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Sur­vey of West­ern Art from 1300 to the Pre­sent

Survey of Western Art from 1300 to the Present

A study of African Amer­i­can dra­matic lit­er­a­ture to ex­plore the com­plex ways in which the black ex­pe­ri­ence is con­structed and pre­sented by play­wrights. Stu­dents may have an op­por­tu­nity to ex­pe­ri­ence a the­atri­cal pro­duc­tion in New York City. More specif­i­cally, this course is di­vided into dis­tinct sec­tions. It in­cludes a his­tor­i­cal overview of early Black the­atre through­out the di­as­pora. It con­sid­ers how mid-twen­ti­eth cen­tury play­wrights like Lor­raine Hans­berry, James Bald­win, Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka, and Ntozake Shange shape the aes­thet­ics and dis­courses within Black the­atre, and in doing so, cre­ate tra­jec­to­ries for con­tem­po­rary Black play­wrights, who also ex­plore the so­cial, po­lit­i­cal and cul­tural ex­pe­ri­ences of Africana peo­ple.

A study of African American dramatic literature to explore the complex ways in which the black experience is constructed and presented by playwrights. Students may have an opportunity to experience a theatrical production in New York City. More specifically, this course is divided into distinct sections. It includes a historical overview of early Black theatre throughout the diaspora. It considers how mid-twentieth century playwrights like Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka, and Ntozake Shange shape the aesthetics and discourses within Black theatre, and in doing so, create trajectories for contemporary Black playwrights, who also explore the social, political and cultural experiences of Africana people.

This course is a gen­eral in­tro­duc­tion to the four fields of an­thro­pol­ogy that looks at how an­thro­pol­o­gists study cul­tural and phys­i­cal as­pects of hu­mankind. We will ex­plore a range of so­ci­eties and meth­ods an­thro­pol­o­gists study. This course cov­ers such top­ics as eco­nomic sys­tems, pop­u­la­tion dy­nam­ics, kin­ship, po­lit­i­cal sys­tems, re­li­gion, art, med­i­cine, as well as glob­al­iza­tion, power re­la­tions and ethics. This course cov­ers cross-cul­tural ethno­graphic data in­clud­ing Africa, Meso-Amer­ica, Aus­tralia, and Asia.

This course is a general introduction to the four fields of anthropology that looks at how anthropologists study cultural and physical aspects of humankind. We will explore a range of societies and methods anthropologists study. This course covers such topics as economic systems, population dynamics, kinship, political systems, religion, art, medicine, as well as globalization, power relations and ethics. This course covers cross-cultural ethnographic data including Africa, Meso-America, Australia, and Asia.