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An in­tro­duc­tion to art and ar­chi­tec­ture from an­cient to mod­ern times. The art of West­ern and East­ern cul­tures is con­sid­ered. Ad­di­tional de­scrip­tion for this sec­tion: This course is de­signed to get you think­ing about art. What is art? How is art pro­duced? What is the func­tion of art? Art is a record of cul­ture and civ­i­liza­tion, often it is the sole way we can un­der­stand what was mean­ing­ful to peo­ple sep­a­rated from us by time, lan­guage and tech­nol­ogy. Art also helps us un­der­stand our own time and cul­ture. This course con­nects art to past his­to­ries, and in­tro­duces stu­dents to the vi­sual lan­guage of art from an­cient to mod­ern times, in order to in­crease the recog­ni­tion and un­der­stand­ing of ref­er­ences in ad­ver­tise­ments and posters, on cloth­ing, and in film and other media. The course in­tro­duces a wide va­ri­ety of method­olo­gies and top­ics of cur­rent de­bate in the field of art his­tory, in­clud­ing: style, tech­nique, pa­tron­age, iconog­ra­phy (sub­ject mat­ter), so­cial con­text, race, and gen­der. The course avatar is a wa­ter­color by Al­brecht Durer, The Lit­tle Owl, 1506 in the Al­bertina Mu­seum, Vi­enna

An introduction to art and architecture from ancient to modern times. The art of Western and Eastern cultures is considered. Additional description for this section: This course is designed to get you thinking about art. What is art? How is art produced? What is the function of art? Art is a record of culture and civilization, often it is the sole way we can understand what was meaningful to people separated from us by time, language and technology. Art also helps us understand our own time and culture. This course connects art to past histories, and introduces students to the visual language of art from ancient to modern times, in order to increase the recognition and understanding of references in advertisements and posters, on clothing, and in film and other media. The course introduces a wide variety of methodologies and topics of current debate in the field of art history, including: style, technique, patronage, iconography (subject matter), social context, race, and gender. The course avatar is a watercolor by Albrecht Durer, The Little Owl, 1506 in the Albertina Museum, Vienna

Col­lege Al­ge­bra and Trigonom­e­try An in­ter­me­di­ate and ad­vanced al­ge­bra course. Top­ics in­clude qua­dratic equa­tions, the dis­tance and mid­point for­mula, graph­ing parabo­las and cir­cles, sys­tems of lin­ear and qua­dratic equa­tions, an in­tro­duc­tion to ex­po­nen­tial and log­a­rith­mic func­tions. Top­ics from trigonom­e­try in­clud­ing basic trigono­met­ric func­tions, iden­ti­ties, equa­tions and so­lu­tions of tri­an­gles.

College Algebra and Trigonometry An intermediate and advanced algebra course. Topics include quadratic equations, the distance and midpoint formula, graphing parabolas and circles, systems of linear and quadratic equations, an introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions. Topics from trigonometry including basic trigonometric functions, identities, equations and solutions of triangles.

“I went into pho­tog­ra­phy be­cause it seemed like the per­fect ve­hi­cle for com­ment­ing on the mad­ness of today’s ex­is­tence.” — Robert Map­plethorpe This course sur­veys the his­tory of pho­tog­ra­phy from its be­gin­nings in the early nine­teenth cen­tury to the pre­sent. We will ex­am­ine the use of pho­tog­ra­phy for aes­thetic, doc­u­men­tary, and “sci­en­tific” pur­poses, styl­is­tic shifts in pho­tog­ra­phy re­lated to aes­thetic con­cerns, and vary­ing in­ter­pre­ta­tions of sub­ject mat­ter based on so­cial and cul­tural con­cerns at spe­cific mo­ments in his­tory. We will also con­sider the re­la­tion­ship be­tween pho­tog­ra­phy and the vi­sual arts in gen­eral, which cul­mi­nates with the pri­macy of pho­tog­ra­phy as a medium by the late twen­ti­eth cen­tury.

“I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today’s existence.” — Robert Mapplethorpe This course surveys the history of photography from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the present. We will examine the use of photography for aesthetic, documentary, and “scientific” purposes, stylistic shifts in photography related to aesthetic concerns, and varying interpretations of subject matter based on social and cultural concerns at specific moments in history. We will also consider the relationship between photography and the visual arts in general, which culminates with the primacy of photography as a medium by the late twentieth century.