studies and linguistics. Perry.

Section	Section Dates	Days	Times	Room	Instructor	Section Status	Avail Seats	Requires Consent	Credits
01	09/05/2013 - 12/10/2013	,Mon	03:30PM-06:20PM	N/A	Theresa Perry	Open	12	No	4.00

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