This course introduces basic skills for viewing, analyzing, and writing about art. It outlines the materials and techniques of art making, and sketches some of the ways in which social forces shape art. Students will learn how to conduct a formal analysis of an art object and research its context.

Introduction to contemporary Chicana/o art. Intersections of art and politics, as well as questions of race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and culture will guide discussions of how Chicana/o art is viewed or ignored in contemporary American culture. Discussion on form as it relates to content, emphasizing visual analysis. 
Offered as needed.

Overview of the function and responsibilities of scenic, lighting, and costume designers. Primary information about the tools and basic techniques used to bring the designer’s concept to the stage is explored, as well as methods of creative problem solving and conceptual thinking specific to the theatrical design practice.

This course introduces basic skills for viewing, analyzing, and writing about art. It outlines the materials and techniques of art making, and sketches some of the ways in which social forces shape art. Students will learn how to conduct a formal analysis of an art object and research its context.

Explores the history of expressive and communicative use of graphic symbols and text, and of the technologies that have enabled the mass reproduction and dissemination of text and images, including the invention of movable type, developments in intaglio and xylography, photographic process, and graphic design using digital platforms. 
Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or permission.
Offered as needed.

Explores aspects of the formation and use of spaces, from architectural and urban environments to ritual space and site-specific art. Geographic and temporal focus varies; potential topics may include the study of individual cities across time or in given periods, local domestic architecture, the careers of individual architects, garden design, and land art. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of 8 credits with instructor’s permission. 
Offered as needed.

Topics of current interest in art history. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of 12 credits.
Offered as needed.

Explores the ways in which art is made and the kinds of status conferred on its makers. Geographic and temporal focus varies; topics may include study of single artists, artists’ workshops, “anonymous” and mass art, the authorial role of patrons and clients, collaboration, competition, and client-artist disputes. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of 8 credits with instructor’s permission. 
Prerequisites: ARTH 102 or permission.
Offered as needed.

Explores the role that artistic practices have played in the formation and maintenance of national, ethnic, cultural, spiritual, sexual, and gender identities. Geographic and temporal focus varies. Course may be repeated for degree credit with permission. 
Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or by permission. 
Offered as needed.

This course provides the student with a foundational knowledge of modern/modernist art of the 19th and earlier 20th centuries, including painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic design, and photography. It develops and extends material covered in ARTH 102, but also offers a self-contained introduction to formal and contextual analysis of art. 
Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or permission.

Examines the relationship between various modernisms and post-modernism and their impact on art production from the early 20th century to the contemporary period. Considers concepts such as artist and viewer subjectivity, ethnic and gender asymmetries, as well as the influence of technology, late capitalism, and globalism.

Topics of current interest in the study of Art History and Visual Culture such as Art and Memory, Women Artists, Contemporary Architectural Theory, Architecture and Urbanism, History of Italian Gardens, Sacred Mountains, and Design for Film and Television. May be repeated for degree credit given a different topic.
Offered as needed.