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AED 270 - Introduction to Visual Culture and Learning
An introduction to visual culture and its relationship to the development and maintenance of human knowledge and experience. Students will explore and gain insight into diverse forms of visual culture, including those different from and similar to their own cultural experiences; and will become aware of the relationship between visual culture and the theory and practice of contemporary education as it takes place within the contexts of schools, museums and other community-based settings. Developed primarily for Art Education, Museum Education and Community Practice students.
Prerequisites: Art Education Majors with a minimum of sophomore standing and ART 100, ART 110, ART 120, ART 200, ARH 155, and ARH 156 - or permission of the instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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AED 371 - Methods and Materials in Art Education
Introduction to instructional methods and strategies in art education. Exploration, development and evaluation of approaches to teaching, teaching and learning styles, educational materials, media and technologies. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: EDB 202 and EDB 221; 21 credits in Studio Art; 12 credits in Art History; 15 credits of General Education requirements.
Corequisites: AED 372 and AED 373.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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AED 372 - Foundations of Art Education
Includes historical, philosophical, political, psychological and sociological
foundations of art education; theories of child art; and critical examination
of current research, trends and issues in art education. Art education majors
or art certification students only. Lec 3.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Corequisites: AED 371 and AED 373.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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AED 373 - Introduction to Curriculum
Introduction to art curricula strategies and development. Includes instructional planning, lesson writing and organization, and practicum experience. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 2, Lab 1.
Corequisites: AED 371 and AED 372.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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AED 473 - Advanced Curriculum in Art Education
An examination of current theory, research and practice pertaining to curriculum development in art education. Including an exploration of traditional and innovative approaches to curriculum development in art education, problems and issues relevant to art curricula design and implementation, critical examination of existing curricula, and practice in developing and evaluating art curricula. Art education majors, art certification students or by instructor’s permission only. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372 and AED 373 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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AED 474 - SL: Topics in Art Education
Seminar in advanced research and practice in art education and related areas. Specific topic to be announced. This course has been designated as a UMaine Service-Learning course.
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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AED 496 - Field Experience in Art Education
Students involved in pre-professional activities with art education in schools or community agencies may apply for supervision and credit for the project.
Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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AED 497 - Independent Study in Art Education
Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.
Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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AED 498 - Directed Study in Art Education
Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.
Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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ANT 101 - Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory
A survey course focusing on the evolution of humankind, the development of culture, and the beginnings of civilization. Required for Anthropology majors.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 102 - Introduction to Anthropology: Diversity of Cultures
A survey course focusing on the nature of culture, similarities and differences among the world’s cultures, relationships among cultures, and culture change. Required for Anthropology majors.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 120 - Religions of the World
A survey of the distinctive features of the major world religions and the most studied Native American, African and aboriginal Australian religions. Focuses on the fit between myth and ritual, the problems involved in trying to understand both “from the believer’s point of view,” and what generalizations can be made about religion in general.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ANT 140 - Cities of the Ancient World
This course explores ancient urbanism in a global context. It includes theoretical approaches to the concept of ‘city’ and weekly explorations of urban landscapes among ancient civilizations of the world.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 170 - Popular Archaeology
Many popular ideas about the past are at odds with what professional archaeologists think they know. Most of us find the past inherently interesting, without embellishment. But we are commonly confronted by intriguing beliefs in visits by ancient astronauts, the lost continent of Atlantis, etc. While some of these ideas may have merit, many do not. Develops methods for evaluating critically the archaeological record, sorting out science from pseudoscience and distinguishing that which is plausible from that which is unlikely.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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ANT 207 - Introduction to World Archaeology
An overview of the human record as determined by archaeology using examples drawn from the global experience.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 210 - Biological Anthropology
Introduces current topics in human biology and evolution including human origins and the fossil record, human genetics and population variability, and human and non-human primate behavior.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 212 - The Anthropology of Food
Food is the most direct and meaningful connection people have with the environment, a connection that addresses both biological and cultural needs. This course aims at exposing students to the different ways in which anthropologists think about food across its sub-disciplines as a way to understand human origins, behavior, and cultural diversity. Themes include food procurement strategies, influence on human evolution, religious traditions and food, food as pertains to power dynamics, warfare, gender relations and identity, and the role of food in environmental and sustainable development policy-making.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 221 - Introduction to Folklore
A survey of the different genres of folklore, its forms, uses, functions and modes of transmission. Emphasis on belief, custom and legend.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 225 - Climate Change, Societies and Cultures
Surveys the human dimensions of climate change from a cultural perspective: The interactions among societies, cultures, and climate change. Reviews climate-change futures and their human implications around the world; drivers of climate change; and technological, social, and cultural mitigation and adaptations strategies. Perspective throughout is universalistic (all human societies, past and present) and holistic (all realms of thought and behavior, though with particular emphasis on social, political, and cultural dimensions).
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and Environment requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 235 - Cultural Perceptions of Nature
Examines the concept of nature in a variety of cultural contexts. Emphasis is on the development of contemporary views and their impacts on environmental management.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 245 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
An exploration into the commonality and diversity of sex and gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and an examination of cultural and bio-social explanations for why such diversity exists. Foci include contemporary approaches to sex and gender, changing views about men’s and women’s roles in human evolution, the conditions under which gender roles vary in contemporary societies and the issues surrounding gender equality, power and politics.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 249 - Religion and Violence
Explores the anthropology of contemporary political violence. The ethnographic study of terrorism, guerilla warfare, state terror and human rights will be complemented by examination of the ethical and methodological concerns that arise in this special area of investigation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ANT 250 - Conservation Anthropology: The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Environmental Issues
Conservation is fundamentally a socio-cultural problem. Examines the different types of human/nature relationships that emerge across various cultural, environmental, socio-economic, and political contexts. Through a comparative approach this course is designed to illustrate how culture is an important variable when creating viable conservation strategies. Themes covered in class include protected areas, indigenous and traditional knowledge, resource management, market-based conservation, environmental economics, and political ecology. Case studies: United States, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and Papua New Guinea.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 252 - Civilization in South Asia
An exploration into the nature of civilization in South Asia, focusing on India. The central religious tradition of Hinduism and the caste order are investigated, with complementary perspectives provided by non-Hindu traditions. The impact of colonialism and development of national identities are also considered. Anthropological views are distinguished from and supplemented by other disciplinary perspectives.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions requirements.
Credits: 3
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ANT 256 - Ethnic Conflict
An exploration of ethnic conflict and revival today including a survey of anthropological theories of ethnicity, focusing on ethnic revival in the modern world. European and other ethnic groups of the industrialized West provide the major cases to be considered.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 260 - Forensic Anthropology
Provides an introduction to the application of the theory and methods of physical anthropology to medicolegal investigations and problems. The field consists of four basic topics: 1) human skeletal anatomy, 2) developing a biological profile, 3) the science of decomposition, and 4) forensic anthropology in the court system.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 261 - Islamic Fundamentalism
A survey of the distinctive ideological and social features of Islamic fundamentalist movements.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 120
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ANT 270 - Environmental Justice Movements in the United States
Examines how poor and racialized communities have responded to the incidence, causes, and effects of environmental racism and injustice. Special attention will be given to how critiques offered by these communities challenge the knowledge and procedural forms of justice embedded in environmental policy and democracy in the United States. Case studies will be drawn from readings on African-American, European-Americans, Chicano and Latino Americance, and Native Americans.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 290 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Intermediate treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 295 - American Indians and Climate Change
Introduces students to the Indian cultures of the United States and U.S. territories in the South Pacific, paying particular attention to the issue of climate change and how it is impacting indigenous peoples in these regions; also examines climate effects on natural resource conditions as it relates to Indian cultures and the roles indigenous groups play in policy responses to climate change.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 311 - Geography of Climate Change
Introduces students to theories of environmental sustainability transitions and resource use in the context of climate change.
Prerequisites: Any ANT or GEO course or permisson
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 316 - Shipwreck Sites: Archaeological and Historical Investigations
The process of a complete shipwreck site investigation, from initial research though publication. ANT 316 and HTY 316 are identical courses.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites: Three credits of History or permisson.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 317 - Fundamentals of Archaeology
Techniques of excavation and analysis; theoretical basis of methods and fundamental principles; application to specific case studies; the use of geological, biological, chemical and other tools in archaeological research. A one-day compulsory weekend field trip to local archaeological sites.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 207 or permission. Required for Anthropology majors.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 328 - S/He: Rituals & Folk Traditions of Gender
This course will explore and examine several aspects of traditional cultural practices and rituals of women and men. We will look at how women and men express, question and negotiate gender in everyday face-to-face interactions, ritual celebration, and various forms of public display. Folklore, as narrative, material culture, and social practices, will also illuminate how gendered spaces, languages, and experiences provide a unique way of expressing the everyday.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 221 or WST 101.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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ANT 330 - The U.S. Folk Experience
Examines how disenfranchised groups respond through their traditional expressive folklore to the incidences, causes and effect of racism and injustice found in the United States, as well as maintaining and conveying their values, and sense of identity at simultaneous levels (individual, communal, regional) to each other and the larger society. Groups read and examined are Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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ANT 372 - North American Prehistory
The history of North American native peoples from the first evidence to the arrival of the Europeans. Emphasis on major culture areas and issues such as glacial and postglacial adaptation, development of agriculture, and the emergence of sedentism.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 207 or ANT 317 or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 400 - Basic Theory in Cultural Anthropology
A seminar in which the most important theories shaping modern cultural and social anthropology will be presented through the analysis of key monographs. Emphasis placed on developing critical thinking and library research skills. Required of all Anthropology majors.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: Permission, and ANT 102 and ANT major standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 420 - Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
Designed to challenge students to critically evaluate the relationship between humans and their environment, and to assess the local, regional, and global impact of humans on our planet. The long, diachronic approach taken here, particularly over the past 10,000 years, will serve to broaden our understanding of how humans have effected change in our landscapes and resource distribution in the past, and ultimately how this perspective may be integrated with contemporary resource management and environmental policy for the future. Historical ecology is also introduced as a research program structured to evaluate the historical role human agency has played in shaping contemporary landscapes.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or EES 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 421 - Inca Society and Peasants of the Andes
Explores the nature of Inca civilization of South America as it began to form in the 15th century. Also explores the organization of Andean peasant communities, which constituted the foundation of Inca society in the past and continues to dominate Andean landscapes today.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 207, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 425 - Recorded Interviewing Techniques and Methods
This course will introduce students to the theory and methodology of ethnographic and oral history fieldwork as it is practiced by social scientists and humanities researchers. Students will learn to prepare research plans, develop questions, and conduct and record interviews. They will learn how to navigate the essential practices of permissions, understand the concepts of copyright of research materials as it pertains to interviews, and fulfill the requirements of the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB) - Required Training at the University of Maine. Students will learn about the practices of archiving research materials and how to interpret and incorporate interview research into a research paper or documentary.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 426 - Native American Folklore
An overview of folklore and folklife covering various genres of traditional expressive culture.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 430 - Who Owns Native Cultures?
The answer to the simple question of who owns Native American / American Indian / indigenous cultures and cultural productions is surprisingly complex and engages the history of anthropology and the nature of anthropological knowledge itself. Course examines the evolving relationships between anthropologists, historians, and other researchers with indigenous peoples (in particular American Indians) and what kinds of ethical and legal relationships have evolved over time to address this question. Also looks at the ways in which contemporary cultural resource management by indigenous peoples serves as a key articulation of indigenous nationhood and sovereignty. Special attention is given to recent scholarship by indigenous researchers that decolonizes standard academic practices and roots the ownership of Native cultures and research in Native communities.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 431 - Folklore, the Environment and Public Policy
Examines the interaction of humans with the environment from the perspective of folklore, and reviews its impact on public policy at the local, state, federal and international level.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 441 - People and Cultures of the Pacific Islands
Topics include Pacific geography, the history and prehistory of the Pacific islands, cultural traditions of the ancient Polynesians with special reference to the political evolution of their societies, cultural traditions of the Melanesians with special reference to art, warfare and ritual, cultural traditions of the Micronesians with special reference to the problems of these Oceanic people in the modern world.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 448 - Ethnography Through Film
A critical analysis of film from an anthropological perspective. Students will be introduced to the history of the use of ethnographic film in anthropology, and they will consider how professional anthropologists living at different times have used motion pictures to capture aspects of human cultural behavior. Students will also examine how ethnographic films, documentaries, and popular motion pictures (past and present) have been used to represent people in a variety of cultures. We will ask how professional anthropologists may differ from other types of filmmakers in their treatment of the same cultural groups and/or subjects.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Writing Intensive General Education Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 451 - Native American Cultures and Identities
Covers both traditional culture patterns and modern developments and problems. Includes consideration of traditional culture areas, emphasizing adaptations and cultural dynamics, past and present.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ANT 454 - Cultures and Societies of the Middle East
Each semester, a specific Middle Eastern conflict will be examined with particular attention to the different ways it is understood by the parties involved. The course will attempt to demonstrate the importance of understanding conflict from the insider’s point of view.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 458 - Anthropology of War
Surveys war in human prehistory and history and the anthropological theories developed to explain it. The primary focus is on pre-industrial warfare, especially the contact-era Pacific. Throughout the course, however, this comparative perspective will be brought to bear on what pre-modern warfare tells us about war in the modern world.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 459 - Peoples and Cultures of South America
Social, political, economic and religious institutions of native and mestizo peoples in South America, using examples from selected areas (Amazonian lowlands, Andean highlands, southern cone.) Traditional culture patterns and modern developments and problems, including syncretism of European and native systems and role of modern beliefs about pre-European lifeways.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102
Credits: 3
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ANT 462 - Numerical Methods in Anthropology
Introduction to how numerical methods are used in anthropological research. Topics include: survey and history of numerical methods in anthropology, presentation and description of quantitative and qualitative anthropological data, probability, testing anthropological hypotheses using parametric and nonparametric statistics, the pitfalls and potential of numerical methods in anthropology.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Quantitative Literacy Requirement.
Prerequisites: one course in anthropology or sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 465 - Political Anthropology
A study of mechanisms and institutions for mediating disputes and allocating public power in selected non-Western societies.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 469 - Theories of Religion
Considers various anthropological approaches to religion including evolutionary, historical, psychological, functional, structural, and symbolic. Emphasis on the appropriateness of these theories for the wide range of cross-cultural material available.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 470 - Religion and Politics
A study of religion and politics in a wide variety of human societies, past and present with particular emphasis on 1) the interrelationships among religion, culture, and political ideology as systems of belief and value, 2) the relationship between religious and national identity and 3) the role of interests and values in determining political action.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 120 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 475 - Environmental Archaeology
Introduces historical and current theoretical literature which addresses cultural environmental relationships in prehistoric contexts. Emphasis on outlining the kinds of environmental data that survive in the historical record (geological, floral, faunal, soils, etc.), the sampling methods used to collect different kinds of data and types of inferences that can be made from surviving data regarding fossil cultural environmental relationships.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 317 or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ANT 476 - The Ancient Maya
Examines the origins and development of ancient Maya civilization beginning with precursors to Maya culture in the first two millennia BC and ending with the final conquest of the last independent Maya kingdom in 1697. Among the topics covered will be the rise of complex society in the Maya region, the history of individual Maya city-states and rulers, social and political organization, art and religion, craft production and economy, commoner life, hieroglyphic writing, human-environment dynamics, and the Classic Maya collapse.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 207 or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 477 - Field Research in Archaeology
Introduction to archaeological field techniques through excavation of an archaeological site. Intensive training in site survey, excavations techniques, recording, analysis and preliminary interpretation of archaeological materials. Generally conducted on prehistoric and historic sites in Maine. Admission by application only.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 2-6
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ANT 478 - Zooarchaeology
A laboratory course covering techniques for analysis and interpretation of osteological remains from archaeological sites. Rec 2, Lab 2.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement.
Prerequisites: ANT 317 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 4
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ANT 479 - Laboratory Techniques in Prehistoric Archaeology
Hands-on experience in lab techniques using real archaeological materials. Includes analysis, classification and synthesis of the data. Rec 1, Lab 2.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 480 - Andean Prehistory
Prehistoric archaeology of the Andean region of western South America from the first arrival of people to the Spanish Conquest. Changing lifeways as Andean peoples adapted to and with new and changing environments and technologies. Origin and development of complex society in the region, culminating with the Inca Empire.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectivies and the Population and Environment General Education Requirements.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 207 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 490 - Topics in Anthropology
Advanced treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 492 - Capstone in Anthropology
Provides seniors with an opportunity to conduct in-depth research and analysis with a faculty member in conjunction with an existing course. Program must be approved by department. Required of majors.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: Permission and senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1
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ANT 493 - Capstone in Anthropology: What does it mean to be human?
Capstone course for Anthropology and International Affairs in Anthropology majors. Addresses five themes concerning anthropology and what it means to be human. (1) Debate and Argumentation in Anthropology; (2) Science, Theory, and the Applications of Anthropological Inquiry; (3) Race and Human Variation; (4) Climate, Environment, and Culture; and (5) Religion and Warfare in Human Society. Emphasis on topics of relevance to contemporary society. Faculty from all anthropological sub-disciplines of Anthropology will contribute lectures.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Captstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing in the Anthropology or International Affairs in Anthropology majors
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ANT 494 - Method and Theory in Archaeology
The history of, and current debates in, archaeological methods and theory, with a focus on Americanist archaeology.
Prerequisites: ANT 300 or ANT 317 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ANT 497 - Department Projects
A special project course. Specific content, scheduling and credit hours proposed
by student in consultation with instructor. Maximum of 3 credit hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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ARA 101 - Elementary Arabic I
A systematic study of the basics of the Arabic language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Culture is also an integral component of this course. Intended for students with no prior study of Arabic or fewer than two years in high school. This course is the first of 2-semester sequence.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 5
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ARA 102 - Elementary Arabic II
A systematic study of the basics of the Arabic language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Culture is also an integral component of this course. Intended for students who have successfully completed ARA 101. This course is the second of a 2-semester sequence.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives requirement
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 5
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ARH 100 - Art and Human Experience
An exploration of the relationships between art and human experience as they exist within historical, cross-cultural and contemporary contexts. Focus is on specific areas of human experience as they intersect with the creation, understanding and use of visual artifacts.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: Non-art majors only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ARH 155 - Art and Visual Culture in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Paleolithic and Ancient Worlds to the end of the Middle Ages.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ARH 156 - Art and Visual Culture in the Modern Era
Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Renaissance to the present.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ARH 251 - Classical Art and Architecture
Survey of the art and architecture of Greece and Rome in their historical context since the beginnings of Aegean civilization to the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 252 - Mediterranean Medieval Art and Architecture
An in-depth survey of the art and architecture of the Mediterranean world, including Southern Europe, the Mid-East and northern Africa, from the first decades through the fourteenth century, examines how diverse Christian and Islamic cultures built upon the strong legacy of the Classical world. The unique artistic visions of each region spawned cross-cultural developments, facilitated by the relative ease of movement that the Mediterranean permitted.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Artistic and Creative Expression and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 253 - Northern European Medieval Art and Architecture
Surveys the art and architecture of the major civilizations of Northern Europe
that developed there from the fourth century through the fifteenth, including
the Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic eras, focussing upon the diversity of particular cultural identities and their interrelationships among one another
and the Mediterranean cultures with which they interacted. Offered in 3-year rotation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and international Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 255 - Italian Renaissance Art
Survey of the major works of painting, sculpture and architecture of the Italian Renaissance in their historical context from the 13th century to the early 16th century.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 257 - Northern Renaissance Art
Survey of the art of the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany in its historical context from Late Gothic of the 14th century to Mannerism of the 16th century.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 and ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 258 - Baroque Art and Architecture
Surveys the art and architecture of the Baroque era in Southern and Northern Europe, along with their settlements in the Americas, focus on the major shifts in the European world outlook. The course investigates how the art of the period reflects the rise of strong national identities, radically shifting political powers, growing colonialism around the globe, religious reformation and increased interests in empirical knowledge and scientific inquiry. Offered in 3-year rotation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 or ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 261 - Nineteenth-Century European Art
This topical survey of European visual arts form 1700 to 1900 looks to the broader political, social and cultural contexts of the era. This class considers movements in art from Romanticism to Symbolism and Post-Impressionism.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and the Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 156.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 262 - Early Modern Art: From Fauvism to Surrealism
In a thematic consideration of art and its related concepts from 1900 to 1945, this course places particular emphasis on the notions of modernity and the diversity of artistic forms that the period spawned. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 263 - Late Modern Art: From Abstract Expressionism Through New Forms
This thematic course considers art forms and conceptual developments from the mid-Twentieth century through the middle of the 1970’s. It places particular emphasis on the expanding nature of the work of art and the changing role, place and function of the artist during the period. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 264 - Themes and Issues in Contemporary Art
Surveys the major topical themes in Western and non-western art from ca. 1980 to the present (including identity and body politics, globalization, the environment, millennialism, and violence and terror). The course also examines the theoretical discourses and “issues” - raised by artists, art historians, critics, philosophers, and politicians - that attend visual representation during this period. Among those “issues” are postmodern discourse, the politics of display, the art market, and notions of originality and ownership. Various media are examined, including painting, printmaking, photography, video, film, and digital forms.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 265 - American Art
Survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in the United States from 1776-1945.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 156
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 270 - Topical Survey in History of Art
Surveys the historical artifacts and monuments of culture not covered by the regular rotation of Department offerings, such as those by African, Asian or Pre-Columbian peoples. Students may repeat this course for credit to study different cultures.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ARH 361 - Topics in Art History
Identifies and develops a particular topic within the field of History of Art
not covered by traditional notions of period, geographic identity, or style. Specific
topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 or ARH 156 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ARH 369 - Film and Video Theory Seminar
Topics in film and video theory, with attention to their critical language, philosophical underpinnings, and social contexts, worked through in terms of select examples. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar, and develop them as major papers. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 397 - Independent Study in Art History
Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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ARH 398 - Directed Study in Art History
Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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ARH 451 - Art Theory and Criticism
Examination and discussion of aesthetic theory and its relationship to the visual arts; study of a wide range of ideas in the development of aesthetic thought with primary emphasis on contemporary theory; application of theoretical systems in the critical analysis of a work of art.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 155 and ARH 156.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 452 - Critical Methods in History of Art
This seminar immerses students within the historiography of History of Art, making them familiar with the philosophical underpinnings, historical context, rhetorical tones, critical vocabularies and intended goals of each investigative strategy. The exploration of the various methodological approaches that the field has supported includes: Connoisseurship, Iconography, Reception Theory, Marxism, Feminism, Deconstruction, Visual Linguistics and perhaps other emerging schemes.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 466 - Twentieth Century Art and Architecture Seminar
In an in-depth consideration, this seminar focuses upon the culture, period, artists or artist, or of a particular issue in the history of art and/or architecture of the twentieth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 262 or ARH 263.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 492 - Baroque Research Seminar
Addresses focussed topics within the field of Baroque History of Art such as the development of genre painting, the rise of viewer engagement, visions of the New World, etc. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar and develop them as major papers. May be repeated for credit. Offered in 3-year rotation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Artistic and Creative Expression and the Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 258 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 493 - Medieval Research Seminar
Focus on special topics selected by the instructor in the field of Medieval History
of Art. Students will define and research their own individual projects, present
them within the forum of the seminar, with the aim of delivering them at a professional
conference and bring them to fruition as publishable papers. May be repeated for
credit. Offered in 3-year rotation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 494 - Renaissance Research Seminar
Focus on special topics selected by the instructor in the field of Renaissance History of Art. Students will define and research their own individual projects, present them within the forum of the seminar, with the aim of delivering them at a professional conference and bring them to fruition as publishable papers. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 495 - Modern/Post-Modern Seminar
An advanced examination of major theoretical tendencies in modern and contemporary visual art, this seminar stresses connections with the other arts and various conceptual frames, such as Marxism, existentialism, structuralism and post-structuralism. Entails intensive reading, research and writing on selected topics that vary semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: ARH 262 or ARH 263.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ARH 496 - Field Experience in Art History
Students engaged in professional activities related to their area of study may apply for supervision and credit for the project.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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ARH 497 - Independent Study in Art History
Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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ARH 498 - Directed Study in Art History
Advanced directed study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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ARH 499 - Capstone Experience in History of Art
As a guided practicum, this course will have senior majors draw from the full breadth of their undergraduate experiences in the History of Art. Requires students to research a focused project developed from primary source materials, in an investigation that will result in a professional presentation, namely a publishable paper, a public lecture, a museum show or an equivalent.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ARP 100 - Academic Recovery Seminar
This pass/fail course for first-year students on academic probation during the spring semester will enhance their ability to successfully develop critical academic skills, utilize available supportive resources, and balance academic and social demands. Students will identify and understand the tools that will facilitate a successful college experience, and in so doing, share the traditions, mission, and academic expectations of The University of Maine. (Pass/Fail)
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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