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  • 3.00 Credits

    Survey of history and civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel, from prehistory to 500 B.C. Writing intensive. Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement. Cross-listed as: HIST 3110.
    General Education Course
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Learning from travel-based experience in museums, galleries, and historic cities/sites worldwide is an invaluable part of the education of artists, designers, and art historians. This course is designed to allow student to earn credit in structured, professor-led study aboard programs. Repeatable for credit
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces major myths of the Classical world and explores how these myths serve as keys to understanding the documents and arts of Classical civilization. Cross-listed as: CLAS 3210, ENGL 3210, HIST 3210 and RELS 3210
  • 3.00 Credits

    Course Description: This course teaches contexts and processes for the making and viewing of ancient Greek art. Using artwork as a lens for understanding the ancient Greeks, students will also consider the ongoing significance of classical culture in the modern age. Prerequisites/Restrictions: - ARTH 2710 and one of the following or instructor permission: - Accepted into the Art major - Accepted into the Art History major - Accepted into the Art History minor
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course teaches contexts and processes for the making and viewing of ancient Roman art. Using artwork as a lens for understanding the ancient Romans, students also consider the ongoing significance of classical culture in the modern age. Prerequisites/Restrictions: ARTH 2710 and one of the following or instructor permission: Accepted into the Art major Accepted into the Art History major Accepted into the Art History minor
  • 3.00 Credits

    Through geographically and thematically oriented slide lectures, class discussions, video, independent research, local event attendance and displays at the University Museum Study Gallery, the students will become familiar with the people, the lifestyles and the objects of material culture of several different geographical areas of Native North America. We will look at ancient traditions, how the arts changed after European contact and briefly, more contemporary art forms as well. Prerequisites: ARTH 2710 and ARTH 2720; ART majors, ARTH majors, ARTH minors or permission of instructor.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    Course Description: This course teaches modern and postmodern art made by Americans of Latin American descent and/or artwork exploring the American experience through the lens of Latinx issues and concepts. Prerequisites/Restrictions: ARTH 2710 and ARTH 2720
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will introduce students to the arts of Asia from antiquity to the modern period. Prerequisites: ARTH 2710 and ARTH 2720
  • 3.00 Credits

    Through geographically and thematically oriented PowerPoint-based lectures, online video presentations, class discussions, independent research and an opportunity for a field trip to the NEHMA, the USU Museum of Anthropology and local cultural events. Students will become familiar with several different art forms from Native Meso-America, Central, and South America. While we will be looking primarily at the art and architecture popularly termed "Pre-Columbian," I will also include more contemporary forms of Latin American art as well. Prerequisites: ARTH 2710 and ARTH 2720; ART Majors, ARTH Majors, and ARTH Minors or Permission of Instructor.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    Through geographically and thematically oriented Power Point based lectures, online video presentations, class discussions, independent research and an opportunity to attend a field trip to the NEHMA, the USU Museum of Anthropology and local cultural events, the students will become familiar with a broad range of arts, primarily of West and Central Africa, as well as North, East and Southern Africa. While we will look at a few instances of contemporary art, the course will concentrate primarily on how the arts were and are used in the daily life of the traditional small scale societies of these particular areas of Africa. The last set of lectures will be devoted to contemporary African and African-American Art. Prerequisites: ARTH 2710 and ARTH 2720; ART majors, ARTH majors, ARTH minors or permission of instructor.
    General Education Course