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AMHR: AMHARIC COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

AMHR 101 AMHARIC FOR BEGINNERS (FALL) 3 CREDITS
The course’s aim is to provide students with basic and practical knowledge of Amharic, an African Business Language Skill, including the ability to
use the script (“Fedel”) and understand the fundamental grammatical structures of the language. In each uniy, dialogues, expressions, vocabulary
items, grammar, exercises and cultural considerations are incorporated. The course instruction will focus on everyday use of the
language, particularly in a business setting.

ANTH: ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ANTH 102 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
This course is a study of human evolution, racial origins, fossil man, prehistoric cultures, problems of race, nationality, language, and growth
and spread of religion and culture.
ANTH 301 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF AFRICA (FALL Only) 3 CREDITS
This course is a study of Africa, including its ethnic and tribal divisions and its cultural behavior, with attention given to the similarities and
differences in structure and function of cultural elements.

ANTH 302 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD (SPRING Only) 3 CREDITS
This course is a cross-cultural description and analysis of cultural and social institutions. The cultures of a representative number of groups will be
studied in terms of their implications for present-day society. Biological and cultural facts about living races are reviewed and analyzed.
ANTH 304 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (Periodically) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: Upper Division Status. This course is a study of language, its nature, its structure, and its cultural setting as a system of human
communication and interaction through which man understands man and develops a view of the world.

ANTH 305 ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (Periodically) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Status. This course reviews various schools of thought, contributions of scholars, and major concepts that have
developed into systematic theory; techniques and methods as related to archaeology, cultural and social anthropology; selected theoretical and
methodological problems.

ANTH 405 URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY (Periodically) 3 CREDITS
This course is designed to familiarize students with the scope of urban anthropology through use of the comparative, cross-cultural
perspective. Topics include the nature, roles, functions, and cultures of cities, as well as the urbanization process and the urban problems that
currently face our society.

ART: ART & VISUAL COMMUNICATON AND DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS (VCDMA) COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ART 100 ART FUNDAMENTALS (Non-Art Majors Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ART Majors Only. The purpose of this course in criticism, critical art theory and practice is to (re)introduce the student to the major
conceptual and practical issues that confronted artists, art historians, critics, aestheticians and museum professionals in the twentieth century.
Through the readings, seminar discussions, presentations,
field trips and debates, as well as written assignments, the student is also expected to familiarize herself/himself with the language of theory,
aesthetics, and philosophy as it developed over the course of time. In addition, this course will give students a "feel" for art as a dynamic, ever-
changing mode of cultural and historical discourse.

NOTE: This required course is specifically for students in the concentrations of: ART major.

ART 101 2D-DESIGN 3 CREDITS
This course is a study of visual organization. Theories of spatial organization and designing in various materials will be studied.

ART 102 3D-DESIGN 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ART 101. This course will emphasize the innovative use of various materials and techniques in two- and three-dimensional design.

ART 103 CRAFTS (Non-Art Majors Only) 3 CREDITS
This course will provide experiences in fundamental principles of design and the manipulation of two- and three-dimensional art forms.

ART 110 INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING 3 CREDITS
This course provides the fundamentals in the practice of drawing in various media, development of artistic discrimination, and drawing skills.

ART 111 LIFE DRAWING 3 CREDITS
This course is a study of the costumed and nude figure.

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