VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES CORE

Take one course from each of the following categories:

ART HISTORY:

AH-108  Cross Cultural Art 1

This course will examine art from around the world produced between the prehistoric era and the 14th century. We will consider perspectives for understanding cross-cultural encounters, examine the impact of cultural exchange on the development of art, and emphasize the historical and global context of various artistic movements and artists.

4 CreditsF,I,SW-GE Pre-Req or Co-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109

AH-113  Cross-Cultural Art 2

This course will examine art from around the world produced between the 14th century and the present. We will 1) consider perspectives for understanding cross-cultural encounters in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world and 2) emphasize the historical and global context of various artistic movements & artists.

4 CreditsF,I,SW-GE Pre-Req or Co-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109 (NOTE: AR-108 Cross-Cultural Art 1 is NOT a prerequisite for this course.)

AH-303 Reframing American Art to 1876

This course will introduce you to the ways in which American visual arts articulate cross-cultural encounters, from times of diverse Native groups, through later engagements with European colonizers, American slaves, and immigrants. We will look at how the historical experience of different groups is shaped and how those experiences are translated into art produced by artists of varied backgrounds.

4 CreditsF,H,SW-USPre- or Co-requisite: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.

AH-311 Art of Ancient Peoples

Studies art and architecture from Prehistory through Ancient Rome, with particular emphasis on architecture and sculpture and their purpose in cultural and political activities. Course will draw from art historical and archaeological approaches.

4 CreditsF,I,WK-HTPre-req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.


ANTHROPOLOGY:

AN-151  Introduction to Anthropology

Dedicated to the proposition that there are many ways of being human, all of which are adaptations to particular sets of environmental and historical conditions. Trends and highlights of the human experience, both physical and cultural, are studied from a sociocultural perspective.

3 CreditsS,I 

AN-255  Applied Archaeology

This course introduces students to the study of the physical traces left by people in the past, emphasizing methods of identifying, documenting, curating, and analyzing historical sites and their artifacts for community partners. Students study archaeological collections through an anthropological lens via laboratory and historical research techniques, including new technologies of the digital humanities.

3 CreditsH,SW-LE,CTDHPre- or Co-requisite: FYC-101 orEN-110 or EN-109.


HISTORY:

HS-215 Rome: Republic to Empire

People through history have imagined Rome in different ways, and it conjures up lots of different images for us: civilization; barbarism; conquest; freedom; slavery; technology; virtue and vice. In this course, we will explore the period between the founding of Roman civilization and the year 325 A.D., examining what the Romans thought and said about themselves and what they mean to us today.

4 CreditsH, WK-HT 

HS-217 The Lowcountry and the Gullah Culture

The course examines the origins and development of the Gullah Geechee cultures of the Lowcountry. How did these members of the African diaspora develop a creole culture within the profound and brutal limitations of slavery, and how did they sustain it and change under Jim Crow and into the climate and development challenges of the present?

3 CreditsH, CA, SW-US 

HS-277 History of Food

This course will take a transnational view of the history of food from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. We will examine food as a part of human experience including its roles as sustenance, commodity, cultural artifact, signifier of identity, and art. While the early emphasis of the course will be on the Atlantic World and the global exchange of foods and cooking techniques, particular attention will be on the United States' regional cuisines and food movements. The course will use scholarly texts, films, field-trips and will require some cooking and tasting of food on some evenings. 

4 CreditsHPrerequisites: Sophomore Standing. Note: There is a fee assessed on this course.

HS-280 Victorian Science, Sexuality & Medicine

This class investigates the changing meanings and entanglements of Victorian science and medical practice through the lens of class, gender, and race. We will examine ideas about the body and disease, the changing role of medicine and the social construction of scientific knowledge.

4 CreditsWK-HT,HPre- or Co-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.

HS-367 Women in Africa

This course will provide students with an understanding of women in sub-Saharan African cultures, their history, traditions, diversity, resilience and adaptability. To do this we will be looking at social structure, kinship networks, economic systems, gender relations, ethnicity and ethnic conflicts, traditional religion, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other health issues.

4 CreditsCA, H, I, CTDH 


UPPER-LEVEL COURSES

Take an additional 6 credits of AH, AN or HS courses at the 300 or 400 level.


Secondary Emphasis Credit Total = 18-24

Six credits must be at the 300/400-level.  Any course exception must be approved by the advisor and/or department chair.