3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): (ARTH 2710 or ARTH 2720), (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005), and University Advanced Standing. Introduces students to the art and architecture of the non-western cultures of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Islam, Oceania and the Americas from before the period of Western Colonialism and domination (the course may focus on all or only one of these areas depending on faculty expertise). Places Non-Western art into its native context and discusses the religious, cultural, political, and philosophical world views in which art and architecture were produced in contrast to Western stereotypes or biases of Non-Western cultures.. Canvas Course Mats $60/Cengage applies.