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AAS 138 Writing About Black Culture (3)
SESSION II
MTWTh Noon-1:45 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70295 Simson
Expository writing based on an analysis of selected issues relating toAfrican
American literature, art, music, and history.
AAS 200 Films of Spike Lee (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Sec. M500 Class # 71672 Kelly/Rowland
Analysis and critique of Spike Lee films emphasizing directing style, structure, and production design on selected films. Discussion and critique of themes and issues in Lee's major works and examination of critical reaction from film critics and theoreticians.
AAS 309 Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the African Diaspora (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 1-5 p.m. CANCELED
Sec. M500 Class # 71936 Carty
Introduces the reality of how racism informs the common sense understanding of Black sexuality.
AAS 353 Sociology of the African American Experience (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 2:15-6:15 p.m. CANCELED
Sec. M500 Class # 71670 Animashaun
Theory and research of African American sociologists in
the historical, social, and political context of American
sociology. Relation of their work to the African American
experience and its reception and impact in the public
policy arena.
AAS 400 Films of Spike Lee (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Sec. M500 Class # 71673 Kelly/Rowland
Analysis and critique of Spike Lee films emphasizing directing style, structure, and production design on selected films. Discussion and critique of themes and issues in Lee's major works and examination of critical reaction from film critics and theoreticians.
AAS 465 The Image of Blacks in Art and Film (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CANCELED
Sec. M500 Class # 71674 Willetts
Discussion based on series of short films dating from the
1900s, together with slides and reproductions representing
the image of blacks in art from antiquity to the present.
ACC 151 Introduction to Financial Accounting (4)
SESSION I
MTWThF Noon-1:45 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70993 Staff
Financial accounting concepts that aid entrepreneurs,
managers, investors, and creditors in planning, operating,
and analyzing a business. Emphasis is on interpretation of
financial statements.
ACC 252 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh 2-3:45 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 71012 Staff
Introduction to the role of accounting information systems
in measuring performance, influencing employee behavior,
and facilitating planning decisions such as what products
and services to offer, in which markets, and at what prices. Prerequisite: ACC 151; sophomore standing.
ACC 477 Advanced Financial Accounting (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh Noon-1:45 p.m. CANCELED
Sec. M001 Class # 71906 Franklin
Accounting and reporting for business combinations, foreign currency transactions, derivatives, and governmental entities. Extra work required of graduate students.
Prerequisite: ACC 357.
ACT 441 Designing a Secure Network (3)
SESSION I
TTh 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Sec. U050 Class # 71701 Staff
Design a security framework for small, medium, and
enterprise networks using Wiindows technologies. Topics
include planning for user access, administrative access,
data transmission security, public/private network
security and e-commerce. Prerequisite: instructor consent.
ADD 300 Branding and Advertising for the Greater Good (3)
MAYmester
MTWTh 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CANCELED
Sec. M500 Class # 71756 Cooney/Toland
Focus on re-branding and developing new advertising
strategies for not-for-profit community/national
organizations specializing in social/environmental issues.
Teamwork, research, writing, designing materials for
campaigns.
ADD 400 Visual Communication in New York City (3)
SESSION II
MTWThF 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sa 9 a.m.-noon. Meets 7/21-7/26. Note date change!
Contingent upon sufficient enrollment. Limited enrollment.
Sec. M750 Class # 71417 Hine
Students visit studios and offices of well-known
illustrators, designers, advertisers, professional trade
associations, artists’ representatives, and headhunters for
six days in New York City. On the final day students
reflect on the week’s experience and meet other course
requirements. Students pay all expenses and are responsible for own housing. No guests. Prerequisite: sophomore, junior and senior majors in Advertising, Visual Communication, or Illustration majors OR instructor consent.
ANT 121 Peoples and Cultures of the World (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh 10-11:45 a.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70334 Townsend
Case studies of global cultural diversity. Exploration of
daily life, rites of passage, marriage, family, work,
politics, social life, religion, ritual, and art among
foraging, agricultural, and industrial societies.
ANT 185 Global Encounters: Comparing World Views and Values Cross-Culturally (3)
SESSION II
MTWTh 10-11:45 a.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 71734 Freedman
Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of
Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of
cultures and nature of cross-cultural understanding.
ANT 400 Archaeological Field Studies-Tubman (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 5/15-6/4.
Sec. M050 Class # 71730 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at the Harriet Tubman Home. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details. First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students supply own transportation to Auburn site. One Saturday meeting required, TBA. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 400 Archaeological Field Studies-St. Thomas (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 6/9-6/27.
Sec. M051 Class # 72058 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details.First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 443 Field Methods in Archaeology (6)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 5/15-6/4.
Sec. M050 Class # 71732 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at the Harriet Tubman Home or St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details.First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students supply own transportation to Auburn site. One Saturday meeting required, TBA. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 553 Women and Social Change (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 10:30 a.m.-noon Meets 7/21-25.
Sec. M030 Class # 70438 Pellow
Function of changes in women’s roles in sociocultural
urbanization, revolution, and modernization. Women in
Third World countries compared to women in
industrialized countries. Prerequisite: 3 credits in anthropolgy or permission of instructor. MSSc students only. Summer residency required. Limited space available for non-matriculated or Main Campus students. Contact the MSSc office at mssc@uc.syr.edu or 315-443-3299.
ANT 600 Comparative Cultural Analysis: Africa (3)
SESSION II
MTWTh 10:30 a.m.-noon.
F 8-9:30 a.m. Meets 7/14-18.
Sec. M030 Class # 70437 Pellow
West Africa and its colonial legacy: overview and
perspectives on the past; rural society; urban society and
processes of change. Prerequisite: MSSc students only. Summer residency required. Limited space available for non-matriculated or Main Campus students. Contact the MSSc office at mssc@uc.syr.edu or 315-443-3299.
ANT 600 Archaeological Field Studies-Tubman (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 5/15-6/4.
Sec. M050 Class # 71731 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at the Harriet Tubman Home or St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details.First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students supply own transportation to Auburn site. One Saturday meeting required, TBA. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 600 Archaeological Field Studies-St. Thomas (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 6/9-6/27.
Sec. M051 Class # 72059 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details.First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 643 Advanced Field Methods in Archaeology (6)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Meets 5/15-6/4.
Sec. M050 Class # 71733 Armstrong
Archaeological excavation at the Harriet Tubman Home or St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Archaeological excavation, field techniques, and laboratory analysis. No previous experience necessary. Prerequisite: instructor consent; contact Professor Armstrong for details.First meeting (5/15) in Maxwell 015, 9 a.m. Students supply own transportation to Auburn site. One Saturday meeting required, TBA. Students may register for 3 to 6 credits in Tubman portion (443/643 or 400/600 M050) and for additional credits (9 max in 400/600 and 443/643 combined) for advanced studies in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (400/600 M051). Students wanting more than 9 credits total should register for 490/690.
ANT 713 Proposal Writing (3)
SESSION I
MTWThF 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meets 5/19-6/2.
Sec. M750 Class # 71892 Wadley
A two-week workshop during which graduate students draft a proposal for dissertation or other research; includes extensive evaluation of ongoing drafts.
APH 500 Introduction to Black and White Photography (3)
MAYmester
MTWThF 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fee $105 CANCELED
Sec. M500 Class # 71878 Hraba
Traditional black and white darkroom techniques and processes. Emphasis on camera operation, composition, darkroom technique, and creative expression. Upon completion students should be able to successfully expose, develop, and print a well conceived composition. Using their own 35mm film cameras to take photographs, students will develop printing techniques such as burning, dodging, the controls of density and contrast, and basic photo-finishing. Must own 35mm manual camera.
ARB 101 Arabic I (4)
SESSION I
MTWThF Noon-4:45 p.m. Meets 5/27-6/27. CANCELED
Sec. M050 Class # 72028 Phillips
Proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Arabic. No prior experience or admission by placement testing.
ARB 102 Arabic II (4)
SESSION II
MTWThF Noon-3:45 p.m. Contingent upon sufficient enrollment.
Sec. M001 Class # 72017 Phillips
Continnuing proficiency-based course, which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Arabic. Prerequisite: ARB 101 or admiision by placement testing.
ARC 108 Architectural Design II (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70590 Staff
Continuation of basic design principles. Design problems
dealing with program, context, and construction. Prerequisite: ARC/NAS 107.
ARC 207 Architectural Design III (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 72196 Coleman
Transition from basic design to architectural design applying principles of graphic communication and composition to architectural forms. May be repeated for credit with permission of dean's office. Prerequisite: ARC/NAS 106.
ARC 208 Architectural Design IV (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70591 Staff
Interrelation of space, function, and structure. Continuing
application of principles of graphic communication and
composition. May be repeated for credit with permission of dean’s office. Prerequisite: ARC 103, 207.
ARC 307 Architectural Design V (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 72047 Rosa
More complex problems relating space, function, and structure. Various systems of support and encolsure. Prerequisite: ARC 182, 208.
ARC 308 Architectural Design VI (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70586 Staff
Continuation of ARC 307. Considering external
conditions as well as internal needs. Systems of
identifying and ordering the design process. Prerequisite: ARC 307.
ARC 407 Architectural Design VII (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70587 Staff
Fourth-year required design studio. Comparative studies of
European and American architecture and urbanism. Prerequisite: ARC 308.
ARC 408 Architectural Design VIII (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70588 Staff
Advanced and intensive design studio. Students choose
from a range of projects and critics. Prerequisite: ARC 311, 322, 308.
ARC 423 Building Systems—Advanced (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70580 Staff
Case studies of the interrelationships of design concepts
with construction, structural, and mechanical systems.
Lecture and studio. Prerequisite: ARC 322, 308.
ARC 500 The Modern Home (3)
MAYmester
MTWThFSaSu 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sec. M500 Class # 71852 Munly
As the most necessary of building forms, the dwelling
house provides a fertile program for architectural invention. Tour nationally-recognized homes to explore how
architectural form responds to—and constructs—ideas of
gender, nature, technology, health. One or two field trips
(2-3 overnights; houses TBA) involving visits to modern houses enhance classroom discussion and form the basis of team projects. (Last summer we toured houses by Frank Lloyd
Wright, Peter Eisenman, Russell Wright, and Philip Johnson.) Prerequisite: upper division or graduate standing; instructor consent. An interdisciplinary student group sought: course introduces architectural subject matter to the non-specialist as well as to the architectural student. Students bring their area interests to bear in discussions and on a team project. Transportation (by van and private vehicles) and lodging will be arranged, but students are responsible for all costs for travel, museum fees, meals, and motel.
ARC 500 Advanced Digital Modeling (3)
SESSION I
MTW 1-4:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 71769 Sprecher
Form-making, form-finding, and form-fabricating in AutoCAD, Rhino, and Max.
ARC 500 Architecture of the Revolutions: European Architecture from the Scientific to the Industrial Revolution (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh 5-6:35 p.m.
Sec. M006 Class # 72264 Bédard
Survey of European architecture from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Transformations of architectural practice by the “scientific revolution"; transformation of geometry and measure and how these key elements of architectural ideation lost their transcendental value to become technical operators. Analysis of the impact of the scientific method on the received body of rules derived from antiquity and codified during the Renaissance as “vitruvianism”; collapse of the classical tradition during the Industrial Revolution. Consequences of these transformations on future practice through the notions of style, functionalism, historicism, and rationalism. Major architects, buildings, and architectural treatises from France, England, and Germany as well as other European countries.
ARC 505 Thesis Preparation (3)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70579 Staff
Preparation for architectural design thesis project, ARC
508: subject selection; program and site descriptive and
analytic documents; research and development of
preliminary design studies. Prerequisite: ARC 223, 311, 322, 308 or 608.
ARC 508 Architectural Design IX—Thesis (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70578 Staff
Undergraduate thesis. Semester-long, advanced, student-
originated project based on a program and research
produced by the student and approved by the faculty. Prerequisite: ARC 423, 505.
ARC 608 Architectural Design V (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70589 Staff
Continuation of ARC 607. Project development. Choice of studio by permission. Prerequisite: ARC 607.
ARC 623 Building Systems—Advanced (4)
SESSION I
MTWTh 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70581 Staff
Case studies of the interrelationships of design concepts
with construction, structural, and mechanical systems.
Lecture and studio. Prerequisite: ARC 607, 612, 622.
ARC 998 Design VII —Thesis (6)
COMBINED SESSION
MTWThF 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 70570 Staff
A major, semester-long, final design project initiated and based on a program produced by the student and accepted by the faculty. Prerequisities: ARC 505, 623.
ART 200 Era and Artists of 19th Century America (3)
COMBINED SESSION
Online format
Sec. U800 Class # 71516 Hudson
Major American artists 1836-1920. How
they drew inspiration from cultural forces shaping society. Events, philosophies, and movements (Utopianism,
Impressionism) of their time. View their work in museums
or at online museum sites; use critical thinking skills to
strike a balance between expert interpretation and your own reactions to works of art produced during this period.
ART 300 Picasso and the Modern Movement (3)
SESSION I
MTWTh 10-11:45 a.m.
Sec. M001 Class # 71870 Fowler
Overview of Picasso and the Modern Movement. Important periods in Picasso's life; key modern art movements and theories; specific objects across a variety of media, situated within an appropriate context.
AST 101 Our Corner of the Universe (4)
SESSION I
MTWTh 9-11:45 a.m. Fee $25.
Sec. M001 Class # 70256 Staff
Historical and modern understanding of the nature of the
solar system. Includes laboratory with observations. May
be taken with AST 104 in either order or independently.
AST 104 Stars, Galaxies and the Universe (4)
SESSION II
MTWTh 9-11:45 a.m. Fee $25.
Sec. M001 Class # 70257 Staff
Historical and modern understanding of the nature of the
universe beyond the solar system. Includes laboratory with observations. May be taken with AST 101 in either order or independently.
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