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| African-American and African Studies | |
| AAS 150 | Special Topics in African American Studies (0) |
| Special Topics in African American Studies. | |
| AAS 1010 | Introduction to African-American and African Studies I (4) |
| This introductory course surveys the histories of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean from approximately the Middle Ages to the 1880s. Emphases include the Atlantic slave trade and its complex relationship to Africa; the economic systems, cultures, and communities of Africans and African-Americans in the New World, in slavery and in freedom; the rise of anti-slavery movements; and the socio-economic systems that replaced slavery in the late 19th century. | |
| AAS 1020 | Introduction to African-American and African Studies II (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This introductory course builds upon the histories of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean surveyed in AAS 1010. Drawing on disciplines such as Anthropology, History, Religious Studies, Political Science and Sociology, the course focuses on the period from the late 19th century to the present and is comparative in perspective. It examines the links and disjunctions between communities of African descent in the United States and in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The course begins with an overview of AAS, its history, assumptions, boundaries, and topics of inquiry, and then proceeds to focus on a number of inter-related themes: patterns of cultural experience; community formation; comparative racial classification; language and society; family and kinship; religion; social and political movements; arts and aesthetics; and archaeology of the African Diaspora. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AAS 1559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New course in the subject of African American Studies. |
| AAS 2210 | Introduction to African Literatures & Cultures (3) |
| This course is a survey of literary texts in English by contemporary African writers. Students will read a variety of texts including novels, short stories, poetry, film and songs and critically analyze the cultural and aesthetics of the literary landscape. Particular attention will be on how authors engage themes such as identity, patriarchy, gender, class, and politics in post-colonial structures. | |
| AAS 2220 | Introduction to Race, Class, Politics & the Environment (3) |
| Students will be introduced to the evidence and debates surrounding the claims that racialized and poor communities disproportionately shoulder society's environmental burdens. Through a variety of analytical and contextual lenses, we examine fundamental environmental problems faced by individuals and communities of color and the policies and initiatives designed to address them. | |
| AAS 2224 | Black Femininities and Masculinities in the US Media (3) |
| This course, taught as a lower-level seminar, will address the role the media has played in creating images and understandings of 'Blackness' in the United States, particularly where it converges with popular ideologies about gender. Course was offered January 2025, Summer 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013 | |
| AAS 2225 | Black Love: Media Representations vs. Reality (3) |
| How do media representations shape our perceptions and lived experiences of Black love? In this course, we will examine media portrayals of Black love alongside theoretical readings about the historical, social, and cultural elements that impact the development of Black relationships. In addition to exploring examples of Black romantic relationships, we will also explore Black love in the context of family, friendships, and community. | |
| AAS 2230 | African Refugees Cultures & Stories (3) |
| This course examines the experiences of African migrants and refugees through the lens of race, ethnicity, and migration. Through an engagement with the International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville and migrants in the area as well as literary and other written sources, notions of displacement, migration, genocide, ethnic and racial formation among other factors that are important in understanding international migration. | |
| AAS 2240 | Africans in America (3) |
| This course will focus on recent African arrivals to the United States, exploring the history of Africans who voluntarily entered the country. We will examine the lives of Africans who came to the US in the late 19th, 20th, and 21st century as students, visitors, missionaries, & temporary residents, as well as the reasons for African migration, settlement patterns and adjustment issues, and immigrant relationships with Americans, black and white. | |
| AAS 2263 | UVA in Kenya - Swahili Cultures: Then & Now (3) |
| Located in Kenya as a study abroad experience, this course is aimed at providing students with an immersive, interactive and intellectually enriching experience of the Swahili coast. Some of the main themes covered include language, cultures and practices, a critical understanding of the experience of race and racism, slavery and enslavement in the Swahili coast, and the historical cultural context of the region. | |
| AAS 2450 | The Health of Black Folks (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course analyzing the relationship between black bodies and biomedicine both historically and in the present. The course is co-taught by Norm Oliver, M.D. (UVa Department of Family Medicine), and offers political, economic, and post-structuralist lenses with which to interpret the individual and socio/cultural health and disease of African-Americans. Readings range across several disciplines including anthropology, epidemiology/public health, folklore, history, science studies, political science, sociology and literary criticism. Topics will vary and may include: HIV/AIDS; reproductive issues; prison, crime and drugs; and body size/image and obesity; the legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Trials. Cross listed as ANTH 2450. | |
| AAS 2500 | Topics Course in Africana Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Lower-level topics course: reading, class discussion, and written assignments on a special topic in African-American and African Studies Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 |
| AAS 2559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New course in the subject of African and African American Studies Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2014, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 |
| AAS 2657 | Routes, Writing, Reggae (3) |
| In this course, we will trace the history of reggae music and explore its influence on the development of Jamaican literature. With readings on Jamaican history, we will consider why so many reggae songs speak about Jah and quote from the Bible. Then, we will explore how Marcus Garvey's teachings led to the rise of Rastafarianism, which in turn seeded ideas of black pride and black humanity into what would become reggae music. | |
| AAS 2700 | Festivals of the Americas (3) |
| Communities throughout the Caribbean, and South, Central and North America celebrate festivals which are rooted in religious devotion, and which serve to mark sacred time and and to assert claims about religious, ethnic, and national identities. The class will read ethnographic accounts and listen to musical recordings of signature religious festivals--such as Saint Patrick's Day in Boston, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and Carnival in Brazil. | |
| AAS 2710 | Introduction to Afro-Latin America (3) |
| This seminar examines the historical and contemporary trajectories and the cultural and intellectual contributions of Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America. Students explore the myriad ways in which Afro-Latin Americans have shaped their societies from the colonial period to the present day. | |
| AAS 2740 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3) |
| In this course, students will gain an understanding of the richness and variety of African life. While no course of this kind can hope to give more than a broad overview of the continent, students will learn which intellectual tools and fundamental principles are necessary for approaching the study of the hundreds of cultural worlds that exist today on the African continent. This course will draw from ethnographic texts, literary works and film. | |
| AAS 2751 | African History through the Novel (3) |
| This course will introduce students to themes in the history of Africa and the African Diaspora through novels. The class encourages students to read several novels as history. The novels will help us understand various themes in African history from the precolonial era to independence, exploring the role of religion, gender, slavery, and colonialism, and relationship with the African Diaspora in the lives of African peoples. | |
| AAS 2760 | Empowered Women of Africa (3) |
| In this interdisciplinary survey course on women leaders in urban areas in Africa, we will examine the experiences of women from diverse societies across the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa during the colonial and postcolonial periods. Of particular importance is how women in these societies have faced challenges and how they emerge as leaders in their communities. | |
| AAS 3000 | Women and Religion in Africa (3) |
| This course examines women's religious activities, traditions and spirituality in a number of different African contexts. Drawing on ethnographic, historical, literary, and religious studies scholarship, we will explore a variety of themes and debates that have emerged in the study of gender and religion in Africa. Topics will include gendered images of sacred power; the construction of gender through ritual; sexuality and fertility; and women Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AAS 3113 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Americans in Horror (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The horror genre provides daring, unflinching lessons. It is a syllabus of our social, political, and racial world. Black horror, in particular, has established itself as a primer on the quest for social justice. What can such a boundary-pushing genre teach us about paths to solidarity and democracy? What can we learn about disrupting racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness? |
| AAS 3157 | Caribbean Perspectives (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Breaking with popular constructions of the region as a timeless tropical paradise, this course will re-define the Caribbean as the birthplace of modern forms of capitalism, globalization, and trans-nationalism. We will survey the founding moments of Caribbean history, including the imposition of slavery, the rise of plantation economies, and the development of global networks of goods and peoples. |
| AAS 3158 | Haiti and the US (3) |
| What are the origins of anti-Haitian antagonism in the U.S. and why has it persisted? From zombies to AIDS to the sensational headlines animating recent presidential debates, we uncover why Haiti has played a central role in U.S. political discourse, immigration policy, and popular culture for centuries. Explore the connection between history, film, photography, literature, and more! | |
| AAS 3160 | African Americans in Sport (3) |
| This course provides a historical and analytical understanding of the issues involving race, racism, race relations in American sport. This course provides an overview of the sporting events, activism, icons, and time periods that have been shaped by Americas continued struggle to improve race relations. | |
| AAS 3200 | Martin, Malcolm and America (3) |
| An intensive examination of African-American social criticism centered upon, but not limited to, the life and thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. We will come to grips with the American legacy of racial hatred and oppression systematized in the institutions of antebellum chattel slavery and post-bellum racial segregation and analyze the array of critical responses to, and social struggles against, this legacy. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AAS 3220 | Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Policy & Practice (3) |
| Through selected case studies, we will examine theories of racism and justice, the conceptual history and definitions of environmental racism, the historical development and goals of the environmental justice movement, stakeholder responses to environmental inequities , the impact of environmental justice policies on environmental inequities as well as their impact on subsequent political behavior and the impact of environmental justice policies | |
| AAS 3231 | Rise and Fall of the Slave South (3) |
| A history of the American South from the arrival of the first English settlers through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Cross-listed with HIUS 3231. | |
| AAS 3245 | Slavery in the Contemporary Literary Imagination (3) |
| This course will examine the work of African American authors whose work forms a subgenre of African American letters sometimes called the neo-slave narrative, concerned to explore and expand the historical and creative representation of slavery in the US and the UK. We will explore the limits of literary forms, racial (mis)representation and the historical records that have yielded this compelling production of writing in the past 30 years. | |
| AAS 3280 | Reading the Black College Campus (3) |
| Historically Black Colleges and University campuses are records of the process of democratizing (extending to excluded social groups such as African-Americans) opportunities for higher education in America. Through landscapes, we trace this record, unearthing the politics of landscapes via direct experience as well as via interpretations of representations of landscapes in literature, visual arts, maps, plans, and photographs. | |
| AAS 3300 | Social Science Perspectives on African American and African Studies (3) |
| This course will focus on major debates, theories, and methodological approaches in the social sciences that contribute to African American Studies. The course helps students to consider how a multidisciplinary approach enriches efforts to analyze such issues as health disparities, education, and incarceration as they relate to the African Diaspora. | |
| AAS 3310 | Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region (3) |
| This course is dedicated to examining government responses to environmental injustice. Our readings and discussions will use an interdisciplinary social-science perspective to track the trajectory of environmental justice activism and official responses to it in the five states (DE, MD, PA, VA, WVA) the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has designated as comprising the important but understudied mid-Atlantic region. | |
| AAS 3351 | African Diaspora Religions (3) |
| This seminar examines changes in ethnographic accounts of African diaspora religions, with particular attention to the conceptions of religion, race, nation, and modernity found in different research paradigms. Prerequisite: previous course in one of the following: religious studies, anthropology, AAS, or Latin American studies. | |
| AAS 3356 | Culture, Race and World Politics (3) |
| This course explores the role of culture and race in international politics. Cultural and ethnic factors have long influenced international relations, especially in the post Cold War era. These "identity" issues raise new questions about the role of national sovereighty and the prospects for democracy in countries around the world. We focus on several broad themes structured around the pivot of identity and otherness. | |
| AAS 3450 | Race, the Law, and the American Constitution (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the substance of the Constitution, the conditions under which it was developed, what it means, how its meaning has been determined, changed, interpreted and the ways in which it has shaped and has been shaped by ideas about and considerations of race. | |
| AAS 3456 | The Supreme Court and the Civil Rights Movement (3) |
| This course explores the role of the United States Supreme Court in defining the legality of racial distinctions in the United States in the post-Civil War era. Special attention is paid to the role of the court's landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education. The class will be taught in a discussion format based upon assigned readings. | |
| AAS 3457 | Issues in Civil Rights Law (3) |
| An exploration of critical issues in modern civil rights law. We engage competing visions of racial equality through law by examining topics such as school desegregation, affirmative action, urban policymaking, and the crisis of mass incarceration. This course will also highlight the limitations of civil rights law and consider the ways in which the law is often complicit in perpetuating race, gender and class hierarchies. Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| AAS 3471 | History of American Labor (3) |
| This course examines the economic, cultural, and political lives of the US working classes from the end of the Civil War to the present. | |
| AAS 3500 | Intermediate Seminar in African-American & African Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and written assignments on a special topic in African-American and African Studies. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AAS 3559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AAS 3645 | Musical Fictions (3) |
| Over the course of the semester, we will explore the genre of the contemporary musical novel in order to better understand why writers and readers are so intrigued by the figure of the musician as a literary trope. Pairing close listening and music theory with close readings of seminal blues, jazz, reggae, mambo, calypso and rock novels set in the US, UK, Jamaica, Trinidad, France and Germany. | |
| AAS 3652 | African American History since 1865 (3) |
| This course surveys the major political, economic, and cultural developments in black America from the end of the Civil War to the present. Through an engagement with various primary and secondary texts, and multimedia, students examine African Americans' endeavors to build strong families and communities, create socially meaningful art, and establish a political infrastructure capable of bringing into existence a more just and humane world. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| AAS 3671 | History of the Civil Rights Movement (3) |
| This course examines the history and legacy of the African American struggle for civil rights in twentieth century America. It provides students with a broad overview of the civil rights movement -- the key issues, significant people and organizations, and pivotal events -- as well as a deeper understanding of its scope, influence, legacy, and lessons for today. Course was offered January 2024, Fall 2020 | |
| AAS 3710 | African Worlds through Life Stories (3) |
| This course examines an array of African cultural worlds from the perspective of a variety of different life story genres. We will be addressing biography, autobiography, autofiction, memoirs, diaries, biographical documentary film and various artistic representations. Some critics claim that such genres, concentrating on the 'individual' in Western terms, are not appropriate for representing African experiences of personhood. | |
| AAS 3745 | Currents in African Literature (3) |
| In this course, we will read a sampling of some exciting new works of fiction from Africa's young and established writers. In particular, we will examine the literary innovations that African writers use to narrate issues affecting the continent such as dictatorship, the lingering effects of colonization, the postcolonial nation state, the traumas of war and geo-politics, religion, gender and sexuality, and migration, among others. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2019 | |
| AAS 3749 | Food and Meaning in Africa and the Diaspora (3) |
| This course investigates the traditions and symbolics of food and eating in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora -- wherever people of African descent have migrated or have been forced to move. This course will help students to investigate the way the foods people eat' or don't eat' hold meaning for people within a variety of cultural contexts.Topics will include symbol, taboo, sexuality, bodies, ritual, kinship & beauty, among others. Course was offered Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013 | |
| AAS 3750 | Women in African History (3) |
| This course explores themes and issues in the lives of women in Africa. These include women in early African history, culture, and the role of gender in Africa, encounter with Islam and the West, womens search for autonomy, etc. Emphasis is placed, as much as is possible, on the perspectives of women, how they view their history and their ongoing struggle for self-determination. | |
| AAS 3760 | Reading Black Digital Culture (3) |
| Using a mix of scholarly and popular-press readings and an examination of digital artifacts, we will analyze the creations and contributions of Black digital culture from the mid-90s to the present. Covering topics including the early Black blogosphere; the creation of niche content sites like BlackPlanet.com; the emergence of Black Twitter; the circulation of memes, and the use second-screening. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| AAS 3770 | Black Girlhood & the Media (3) |
| How do movies, viral videos, and memes impact the material lives of Black girls? This course offers an introduction to the emergent and growing field of Black Girlhood Studies, especially in relation to media representation and engagement. The course will cover foundational texts about Black girlhood alongside a range of media to explore the ways in which Black girlhood has been constructed and portrayed through these platforms. | |
| AAS 3810 | Race, Culture and Inequality (3) |
| This course will examine how culture matters for understanding race and social inequality. It will survey social science research about cultural forms such as everyday discourse, styles of dress, music, literature, visual arts, and media as they relate to race and inequality. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 | |
| AAS 3820 | Race, Medicine and Incarceration (3) |
| This intermediate seminar course explores selected topics in the history of race, medicine, and incarceration (broadly defined) and the ways in which the captive black body has functioned as a site of medical exploitation and profit from the period of slavery to the present. | |
| AAS 3830 | Being Human: Race, Technology, and the Arts (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is an introduction to Afrofuturism, exploring race and alienness, race and technology, and race and modernity through global futuristic representations of blackness in TV, film, music, art, and literature. Course was offered Spring 2020 |
| AAS 3853 | From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US (3) |
| This course examines the history of housing and real estate and explores its role in shaping the meaning and lived experience of race in modern America. We will learn how and why real estate ownership, investment, and development came to play a critical role in the formation and endurance of racial segregation, modern capitalism, and the built environment. | |
| AAS 4005 | Morven's Enslaved and Descendant Communities (3) |
| This course invites students to explore the complex, multilayered history and evolving interpretation of UVA's Morven Farm, with a focus on the site's 19th century enslaved and descendant communities. The course combines lectures, research, and seminar-style discussions with field trips to area archives and historic sites. Does not count toward 4000-level seminar requirement. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| AAS 4070 | Distinguished Major Thesis I (3) |
| Students in the Distinguished Majors Program should enroll in this course for their first semester of thesis research. | |
| AAS 4080 | Distinguished Major Thesis II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Second-semester DMP students should enroll in this course to complete their theses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AAS 4109 | Civil Rights Movement and the Media (3) |
| Course examines the crucial relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and mass media from 1950s through early 1970s, looking at a variety of media forms: Hollywood cinema, network television, mainstream newspapers, photojournalism, the black press, and news as primary documents that can tell us something about American race relations during this period and how the nation responded to challenges posed by a powerful social change movement. | |
| AAS 4471 | Black Women and Work (3) |
| This advanced seminar explores selected topics in the history of black women and work (broadly defined) in the United States. Using gender, race, and class as essential categories of analysis, this course is designed to help students better understand the myriad contributions working class black women have made to American history--across time and space--as slaves, convict laborers, domestic servants, sex workers, labor activists, and more. | |
| AAS 4500 | Advanced Seminar in African-American and African Studies (3) |
| Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminatiing in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year students but open to others. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AAS 4501 | Advanced Research Seminar in History & AAS (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminating in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year AAS and History students--double majors and others. Crosslisted with the History major seminar. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| AAS 4559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. | |
| AAS 4570 | Advanced Research Seminar in African-American & African Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminating in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year students but open to others. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AAS 4724 | Africa in the U.S. Media (3) |
| This course will address the role the media has played in creating images and understandings of "Africa" and "Blackness" in this country. We will focus primarily on the context of the present-day United States. However, we will also address pre-colonial and colonial periods and touch on the role of popular media in particular contemporary African contexts. | |
| AAS 4725 | Queer Africas (3) |
| How does "Africa" shape the contours of queerness? We will explore the complex iterations of afro-queer subjectivities in the the circum-Atlantic world. Importantly, we will examine the extent to which the afterlife of slavery in the Americas intersect with the state of postcoloniality in Africa, and how blackness and queerness get conditioned at these intersections. By providing an introduction to various artists, activists, and intellectuals in both Africa and its myriad diasporas, this interdisciplinary seminar will thus examine what it means to be both black and queer historically, spatially, and contemporarily. | |
| AAS 4749 | Engaging Local Histories: River View Farm (4) |
| This course situates and sheds light on various aspects of Black history and culture in Albemarle County and the surrounding regions through the lens and example of River View Farm and those who lived there, farmed there, and led local and regional communities. Part of the work of this class involves actively working with the Ivy Creek Foundation to support their mission of providing education about local Black histories to the public. | |
| AAS 4845 | Black Speculative Fiction (3) |
| This course seeks to explore the world of African American 'speculative' fiction. This genre of writing largely includes science fiction, fantasy fiction, and horror. In this class, we will read, watch, and discuss narratives by black writers of speculative fiction to better understand the motivation, tone, and agenda in the work of black writers. We will also consider the role of black culture and representation in the larger field. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AAS 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Allows students to work on an individual research project. Students must propose a topic to an appropriate faculty member, submit a written proposal for approval, prepare an extensive annotated bibliography on relevant readings comparable to the reading list of a regular upper-level course, and complete a research paper of at least 20 pages. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AAS 5559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. | |
| AAS 7000 | Introduction to Africana Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is an introductory course that will survey selected recent and classic texts in the interdisciplinary fields of African American, African, and Caribbean Studies. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to identify and understand major themes that have shaped the development of the discipline of Africana Studies. |
| AAS 7200 | Black Environmental Thought (3) |
| Beginning in the colonial and antebellum periods of American history and moving through the twentieth century into the twenty-first, this class will highlight the myriad approaches black women and men adopted to address shifting manifestations of racialized environmental injustice. At the foundation of the course will be an exploration of the environmental history of slavery in the United States. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| AAS 7300 | Revolutionary Struggles of the African Atlantic (3) |
| In this course, we will grapple with the concept of struggle as it pertains to Africans' desire to wrestle themselves from the interlocking white supremacist systems of colonialism, enslavement, apartheid and racialized capitalism. How has the desire to be 'free' from these systems of oppression defined Black identities in Africa & its myriad diasporas? Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| AAS 7310 | The Imperial Encounter in Africa (3) |
| This course studies the concept of the "imperial encounter" in Africa -- what it involved, who it exploited, and why today we still grapple with its legacies. This class analyzes the concept of "the encounter" in the period between 1450 and 1950 using a variety of sources: literature, poems, films, maps, voyagers' accounts, artwork, and scholarly works by historians. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| AAS 7315 | Development and the Environment in Modern Africa (3) |
| Focusing largely on east and central Africa, this class studies ideologies of economic development towards Africa, and the localized responses of rural communities across the continent. Fusing histories of imperialism and capitalism alongside works of literature, philosophy, and activism, the class explores how the global economy has sought to exploit the natural resources of Sub-Saharan Africa. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| AAS 7725 | Queer Africas (3) |
| How does "Africa" shape the contours of queerness? We will explore the complex iterations of afro-queer subjectivities in the the circum-Atlantic world. Importantly, we will examine the extent to which the afterlife of slavery in the Americas intersect with the state of postcoloniality in Africa, and how blackness and queerness get conditioned at these intersections. By providing an introduction to various artists, activists, and intellectuals in both Africa and its myriad diasporas, this interdisciplinary seminar will thus examine what it means to be both black and queer historically, spatially, and contemporarily. | |
| AAS 9710 | Woodson Institute Fellows Pre- and Post-Doctoral Research (12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is a supervised research course without formal classroom instruction. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
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| ACCT 2010 | Introductory Accounting I (3) |
| Designed to introduce students to the language of business, the course begins with the role of financial data in contemporary society, proceeds to develop the accounting model for capturing financial data, and finishes with the problems of measuring and reporting income, assets, liabilities, and equities. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 2020 | Introductory Accounting II (3) |
| Continuation of ACCT 2010. Approximately one third of the course deals with additional financial accounting topics, emphasizing managerial considerations and financial analysis. Cost accumulation, allocation, and product cost methods are studied in a manufacturing setting. Matters such as evaluation of performance planning, cost behavior, and special decisions are emphasized. Prerequisite: ACCT 2010. Course was offered Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 3010 | Introductory Accounting I (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Designed to introduce students to the language of business, the course begins with the role of financial data in contemporary society, proceeds to develop the accounting model for capturing financial data, and finishes with the problems of measuring and reporting income, assets, liabilities, and equities. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ACCT 3020 | Introductory Accounting II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of ACCT 3010. Explores additional financial accounting topics with focus on managerial considerations and financial analysis. Cost accumulation, allocation, and product cost methods are studied in a manufacturing setting. Matters such as evaluation of performance planning, cost behavior, and special decisions are emphasized. Prerequisite: ACCT 3010 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ACCT 3110 | Intermediate Accounting I (3) |
| An intensive study of the generally accepted accounting principles for asset valuation, income measurement, and financial statement presentation for business organizations, and the processes through which these principles evolve. Prerequisite: ACCT 2020. Course was offered Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 3120 | Intermediate Accounting II (3) |
| Continuation of ACCT 3110, emphasizing accounting for the equities of a firm's investors and creditors. Covers special problem areas in financial accounting including accounting for leases, pensions, and income taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 3110. Course was offered Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 3140 | Cost Accounting (3) |
| Addresses analysis of cost behavior and volume profit relationships; responsibility accounting and reporting flexible budgets; and the use of standard costs to guide and control performance. Prerequisite: ACCT 2020. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 4450 | Federal Taxation I (3) |
| An analysis of the federal income tax law and its application to individuals. A study is made of problems covering personal and business tax situations. Several cases are assigned for which the student prepares illustrative tax returns. Prerequisite: ACCT 2020 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 4700 | Federal Accounting (3) |
| Provides a comprehensive overview of accounting principles, terminology, concepts, and standards unique to federal accounting to include an analysis and discussion of the laws, regulations, rule-setting organizations, and policies leading to current day federal accounting and reporting practices. Requisite: ACCT 2020 | |
| ACCT 5110 | Intermediate Accounting I (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Provides an intensive study of the generally accepted accounting principles for asset valuation, income measurement, and financial statement presentation for business organizations, and underlying processes behind principles. Prerequisite: ACCT 3020 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ACCT 5120 | Intermediate Accounting II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of ACCT 5110. Provides an in-depth study of accounting for the equities of a firm's investors and creditors. Covers special problem areas in financial accounting including accounting for leases, pensions, and income taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 5110 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ACCT 5140 | Cost Accounting (3) |
| Addresses analysis of cost behavior and volume profit relationships, responsibility accounting and reporting flexible budgets, and the use of standard costs to guide and control performance. Prerequisite: ACCT 3020 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 | |
| ACCT 5200 | Introduction to Accounting Information Systems (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores how accounting information systems are designed and implemented to meet organizational accounting and decision-making needs. Analyze how capabilities and limitations inherent to current technology may shape organizational operations and strategy. Topics include firm value of AIS, block chain, artificial intelligence, mapping business processes, database design and queries, internal controls, mitigating information risks, and more. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024 |
| ACCT 5210 | Introductory Auditing (3) |
| Examines auditing methodology through a study of auditing standards. Includes the nature of evidence, program planning, work papers, internal control evaluation, types of audit tests, and audit reports. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 5250 | Advanced Auditing (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Builds on the concepts and practice examples from introductory auditing to provide students with an in-depth understanding of professional standards, the audit process, advanced audit techniques, and the auditor's role in ensuring that publicly issued financial statements are fairly presented.
Prerequisite: ACCT 5210. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ACCT 5310 | Selected Topics in Advanced Accounting (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies accounting and financial reporting for partnerships, business enterprise segments, home office/branch office, foreign transactions and translation, business combinations, and other intercorporate investments and consolidated statements. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ACCT 5330 | Accounting for Non-Business Organizations (3) |
| Financial accounting for governmental and non-profit organizations. Studies the theory and techniques of accounting and reporting for various funds and groups of accounts. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120 Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ACCT 5410 | Fraud Examination (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Focuses on the principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. Examines how and why occupational fraud is committed, how fraudulent conduct can be deterred, and how allegations of fraud should be investigated and resolved. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 |
| ACCT 5450 | Federal Taxation I (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyzes the federal income tax law and its application to individuals. Creates a study of problems covering personal and business tax situations. Assigns several cases for which the student prepares illustrative tax returns. Prerequisite: ACCT 3020 or Instructor Permission Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ACCT 5460 | Federal Taxation II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyzes the federal income tax law and its application to corporations, shareholders, partnerships, partners, estates, and gift transactions. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ACCT 5470 | Forensic Accounting (3) |
| Analyzes the various forensic accounting techniques and investigative strategies used in forensic examinations; covers uses of accounting information systems in fraud detection, the nature of financial statement fraud as well as the framework for detecting fraudulent financial reporting, and the importance of internal controls in fraud prevention. Prerequisite: ACCT 5120 | |
| ACCT 5480 | Corporate Governance and Ethics (3) |
| Provides in-depth understanding of corporate governance and ethics related to the public accounting profession. Explores different ethical decision-making models and apply formal corporate governance frameworks to resolve ethical conflicts as faced by accountants. Examines the challenges to ethical decision-making faced by internal accountants & auditors and learn to evaluate & resolve ethical conflict. | |
| ACCT 5490 | Cybersecurity for Accounting (3) |
| Provides essential knowledge needed to make sound strategic decisions related to investments in cybersecurity. Explores methods used to raise general security awareness, review current industry practices, and develop knowledge needed to adapt policies to protect and safeguard proprietary information. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2020 | |
| ACCT 5700 | Federal Accounting (3) |
| Provides a comprehensive overview of accounting principles, terminology, concepts, and standards unique to federal accounting to include an analysis and discussion of the laws, regulations, rule-setting organizations, and policies leading to current day federal accounting and reporting practices. Prerequisite: ACCT 3020 | |
| ACCT 5710 | Business Law (3) |
| Covers key areas of law that affect businesses. Topics that are covered include but are not limited to an introduction to the American legal system, Constitutional law, torts, contracts, sales, commercial paper, agency law, employment law, partnerships, corporations, hybrid entities, regulation of business, property law, and bankruptcy law. | |
| Air Science | |
| AIRS 100 | Leadership Laboratory (0) |
| A mandatory laboratory in leadership and followership development for AFROTC cadets. As a complement to the air science classes, this laboratory focuses on applying leadership principles and understanding leaders' responsibilities while emphasizing the benefits of practical experience. (2 hrs.)Â Prerequisite: Enrollment in Air Force ROTC. | |
| AIRS 101 | AFROTC Physical Training (0) |
| Fulfills weekly physical training requirement for AFROTC cadets. Emphasis is placed on increasing cardio-vascular endurance through various forms of exercise, including, but not limited to, calisthenics, circuit training and running. | |
| AIRS 1100 | Air Force Heritage and Values I (1) |
| This course provides an introduction to the Air Force, hopefully encouraging students to pursue an AF career or at least seek additional information to be better informed about the role of the USAF. The course allows students to examine general aspects of the Department of the Air Force, AF Leadership, Air Force benefits, and opportunities for AF officers. Students should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. | |
| AIRS 1200 | Foundations of USAF II (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides an introduction to the Air Force, hopefully encouraging students to pursue an AF career or at least seek additional information to be better informed about the role of the USAF. The course allows students to examine general aspects of the Department of the Air Force, AF Leadership, Air Force benefits, and opportunities for AF officers. Students should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AIRS 2100 | Team and Leadership Fundamentals I (1) |
| This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. There are many layers to leadership, including aspects that don't always jump to mind. Such things include listening, understanding yourself, being a good follower, and problem solving efficiently. Students will apply these leadership perspectives when completing team building activities and discussing things such as conflict management. Students should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills | |
| AIRS 2200 | Team and Leadership Fundamentals II (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. There are many layers to leadership, including aspects that don't always jump to mind. Such things include listening, understanding yourself, being a good follower, and problem solving efficiently. Students will apply these leadership perspectives when completing team building activities and discussing things such as conflict management. Students should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AIRS 3100 | Leading People and Effective Communication I (3) |
| Focuses on the study of leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, and communication skills required of an Air Force junior officer. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership and management situations as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts being studied. Prerequisite: Officer Field Training attendance; corequisite: AIRS 100. (2 hrs.) | |
| AIRS 3200 | Concepts of Air Force Leadership and Management (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Focuses on the study of leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, leadership ethics, and communication skills required of an Air Force junior officer. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership, core values, and military ethics as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts being studied. Prerequisite: Officer Field Training attendance; corequisite: AIRS 100. (2 hrs.) Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AIRS 4100 | National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty (3) |
| Examines the national security process, constitutional provisions, advanced leadership ethics, joint operations, and Air Force doctrine. Topics include the military as a profession, officership, civilian control of the military, and current issues affecting the military. Emphasizes refining communication skills through cadet briefings. Prerequisite: AIRS 3100 and/or 3200; corequisite: AIRS 100. (2 hrs.) | |
| AIRS 4200 | National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines military law, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. Topics include the military as a profession, officership, preparation for active duty, and current issues affecting the military. Emphasizes refining communication skills through cadet presentations. Prerequisite: AIRS 3100 and/or 3200; corequisite: AIRS 100. (2 hrs.) Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| Architecture and Landscape Architecture | |
| ALAR 5010 | Introduction to Design (1) |
| Introduction to design concepts from the scale of the city to the body, developing an understanding of design process and compositional strategies in architecture and landscape architecture. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ALAR 5020 | Introduction to Design Visualization (1) |
| Introduction to both digital and manual representational techniques, developing the precision and facility necessary for visual communication. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ALAR 5030 | Introduction to Design Theory and Analysis (1) |
| Introduction to the analysis of the physical environment at the intersection of historical understanding and contemporary imagination. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ALAR 5201 | Building and Landscape Systems of Venice (3) |
| The course aims at understanding the resilience of the physical and material of structure of Venice from the scale of the lagoon to the historical & contemporary construction methods used in creating & preserving the buildings and landscape. The course will involve workshops & seminars as well as many field trips. Guest lecturers will provide expertise on a range of materials & practices. Students will develop a research topic related to studio. | |
| ALAR 5203 | Building Venice (3) |
| This course examines the construction of the buildings, urban spaces, and site conditions of Venice and the Veneto from the origins of the city to the present-day. The course will involve workshops and seminars, as well as many field trips. Guest lecturers will provide expertise on a range of materials and practices. Students will keep a sketchbook to develop their studies through drawings and reflective notes. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ALAR 5401 | Urban Analysis of Venice and the Veneto (3) |
| This course will focus on the analysis of urban space and flows, with a focus on the development of representational techniques that investigate the relationship between building/landscape form and urban life. The course will engage a range of media, from hand drawing through digital mapping, photography and film. The students will be expected to develop a capacity to diagram both static and dynamic conditions that structure the urban experience. | |
| ALAR 5403 | Venice: City and Landscape (3) |
| This course explores the relationship of Venice to its lagoon and the mainland through the mapping and analysis of the urban and ecological systems. The research will inform the studio and independent research, and will vary in its specific focus in accordance with each year's program research goals. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ALAR 5500 | Special Topic in Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3) |
| Topical offerings in architecture and landscape architecture. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ALAR 7020 | Foundation Studio III (6) |
| Intermediate-level design problems, emphasizing structure, enclosure, life safety and building systems. Prerequisite: ALAR 7010 Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ALAR 8010 | Research Studio 1 (6) |
| Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Part one of a two-part comprehensive design sequence. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: ARCH 7020 or LAR 7020. | |
| ALAR 8020 | Research Studio 2 (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Typical projects include brownfields, urban landscape infrastructure, and sustainable designs. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: ALAR 8010 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ALAR 8030 | Design Studio 3 (6) |
| Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Prerequisite: ALAR 7010 and ALAR 8010. | |
| ALAR 8060 | Urbanism Design Studio (6) |
| This design studio pulls together many issues that graduate students have studied individually in design technology, theory and history courses into a complex and integrated section of a living and working community. This research looks at integrating infrastructure systems as a community connection system, energy producing ecology and as a civic public space symbol. | |
| ALAR 8100 | Thesis I (3) |
| This course is for students in architecture/landscape undertaking an independent design/thesis studio in the spring semester, or students interested in strategic design thinking. Methods for initiating a thesis, research systems, documentation strategies, design experimentation, and modes of production and presentation will be covered. Collective critical discussion, analysis, and feedback as well as production of a final book will be required. | |
| ALAR 8102 | Design Research Seminar (1 - 2) |
| This course is for architecture or landscape architecture students expecting to undertake an independent thesis studio during the following fall semester. ALAR 8100 is the prerequisite. This student-driven course will engage with faculty and other students to support their independent work. Students are expected to gather the appropriate resources and focus on contextualizing their work. | |
| ALAR 8993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ALAR 8995 | Thesis II (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Thesis II . Prerequisite: ALAR 8100 and permission of the chair. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ALAR 8999 | Non-Topical Design Research-Masters (1 - 12) |
| Independent Design Thesis Studio. Prerequisite: ALAR 8100 and permission of the chair. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| Applied Mechanics | |
| AM 6010 | Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3) |
| Reviews basic stress-strain concepts and constitutive relations. Studies unsymmetrical bending, shear center, and shear flow. Analyzes of curved flexural members, torsion, bending, and twisting of thin walled sections. Cross-listed as CE 6710. Prerequisite: Undergraduate mechanics and mathematics. | |
| AM 6020 | Continuum Mechanics With Applications (3) |
| Introduces continuum mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids. Vectors and cartesian tensors, stress, strain, deformation, equations of motion, constitutive laws, introduction to elasticity, thermal elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluids. Cross-listed as APMA 6020, MAE 6020; Taught concurrently with CE 6720. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 6030 | Computational Solid Mechanics (3) |
| Analyzes of variational and computational mechanics of solids, potential energy, complementary energy, virtual work, Reissner's principle, Ritz and Galerkin methods; displacement, force and mixed methods of analysis; finite element analysis, including shape functions, convergence and integration; and applications in solid mechanics. Cross-listed as CE 6730. | |
| AM 6040 | Plates and Shells (3) |
| Includes the classical analysis of plates and shells of various shapes; closed-form numerical and approximate methods of solution of governing partial differential equations; and advanced topics (large deflection theory, thermal stresses, orthotropic plates). Cross listed with MAE 6040 and taught concurrently w/ CE 6740. Prerequisite: APMA 6410 and CE 6710 or 6720. | |
| AM 6060 | Applied Boundary Element Analysis (3) |
| Analyzes the fundamental concepts of Green's functions, integral equations, and potential problems; weighted residual techniques and boundary element methods; poisson type problems, including cross-sectional analysis of beams and flow analyses; elastostatics; and other applications. Prerequisite: AM 6710 or 6030. | |
| AM 6070 | Theory of Elasticity (3) |
| Reviews concepts/stress, strain, equilibrium, compatibility; Hooke's law;displacement & stress formulations of elasticity problems;plane stress and strain problems in rectangular coordinates;Airy's stress function; plane stress and strain problems in polar coordinates,axisymmetric problems;torsion of prismatic bars (semi-inverse method using real functions);thermal stress;energy methods.Pre-requisites:CE 6720, AM/MAE 6020,or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AM 6130 | Mathematical Foundations of Continuum Mechanics (3) |
| Describes the mathematical foundations of continuum mechanics from a unified viewpoint. The relevant concepts from linear algebra, vector calculus, and Cartesian tensors; the kinematics of finite deformations and motions leading to the definition of finite strain measures; the process of linearization; and the concept of stress. Conservation laws of mechanics yield the equations of motion and equilibrium and description of constitutive theory leading to the constitute laws for nonlinear elasticity, from which the more familiar generalized Hooke's law for linearly elastic solid is derived. Constitutive laws for a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid are also discussed. The basic problems of continuum mechanics are formulated as boundary value problems for partial differential equations. Cross-listed as APMA 6130. Prerequisite: Linear algebra, vector calculus, elementary PDE (may be taken concurrently). | |
| AM 6200 | Energy Principles in Mechanics (3) |
| Analyzes the derivation, interpretation, and application of the principles of virtual work and complementary virtual work to engineering problems; related theorems, such as the principles of the stationary value of the total potential and complementary energy, Castigliano's Theorems, theorem of least work, and unit force and displacement theorems. Introduces generalized, extended, mixed, and hybrid principles; variational methods of approximation, Hamilton's principle, and Lagrange's equations of motion. Uses variational theorems to approximate solutions to problems in structural mechanics. Cross-listed as CE 6700. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| AM 6210 | Analytical Dynamics (3) |
| Topics include the kinematics of rigid body motion; Eulerian angles; Lagrangian equations of motion, inertia tensor; momental ellipsoid; rigid body equations of motion, Euler's equation, force-free motion; polhode and herpolhode; theory of tops and gyroscopes; variational principles; Hamiltonian equations of motion, Poinsote representation. Prerequisite: Differential equations, undergraduate dynamics course. | |
| AM 6220 | Waves (3) |
| The topics covered are: plane waves; d'Alembert solution; method of characteristics; dispersive systems; wavepackets; group velocity; fully-dispersed waves; Laplace, Stokes, and steepest descents integrals; membranes, plates and plane-stress waves; evanescent waves; Kirchhoff's solution; Fresnel's principle; elementary diffraction; reflection and transmission at interfaces; waveguides and ducted waves; waves in elastic half-spaces; P, S, and Rayleigh waves; layered media and Love waves; slowly-varying media and WKBJ method; Time-dependent response using Fourier-Laplace transforms; some nonlinear water waves. Also cross-listed as MAE 6220. Prerequisite: MAE/AM 6020 Continuum Mechanics and Applications, or equivalent. | |
| AM 6230 | Vibrations (3) |
| Topics include free and forced vibrations of undamped and damped single-degree-of-freedom systems and undamped multi-degree-of-freedom systems; use of Lagrange's equations; Laplace transform, matrix formulation, and other solution methods; normal mode theory; introduction to vibration of continuous systems. Cross-listed as CE 6230. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 6280 | Motion Biomechanics (3) |
| Focuses on the study of forces (and their effects) which act on the musculoskeletal structures of the human body. Based on the foundations of functional anatomy and engineering mechanics (rigid body and deformable approaches); students are exposed to clinical problems in orthopaedics and rehabilitation. Cross-listed as BME 6280. Prerequisite: BME 6103 or instructor permission. | |
| AM 6310 | Fluid Mechanics I (3) |
| Analyzes of hydrostatics, including surface tension; kinematics; non-inertial reference frames; rigorous formulation of conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy; Euler and Bernoulli equations; vorticity dynamics; two-dimensional potential flow theory, complex potentials; applications to airfoils; the Navier-Stokes equations: selected exact and approximate solutions. Cross-listed as MAE 6310. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 6320 | Fluid Mechanics II (3) |
| Topics include the laminar boundary layer equations, differential and integral; elementary similar and integral solutions; introduction to and modeling of turbulent flows; surface waves; quasi-one-dimensional compressible, perfect gas dynamic analysis; practical applications. Cross- listed as MAE 6320. Prerequisite: AM 6310. | |
| AM 6650 | Mechanics of Composite Materials (3) |
| Analyzes the properties and mechanics of fibrous, laminated composites; stress, strain, equilibrium, and tensor notation; micromechanics, lamina, laminates, anisotropic materials, classical lamination theory, stiffness and strength, interlaminar stresses, fabrication, and test methods; thermal stresses, analysis, design and computerized implementation. Taught concurrently with CE 6750. Prerequisite: CE 2310 or equivalent and a computer language | |
| AM 6660 | Stress Analysis of Composites (3) |
| Focuses on 3-D anisotropic constitutive theory, edge effects and interlaminar stresses, failure criteria, fracture, anisotropic elasticity, micromechanics, laminated plates, hygro-thermal effects, conduction and diffusion. Taught concurrently w/ AM 6660. Prerequisite: CE 6750 or AM 6650. | |
| AM 6710 | Finite-Element Analysis (3) |
| Introduces finite element methods for solving problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and electrical fields. Emphasizes the basics of one, two, and three-dimensional elements; applications to bars, electrical networks, trusses, conduction and convection heat transfer, ideal and viscous flow, electrical current flow, plane stress, plane strain, and elasticity; development of computer codes to implement finite element techniques. Cross-listed as MAE 6710. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 6750 | Theory of Structural Stability (3) |
| Introduces the elastic stability of structural and mechanical systems. Topics include classical stability theory and buckling of beams, trusses, frames, arches, rings and thin plates and shells; derivation of design formulas; computational formulation and implementation. Cross-listed as CE 6775. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 6910 | Special Problems in Applied Mechanics (3) |
| Detailed study of special topics in mechanics. | |
| AM 6920 | Special Problems in Applied Mechanics (3) |
| Detailed study of special topics in mechanics. | |
| AM 6993 | Independent Study in Applied Mechanics (1 - 12) |
| Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AM 6995 | Supervised Project Research in Applied Mechanics (1 - 12) |
| Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. Pre-requisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AM 7030 | Thermal Structures (3) |
| Topics include the fundamentals of thermal structural analysis; mechanical and thermodynamic foundations; formulation of heat transfer and thermal-structural problems; heat transfer in structures; thermal stresses in rods, beams, and plates; thermally induced vibrations; thermoelastic stability; and computational methods. Prerequisite: AM 6020 or instructor permission; corequisite: AM 6070. | |
| AM 7040 | Theory of Shells (3) |
| Introduces the nonlinear, thermoelastic theory of shells. Governing equations are derived by a mixed approach in which those equations of three-dimensional continuum mechanics that are independent of material properties are used to derive the corresponding shell equations, whereas the constitutive equations of shell theory which, unavoidably, depend on experiments, are postulated. Emphasizes efficient, alternative formulations of initial/boundary value problems, suitable for asymptotic or numerical solution, and discusses variational principles. Some comparisons made with exact, three-dimensional solutions. Prerequisite: AM 6020 and 6040. | |
| AM 7080 | Inelastic Solid Mechanics (3) |
| Emphasizes the formulation of a variety of nonlinear models. Specific topics include nonlinear elasticity, creep, visco-elasticity, and elasto-plasticity. Solutions to boundary value problems of practical interest are presented in the context of these various theories in order to illustrate the differences in stress distributions caused by different types of material nonlinearities. Cross-listed as APMA 7080. Prerequisite: AM 6020. | |
| AM 7120 | Advanced Theory of Elasticity (3) |
| Topics include generalized Hooke's law, strain-energy density, uniqueness; classes of boundary value problems (Navier's and Beltrami-Mitchell equations); torsion (Dirlichlet and Neumann problems); flexure; complex variable formulation of torsional (Dirlichlet and Neumann problems) and two-dimensional problems; general solution methodologies based on complex variable techniques and elements of potential theory for torsional and two-dimensional problems; three-dimensional problems; wave propagation; and energy methods. Prerequisite: AM 6020 or instructor permission and AM 6070. | |
| AM 7140 | Nonlinear Elasticity Theory (3) |
| Describes the theory of finite (nonlinear) elasticity governing large deformations of highly deformable elastic solids. New features not present in the linear theory are emphasized. These include instabilities (both material and geometric), normal stress effects, non-uniqueness, bifurcations and stress singularities. A variety of illustrative boundary value problems will be discussed which exhibit some of the foregoing features. Both physical and mathematical implications considered. The results are applicable to rubber-like and biological materials and the theory serves as a prototype for more elaborate nonlinear theories of mechanics of continuous media. Cross-listed as APMA 7140. Prerequisite: AM 6020. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| AM 7250 | Random Vibrations (3) |
| Topics include a review of probability theory; stochastic processes, with an emphasis on continuous, continuously parametered processes; mean square calculus, Markov processes, diffusion equations, Gaussian processes, and Poisson processes; response of SDOF, MDOF, and continuous linear and nonlinear models to random excitation; upcrossings, first passage problems, fatigue and stability the considerations; Monte Carlo simulation, analysis of digital time series data, and filtered excitation models. Cross-listed as CE 7750. Prerequisite: Background in probability theory and vibration analysis. | |
| AM 7290 | Selected Topics in Applied Mechanics (3) |
| Subject matter varies from year to year depending on students' interest and needs. Typical topics may include geophysics, astrodynamics, water waves, or nonlinear methods. Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| AM 7320 | Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials (3) |
| Develops the tools necessary for fatigue and fracture control in structural materials. Continuum fracture mechanics principles are presented. Fracture modes are discussed from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continuum mechanics and microscopic plastic deformation/fracture mechanisms. Cleavage, ductile fracture, fatigue, and environmental cracking are included, with emphasis on micromechanical modeling. Cross-listed as MSE 7320. Prerequisite: MSE 7310 or instructor permission. | |
| AM 7670 | Micromechanics of Heterogeneous Media (3) |
| Analyzes averaging principles, equivalent homogeneity, effective moduli, bounding principles, self-consistent schemes, composite spheres, concentric cylinders, three phase model, repeating cell models, inelastic and nonlinear effects, thermal effects, isotropic and anisotropic media, strength and fracture. Cross-listed as APMA 7670 and CE 7707. Prerequisite: AM 6020. | |
| AM 7993 | Independent Study in Applied Mechanics (1 - 12) |
| Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. Pre-requisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AM 8220 | Biomechanics (3) |
| Topics include the rheological properties of biological tissues and fluids, with emphasis on methods of measurement and data organization; basic principles of continuum mechanics and their application to mechanical problems of the heart, lung, and peripheral circulation; criteria for selecting either lumped or continuous models to simulate mechanical interaction of biological systems (and mechanical prostheses) and application of such models under static and dynamic loading conditions. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| AM 8987 | Graduate Teaching Instruction in Applied Mechanics (1 - 6) |
| For master's students. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AM 8995 | Supervised Project Research in Applied Mechanics (1 - 12) |
| Formal record of student commitment to project research for Master of Engineering degree under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. | |
| AM 9897 | Graduate Teaching Instruction in Applied Mechanics (1 - 6) |
| For doctoral students. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| American Studies | |
| AMST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| AMST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| AMST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| AMST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| AMST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| AMST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| AMST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| AMST 1050 | Slavery and Its Legacies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course examines the history of slavery and its legacy at UVA and in the central Virginia region. The course aims to recover the experiences of enslaved individuals and their roles in building and maintaining the university, and to contextualize those experiences within Southern history. |
| AMST 1060 | The Aftermath of Slavery at UVA and in Virginia (3) |
| This course examines the post-1865 history at UVA and in the region, recovering the experiences of African Americans in building community in the face of racism, and also contextualizing those experiences within U.S. history. The course situates that local history in political and cultural context, tracing the advent of emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, desegregation, civil rights change, and even twenty-first century racism and inequality. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 1559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies | |
| AMST 2001 | Introduction to American Studies (3) |
| This course introduces students to American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of US culture. Students will be exposed to the three main categories of American Studies methods, historical analysis, close analysis, and fieldwork and to a broad variety of cultural forms, including films, photographs, music, sermons, journalism, fiction, speeches, court decisions, government documents, and web-based materials including social media sites. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AMST 2130 | Narratives of Girlhood (3) |
| This course treats a range of contemporary English language literatures about girlhood. Our comparative analyses of texts will pay particular attention to their play with genre and their use of literary devices -- e.g., structure, voice, point of view, dialogue, temporality, language ¿ to render narratives about girlhood in contexts of (im)migration, loss, displacement, violence, revolution, war, and trauma. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 2155 | Whiteness & Religion: Religious Foundations of a Racial Category (3) |
| This class examines the role religion plays in defining a racial category known as whiteness. By reading cultural histories and ethnographies of the religious practices of various communities, we will examine how groups now classified as white (Irish, Italians, Poles, Jews, etc.) and religious images (depictions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary) "became white" and the role that religious practice played in this shift in racial classification. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| AMST 2210 | Arts of the Harlem Renaissance (3) |
| Studies the literature, painting, photography and prints produced by New York artists based in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines their relation to concurrent social, cultural, and aesthetic issues. | |
| AMST 2231 | Native Americans in Popular Culture (3) |
| This course interrogates American Indian people in pop culture. Students historicize and analyze the representation of American Indians across such media as print, photography, cinema, music, and more recently in the twenty-first century, social media. This course asks students to think about the ways American Indian people have not only contributed to pop culture, but the desire for American Indians as cultural objects. | |
| AMST 2233 | Contemporary Native American Literature (3) |
| In this course we use contemporary Native American literature, authored by individuals from diverse tribal backgrounds, as an accessible avenue to better understand the history of federal Indian policy, its complexity, legal construct, and the ways federal Indian policy influences the lives of American Indian people. | |
| AMST 2321 | Latinx Fiction and Film (3) |
| This course explores the diverse and also converging experiences of Latinos in the US. We will read contemporary novels and poetry by Latinx authors from different Latinx groups (Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American and South American). We will discuss reasons for migration, concepts of the "border" and the impact of bilingualism on group identity. We will view films that depict the Latinx experience in the US. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2018 | |
| AMST 2420 | Cultural Landscapes of the United States (3) |
| This course introduces the study of everyday landscapes as cultural spaces that illuminate the history of social and political developments in the U.S. It encourages a broad understanding of landscape across genres-painting, photography, fiction, journalism. Particular focus will be paid to the political economy of landscapes to explore the connections between landscape and public policy from multiple vantage points. | |
| AMST 2460 | Language in the U.S. (3) |
| Through diverse academic/theoretical readings and spoken, written, and visual material, students will learn to analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments as related to critical linguistic and cultural analysis of primary and secondary source material. This course examines complex relationships among American language and cultural practices, American history, race, gender, and class ideologies, and social identities. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| AMST 2470 | Disney (3) |
| This discussion course examines the cultural role of Disney and its effects on the visual arts in the 20th and 21st centuries. It considers a range of material to interrogate how Disney as both a corporation and a cultural icon promotes and reinforces national ideals. Presented both chronologically and thematically, students engage with aesthetic, ideological and theoretical concerns regarding history, identity, space/place, and popular culture. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| AMST 2500 | Major Works for American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics vary according to instructor. The goal of the course is to introduce students to interdisciplinary work in American Studies by juxtaposing works across disciplinary boundaries and from different methodological perspectives. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 2559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New Course in subject of American Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| AMST 2660 | Spiritual But Not Religious: Spirituality in America (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | What does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive self-description in contemporary America? This interdisciplinary course surveys spirituality in America, with a particular eye for the relationship between spirituality and formal religion, on the one hand, and secular modes of understanding the self, such as psychology, on the other. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| AMST 2753 | Arts and Cultures of the Slave South (4) |
| This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts- architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture- it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| AMST 3001 | Theories and Methods of American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This seminar course will introduce majors to various theories and methods for the practice of American Studies. The three goals of the seminars are (1) to make students aware of their own interpretive practices; (2) to equip them with information and conceptual tools they will need for advanced work in American Studies; and (3) to provide them with comparative approaches to the study of various aspects of the United States. Prerequisites: American Studies Major Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 3050 | Critical Ethnic Studies (3) |
| This core seminar is an introduction to key issues and methods in the comparative and critical study of ethnicity and race. The course highlights an interdisciplinary approach to the studies of systematic oppression in the United States, and the global implication of these structures. We will consider how Ethnic Studies presents a progressive intellectual challenge to global and local configurations of power in the name of global justice. | |
| AMST 3180 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. Examines ethnic communities such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian, through themes such as immigration, labor, cultural production, war, assimilation, and politics. Texts are drawn from genres such as legal cases, short fiction, musicals, documentaries, visual art, and drama. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 3200 | African American Political Thought (3) |
| This course explores the critical and the constructive dimensions of African American political thought from slavery to the present. We will assess the claims that black Americans have made upon the polity, how they have defined themselves, and how they have sought to redefine key terms of political life such as citizenship, equality, freedom, and power. | |
| AMST 3221 | Hands-On Public History: Slavery and Reconstruction (3) |
| "Public history" is delivered to a non-academic audience, often at historic sites, museums, archives, and on digital platforms. Some films, podcasts, fiction, and poetry might also be considered public history. This course uses all of those formats to investigate how the history of slavery and Reconstruction are presented to the public. Collaboration with local community groups and field trips to historic sites are key components of this class. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| AMST 3222 | Hands-On Public History: Slavery and Reconstruction, Part II (3) |
| Hands-On Public History is designed as a year-long course. This course continues the curriculum of AMST 3221. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 3250 | Black Protest Narrative (3) |
| This course studies modern racial protest expressed through African American narrative art from the 1930s to 1980s, focusing on Civil Rights, Black Power, Black Panthers, womanism, black gay/lesbian liberation movements, and black postmodernism. We begin our study with the most famous protest novel, Richard Wright's Native Son. Then we examine other narratives including works by Angelo Herndon, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3280 | Introduction to Native American Studies: (Mis)Representations (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An intro to the broad field of Native Studies, this class focuses on themes of representation and erasure. We read Indigenous scholars and draw from current events, pop culture, and historical narrative to explore complex relationships between historical and contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face in the US. We examine the foundations of Native representations and their connections to critical issues in Native communities. |
| AMST 3300 | Introduction to Latinx Studies (3) |
| AMST 3300 offers students close study of significant texts and other cultural forms representing the perspective and contributions of the main Latinx populations in the United States--including those of Puerto Rican, Chicano, Dominican, Central American and Cuban American origin--in historical context and within a theoretical, analytical framework. | |
| AMST 3321 | Race and Ethnicity in Latinx Literature (3) |
| This course examines the construction of race and ethnicity in Latinx literature by examining key texts by individuals from varying Latinx groups in the US. We will examine how US-American identity shapes Latinx notions of race and how the authors' connections with Latin America and the Caribbean do the same. We will explore from a hemispheric perspective how race and ethnicity are depicted in Latinx literature and culture. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2018 | |
| AMST 3323 | Hemispheric Latinx Literature and Culture (3) |
| This course offers a survey of Latinx literature and film from a hemispheric perspective. Engaging texts from colonial times to the present day, we explore how the histories of the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia come together to produce novels, poems, essays and films that are now referred to as distinctly Latinx. | |
| AMST 3354 | Race and Media (3) |
| We explore issues related to white supremacy, anti-blackness, mixed-race, settler colonialism, immigrant and transqueer phobia, and the production of racial difference. We examine these topics within their historical context and explore representations across all forms of visual culture, predominantly television but with reference to advertising, film, music, and digital media. | |
| AMST 3355 | Border Media (3) |
| In this course we consider the depiction of the U.S.-Mexico border from the perspective of popular and mass media cultures. We examine the border as a site of cultural exchanges, resistance and critical negotiation; interchanges that impact the construction of race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender from both sides of the border. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| AMST 3407 | Racial Borders and American Cinema (3) |
| This class explores how re-occurring images of racial and ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Jews, Asians, Native Americans and Latino/as are represented in film and shows visual images of racial interactions and boundaries of human relations that tackle topics such as immigration, inter-racial relationships and racial passing. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2019 | |
| AMST 3422 | Point of View Journalism (3) |
| This course analyzes 'point-of-view' journalism as a controversial but credible alternative to the dominant model of 'objectivity' in the U.S. news media. It will survey point-of-view journalists from Benjamin Franklin to the modern blog. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3425 | American Material Culture (3) |
| This course will introduce you to the study of material culture, the physical stuff that is part of human life. Material culture includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. This course is organized into six sections, the first introducing the idea of material culture, and the other five following the life cycle of an object: material, making, designing, selling, using. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| AMST 3427 | Gender, Things, and Difference (3) |
| This class explores how material culture, the physical stuff that is part of human life, is used to help to construct and express gendered and other forms of difference. We will look at how bodies and clothes shape our understanding of our own and others' identities, how we imbue objects with gender, how the food we cook and eat carries cultural meanings, and how the design of buildings and spaces structures gender. | |
| AMST 3460 | Reading America at Home and Abroad (3) |
| This course explores ideas of America, as they are constructed both at "home" in the United States, and "abroad," in and through a number of global locales. It considers a range of representations, in literature, art, film and music, and also the everyday life of American culture. In asking how America has seen itself and how others have seen America, we will effectively theorize the concepts of both nation and globality. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| AMST 3463 | Language and New Media (3) |
| This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of how language both shapes and is shaped by American society with a focus on New Media. Draws on critical and analytical tools and socio-cultural theories to examine this dynamic relationship in Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, texting, Instagram, YouTube, and more. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| AMST 3465 | America and the Global South in Literature and Film (3) |
| Students in this course will examine and interpret conceptions of America from the point of view of novelists, filmmakers, journalists, and scholars in the Global South. American and Global South landscapes will be a focus of the class, as will images, artifacts, and material culture that reveal Global South views of the United States. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| AMST 3470 | Race, Gender, and Empire: Cultures of US Imperialism (3) |
| In this course we emphasize how U.S. power has been exercised in the world with focus on intersections of cultural, political, and economic power. We analyze how power is produced and contested through language and media, and how hegemonic discourses -- the dominant and most powerful blocs defining U.S. society and empire -- are produced. We are equally concerned with cracks and contradictions in these discourses, and people who challenge them. | |
| AMST 3471 | American Cinema (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides an introduction to film studies through an examination of American film throughout the 20th & 21st centuries. We will learn basic film techniques for visual analysis, and consider the social, economic, and historical forces that have shaped the production, distribution & reception of film in the US Examples will be drawn from various genres: melodrama, horror, sci-fi, musical, Westerns, war films, documentary, animation, etc. |
| AMST 3491 | Rural Poverty in Our Time (3) |
| This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present. | |
| AMST 3500 | Topics in American Studies (3) |
| Topics vary according to instructor. | |
| AMST 3559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New Course in the subject of American Studies Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 |
| AMST 3610 | Asian Americans & Popular Culture (3) |
| Asian Americans and Popular Culture surveys a history of Asian American racialization, experiences, and subject formation in the United States through film, comics, TV, theatre, music, public protest, sports, and social media. Students will learn how to analyze and develop creative work to respond to and re/frame debates on the politics of representation, exoticization, cultural appropriation, transnationalism, hybridity, and US immigration laws. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3630 | Vietnam War in Literature and Film (3) |
| In the US, Vietnam signifies not a country but a lasting syndrome that haunts American politics and society, from foreign policy to popular culture. But what of the millions of Southeast Asian refugees the War created? What are the lasting legacies of the Vietnam War for Southeast Asian diasporic communities? We will examine literature and film (fictional and documentary) made by and about Americans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, and Hmong. | |
| AMST 3641 | Native America (3) |
| This course will introduce students to deep history of Native North America. Using primary and secondary sources, we will cover such topics as mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations between Natives and newcomers; the politics of empire; U.S. expansion; treaties and land dispossession; ecological, demographic, and social change; pan-Indian movements; legal and political activism; and many, many others. | |
| AMST 3710 | Mapping Black Landscapes (3) |
| Students will learn to use digital mapping and narratives as tools of reparative history. The class will partner with community organizations documenting Black history in Virginia. Students will do research in historical archives and public records; interview community members; and participate in field work. Readings will address ethical aspects of doing community history and explore approaches to the history of slavery and Reconstruction. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| AMST 3740 | Cultures of Hip-Hop (3) |
| This course explores the origins and impacts of American hip-hop as a cultural form in the last forty years, and maps the ways that a local subculture born of an urban underclass has risen to become arguably the dominant form of 21st-century global popular culture. While primarily focused on music, we will also explore how forms such as dance, visual art, film, and literature have influenced and been influenced by hip-hop style and culture. | |
| AMST 3790 | Moving On: Migration in/to the US (3) |
| This class examines the history of voluntary, coerced, and forced migration in the U.S., tracing the paths of migrating groups and their impact on urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. We'll dig for cultural clues to changing attitudes about migration over time. Photographs, videos, books, movies, government records, poems, podcasts, paintings, comic strips, museums, manifestos: you name it, we'll analyze it for this class. | |
| AMST 3880 | Literature of the South (3) |
| Analyzes selected works of literature by major Southern writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| AMST 4060 | Politics and Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This advanced, interdisciplinary seminar considers how works of fiction enhance our understanding of the terms of democratic life. The theme of the seminar is the life and afterlife of slavery in American political experience. Our core texts will be Moby Dick, Invisible Man, and Beloved. Additionally, we will read related work by writers from the antebellum, Jim Crow, and post-civil rights eras. |
| AMST 4210 | Refugee Aesthetics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Refugee Aesthetics is a survey course that examines histories of racialization, war, forced migration, nation-state formation, humanitarian aid, and resettlement alongside questions of the politics of aesthetics, ethics of representation, and social justice. Students will explore how refugee aesthetics is broadly defined, performed, and contested through maps, graphic novels, films, and various mixed media. |
| AMST 4321 | Caribbean Latinx: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the DR (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course we will read texts by Latinx writers from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. We will explore how their works speak to issues of race, colonialism and imperialism based on their individual and shared histories. We will discuss their different political histories and migration experiences and how these in turn impact their literary and artistic productions in the US. |
| AMST 4351 | Aural Histories: Edison to Auto-Tune (3) |
| This is a course about the role of technology and technological innovation in the production and consumption of 20th and 21st century music. We will begin with the invention of the phonograph and the birth of the recording industry and continue up through the present day. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| AMST 4401 | Literature of the Americas (3) |
| This course explores a wide range of (broadly defined) fictions from and about the Americas, from writings by Columbus and the conquistadors through modern and contemporary novels, novellas, and short stories. Students consider the intersection of fiction and history through topics that include New world "discovery" and conquest; borderlands and contact zones; slavery and revolution; and the haunting of the global present by the colonial past. | |
| AMST 4403 | Transamerican Encounters (3) |
| This comparative, interdisciplinary course focuses on the encounter between the U.S. and the wider Americas as represented in literature, history, and film. Working across a range of historical periods, it explores the varied international contexts underpinning narratives of U.S. national identity and history. It also considers how cultural forms access histories and perspectives outside of official accounts of the past and present. | |
| AMST 4410 | Censorship (3) |
| This course examines the social, legal, aesthetic, and theoretical issues raised by censorship of art, mass media, literature, film, and music in the U.S. While censorship is usually associated with explicit sexuality, we will also look at cases involving racial stereotyping, violence, social disorder, and religion. Our cases will center around novels, art, film, music, mass media, and other cultural phenomena. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| AMST 4430 | Documentary Film and the South (3) |
| This course explores how documentary filmmakers have represented the US South from the 1930s through the end of the twentieth century and the place of films made in and about the region in the history of documentary film. Students will conduct original research, shape their findings into paper, and make their own documentary short about a topic of their choosing. | |
| AMST 4440 | Visions of Apocalypse in American Culture (3) |
| This course examines how Americans have envisioned the end of the world. Through religious and cultural history and contemporary cultural studies, it considers the ways social, political, and economic tensions are reflected in visions of the apocalypse. It explores the impact of imagined futures on previous generations, and how religious and secular ideologies of apocalypticism have shaped social movements, politics, and popular culture. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| AMST 4462 | Harlem Stories (3) |
| Harlem has been many things to many people - capital of a global African diaspora, an early instance of Italian and Jewish immigrant communities, home to an important "el barrio," a representative site of contemporary gentrification and, above all, a place for racial and ethnic minoritization. This course will explore many of those lived and symbolic Harlems from the early twentieth century to the present. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| AMST 4470 | American Film Noir (3) |
| This seminar examines the phenomenon of American Film Noir produced during the 1940s and 50s. Using urban culture to frame debates about films noir, it explores the ways in which "the city" is represented as a problematic subject and a frequent resource immediately before and after World War II. The course also discusses the influences of early twentieth-century photography, American Scene art, and Abstract Expressionist painting. | |
| AMST 4472 | Hollywood Cinema's Golden Age: The 1930s (3) |
| This course examines American cinema produced in Hollywood during the 1930s. While the Great Depression serves as an important backdrop to our investigation, we will interrogate how issues such as ethnic/racial representation, shifting gender roles, sexuality, and urbanity are mediated in popular cinema in this decade. The course also considers the studio system, the Hayes Code, stardom, and changes within narrative and film techniques. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| AMST 4474 | Stardom and American Cinema (3) |
| This course examines the role of stardom and star performance in American cinema from the silent era to the present. Using social history, cultural studies and film criticism theory, we will explore topics such as the cultural patterns of stardom, constructions and subversions of star identity, and the ways in which issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality affect the star image both inside and outside cinema. | |
| AMST 4500 | Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This seminar is intended to focus study, research, and discussion on a single period, topic, or issue, such as the Great Awakening, the Civil War, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, or the 1960s. Topics vary. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| AMST 4893 | Independent Study in Asian Pacific American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An elective course for students in the Asian Pacific American Studies minor. Students will work with an APAS core faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the APAS Director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An elective course for American Studies majors who have completed AMST 3001-3002. Students will work with an American Studies faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the Program Director. Prerequisite: AMST 3001, 3002, Instructor Consent. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4998 | Distinguished Majors Program Thesis Research (3) |
| Students spend the fall semester of their 4th years working closely with a faculty advisor to conduct research and begin writing their Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) thesis. | |
| AMST 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This workshop is for American Studies majors who have been admitted to the DMP program. Students will discuss the progress of their own and each other's papers, with particular attention to the research and writing processes. At the instructor's discretion, students will also read key works in the field of American Studies. Prerequisites: admission to DMP. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AMST 5232 | Oral History Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Researching the Past (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course is run as a workshop, a space for students to learn oral history methodologies in a hands-on manner. In partnership with local/regional organizations, students will learn to conduct interviews and related research, which may include completing historical surveys, doing genealogical work, & completing archival or database research. Students will learn new skills while helping expand historical archives and knowledge of regional history. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| AMST 5500 | Graduate Topics in American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Various topics offered in American Studies at the graduate level Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| AMST 5559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New Course in the subject of American Studies. |
| AMST 5710 | Mapping Black Landscapes (3) |
| Students will hone their digital mapping and digital narrative skills and learn how to use them as tools of reparative history. The class will partner with community organizations documenting Black history. Students will do research in archives and public records; interview community members; and participate in fieldwork. In addition, students will do a focused set of readings by members of the Black Geographers movement. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| AMST 7559 | New Courses in American Studies (3) |
| First and one-time graduate course offerings in American Studies. | |
| AMST 8001 | Approaches to American Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course introduces graduate students to the field of American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of US culture. Students will be exposed to a variety of influential theoretical and methodological interventions that have occurred over the field's history, and will also be introduced to some of the principal intellectual, political, and professional issues they will face while pursuing a career in the field. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017 |
| AMST 8570 | Studies in American Culture (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 8993 | Independent Study in American Studies (1 - 3) |
| A single semester of independent study under faculty supervision for students doing intensive research on a subject not covered in the usual courses. Requires approval by a faculty member who has agreed to supervise a guided course of reading and substantial written exercise, a detailed outline of the research project, and authorization by the Director of the AMST program. | |
| Anthropology | |
| ANTH 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ANTH 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ANTH 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ANTH 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ANTH 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ANTH 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ANTH 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ANTH 1010 | Introduction to Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is a broad introductory course covering race, language, and culture, both as intellectual concepts and as political realities. Topics include race and culture as explanations of human affairs, the relationship of language to thought, cultural diversity and cultural relativity, and cultural approaches to current crises. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 1050 | Anthropology of Globalization (3) |
| Anthropology of Globalization Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| ANTH 1559 | New Course in Anthropology (3) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. | |
| ANTH 2040 | Tell Me Who You Are: Ethnographic Interviewing and Participatory Research (3) |
| How can we deepen our understanding of other people and their experience? This course introduces the research method of ethnographic interviewing and participatory field research, which is valued in public health, development, marketing, user experience design, activism, education, and scholarship. Students gain practical experience conducting independent ethnographic research about student life and presenting the results in a public blog. | |
| ANTH 2060 | Comparing World Racisms (3) |
| What can we learn about racism by comparing the forms it takes in different parts of the world? In this course we will compare anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, and other racisms in a selection of the following places and times: Brazil, Japan, Germany, South Africa, Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, China, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Canada, and the U.S. | |
| ANTH 2120 | The Concept of Culture (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Culture is the central concept that anthropologists use to understand the striking differences among human societies and how people organize the meaningful parts of their lives. In this course we explore this diversity, examine its basis in neuroplasticity and human development, and consider its implications for human nature, cognition, creativity, and identity. By learning about other cultures, we gain new understanding of ourselves. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 |
| ANTH 2153 | North American Indians (3) |
| Ethnological treatment of the aboriginal populations of the New World based on the findings of archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, biological anthropology, and social anthropology. | |
| ANTH 2160 | Culture and the Environment (3) |
| This course explores anthropological understandings of culture and the environment, particularly with respect to the ecology of human perception, histories of colonialism and related inequalities, food production, consumerism, nature conservation, the Anthropocene concept, and pervasive environmental logics of globalizing capitalism. | |
| ANTH 2190 | Desire and World Economics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course offers an insight into the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services practiced by peoples ignored or unknown to classic Western economics. Its principle focus will open upon the obvious differences between cultural concepts of the self and the very notion of its desire. Such arguments as those which theorize on the "rationality" of the market and the "naturalness" of competition will be debunked. |
| ANTH 2210 | Marriage and the Family (3) |
| Compares domestic groups in Western and non-Western societies. Considers the kinds of sexual unions legitimized in different cultures, patterns of childrearing, causes and effects of divorce, and the changing relations between the family and society. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 2230 | Fantasy and Social Values (3) |
| Examines imaginary societies, in particular those in science fiction novels, to see how they reflect the problems and tensions of real social life. Focuses on 'alternate cultures' and fictional societal models. | |
| ANTH 2250 | Nationalism, Racism, Multiculturalism (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introductory course in which the concepts of culture, multiculturalism, race, racism, and nationalism are critically examined in terms of how they are used and structure social relations in American society and, by comparison, how they are defined in other cultures throughout the world. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 |
| ANTH 2260 | Water Worlds: the Anthropology of Water (3) |
| This course examines the many ways that people have managed, shared and made claim to water¿the construction of water worlds. It also looks at waterscapes, dam projects, water in cities, and wastewater and sewage systems globally. Importantly, the course addresses conflicting notions of how to value water, including contemporary debates about the sale of water and water rights, and examines the notion that water will be the locus of future wars. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| ANTH 2262 | Community Science: From Participation to Environmental Justice (3) |
| Community Science (aka Citizen Science, Street Science, People's Science) encourages people without extensive formal scientific training to participate in scientific research. Lectures and weekly practicums focus on sociocultural aspects of different types of CS projects: crowdsourced, co-created, grassroots, and fugitive. Other topics include Indigenous science, CS as social justice, citizen archaeology, and bridging the amateur/expert divide. | |
| ANTH 2270 | Race, Gender, and Medical Science (3) |
| Explores the social and cultural dimensions of biomedical practice and experience in the United States. Focuses on practitioner and patient, asking about the ways in which race, gender, and socio-economic status contour professional identity and socialization, how such factors influence the experience, and course of, illness, and how they have shaped the structures and institutions of biomedicine over time. | |
| ANTH 2280 | Medical Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course introduces medical anthropology, and contextualizes bodies, suffering, healing and health. It is organized thematically around a critical humanist approach, along with perspectives from political economy and social constructionism. The aim of the course is to provide a broad understanding of the relationship between culture, healing (including and especially the Western form of healing known as biomedicine), health and political power. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| ANTH 2285 | Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism (3) |
| This course explores anthropological writings on development and humanitarianism to better understand the historical context and contemporary practice of these distinct modes of world saving. We will attend to critiques of development and humanitarianism, and will also consider writings by anthropologists who champion the humanitarian project Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | |
| ANTH 2310 | Symbol and Ritual (3) |
| Studies the foundations of symbolism from the perspective of anthropology. Topics include signs and symbols, and the symbolism of categorical orders as expressed in cosmology, totemism, and myth. | |
| ANTH 2320 | Anthropology of Religion (3) |
| Explores anthropological approaches to religion, in the context of this discipline's century-old project to understand peoples' conceptions of the world in which they live. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2325 | Anthropology of God (3) |
| How does the study of society and culture create an intellectual space for any explanation and experience of the Divine? How does anthropology deal specifically with explaining (rather than the explaining away) knowledge and understanding about divinity? Is God an American? If God has a gender and race, what are they? These and many other pertinent questions will be engaged and tackled in this cross-cultural study of the divine. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 2340 | Anthropology of Birth and Death (3) |
| Comparative examination of beliefs, rites, and symbolism concerning birth and death in selected civilizations. Course was offered Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 2345 | Anthropology of Reproduction: Fertility and the Future (3) |
| In this course, we will study human reproduction as a cultural process. Questions include how gender, class, race, and religion shape reproductive ideals and practices around the world. Ethnographic examples will come from around the world, but will emphasize South Asia and the United States. This course examines the perspectives of both men and women and situates local examples within national and global struggles to (re)produce the future. Course was offered Summer 2013, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 2360 | Don Juan and Castaneda (3) |
| Analyzes the conceptual content in Castaneda's writings as an exploration of an exotic world view. Focuses on the concepts of power, transformation, and figure-ground reversal. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 2365 | Art and Anthropology (3) |
| The course emphasizes art in small-scale (contemporary) societies (sometimes called ethnic art or "primitive art"). It includes a survey of aesthetic productions of major areas throughout the world (Australia, Africa, Oceania, Native America, Meso-America). Included are such issues as art and cultural identity, tourist arts, anonymity, authenticity, the question of universal aesthetic cannons, exhibiting cultures,and the impact of globalization. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 2370 | Japanese Culture (3) |
| This course offers an introductory survey of Japan from an anthropological perspective. It is open without prerequisite to anyone with a curiosity about what is arguably the most important non-Western society of the last 100 years, and to anyone concerned about the diverse conditions of modern life. We will range over many aspects of contemporary Japan, and draw on scholarship in history, literature, religion, and the various social sciences. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| ANTH 2375 | Disaster (3) |
| Sociocultural perspectives on disaster, including analysis of the manufacture of disaster, debates on societal collapse, apocalyptic thought, disaster management discourse, how disasters mobilize affect, disaster movies, and disasters as political allegory. Students work through a series of case studies from different societies that cover "natural," industrial, and chronic disasters, as well as doomsday scenarios. | |
| ANTH 2400 | Language and Culture (3) |
| Introduces the interrelationships of linguistic, cultural, and social phenomena with emphasis on the importance of these interrelationships in interpreting human behavior. No prior knowledge of linguistics is required. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2405 | Your Heritage Language (3) |
| This course explores the languages spoken with varying degrees of fluency within students' own families and home communities, either at present or in recent generations. The course prepares students to draw upon linguistic diversity as a positive resource in developing their own identities and interacting with others in our multicultural society. | |
| ANTH 2410 | Sociolinguistics (3) |
| Reviews key findings in the study of language variation. Explores the use of language to express identity and social difference. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| ANTH 2415 | Language in Human Evolution (3) |
| Examines the evolution of our capacity for language along with the development of human ways of cooperating in engaged social interaction. Course integrates cognitive, cultural, social, and biological aspects of language in comparative perspective. How is the familiar shape of language today the result of evolutionary and developmental processes involving the form, function, meaning and use of signs and symbols in social ecologies? | |
| ANTH 2420 | Language and Gender (3) |
| Studies how differences in pronunciation, vocabulary choice, non-verbal communication, and/or communicative style serve as social markers of gender identity and differentiation in Western and non-Western cultures. Includes critical analysis of theory and methodology of social science research on gender and language. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 2440 | Language and Cinema (3) |
| Looks historically at speech and language in Hollywood movies, including the technological challenges and artistic theories and controversies attending the transition from silent to sound films. Focuses on the ways that gender, racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed through the representation of speech, dialect, and accent. Introduces semiotics but requires no knowledge of linguistics, or film studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| ANTH 2450 | Language & Environment (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, students rethink assumptions about what "language" and "environment" are. Both depend on living systems to be rendered meaningful, and together we will wrestle with how these two ideas can be brought into relation and the implications associated with different frames of understanding. There are many perspectives on the issues raised in this course, and you will receive a broad introduction to that diversity. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| ANTH 2470 | Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora, and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these languages is required. This course is cross-listed with MEST 2470. |
| ANTH 2500 | Cultures, Regions, and Civilizations (3) |
| Intensive studies of particular world regions, societies, cultures, and civilizations. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 2541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015 |
| ANTH 2557 | Culture Through Film (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester covering the diversity of human cultural worlds and the field of anthropology as presented through film. A variety of ethnographic and commercial films will be viewed and discussed in conjunction with readings. Course was offered Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, January 2018, Summer 2017, January 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014, Fall 2011, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 2559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, January 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2560 | Hierarchy and Equality (3) |
| Provides an anthropological perspective on relations of inequality, subordination, and class in diverse societies, along with consideration of American ideas of egalitarianism, meritocracy, and individualism. Specific topics will be announced prior to each semester. | |
| ANTH 2575 | Migrants and Minorities (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with migration and migrants, and the experience of ethnic and racial minorities. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| ANTH 2589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 2590 | Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011 |
| ANTH 2620 | Sex, Gender, and Culture (3) |
| Examines the manner in which ideas about sexuality and gender are constructed differently cross-culturally and how these ideas give shape to other social phenomena, relationships, and practices. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ANTH 2621 | Culture, Gender and Violence (3) |
| Beginning with a discussion of the cultural patterning of social action, this course examines sex, gender, and sexuality as culturally constructed and socially experienced, with special attention to non-Western examples that contrast with sex and gender norms in the U.S. The course then focuses on gender violence at U.S. universities, asking whether structural violence can be effectively countered by programs that focus on individual responses. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| ANTH 2625 | Imagining Africa (3) |
| Africa is commonly imagined in the West as an unproblematically bounded and undifferentiated entity. This course engages and moves beyond western traditions of story telling about Africa to explore diverse systems of imagining Africa's multi-diasporic realities. Imagining Africa is never a matter of pure abstraction, but entangled in material struggles and collective memory, and taking place at diverse and interconnected scales and locales.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 | |
| ANTH 2660 | The Internet Is Another Country: Community, Power, and Social Media (3) |
| The peoples of Polynesia and Indonesia, sharing a cultural and linguistic heritage, have spread from Madagascar to Easter Island. Examines their maritime migrations, the societies and empires that they built, and recent changes affecting their cultural traditions. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2800 | Introduction to Archaeology (3) |
| Topics include alternative theories of prehistoric culture change, dating methods, excavation and survey techniques, and the reconstruction of the economy, social organization, and religion of prehistoric societies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2810 | Human Origins (3) |
| Studies the physical and cultural evolution of humans from the initial appearance of hominids to the development of animal and plant domestication in different areas of the world. Topics include the development of biological capabilities such as bipedal walking and speech, the evolution of characteristics of human cultural systems such as economic organization and technology, and explanations for the development of domestication. Course was offered Spring 2021, Summer 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010 | |
| ANTH 2820 | The Emergence of States and Cities (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys patterns in the development of prehistoric civilizations in different areas of the world including the Inca of Peru, the Maya, the Aztec of Mexico, and the ancient Middle East. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 2823 | The Materiality of Death and Dying (3) |
| This course will focus on the materiality of death, and the human experience of death and dying. By using archaeological, ethnographic and ethnohistoric investigations, this course will review different theoretical perspectives on the treatment of the deceased in ancient societies, the kinds of data generated from such studies, and their relationship to status, gender, agency and power. | |
| ANTH 2890 | Unearthing the Past (3) |
| An introduction to prehistory covering 4 million years of human physical evolution and 2.5 million years of human cultural evolution. Provides students with an understanding of how archaeologists reconstruct the rise and fall of ancient civilizations. Covers some major developments in prehistory such as origins of modern humans, the rise of the first complex societies & agriculture, and the emergence of ancient civilizations in North America. | |
| ANTH 3010 | Theory and History of Anthropology (3) |
| Overview of the major theoretical positions which have structured anthropological thought over the past century. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3020 | Using Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The theoretical, methodological and ethical practice of an engaged anthropology is the subject of this course, We begin with a history of applied anthropology. We then examine case studies that demonstrate the unique practices of contemporary sociocultural, linguistic, archaeological and bioanthropological anthropology in the areas of policy and civic engagement. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 |
| ANTH 3070 | Introduction to Musical Ethnography (3) |
| Explores music and sound as a social practice, using genres and traditions from throughout the world. | |
| ANTH 3100 | Indigenous Landscapes (3) |
| This course engages with ways that historical process are inscribed in landscapes, which are the traditional territories of indigenous communities and have also been shaped by colonialism, extractive enterprise, and nature conservation. It challenges students to examine their assumptions to examine ways in which dominant values and stories are inscribed in landscapes and made to appear natural, and how indigenous people contest these processes. | |
| ANTH 3105 | Love and Romantic Intimacies (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to recent anthropological scholarship on romance to examine how intimate relationships shape human experiences. Through readings and films, we investigate the increasingly popular idealization of "companionate marriages," in which spouses are ideally linked by affection. Our examples include queer and straight experiences, and a diversity of racial, cultural, classed, and gendered representations. | |
| ANTH 3129 | Marriage, Mortality, Fertility (3) |
| Explores the ways that culturally formed systems of values and family organization affect population processes in a variety of cultures. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3130 | Disease, Epidemics and Society (3) |
| Topics covered in this course will include emerging diseases and leading killers in the twenty-first century, disease ecology, disease history and mortality transitions, the sociology of epidemics, the role of epidemiology in the mobilization of public health resources to confront epidemics, and the social processes by which the groups become stigmatized during disease outbreaks.
Prerequisite: introductory anth or soc course Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| ANTH 3152 | Rainforests of Flesh / Peoples of Spirit (3) |
| Ethnographies of Amazonian Peoples and the new anthropological theories about their way of life. | |
| ANTH 3155 | Anthropology of Everyday American Life (3) |
| Provides an anthropological perspective of modern American society. Traces the development of individualism through American historical and institutional development, using as primary sources of data religious movements, mythology as conveyed in historical writings, novels, and the cinema, and the creation of modern American urban life. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 3170 | Anthropology of Media (3) |
| Explores the cultural life of media and the mediation of cultural life through photography, radio, television, advertising, the Internet, and other technologies. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| ANTH 3171 | Culture of Cyberspace: Digital Fluency for an Internet-Enabled Society (3) |
| Today's personal, social, political, and economic worlds are all affected by digital media and networked publics. Together we will explore both the literature about and direct experience of these new literacies: research foundations and best practices of individual digital participation and collective participatory culture, the use of collaborative media and methodologies, and the application of network know-how to life online. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ANTH 3175 | Native American Art: The Astor Collection (3) |
| This is an upper-level anthropology course which is intended to engage students in the study of Native American art as well as the history and current debate over the representation of Native American culture and history in American museums. After a thorough review of the literature on those topics, the class focuses specifically on the Astor collection owned by the University of Virginia. | |
| ANTH 3205 | Modern Families, Global Worlds (3) |
| This course examines the importance of kinship for the structure and dynamics of transnational economic relations and for the meaning and constitution of nation and citizenship in the contemporary global political economy. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| ANTH 3220 | Economic Anthropology (3) |
| Comparative analysis of different forms of production, circulation, and consumption in primitive and modern societies. Exploration of the applicability of modern economic theory developed for modern societies to primitive societies and to those societies being forced into the modern world system. | |
| ANTH 3240 | The Anthropology of Food (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course approaches food from various social science perspectives, focusing on historically and culturally variable forms of food production, exchange, preparation and consumption as the means through which both individual and social bodies are constructed and reproduced. We examine food and the environment; food and colonialism; the globalization of food and food production; food and identities; and food and bodies. Course was offered Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011 |
| ANTH 3255 | Anthropology of Time and Space (3) |
| All societies position themselves in space and time. This course samples the discussion of the ways social systems have configured spatial/temporal orders. It considers both internalized conceptions of time and space and the ways an analyst might view space and time as external factors orientating a society's existence. And it samples classic discussions of spatial-temporal orientations in small and large, "pre-modern" and "modern" societies. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| ANTH 3260 | Globalization and Development (3) |
| Explores how globalization and development affect the lives of people in different parts of the world. Topics include poverty, inequality, and the role of governments and international agencies. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 3265 | Cultures, Spaces, and Worldviews of International Aid (3) |
| The main focus of this class is the culture and values of development practitioners, and how these shape ideas of development itself. It explores the interconnected processes, relationships, and spaces through which development practitioners and planners learn, live , work, and encounter (or not) people who are the targets of development plans and interventions. | |
| ANTH 3270 | Anthropology of Politics (3) |
| Reviews the variety of political systems found outside the Western world. Examines the major approaches and results of anthropological theory in trying to understand how radically different politics work. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 3275 | The Corporation: History, Culture, Capital (3) |
| What is a corporation? Contrary to wide belief, the corporation is a very ancient social form that arose in diverse world regions and is the heritage of many civilizations. In this course, we explore its history and relation to culture, economics, and law. How has financialization shaped today's major business corporations and theories of corporate social responsibility? How might we improve the corporations of the future? | |
| ANTH 3280 | Introduction to Native American Studies: (Mis)Representations (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An intro to the broad field of Native Studies, this class focuses on themes of representation and erasure. We read Indigenous scholars and draw from current events, pop culture, and historical narrative to explore complex relationships between historical and contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face in the US. We examine the foundations of Native representations and their connections to critical issues in Native communities. |
| ANTH 3290 | Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Biopolitical analysis has become one of the prominent critical approaches across the social sciences and humanities. This course will consider various biopolitical theories and the ways in which they help us understand diverse phenomena of our contemporary condition, which will be examined through various case studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 |
| ANTH 3295 | Moral Experience (3) |
| This course introduces students to one of the key frameworks in anthropology's "ethical turn": moral experience. The investigation of moral experience explores questions of ethics from a phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective and attends closely to subjectivity, affect, and embodiment. We will explore moral experiences such as ethical self-cultivation, empathy, love, hope, breakdown, mood, and moral transformation. | |
| ANTH 3300 | Tournaments and Athletes (3) |
| A cross-cultural study of sport and competitive games. Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 3310 | Controversies of Care in Contemporary Africa (3) |
| In this course we will draw on a series of classic and contemporary works in history and anthropology to come to a better understanding of current debates concerning corruption and patronage, marriage and sexuality, and medicine in Sub-Sahararn Africa. | |
| ANTH 3320 | Shamanism, Healing, and Ritual (3) |
| Examines the characteristics of these nonmedical practices as they occur in different culture areas, relating them to the consciousness of spirits and powers and to concepts of energy. Prerequisite: At least a 2000-level ANTH course, or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 3325 | Capitalism: Cultural Perspectives (3) |
| Examines capitalist relations around the world in a variety of cultural and historical settings. Readings cover field studies of work, industrialization, "informal" economies, advertising, securities trading, "consumer culture," corporations; anthropology of money and debt; global spread of capitalist markets; multiple capitalisms thesis; commodification; slavery and capital formation; capitalism and environmental sustainability. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| ANTH 3340 | Ecology and Society: An Introduction to the New Ecological Anthropology (3) |
| Forges a synthesis between culture theory and historical ecology to provide new insights on how human cultures fashion, and are fashioned by, their environment. Although cultures from all over the world are considered, special attention is given to the region defined by South and East Asia, and Australia. Prerequisite: At least one Anthropology course, and/or relevant exposure to courses in EVSC, BIOL, CHEM, or HIST or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3344 | Anthropology and Anarchy (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Anarchy - organizing society through horizontal relations of free association - has a modern European history contemporary with Anthropology and has Indigenous histories in many places where people decided together to organize society against the state and hierarchy. Readings survey anthropology of non-state societies and engage questions of how non-European anarchies of Black and Indigenous authors and organizers critique anthropological methods. |
| ANTH 3360 | The Museum in Modern Culture (3) |
| Topics include the politics of cultural representation in history, anthropology, and fine arts museums; and the museum as a bureaucratic organization, as an educational institution, and as a nonprofit corporation. | |
| ANTH 3370 | Power and the Body (3) |
| Studying the cultural representations and interpretations of the body in society. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3380 | The Nature of Nature (3) |
| This course explores the evolution of Nature as a concept and a human-created realm of reality, particularly in relation to colonialism and globalization. It focuses on environmental politics of diverse people who do not relate to reality as a separate object called Nature. It also addresses the idea that we are living in the Anthropocene, a moment in which humans have become a force of Nature, and Nature perhaps no longer exists. | |
| ANTH 3390 | Pregnancy, Birthing and the Post-Partum (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | There's no debate that human reproduction is a biological universal, but it's also an intensely cultural phenomenon with widely disparate, & often contested, specific cultural routines, symbolic systems, ideas & practices whether focused on mothers, fathers, infants or communities or who is recognized as a birthing expert. Course examines variations in physiological & cultural processes globally & explores both the individual experiences & and systemic patterns associated with the phases of reproduction from pregnancy through to post-partum. |
| ANTH 3392 | African American Women and the Cultural Politics of Body Size (3) |
| This course will examine the cultural politics of body size norms drawing on a range of perspectives within anthropology and related fields and from the lived experiences of diverse African American women. | |
| ANTH 3395 | Mythodology (3) |
| A hands-on seminar in myth interpretation designed to acquaint the student with the concept and techniques of obviation. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| ANTH 3440 | Language and Emotion (3) |
| This course explores emotion from the perspectives of cultural anthropology and sociolinguistics. Topics include: emotion in the natural vs. social sciences; cross-cultural conceptions of emotion; historical change in emotion discourses; emotion as a theory of the self; the grammatical encoding of emotion in language; (mis-) communication of emotion; and emotion in the construction of racialized and gendered identities. | |
| ANTH 3450 | Native American Languages (3) |
| Introduces the native languages of North America and the methods that linguists and anthropologists use to record and analyze them. Examines the use of grammars, texts and dictionaries of individual languages and affords insight into the diversity among the languages. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3455 | African Languages (3) |
| An introduction to the linguistic diversity of the African continent, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Topics include linguistic structures (sound systems, word-formation, and syntax); the classification of African languages; the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory; language and social identity; verbal art; language policy debates; the rise of "mixed" languages among urban youth. | |
| ANTH 3470 | Language and Culture in the Middle East (3) |
| Introduction to peoples, languages, cultures and histories of the Middle East. Focuses on Israel/Palestine as a microcosm of important social processes-such as colonialism, nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and modernization-that affect the region as a whole. This course is cross-listed with MEST 3470. Prerequisite: Previous course in anthropology, linguistics, Middle East Studies or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3480 | Language and Prehistory (3) |
| This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics and discusses the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction of prehistory. | |
| ANTH 3490 | Language and Thought (3) |
| Language and Thought Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| ANTH 3550 | Ethnography (3) |
| Close reading of several ethnographies, primarily concerned with non-Western cultures. | |
| ANTH 3559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, January 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| ANTH 3590 | Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 |
| ANTH 3603 | Archaeological Approaches to Atlantic Slavery (3) |
| This course explores how archaeological and architectural evidence can be used to enhance our understanding of the slave societies that evolved in the early-modern Atlantic world. The primary focus is the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, the later exemplified by Jamaica and Nevis. The course is structured around a series of data-analysis projects that draw on the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (http://www.daacs.org). | |
| ANTH 3630 | Chinese Family and Religion (3) |
| Analyzes various features of traditional Chinese social organization as it existed in the late imperial period. Includes the late imperial state; Chinese family and marriage; lineages; ancestor worship; popular religion; village social structure; regional systems; and rebellion. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3675 | Museums and Cultural Representation in Quebec (3) |
| In this J-term course, we visit museums in Montreal and Quebec City to examine the politics of cultural representation, asking how various kinds of group identity are exhibited in art, history, and anthropology museums. Daily museum visits are accompanied by readings and lectures. | |
| ANTH 3679 | Curating Culture: Collection, Preservation, and Display as Cultural Forms (3) |
| This course teaches the importance of understanding cultural meanings when curating items, whether material or intangible, drawn from social worlds other than one's own. It provides a general introduction to collection, preservation, and display through study of a specific collection held by the instructor or by a local institution such as the Fralin Museum of Art. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| ANTH 3680 | Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture (3) |
| This class studies the intersection of anthropology, art and material culture focusing on Australian Aboriginal art. We examine how Aboriginal art has moved from relative obscurity to global recognition over the past thirty years. Topics include the historical and cultural contexts of invention, production, marketing and appropriation of Aboriginal art. Students will conduct object-based research using the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 3700 | Globalizing India: Society, Bazaars and Cultural Politics (3) |
| A study of selected interrelated major cultural, religious and political changes for comprehending India after independence. The course will focus on major urban centers for explicating changing family, marriage and caste relationships; middle class Indians; status of women and Dalits; and rising religious/ethnic violence, including Hindu religious politics and religious nationalism. Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology or permission of instructor. | |
| ANTH 3705 | Anthropology of the Middle East (3) |
| Anthropological readings and films provide insight into the diversity of peoples and cultures of the modern Middle East. The focus will be on the everyday lived experiences of peoples in this part of the world. As we explore the rich diversity of cultures in the Middle East, key topics to be examined include tribalism, gender and politics, Islam, religion and secularism, colonialism, nationalism, and economic inequalities. | |
| ANTH 3810 | Field Methods in Archaeology (3 - 6) |
| Provides a comprehensive training in archaeological field techniques through participation in research projects currently in progress under the direction of the archaeology faculty. The emphasis is on learning, in an actual field situation, how the collection of archaeological data is carried out in both survey and excavation. Students become familiar with field recording systems, excavation techniques, survey methods, sampling theory in archaeology, and artifact processing and analysis. (Field methods courses outside anthropology or offered at other universities may be substituted for ANTH 3810 with the prior approval of the student's advisor.) Supporting Courses. The following list includes additional courses which have been approved for the major program. Other courses can be added, depending on the student's area of concentration, with the approval of an advisor. | |
| ANTH 3830 | North American Archaeology (3) |
| Surveys the prehistoric occupations of several areas of North America emphasizing the eastern United States, the Plains, California, and the Southwest. Topics include the date of human migration into the New World, the economy and organization of early Paleo-Indian populations, and the evolution of organization and exchange systems. | |
| ANTH 3840 | Archaeology of the Middle East (3) |
| This course is an introduction to the prehistory/early history of the Middle East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and southeast Anatolia) from 10,000 to 4,000 BP. | |
| ANTH 3850 | Historical Archaeology (3) |
| Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of the continental and transoceanic human migrations that began in the fifteenth century, their effects on native peoples, and historical trajectories of the societies that they created. This course offers an introduction to the field. It emphasizes how theoretical models, analytical methods, and archaeological data can be combined to make and evaluate credible inferences about the past. | |
| ANTH 3870 | Archaeology of Virginia (3) |
| Reviews the current state of archaeological and ethnohistoric research in Virginia. Emphasizes the history and culture of Native Americans in Virginia from the earliest paleoindian cultures to the period of European colonization. | |
| ANTH 3875 | Pre-Columbian South America (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will review the history of South America from its earliest population to the Spanish Conquest. Emphasis will be placed on tracing the rise of civilization in the Andes. The Inka empire was only the last of a long sequence of states and empires. Comparison of the Inka state with earlier polities such as the Moche and Tiwanaku will reveal the unique and enduring traditions of Andean political organizations. |
| ANTH 3880 | African Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course surveys transformations in the African past, from the Middle Stone Age emergence of modern humans, to the florescence of lifeways in the Late Stone Age, to the broad mosaic of small-, medium-, and large-scale Iron Age societies, to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We also consider how archaeological methods work to produce knowledge in combination with studies of genetics, climate and environment, and historical methods. |
| ANTH 3885 | Archaeology of Europe (3) |
| A survey of European archaeology beginning with the Neanderthal debate, and including interpretations of Upper Paleolithic cave painting, the spread village farming from the Near East, the role of megalithic monuments, the interaction of Rome and the `Barbarians', the growth of urban centers, the Iron Age, and the Viking expansion. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3890 | Archaeology of the American Southwest (3) |
| The northern section of the American Southwest offers one of the best contexts for examining the evolution of local and regional organization from the prehistoric to the historic period. Readings and discussion focus on both archaeological and ethnographic studies of the desert (Hohokam), mountain (Mogollon), and plateau (Anasazi/Pueblo) cultures. | |
| ANTH 4060 | People, Culture and Environment of Southern Africa (3) |
| Focusing on the intersection between peoples, cultures, and environments of southern Africa, this summer study abroad course details the continuities and contrasts between life in rural, marginalized and under-served regions of South Africa and Mozambique. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the community role in education and sustainable development - both developmental and anthropogenic impacts on the environment but also environmental. | |
| ANTH 4420 | Theories of Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Survey of modern schools of linguistics, both American and European, discussing each approach in terms of historical and intellectual context, analytical goals, assumptions about the nature of language, and relation between theory and methodology. |
| ANTH 4559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of Anthropology. | |
| ANTH 4590 | Social & Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. | |
| ANTH 4591 | Majors Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The majors seminars in anthropology offer majors and minors an opportunity to engage deeply with a topic of anthropological concern. Through these courses anthropology students gain experience in doing an independent research project on a topic they care about and produce a significant paper or other major work. Enrollment for majors and minors is preferred. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 |
| ANTH 4840 | Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology I (3) |
| Examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in archaeology. Includes seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity, and classification. | |
| ANTH 4841 | Quantitative Analysis II (3) |
| This course offers training in statistical models and methods that will be useful for students in multiple fields, including archaeology, anthropology, and environmental science. The goal is to equip students with statistical skills useful in systematically describing and analyzing empirical variation, deciphering links to the environmental and historical contexts in which that variation occurs, and using the results to advance science. Prerequisites: ANTH 4840 Quantitative Analysis I. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| ANTH 4993 | Independent Study in Anthropology (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of an instructor of his or her choice. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 4998 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Research (3) |
| Independent research, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers, toward the DMP thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program in Anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 pages, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers. Prerequisite: ANTH 4998. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 5195 | TechnoScience (3) |
| What do rocket launches, genetic testing, robot marriage, protein folding, marine biology, climate change and nuclear meltdowns have in common? Anthropologists have studied them all to understand sociocultural factors involved in technoscientific production. Spend a semester in the borderlands between anthropology and STS (science and technology studies) studying the latest research as well as classic ethnographies, with hands-on demonstrations. | |
| ANTH 5200 | History of Kinship Studies (3) |
| Critical assessment of major theoretical approaches to the study of kinship and marriage (from the 19th century to the present) and of the central role of kinship studies in the development of anthropological theory. | |
| ANTH 5210 | Reconfiguring Kinship Studies (3) |
| Examines the ways in which the forms of kinship have been reconfigured in contemporary societies, and the ways in which traditional kinship studies have been reconfigured by their intersection with culture theory, feminist theory, gender studies, postmodern theory, gay and lesbian studies, and cultural studies of science and medicine. Prerequisite: ANTH 5200 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 5220 | Economic Anthropology (3) |
| Considers Western economic theories and their relevance to non-Western societies. Includes a comparative analysis of different forms of production, consumption, and circulation. | |
| ANTH 5225 | NGOs, Development, and International Aid (3) |
| Graduate level seminar explores the scholarly literature on NGOs and development aid organizations, emphasizing results of field studies. Issues include the relationship between policy and practice, the impact of changing trends and funding priorities, the politics of representing the voices of aid clients, economic and racial hierarchies in development, assessment and audit, and the nature of motivations to help.
Prerequisite: 4th year ANTH, GDS, or PST Majors; or A&S Graduate students Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| ANTH 5235 | Legal Anthropology (3) |
| This course is an introduction to legal anthropology for graduate students or advanced undergraduates. This course investigates law systems, legal argumentation, and people's interactions with these thoughts and forms. Rather than taking as given the hegemonic power that legal structures might hold over people's lives and thought, this course questions how people use, abuse, subvert, and leverage legal structures in which they find themselves. | |
| ANTH 5240 | Relational Ethics (3) |
| How might we begin to conceive relational ethics? In the attempt to think through this question, we will slowly read and discuss some important texts in anthropology and continental philosophy that have attempted to think and articulate relationality, being-with and ethics. | |
| ANTH 5270 | Care and Abandonment (3) |
| This seminar will explore the norms, embodied practices, material artifacts, and forms of reasoning which shape processes of care and abandonment across a range of contemporary cases. We will explore Foucault's writings on bio-power, how a focus on abandonment and abjection has altered the field of anthropology, and how care might relate to other concepts like kinship. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| ANTH 5360 | World Mental Health (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will examine mental health issues from the perspectives of biomedicine and anthropology, emphasizing local traditions of illness and healing as well as evidence from epidemiology and neurobiology. Included topics will be psychosis, depression, PTSD, Culture Bound Syndromes, and suicide. We will also examine the role of pharmaceutical companies in the spread of western based mental health care and culturally sensitive treatment. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 5425 | Language Contact (3) |
| Considers how languages change as part of social systems and affected by historical processes. We will contrast language change through internal processes of drift and regular sound change with contact-induced language change involving multilingualism and code switching, language shift and lexical borrowing, the emergence of pidgin, creole, and intertwined languages, language endangerment, and computational tools for historical linguistics. | |
| ANTH 5435 | Language Documentation in Theory and Practice (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course explores the theoretical, practical, and ethical foundations of language documentation and linguistic fieldwork, forms of research that can hardly be separated in this era of global language loss. |
| ANTH 5465 | Language and the Culture of Preservation (3) |
| Why save endangered languages? What makes this work compelling to the diverse stakeholders involved? What kinds of obstacles do language preservation projects repeatedly encounter and why? This seminar explores language preservation as a cultural phenomenon in which issues of temporality, ownership, identity, and authenticity come to the fore. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| ANTH 5470 | Language and Identity (3) |
| In anthropology, where identity has become a central concern, language is seen as an important site for the construction of, and negotiation over social identities. In linguistics, reference to categories of social identity helps to explain language structure and change. This seminar explores the overlap between these converging trends by focusing on the notion of discourse as a nexus of cultural and linguistic processes. | |
| ANTH 5475 | Multimodal Interaction (3) |
| Students build knowledge and practice of analysis of peoples' joint-engagement in embodied interactions. How does action weave together multiple sensory modalities into semiotic webs linking interactions with more durative institutions of social life? Course includes workshops on video recording, and the transcription and coding of verbal and non-verbal actions. Prior coursework in Linguistics, Anthropology or instructor permission recommended. | |
| ANTH 5480 | Literacy and Orality (3) |
| This course surveys ethnographic and linguistic literature on literacy, focusing on the social meanings of speaking vs. writing (and hearing vs. reading) as opposed communicative practices, looking especially at traditionally oral societies. | |
| ANTH 5485 | Discourse Analysis (3) |
| Discourse analysis looks at the patterns in language and language-use above the level of sentence grammar and seeks to apply the micro-level analysis of communicative interactions to understanding the macro-level processes of social and cultural reproduction. Topics include: symbolic interactionism, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, discourse prosody, and digital analysis techniques. | |
| ANTH 5490 | Speech Play and Verbal Art (3) |
| This graduate-level seminar seeks to understand variation in language (and its significance for social relations and social hierarchies) by focusing on forms of language that are aesthetically valued (whether as powerful or as poetic) in particular communities. The course assumes some familiarity both with technical analysis of language and anthropological perspectives on social formations. | |
| ANTH 5495 | Discourse Prosody (3) |
| Discourse prosody looks at intonation, rhythm, meter, and voice quality in everyday speech, developing descriptive and theoretical models for the systematic study of these linguistic phenomena. The course emphasizes instrumental analysis and focuses on how prosody: varies across dialects and languages; functions in spoken interaction; and affects structures of social life (identity, hierarchy, etc.). | |
| ANTH 5510 | Topics in Ethnography (3) |
| Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester. | |
| ANTH 5528 | Topics in Race Theory (3) |
| This course examines theories and practices of race and otherness, in order to analyze and interpret constructions, deconstructions and reconstructions of race from the late 18th to the 21st centuries. The focus varies from year to year, and may include 'race, 'progress and the West,' 'gender, race and power,' and 'white supremacy.' The consistent theme is that race is neither a biological nor a cultural category, but a method and theory of social organization, an alibi for inequality, and a strategy for resistance. Cross listed as AAS 5528. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010, 3010, or other introductory or middle-level social science or humanities course | |
| ANTH 5541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ANTH 5549 | Topics in Theoretical Linguistics and Linguistic Anthropology (3) |
| Seminars in topics of specific interest to faculty and advanced students will be announced prior to each semester. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 5559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 5589 | Selected Topics in Archaeology (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Seminars in topics announced prior to each semester. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 5590 | Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 |
| ANTH 5610 | Critical medical anthropology: healers, patients, scholars (3) |
| This class focuses on critical issues in medical anthropology on topics of patienthood, healing and healers and the theoretical, methodological and ethnographic perspectives of anthropologists who integrate issues of politics, economics, power and resistance in understanding health, illness, healing as individually experienced and culturally shaped phenomena . | |
| ANTH 5620 | The Middle East in Ethnographic Perspective (3) |
| Survey of the anthropological literature on the Middle East & N. Africa. Begins historically with traditional writing on the Middle East and proceeds to critiques of this tradition and attempts at new ways of constructing knowledge of this world region. Readings juxtapose theoretical and descriptive work toward critically appraising modern writers' success in overcoming the critiques leveled against their predecessors. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| ANTH 5808 | Method and Theory in Archaeology (3) |
| Investigates current theory, models, and research methods in anthropological archaeology. | |
| ANTH 5840 | Archaeology of Complex Societies (3) |
| Examines archaeological approaches to the study of complex societies using case studies from both the Old and New Worlds. Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 5870 | Archaeozoology (3) |
| Laboratory training in techniques and methods used in analyzing animal bones recovered from archaeological sites. Include field collection, data analysis, and the use of zooarchaeological materials in reconstructing economic and social systems. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 5875 | Spatial Analysis and GIS in Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course explores theories and techniques underlying spatial analysis and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeological research. Topics covered in this hands-on course include construction and manipulation of spatial data, basic spatial statistics and landscape studies. Students are expected to work on their own research projects, involving the construction, analysis and modeling of environmental and social variables. |
| ANTH 5880 | Gender in Archaeology (3) |
| Explores the range of case studies and theoretical literature associated with the emergence of gender as a framework for research in archaeology. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 5885 | Archaeology of Colonial Expansions (3) |
| Exploration of the archaeology of frontiers, expansions and colonization, focusing on European expansion into Africa and the Americas while using other archaeologically-known examples (e.g., Roman, Bantu) as comparative studies. Prerequisite: For undergraduates, ANTH 4591 senior seminar or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 5891 | Archaeology of Frontiers and Boundary Interaction (3) |
| The focus of this class is the nature of sociopolitical interaction across boundaries and imperial frontier regions, using multidisciplinary research and different scales of analysis. Among other disciplines, this includes archaeology, ethnohistory and history. Some of the case studies comprise the ancient frontiers of imperial formations in the ancient World, the pre-Columbian Americas, and those in the US and beyond. | |
| ANTH 5993 | Independent Studies in Anthropology (3) |
| Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of an instructor of his or her choice. | |
| ANTH 7010 | History of Anthropological Theory (3) |
| Introduces major historical figures, approaches, and debates in anthropology (sociocultural, linguistic, archaeological), with a focus on understanding the discipline's diverse intellectual history, and its complex involvement with dominant social and intellectual currents in western society. | |
| ANTH 7020 | Contemporary Anthropological Theory (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores the major recent theoretical approaches in current anthropology, with attention to their histories and to their political contexts and implications. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 7040 | Ethnographic Research Design and Methods (3) |
| Seminar on ethnographic methods and research design in the qualitative tradition. Surveys the literature on ethnographic methods and explores relations among theory, research design, and appropriate methodologies. Students participate in methodological exercises and design a summer pilot research project. Prerequisite: Second year graduate in anthropology or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 7050 | Ethnographic Writing and Representation (3) |
| Seminar on the craft of ethnographic writing and the ethical, political, and practical challenges of describing studied people in scholarly books and articles. What can student researchers do during fieldwork to help them write better dissertations more easily? How should they analyze and present field data? Prerequisite: ANTH 7040 or instructor permission. Suitable for pre- and post-field graduate students. | |
| ANTH 7060 | Dissertation Research Proposal Workshop (3) |
| A workshop for graduates preparing dissertation proposals and writing grant applications. Each student prepares several drafts of a proposal, revising it at each stage in response to the criticisms of classmates and the instructor. | |
| ANTH 7100 | Indigenous Landscapes (3) |
| This course engages with ways that historical process are inscribed in landscapes, which are the traditional territories of indigenous communities and have also been shaped by colonialism, extractive enterprise, and nature conservation. It challenges students to examine their assumptions to examine ways in which dominant values and stories are inscribed in landscapes and made to appear natural and how indigenous peoples contest these processes. Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 7129 | Marriage, Mortality, Fertility (3) |
| Explores the ways that culturally formed systems of values and family organization affect population processes in a variety of cultures. Readings are drawn from comparative anthropology and historical demography. Cross-listed as ANTH 3129. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7130 | Disease, Epidemics and Society (3) |
| Topics covered in this course will include emerging diseases and leading killers in the twenty-first century, disease ecology, disease history and mortality transitions, the sociology of epidemics, the role of epidemiology in the mobilization of public health resources to confront epidemics, and the social processes by which the groups become stigmatized during disease outbreaks.
Prerequisites: previous ANTH or SOC course Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| ANTH 7290 | Nationalism and the Politics of Culture (3) |
| Analyzes the ways in which a spirit of national or ethic solidarity is mobilized and utilized. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ANTH 7344 | Anthropology and Anarchy (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Anarchy - organizing society through horizontal relations of free association - has a modern European history contemporary with Anthropology and has Indigenous histories in many places where people decided together to organize society against the state and hierarchy. Readings survey anthropology of non-state societies and engages questions of how non-European anarchies of Black and Indigenous authors and organizers critique anthropological methods. |
| ANTH 7350 | The Nature of Nature (3) |
| This course explores the evolution of Nature as a concept and a human-created realm of reality, particularly in relation to colonialism and globalization. It focuses on environmental politics of diverse people who do not relate to reality as a separate object called Nature. It also addresses the idea that we are living in the Anthropocene, a moment in which humans have become a force of Nature, and Nature perhaps no longer exists. | |
| ANTH 7370 | Power and the Body (3) |
| Study of the cultural representations and interpretations of the body in society. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7400 | Linguistic Anthropology (3) |
| An advanced introduction to the study of language from an anthropological point of view. No prior coursework in linguistics is expected, but the course is aimed at graduate students who will use what they learn in their own anthropologically-oriented research. Topics include an introduction to such basic concepts in linguistic anthropology as language in world-view, the nature of symbolic meaning, language and nationalism, universals and particulars in language, language in history and prehistory, the ethnography of speaking, the nature of everyday conversation, and the study of poetic language. The course is required for all Anthropology graduate students. It also counts toward the Theory requirement for the M.A. in Linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7420 | Theories of Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Survey of modern schools of linguistics, both American and European, discussing each approach in terms of historical and intellectual context, analytical goals, assumptions about the nature of language, and relation between theory and methodology. |
| ANTH 7440 | Language and Emotion (3) |
| This course explores emotion from the perspectives of cultural anthropology and sociolinguistics. Topics include: emotion in the natural vs. social sciences; cross-cultural conceptions of emotion; historical change in emotion discourses; emotion as a theory of the self; the grammatical encoding of emotion in language; (mis-) communication of emotion; and emotion in the construction of racialized and gendered identities. | |
| ANTH 7450 | Native American Languages (3) |
| Surveys the classification and typological characteristics of Native American languages and the history of their study, with intensive work on one language by each student. Some linguistics background is helpful. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7455 | African Languages (3) |
| An introduction to the linguistic diversity of the African continent, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Topics include linguistic structures (sound systems, word-formation, and syntax); the classification of African languages; the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory; language and social identity; verbal art; language policy debates; the rise of "mixed" languages among urban youth. Taught concurrently with ANTH 3455. | |
| ANTH 7470 | Language and Culture in the Middle East (3) |
| Language and Culture in the Middle East Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7480 | Language and Prehistory (3) |
| This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics (the study of how languages change over time) and the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction of prehistory. Considered is the use of linguistic evidence in tracing prehistoric population movements in demonstrating contact among prehistoric groups and in the reconstruction of daily life. To the extent that the literature permits, examples and case studies will be drawn from the Mayan language area of Central America, and will include discussion of the pre-Columbian Mayan writing system and its ongoing decipherment. Fulfills the comparative-historical requirement for Linguistics graduate students. | |
| ANTH 7541 | Topics in Sociolinguistics (3) |
| Analyzes particular aspects of the social use of language. Topics vary from year to year. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. | |
| ANTH 7589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. | |
| ANTH 7590 | Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 7603 | Archaeological Aproaches to Atlantic Slavery (3) |
| This course explores how archaeological and architectural evidence can be used to enhance our understanding of the slave societies that evolved in the early-modern Atlantic world. The primary focus is the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, the later exemplified by Jamaica and Nevis. The course is structured around a series of data-analysis projects that draw on the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (http://www.daacs.org). | |
| ANTH 7630 | Chinese Family and Religion (3) |
| Analyzes various features of traditional Chinese social organization as it existed in the late imperial period. Includes the late imperial state; Chinese family and marriage; lineages; ancestor worship; popular religion; village social structure; regional systems; and rebellion. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7840 | Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology I (3) |
| This course examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in anthropology and archaeology. Topics include seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity, and classification. | |
| ANTH 7841 | Quantitative Analysis II (3) |
| This is a second course in statistical methods useful in many disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, and environmental sciences. Coverage includes linear and generalized linear models, non-parametric regression, multivariate distances, clustering, ordination methods, and discriminant functions. The course emphasizes practical data analysis using R.
Prerequisite: Quantitative Analysis I (ANTH 4840/7840) or an introductory statistics course and a basic knowledge of R. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| ANTH 7855 | Historical Archaeology (3) |
| Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of the continental and transoceanic human migrations that began in the fifteenth century, their effects on native peoples, and historical trajectories of the societies that they created. This course offers an introduction to the field. It emphasizes how theoretical models, analytical methods, and archaeological data can be combined to make and evlaluate credible inferences about the past. | |
| ANTH 8559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| ANTH 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9010 | Directed Readings (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Directed Readings Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9020 | Directed Readings (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Directed Readings Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9050 | Research Practicum (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Research Practicum Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Applied Mathematics | |
| APMA 1000 | Preparation for Engineering Mathematics (1 - 3) |
| Covers the fundamental concepts necessary for success in engineering courses and Applied Mathemtics courses. | |
| APMA 1001 | Calculus Placeholder (4) |
| This course will be used as an enrollment placeholder during summer orientation for incoming 1st year engineering students prior to receiving calculus placement results, AP scores, dual enrollment credit, etc. This course will be replaced with APMA 1090, APMA 1110, or APMA 2120 prior to the fall term based on the student's final calculus placement result. | |
| APMA 1090 | Single Variable Calculus I (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The concepts of differential and integral calculus are developed and applied to the elementary functions of a single variable. Limits, rates of change, derivatives, and integrals. Applications are made to problems in analytic geometry and elementary physics. For students with no exposure to high school calculus. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 1110 | Single Variable Calculus II (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced techniques of integration are introduced, and integration is used in physics applications like fluid force, work, and center of mass. Improper integrals and approximate integration using Simpson's Rule are also studied. Infinite series including Taylor series are studied and numerical methods involving Taylor polynomials are studied. Parametric equations and polar coordinates are introduced and applied. Complex numbers are introduced. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 1501 | Special Topics in Applied Mathematics (1) |
| Student-led special topic courses which vary by semester. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014 | |
| APMA 2120 | Multivariable Calculus (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics include vectors in three-space and vector valued functions. The multivariate calculus, including partial differentiation, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, and the vector calculus, including Green's theorem, the divergence theorem, and Stokes's theorem. Applications. Prerequisite: APMA 1110 or MATH 1320. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 2130 | Ordinary Differential Equations (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | First order differential equations, second order and higher order linear differential equations, undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, Laplace transforms, linear systems of first order differential equations and the associated matrix theory, numerical methods. Applications. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 2501 | Special Topics in Applied Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Special topics in applied mathematics Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, January 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 |
| APMA 3080 | Linear Algebra (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyze and apply systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear transformations; matrices; determinants; eigenvalues; eigenvectors; coordinates; diagonalization; orthogonality; projections; inner product spaces; quadratic forms; The course is both computational and applicable. MATLAB is frequently used and prior experience in MATLAB (loops, functions, arrays, conditional statements) is helpful. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3100 | Probability (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A calculus-based introduction to probability theory and its applications in engineering and applied science. Includes counting techniques, conditional probability, independence, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distribution functions, expected value and variance, joint distributions, covariance, correlation, the Central Limit theorem, the Poisson process, an introduction to statistical inference. Students must have completed APMA 2120 or APMA 2512 Topic #1 Honors Engineering Math II and CS 1110 or CS 1111 or CS 1112 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3110 | Applied Statistics and Probability (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces basic concepts of probability such as random variables, single and joint probability distributions, and the central limit theorem. The course then emphasizes applied statistics, including descriptive statistics, statistical inference, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, linear regression, and ANOVA. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and APMA 3120. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3120 | Statistics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Includes point estimation methods, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing for one population and two populations, categorical data tests, single and multi-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques, linear and non-linear regression and correlation analysis, and non-parametric tests. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and APMA 3110. Prerequisite: APMA 3100 or MATH 3100. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3140 | Applied Partial Differential Equations (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Partial differential equations that govern physical phenomena in science and engineering. Separation of variables, superposition, Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems, eigenfunction expansion techniques. Particular focus on the heat, wave, and Laplace partial differential equations in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Prerequisites: (APMA 2120 or MATH 2310 or MATH 2315) AND (APMA 2130 or MATH 3250 or APMA 2501 topic Diff Equations & Linear Algebra) Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3150 | From Data to Knowledge (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course uses a Case-Study approach to teach statistical techniques with R: confidence intervals, hypotheses tests, regression, and anova. Also, it covers major statistical learning techniques for both supervised and unsupervised learning. Supervised learning topics cover regression and classification, and unsupervised learning topics cover clustering & principal component analysis. Prior basic statistic skills are needed. |
| APMA 3340 | Complex Variables with Applications (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics include analytic functions, Cauchy Theorems and formulas, power series, Taylor and Laurent series, complex integration, residue theorem, conformal mapping, and Laplace transforms. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or MATH 2310 or APMA 2512 - Honors Engineering Mathematics II. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 3501 | Special Topics in Applied Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Applies mathematical techniques to special problems of current interest. Topic for each semester are announced at the time of course enrollment. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| APMA 4501 | Special Topics in Applied Mathematics (3) |
| Applies mathematical techniques to special problems of current interest. Topic for each semester are announced at the time of course enrollment. | |
| APMA 4993 | Independent Reading and Research (1 - 3) |
| Reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing. | |
| APMA 4995 | Independent Reading and Research (3) |
| Reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 5070 | Numerical Methods (3) |
| Introduces techniques used in obtaining numerical solutions, emphasizing error estimation. Includes approximation and integration of functions, and solution of algebraic and differential equations. Prerequisite: Two years of college mathematics, including some linear algebra and differential equations, and the ability to write computer programs in any language. Course was offered Summer 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 6000T | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit (3) |
| APMA 6020 | Continuum Mechanics with Applications (3) |
| Introduces continuum mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids. Vectors and cartesian tensors, stress, strain, deformation, equations of motion, constitutive laws, introduction to elasticity, thermal elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluids. Cross-listed as AM 6020, MAE 6020, CE 6720 Prerequisite: Instructor Permission | |
| APMA 6130 | Mathematical Foundations of Continuum Mechanics (3) |
| Describes the mathematical foundations of continuum mechanics from a unified viewpoint. Review of relevant concepts from linear algebra, vector calculus, and Cartesian tensors; kinematics of finite deformations and motions; finite strain measures; linearization; concept of stress; conservation laws of mechanics and equations of motion and equilibrium; constitutive theory; constitutive laws for nonlinear elasticity; generalized Hooke's law for a linearly elastic solid; constitutive laws for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; basic problems of continuum mechanics as boundary-value problems for partial differential equations. Cross-listed as AM 6130. Prerequisite: Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, Elementary PDE (may be taken concurrently). | |
| APMA 6150 | Linear Algebra (3) |
| Analyzes systems of linear equations; least squares procedures for solving over determined systems; finite dimensional vector spaces; linear transformations and their representation by matrices; determinants; Jordan canonical form; unitary reduction of symmetric and Hermitian forms; eigenvalues; and invariant subspaces. Prerequisite: Three years of college mathematics or instructor permission. | |
| APMA 6240 | Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves (3) |
| Introduces phase-space methods, elementary bifurcation theory and perturbation theory, and applies them to the study of stability in the contexts of nonlinear dynamical systems and nonlinear waves, including free and forces nonlinear vibrations and wave motions. Examples are drawn from mechanics and fluid dynamics, and include transitions to periodic oscillations and chaotic oscillations. Also cross-listed as MAE 6240. Prerequisite: Undergraduate ordinary differential equations or instructor permission. | |
| APMA 6340 | Numerical Analysis (3) |
| Topics include the solution of systems of linear and nonlinear equations, calculations of matrix eigenvalues, least squares problems, and boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential equations. Prerequisite: Two years of college mathematics, including some linear algebra, and the ability to write computer programs. | |
| APMA 6370 | Singular Perturbation Theory (3) |
| Analyses of regular perturbations; roots of polynomials; singular perturbations in ODE's; periodic solutions of simple nonlinear differential equations; multiple-Scales method; WKBJ approximation; turning-point problems; Langer's method of uniform approximation; asymptotic behavior of integrals; Laplace Integrals; stationary phase; and steepest descents. Examples are drawn from physical systems. Cross-listed as MAE 6370. Prerequisite: Familiarity with complex analysis. | |
| APMA 6410 | Engineering Mathematics I (3) |
| Review of ordinary differential equations. Initial value problems, boundary value problems, and various physical applications. Linear algebra, including systems of linear equations, matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization, and various applications. Scalar and vector field theory, including the divergence theorem, Green's theorem, Stokes theorem, and various applications. Partial differential equations that govern physical phenomena in science and engineering. Solution of partial differential equations by separation of variables, superposition, Fourier series, variation of parameters, d' Alembert's solution. Eigenfunction expansion techniques for nonhomogeneous initial-value, boundary-value problems. Particular focus on various physical applications of the heat equation, the potential (Laplace) equation, and the wave equation in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Cross-listed as MAE 6410. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | |
| APMA 6420 | Engineering Mathematics II (3) |
| Further and deeper understanding of partial differential equations that govern physical phenomena in science and engineering. Solution of linear partial differential equations by eigenfunction expansion techniques. Green's functions for time-independent and time-dependent boundary value problems. Fourier transform methods, and Laplace transform methods. Solution of a variety of initial-value, boundary-value problems. Various physical applications. Study of complex variable theory. Functions of a complex variable, and complex integral calculus, Taylor series, Laurent series, and the residue theorem, and various applications. Serious work and efforts in the further development of analytical skills and expertise. Cross-listed as MAE 6420. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and APMA 6410 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 6430 | Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyzes the role of statistics in science; hypothesis tests of significance; confidence intervals; design of experiments; regression; correlation analysis; analysis of variance; and introduction to statistical computing with statistical software libraries. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| APMA 6440 | Applied Partial Differential Equations (3) |
| Includes first order partial differential equations (linear, quasilinear, nonlinear); classification of equations and characteristics; and well-posedness of initial and boundary value problems. Cross-listed as MAE 6440. Prerequisite: APMA 6420 or equivalent. | |
| APMA 6548 | Special Topics in Applied Mathematics (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topics vary from year to year and are selected to fill special needs of graduate students. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| APMA 6720 | Computational Fluid Dynamics I (3) |
| Topics include the solution of flow and heat transfer problems involving steady and transient convective and diffusive transport; superposition and panel methods for inviscid flow; finite-difference methods for elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations; elementary grid generation for odd geometries; and primitive variable and vorticity-steam function algorithms for incompressible, multidimensional flows. Extensive use of personal computers/workstations including graphics. Cross-listed as MAE 6720. Prerequisite: MAE 6310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 6993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Detailed study of graduate-level material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| APMA 6995 | Supervised Project Research (1 - 12) |
| Formal record of student commitment to project research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 7080 | Inelastic Solid Mechanics (3) |
| Emphasizes the formulation of a variety of nonlinear models. Specific topics include nonlinear elasticity, creep, visco-elasticity, and elasto-plasticity. Solutions to boundary value problems of practical interest are presented in the context of these various theories in order to illustrate the differences in stress distributions caused by different types of material nonlinearities. Cross-listed as AM 7080. Prerequisite: AM 6020. | |
| APMA 7140 | Nonlinear Elasticity Theory (3) |
| Describes the theory of finite (nonlinear) elasticity governing large deformations of highly deformable elastic solids. Both physical and mathematical implications considered. The results are applicable to rubber-like and biological materials and the theory serves as a prototype for more elaborate nonlinear theories of mechanics of continuous media. Cross-listed as AM 7140 Nonlinear Elasticity. Prerequisite: AM 6020 Continuum Mech. (or equiv) Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| APMA 7340 | Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (3) |
| Topics include the numerical solution of elliptic equations by finite element methods; solution of time dependent problems by finite element and finite difference methods; and stability and convergence results for the methods presented. Prerequisite: One or more graduate courses in mathematics or applied mathematics. | |
| APMA 7548 | Selected Topics in Applied Mathematics (3) |
| Content varies annually; topics may include wave propagation theory, shell theory, control theory, or advanced numerical analysis. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 7670 | Micromechanics of Heterogeneous Media (3) |
| Includes averaging principles; equivalent homogeneity; effective moduli; bounding principles; self-consistent schemes; composite spheres; concentric cylinders; three phase model; repeating cell models; inelastic and nonlinear effects; thermal effects; isotropic and anisotropic media; and strength and fracture. Cross-listed as AM 7670, and CE 7770. Prerequisite: APMA 6020. | |
| APMA 7720 | Computational Fluid Dynamics II (3) |
| A continuation of APMA 6720. More advanced methods for grid generation, transformation of governing equations for odd geometries, methods for compressible flows, methods for parabolic flows, calculations using vector and parallel computers. Use of personal computers/workstations/supercomputer including graphics. Cross-listed as MAE 7720. Prerequisite: APMA 6720 or equivalent. | |
| APMA 7993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Detailed study of advanced graduate-level material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. | |
| APMA 8548 | Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics (3) |
| Course content varies from year to year and depends on students' interests and needs. See APMA 7548 for possible topics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| APMA 8897 | Graduate Teaching Instruction (1 - 6) |
| For master's students. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 8995 | Supervised Project Research (1 - 12) |
| Formal record of student commitment to project research for Master of Applied Mathematics degree under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 8999 | Non-Topical Research, Master's Thesis (1 - 12) |
| Formal record of student commitment to master's thesis research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| APMA 9897 | Graduate Teaching Instruction (1 - 6) |
| For doctoral students. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| APMA 9999 | Non-Topical Research, Doctoral Thesis (1 - 12) |
| Formal record of student commitment to doctoral research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. Course was offered Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Arabic | |
| ARAB 116 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 126 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 216 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 226 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 256 | Introduction to Levantine Arabic-I (0) |
| This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan Prerequisite: First Year Arabic | |
| ARAB 266 | Introduction to Levantine Arabic-II (0) |
| This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan Prerequisite: First year Arabic and ARAB 0256/2256 | |
| ARAB 1010 | Elementary Arabic (4) |
| Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice. | |
| ARAB 1016 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 1020 | Elementary Arabic (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice. Prerequisite: ARAB 1010 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARAB 1026 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 1060 | Accelerated Elementary Arabic (4) |
| This course is intended for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Arabic, but with little or no reading and writing ability in Standard Arabic (MSA). The course focuses on reading and writing Arabic and aim to help students to: (a) achieve control of the Arabic sounds, (b) be able to write and speak in MSA, (c) and express themselves clearly in written form on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ARAB 1559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 6) |
| New Course in Arabic | |
| ARAB 2010 | Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Prerequistes: ARAB 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 2017 | Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I (4) |
| The primary goal of the course is to teach the student to communicate clearly and to give a good base for continued learning. Foreign languages are not acquired only in class; foreign languages are acquired through the students own efforts during and outside of class. For this reason, great emphasis is placed on learning through listeningnot only to other speakers, but to ones own voice repeating the language structures and vocabulary. | |
| ARAB 2020 | Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARAB 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 2060 | Accelerated Intermediate Arabic II (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Arabic, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to ARAB 1020. The course focuses on reading and writing Arabic. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency with rich vocabulary; (b) express themselves clearly in written Arabic on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. |
| ARAB 2250 | Conversational Arabic (3) |
| Introduces students to spoken Arabic, with oral production highly emphasized. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 2256 | Introduction to Colloquial Arabic I (0.5) |
| This course intends to introduce students to a variety of colloquial Arabic by enabling them to communicate with native speakers in the region where this variety is spoken. The focus will be on vocabulary and expressions used in daily life.
Prerequisite: ARAB 1010 and ARAB 1020, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ARAB 2266 | Introduction to Colloquial Arabic II (0.5) |
| This course is a continuation of ARAB 2256. The course intends to introduce students to a variety of colloquial Arabic by enabling them to communicate with native speakers in the region where this variety is spoken. The focus will be on the vocabulary and expressions used in daily life.
Prerequisite: ARAB 1010, ARAB 1020, and ARAB 2256. or instructor's permission Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ARAB 3010 | Advanced Arabic I (3) |
| The goal of this course is to increase the student's knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 3019 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the Arabic group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 3020 | Advanced Arabic II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The goal of this course is to increase the student's knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 3010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARAB 3230 | Arabic Conversation and Composition (3) |
| Using a communicatively oriented, proficiency-based approach the course will focus on the communicative prodution skills (speaking and writing) in the language through a combination of interactive classroom activities, take-home assignments and group work. Emphasis will be on the development of these two skills. Students will also be introduced to aspects of the Arab culture to build cultural awareness and communicative competence. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2018 | |
| ARAB 3240 | Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition (3) |
| Develops oral and written proficiency to an advanced level of fluency, with emphasis on speaking and writing. Prerequisite: ARAB 3230 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 3259 | Advanced Arabic for Business (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course aims to provide advanced training in developing linguistic and communicative skills in business Arabic. The business topics cover data & communication, finance, insurance, law & contract, research & production, marketing, transport, travel, meetings, and conferences. Instructor permission. |
| ARAB 3330 | Arabic of the Quran and Hadith I (3) |
| Studies the language of the Quran and its exegesis, and the Hadith. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or higher, or permission of instructor. | |
| ARAB 3559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 3672 | Review of Arabic Grammar (3) |
| In this course students will develop a mastery of core items relevant to Modern Standard Arabic grammar, a mastery which will enable them to produce discreet, sophisticated sentences, as well as to compose paragraphs and essays, all while utilizing the grammar points covered in this class. Those interested in taking this course are required to have completed ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or to receive approval of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARAB 3810 | Modern Arabic Fiction (3) |
| Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 4010 | Advanced Arabic III (3) |
| The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 4020 | Advanced Arabic IV (3) |
| The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAB 4120 | Introduction to Arabic Drama (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| ARAB 4230 | Love, War, and Diaspora in Hoda Barakat's Writings (3) |
| In this course, we will examine the themes of love, war, and diaspora in the literature of the Lebanese writer, Hoda Barakat. Some of the topics that will interest us are: the role of the author as a witness to the Lebanese civil war, the challenges of rewriting history, recreating the homeland's image in diasporic locales, collective and individual memories and its role in trauma recall and testimony. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ARAB 4245 | Readings in Classical Arabic Prose (3) |
| Students will gain insight and learn to appreciate some of the most influential "Arab" literary figures and some of the most celebrated classical Arabic prose masterpieces. Students will also broaden their critical and comparative perspectives with regard to some of the most important literary and cultural issues related to the overall poetics and politics of the Arabic-Islamic heritage. Prereq: ARAB 3020 or Instructor Permission. | |
| ARAB 4450 | The Other in Premodern Arabic Sources (3) |
| This course explores the unduly studied corpus of Arabic writings that describes the encounters with and perception of the Other. Much effort will be devoted to investigate medieval and early modern Arab-Muslim views of the Other in a cross-generic selection of non-religious Arabic prose such as travelogues, diplomatic memoirs, captivity reports, marvels, folktales, literary debates/boasting, and poetry. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2017 | |
| ARAB 4559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 4993 | Independent Study in Arabic (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Arabic Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 5230 | Love, War, and Diaspora in Hoda Barakat's Writings (3) |
| In this course, we will examine the themes of love, war, and diaspora in the literature of the Lebanese writer, Hoda Barakat. Some of the topics that will interest us are: the role of the author as a witness to the Lebanese civil war, the challenges of rewriting history, recreating the homeland's image in diasporic locales, collective and individual memories and its role in trauma recall and testimony. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ARAB 5240 | Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition (3) |
| Develops oral and written proficiency to an advanced level of fluency, with emphasis on speaking and writing. Prerequisite: ARAB 3230 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 5245 | Readings in Classical Arabic Prose (3) |
| Students will gain insight and learn to appreciate some of the most influential 'Arab' literary figures and some of the most celebrated classical Arabic prose masterpieces. Students will also broaden their critical and comparative perspectives with regard to some of the most important literary and cultural issues related to the overall poetics and politics of the Arabic-Islamic heritage. | |
| ARAB 5310 | Introduction to the Arab World and Its Languages (3) |
| A general survey of the linguistic, geographical, historical, social, religious, cultural, and artistic aspects of the modern Arab world. Attention given to the Arabic language, family, gender relations, the Arab experience in the U.S., Arab American relations, the role of the past and of social change, and Arab art and music. | |
| ARAB 5330 | Arabic of the Quran and Hadith I (3) |
| Studies the language of the Quran and its exegesis, and the Hadith. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or higher, or permission of instructor. | |
| ARAB 5410 | Advanced Arabic III (3) |
| The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 5420 | Advanced Arabic IV (3) |
| This course focuses on reading texts in Modern Standard Arabic of different genres. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 5559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 5810 | Modern Arabic Fiction (3) |
| Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 5830 | Topics in Arabic Prose I (3) |
| Emphasis on reading modern Arabic prose, and writing descriptive and narrative short essays. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020/5020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 5840 | Topics in Arabic Prose II (3) |
| Exposure to selected reading material in modern Arabic prose, and writing of short essays, summaries, and descriptive pieces in Arabic. Prerequisite: ARAB 5830 or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 5850 | Media Arabic (3) |
| Examination of electronic (television and radio) and print (newspapers, magazines, periodic publications) Arabic. Prerequisite: ARAB 5530 and 5540, or ARAB 3010/5010 and 3020/5020, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 5870 | Media Arabic II (3) |
| A survey of print and electronic media, news and news reports, analysis, commentaries from or about the Arab world, intended to increase students' familiarity with the language used in news as reported in Arabic-media venues. Â Prerequisite:Â ARAB 5850, completion of ARAB 5530 and 5540 or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 6559 | New course in Arabic (3) |
| This course is to allow 6000-level new courses to be taught for one semester | |
| ARAB 6672 | Review of Arabic Grammar (3) |
| The course treats in depth aspects of Arabic Grammar. It enables leaners to produce orally and in writing samples of Modern Standard Arabic. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARAB 7120 | Introduction to Arabic Drama (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology.
Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 |
| ARAB 8559 | New Course in Arabic (3) |
| New Course in Arabic
Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| ARAB 8993 | Independent Study in Arabic (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Arabic. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Arts Administration | |
| ARAD 1550 | Topics in Arts Administration (1) |
| Topics in Arts Administration, where the topic may change. At present (2012) The Art Business and Art Criticism are topic examples under the ARAD 1550 banner, both being taught in Fall, 2012. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014 | |
| ARAD 3100 | Principles and Practices of Arts Administration (3) |
| Introductory survey of principles and practices of arts administration, as the crossroads of art and audience. | |
| ARAD 3550 | Topics of Arts in Context (3 - 4) |
| Topics course on The Arts in Context, where role of the arts in human society is examined in various contexts. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARAD 3559 | New Course in Development for the Arts (3 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Development for the Arts. |
| ARAD 3993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Independent study in Arts Adminstration Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAD 4050 | Arts Marketing Theory and Practice (3) |
| Audience development theory and marketing strategies and techniques as they apply specifically to the arts and arts institutions. | |
| ARAD 4070 | Introduction to Design Thinking (3) |
| Design is not a link in a chain but the hub of a wheel. Design Thinking is a human-centered way of approaching issues and opportunities, utilizing and combining knowledge from many domains and fields. The technique encourages abductive reasoning as well as more common deductive and inductive reasoning methods. Experiencing interplay between group / collective creativity and the creativity of individual insight is a course theme. | |
| ARAD 4200 | Development and Board Management (3) |
| This course explores techniques and rationales behind the giving and the raising of funds; and the closely related skills of leading and managing trustees, boards and volunteers. The course will examine these fields using both theory and practical applications. Both in-class discussions and distinguished guest speakers will be utilized. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| ARAD 4559 | New Course in Arts Administration (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Arts Administration. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2010 |
| History of Art and Architecture | |
| ARAH 5253 | Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I (3) |
| Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I | |
| ARAH 5559 | New Course in History of Art (3 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of History of Art. | |
| ARAH 5575 | Topics in Modern Art History (3) |
| examines focused topics in the history of modern art Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| ARAH 5753 | Southern History and Material Culture (3) |
| Southern History & Material Culture is an intensive graduate-level introduction to the decorative arts, history and material culture of the American South. The four-week course includes a number of lectures, collection studies and workshops by members of the staff of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem, Inc., the faculty of the University of Virginia, and guest scholars. | |
| ARAH 8051 | Theory and Interpretation in the Visual Arts (3) |
| Investigates problems in the theory and interpretation of the visual arts | |
| ARAH 8060 | Prospectus and Grant Writing (3) |
| This course will guide students through the process of drafting a clear and compelling dissertation prospectus in collaboration with program faculty and peers. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ARAH 8091 | MA Thesis Research (3) |
| MA Thesis Research | |
| ARAH 8092 | MA Thesis Writing (3) |
| The MA thesis, up to 50 pages in length, will be prepared under the supervision of the major advisor, reviewed by a three-person committee and defended orally before the end of term. | |
| ARAH 8695 | Special Reading Problems (3 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Special Reading Problems Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARAH 8998 | Non-Topical Rsch, Masters Prep (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARAH 8999 | Non-Topical Research, Masters (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARAH 9500 | Seminar in Ancient Architecture/Archaeology (3) |
| Investigates problems in ancient architecture/archaeology. | |
| ARAH 9505 | Seminar in Ancient Art/Archaeology (3) |
| Investigates problems in ancient art/archaeology Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAH 9510 | Seminar in Medieval Architecture (3) |
| Investigates problems in medieval architecture | |
| ARAH 9515 | Seminar in Medieval Art (3) |
| Investigates problems in medieval art Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAH 9520 | Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Architecture (3) |
| Investigates problems in Renaissance and/or Baroque architecture. | |
| ARAH 9525 | Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Art (3) |
| Investigates problems in renaissance/baroque art Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAH 9535 | Seminar in 18th/19th Art (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Investigates problems in 18th-19th century art Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARAH 9540 | Seminar in 20th/21st Century Architecture (3) |
| Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAH 9545 | Seminar in 20th/21st Century Art (3) |
| Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAH 9560 | Seminar in Architecture Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3) |
| Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAH 9565 | Seminar in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2010 |
| ARAH 9570 | Seminar in the Architecture of the Americas (3) |
| Investigates problems in architecture of the Americas | |
| ARAH 9575 | Seminar in the Art of the Americas (3) |
| Investigates problems in art of the Americas | |
| ARAH 9580 | Seminar in the Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3) |
| Investigates problems in architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia | |
| ARAH 9585 | Seminar in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Investigates problems in art of East, South, and Southeast Asia Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| ARAH 9590 | Seminar in the Architecture of Africa or Islam (3) |
| Investigates problems in architecture of Africa or Islam Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ARAH 9595 | Seminar in the Art of Africa or Islam (3) |
| Investigates problems in art of Africa or Islam. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2019 | |
| ARAH 9995 | Supervised Research (3 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Supervised Research Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARAH 9998 | Non-Topical Rsch,Doctoral Prep (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARAH 9999 | Non-Topical Research, Doctoral (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Architecture | |
| ARCH 1010 | Lessons of the Lawn (3) |
| The study of architecture as a speculation on origins is located at the conjunctive core of any liberal arts curriculum and serves as the physical armature and conceptual foundation of the University. This course is concerned with the contemporary imagination, attempting to make the discipline of architecture meaningful to a wide range of citizens in its public obligation to be constructive and optimistic in the most profoundly ethical, pragmatic, and magical of terms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 1020 | Lessons in Making (3) |
| In this course we explore the delights and dilemmas of design. With paper, pencils, cardboard, and glue, we draw, sketch, and construct collages and architectural models. As we do so, we ask fundamental questions. What is design? What exactly do designers do when they design? What makes the practice meaningful, and what makes it difficult? To see work from past years, visit: https://web.arch.virginia.edu/designfundamentals/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 1030 | Foundation Studio I (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The studio course introduces first year students from architecture, urban and environmental planning, and architectural history to the built environment related to scales from the body to buildings, landscapes, and cities.Students explore comprehensive and foundational design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 |
| ARCH 1031 | Summer Foundation Studio I (4) |
| The studio course introduces architecture, urban and environmental planning, and architectural history to the built environment related to scales from the body to buildings, landscapes, and cities.Students explore comprehensive and foundational design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ARCH 1040 | Introduction to Design (4) |
| Introduction to the principles, methods, and processes that designers use to observe and design the constructed environment. Working in both two and three-dimensional analog and digital media, students will analyze inputs and propose places through innovative forms of visual communication. Spatial, conceptual, relational, and critical thinking will all be creatively explored within a lively interdisciplinary community. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ARCH 1500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 6) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| ARCH 2010 | Foundation Studio II (6) |
| The foundations studios involve beginning design students in thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication and comprehensive critical design strategies. These courses foster the development of the beginning design student's design methodology founded on thoughtful, creative, ethical and rigorous work practices in service of exploring meaningful formal and spatial propositions.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1010, 1020, 1030. | |
| ARCH 2011 | Summer Intro to Design Studio (6) |
| Prerequisite: For undergraduate transfer students accepted by the Dept. of Architecture only. This introductory architectural design studio explores comprehensive & foundational design principles, skill sets, & critical thinking. The material covered is presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises,workshops, symposia & reviews involving the beginning design student in the thoughtful application of comprehensive critical design. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ARCH 2020 | Foundation Studio III (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The foundations studios involve beginning design students in thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication and comprehensive critical design strategies. These courses foster the development of the beginning design student's design methodology founded on thoughtful, creative, ethical and rigorous work practices in service of exploring meaningful formal and spatial propositions.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2010 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 2021 | Summer Intro to Design Studio 1 (6) |
| Prerequisite: ARCH 2010 or 2011, for undergraduate transfer students accepted by the Dept. of Architecture only.
The second architectural studio in the core curriculum fosters the development of the beginning design student's design methodology founded on thoughtful, creative, ethical and rigorous work practices in service of exploring meaningful formal and spatial propositions. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ARCH 2070 | Design & Thinking (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | ARCH 2070 (Formally 3070 Foundations in Design Thinking) introduces the fundamentals of Design, actively implementing the methods designers utilize for spaces, systems, and products. Open to the University, students learn interpersonal skills, a designing/making process, stakeholder/project management, and visual communication techniques. The course culminates in a demonstration showcase with opportunities for professional feedback. |
| ARCH 2100 | Design in the World (3) |
| This course examines the visual, cultural, historical, and ethical aspects of design and the constructed environment using examples from a broad range of design disciplines. Through lectures, readings, discussions, and short design projects, students will learn to analyze and critique the objects, spaces, buildings, and experiences that shape the environments we collectively make and inhabit. | |
| ARCH 2114 | Sustainability and Systems in the Built Environment (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course takes a systems perspective to study and design for sustainability in the built environment at various scales (e.g., materials, buildings, cities, and regions) and for different types of systems (e.g., physical, social, information). Students from SEAS, A-School, and other majors are welcome in this course, which emphasizes interdisciplinary design collaboration and diversity of thought. Grad course will have add¿l course requirement. |
| ARCH 2150 | Global Sustainability (3) |
| Earth's ecosystems are unraveling at an unprecedented rate, threatening human wellbeing and posing substantial challenges to contemporary society. Designing sustainable practices, institutions, and technologies for a resource-constrained world is our greatest challenge. This integrated and interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand, innovate and lead the efforts necessary to engage in this task. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| ARCH 2220 | Principles of Tectonics (3) |
| With a focus on the interplay between design methods and building practices through history, this course explores the fundamental tectonic principles that shape the work of architecture. | |
| ARCH 2500 | Special Topics in Architecture (3) |
| Topical offerings in the subject of Architecture. | |
| ARCH 2710 | CAAD 3D Geometrical Modeling and Visualization (3) |
| A comprehensive hands-on course in three-dimensional computer aided design that ranges from beginning to advanced methods in geometrical modeling, macro programming, and visualization used in design related disciplines. The class explores approaches to design made possible through computer-based methods. Lectures and workshops provide a conceptual and applied framework, examine state-of-the-art techniques today,and speculate on future advances | |
| ARCH 2715 | Elements of Design (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This seminar is about architectural design. Approximately twenty-five lecture/discussions span various aspects of design beginning with principles and including topics such as multiple ideas, multiple studies, abstraction, proportion and composition. Final topics include practical and esthetic considerations of design and materials. A class notebook is required for lecture notes and assignments of writings and drawings. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| ARCH 3010 | Foundation Studio IV (6) |
| This studio course emphasizes conceptualization and synthesis of complex programs in contemporary contexts at multiple scales.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2020 | |
| ARCH 3011 | Design Thinking Studio I (6) |
| This is a studio based course on Architectural design thinking with a focus on creative approaches to analyzing and solving diverse problems. | |
| ARCH 3020 | Foundation Studio V (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This studio course emphasizes conceptualization and synthesis of complex programs in contemporary contexts at multiple scales.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3010 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 3021 | Design Thinking Studio II (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is a studio based course on Architectural design thinking with a focus on creative approaches to analyzing and solving diverse problems.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3070 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| ARCH 3070 | Foundations in Design Practices (4) |
| This course will introduce a range of design practices with the goal of establishing a set of skills necessary for addressing complex design challenges in the subsequent Design Thinking Studios. Project-based exercises will explore methods of analysis, techniques of representation & systems of assembly at a variety of scales (detail, body, enclosure, systems, etc.). This course is limited to Architecture Majors in the Design-Thinking Concentration. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| ARCH 3071 | Design Practices Lab (1) |
| This course is a required, one-credit lab that is coordinated with Arch 3070 and consists of workshops and tutorials to facilitate the development of skills necessary for students in the Design-Thinking Concentration. | |
| ARCH 3110 | Sustainable Communities (3) |
| This seminar examines how the intertwined principles of sustainable communities--environmental quality and beauty, social equity and economic health--are reflected in buildings, landscapes and cities. Through theory and policy readings, discussions and site visits, we will examine how communities can improve air, water and land quality, renewable energy, mobility, local food and overall wellbeing and sense of place. | |
| ARCH 3120 | Theories of Architecture (3) |
| This class examines major themes & methodologies found in or taken up by twentieth century architectural theory. The course considers architecture through a wider set of cultural studies that include critical theory, phenomenology, semiotics, structuralism, post-structuralism & psychoanalysis. Questions involve the associations constructed between architecture & autonomy, technology, perception, art, theory & practice. Prereq: ARH 1010 &1020 | |
| ARCH 3122 | Contemporary Spatial Practices (3) |
| This seminar will present a critical account of contemporary spatial practices and develop a theoretical framework of spatial operations enabling students to situate their own work within this new territory. | |
| ARCH 3140 | Architectural Analysis: Key Buildings of Modernism (3) |
| Investigates the link between ideas and forms of significant buildings in the canon of modern architecture. | |
| ARCH 3203 | Design Logics (3) |
| We will explore the logic model as a theoretical framework for understanding the health impact of the built environment as the basis for evidence-based practices of design. The logic model is a tool for synthesizing and visualizing causal pathways that lead to health outcomes. Students learn to conduct a rigorous literature review, diagram data, visualize environments, and develop logic models of key buildings and urban landscapes. | |
| ARCH 3240 | Introduction to Structural Design (3) |
| A first course in structures for undergraduates to develop analytic and critical skills through both mathematical and visual investigation. Topics include statics, mechanics of materials, computer-based structural analysis, and the design and behavior of basic structural elements and systems. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 3260 | Building Matters (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores and evaluates the properties of basic building materials and construction assemblies. Introduces building construction from a variety of viewpoints, with emphasis on ecological thinking in architectural decision-making. Students will analyze and critique materials and construction systems, and how they correspond to aesthetic, technical, financial and ethical issues. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 3271 | Breaking BIM (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to the principles of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the interface and workflow of Autodesk's Revit. Topics include the BIM workflow, associative modeling, conceptual massing, building components, site tools, customizing components, materials, detailing, schedules, and visualization. With successful completion students will be able to use Revit proficiently in a design process. | |
| ARCH 3274 | Parametric Structural Design (3) |
| New integration of structural analysis into standard design software links design with immediate analysis and feedback, allowing architects to extend their structural intuition. This course covers basic structural systems, their historical development, design considerations, and analysis through physical and parametric modeling.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3240 or permission of instructor Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ARCH 3410 | CAAD 3D Modeling & Visualization (3) |
| A comprehensive course in three-dimensional computer aided design and visualization methods used in architecture and landscape architecture. The class explores design worlds that are made accessible through computer-based media. Lectures provide a theoretical framework for computer-aided design, describe current methods, and speculate on advanced methods. | |
| ARCH 3500 | Special Topics in Architecture (3) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. Course was offered Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 3559 | New Courses in Architecture (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject Architecture. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| ARCH 3710 | Photography and Digital Media (3) |
| This course seeks to give students the ability to conceive and create digital photographic imagery with control and sophistication. Topics include fundamentals of photography, color theory, digital control of visual qualities, and methods of image montage for both still images and short animations. Methods include production and presentation for both printed hard copy and for the World Wide Web. Course was offered Summer 2016 | |
| ARCH 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 4010 | Research Studio (6) |
| This studio course emphasizes conceptualization and synthesis of complex programs in contemporary contexts at multiple scales.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3020 | |
| ARCH 4011 | Design Thinking Studio III (6) |
| This is a studio based course on Architectural design thinking with a focus on creative approaches to analyzing and solving diverse problems.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3021 | |
| ARCH 4020 | Advanced Design Research Studio (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Students pursue a semester long advanced design project. Prerequisite: ARCH 4010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 4021 | Ind Design Thinking Research Studio (6) |
| This is a studio based course on Architectural design thinking with a focus on creative approaches to analyzing and solving diverse problems. Prerequisite: ARCH 3011/3021 Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| ARCH 4100 | Independent Design Research (Thesis) Seminar (3) |
| Architectural research methods are introduced and applied to the development of an undergraduate thesis in Architecture. Students develop and investigate research questions, research methods, and data sources. | |
| ARCH 4201 | Forms and Materials of the Buildings of Venice (3) |
| The course aims at introducing the physical essence of Venice through direct contact with selected materials by means of manifold complementary approaches. Different specialists, from week to week, will go into depth on the techniques & their aesthetics through time, taking the students to sites of interest. Among others, the course provides an experience in a glass furnace as part of a practical design atelier, & focuses on marbles & stones. | |
| ARCH 4401 | Drawing Venice (3) |
| This course will focus on the analysis of urban space and flows, with a focus on the development of representational techniques that investigate the relationship between urban form and urban life. The course will engage a range of media, from hand drawing through digital mapping, photography and film. The students will be expected to develop a capacity to diagram both static and dynamic conditions that structure the urban experience. | |
| ARCH 4500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 3) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. | |
| ARCH 4510 | J-Term Courses (1 - 3) |
| January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of "J-term" classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse themselves in a particular subject. | |
| ARCH 4820 | Teaching Experience (3) |
| Selected students lead a seminar (of 8 to 10 younger students each) for 'Lessons of the Lawn' and 'Lessons in Making.' All student assistants attend class lectures (for a second time) and then meet with their seminar groups weekly, leading discussions of topics and questions raised by the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 4821 | Research Experience (3) |
| Student will engage with faculty on selected topics in Architecture Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| ARCH 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 4995 | Independent Design Research (Thesis) Studio (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Design Research Studio for 4th year students in their final year. Prerequisite: ARCH 4010 and ARCH 4100, permission of the chair. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 |
| ARCH 5010 | Introduction to Architecture (1) |
| This studio-based course introduces students to foundational elements and methods of architectural design and representation. The course provides incoming M.Arch students the basic skills required for the successful completion of the program's core studio sequence. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| ARCH 5011 | International Summer Studio (6) |
| Students will design proposals for the complex cultural, formal, spatial and constructional context of a particular location outside the US. Pedagogical objectives include strengthening analytical and creative abilities at multiple scales through an iterative design process, studying material and tectonics, developing critical thinking abilities, and improving graphic, verbal and written communication skills. | |
| ARCH 5012 | Greek Odyssey in the Anthropocene (3) |
| Inspired by Homeric poems and Odysseus' travels, as well as current sustainability challenges in the Aegean Sea, this experiential educational abroad program introduces students to both past, present, and future ways of life in Athens and other Greek islands. | |
| ARCH 5020 | Introduction to Design Visualization (1) |
| A complimentary workshop to the studio component, this course introduces students to foundational concepts and techniques of architectural visualization and its relation to software and digital technologies. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| ARCH 5030 | Architecture Pro Seminar (1) |
| This seminar is a forum for discussion and debate on contemporary architectural topics. The seminar addresses the instrumental and methodological diversity of architectural practice and the role of design in larger societal debates. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| ARCH 5110 | Design Approaches to Existing Sites (3) |
| Explores various approaches by designers to the contexts of their work. Examines buildings, urban infrastructure, and landscape interventions, and includes lectures, discussions, and presentations by visitors and students. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| ARCH 5111 | House (3) |
| This course is about understanding important houses of the modern movement. After choosing an iconic house for study students conduct independent research on its design for the semester. The study culminates in a class presentation regarding the house with respect to its basic ideas, design intentions, order and construction. The class meets once a week for work sessions with the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ARCH 5113 | Behavioral Design (3) |
| Just as physics and math inform design, so can behavioral sciences, which offer rigorous and rapidly advancing insight into how people interact with their environments and with each other. This project-based course will expand students' design repertoires by connecting to psychology and related fields. This course is for "designers" broadly construed: those who wish to influence areas such as architecture, engineering, policy, and business. | |
| ARCH 5114 | Sustainability and Systems in the Built Environment (3) |
| This course takes a systems perspective to study and design for sustainability in the built environment at various scales (e.g., materials, buildings, cities, and regions) and for different types of systems (e.g., physical, social, information). Students from SEAS, A-School, and other majors are welcome in this course, which emphasizes interdisciplinary design collaboration and diversity of thought. | |
| ARCH 5130 | Paper Matters (1) |
| Which is the role of publications in the contemporary architectural debate & in a school of architecture? The seminar has the purpose of experimenting the critical edition of contents, reflect on the instruments & educate in the related skills. It will combine the research on themes & other publications, the presence of experts & the editorial staff meetings, & will include short exercises, the definition of an editorial line. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 | |
| ARCH 5132 | Paper Matters II (2) |
| Which is the role of publications in the contemporary architectural debate & in a school of architecture? The seminar has the purpose of experimenting the critical edition of contents, reflect on the instruments & educate in the related skills. It will combine the research on themes & other publications, the presence of experts & the editorial staff meetings, & will include short exercises, the definition of an editorial line. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| ARCH 5140 | Advanced Design Themes of Great Cities (3) |
| This course discusses the design qualities of the world's great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details. | |
| ARCH 5150 | Global Sustainability (3) |
| Earth's ecosystems are unraveling at an unprecedented rate, threatening human wellbeing & posing substantial challenges to contemporary society. Designing sustainable practices, institutions, & technologies for a resource-constrained world is our greatest challenge. This integrated and interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand,innovate & lead the efforts necessary to engage in this task. Graduate course will have additional course requirements. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 5160 | Models for Higher Density Housing (3) |
| This seminar will focus on density and contemporary housing issues, specifically related to affordable housing. As cities have spread out or decayed at the core, the variety of housing options has decreased leading to a growing divide between where and how people can afford to live. Assignments range from readings and leading discussion to case study presentations of recent global and local housing designs. | |
| ARCH 5170 | New Urban Housing (3) |
| The class attempts to give students an introduction to the design issues associated with high-density urban housing. This area was a focus of experimentation for the first generation of modern architects. Today, pressures from urban sprawl and concerns for sustainable patterns of living have renewed the need to find ways of making modern urban neighborhoods. Issues of innovation and continuity need to be explored. This seminar will discuss the history of modern housing and explore a range of contemporary architectural projects, built and unbuilt. | |
| ARCH 5180 | Issues in Contemporary Architecture (3) |
| Participants will investigate a diverse range of issues confronted in the conception, making and interpretation of contemporary architecture, including urban, social, aesthetic, representational, and technological concerns. Questions will be examined through a case study model grounded in history and supplemented by readings. During each class, 2-3 buildings will be formally analyzed to illustrate the thematic investigation. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ARCH 5201 | Forms and Materials of the Buildings of Venice (3) |
| The course aims at introducing the physical essence of Venice through direct contact with selected materials by means of manifold complementary approaches. Different specialists, from week to week, will go into depth on the techniques & their aesthetics through time, taking the students to sites of interest. Graduate students will undertake additional course requirements. | |
| ARCH 5250 | Applied Real Estate (4) |
| The course emulates the real estate development process in a specific geographic and socio-economic setting. In this studio, students will form small teams assigned to develop a project for a specific site. The students begin with site analysis, develop a proposed "product," conduct all the key financial analyses, and identify and develop the materials that would be necessary to move the project through public approval. Prerequisite: PLAN 5220 | |
| ARCH 5320 | Some Assembly Required: Research and Development (3) |
| This course functions as research and development seminar - the research and development initiatives will consist of three distinct and critically interdependent phases: first, case study analysis and interpretation; secondly, development of issue-specific project proposal; and thirdly, innovative advancement of research topic. In consultation with the course instructor, research initiatives focus on a specific topic of building construction | |
| ARCH 5321 | Some Assembly Required: Design Build (4) |
| The course focuses on the study of modern fabrication practices in the context of design/build projects. | |
| ARCH 5342 | Parametric Energy Design (3) |
| This course offers a foundation in understanding climate and energy in buildings and cities, and teaches the tools to parametrically analyze, model, visualize and design for energy impacts. Starting from real energy in real buildings through physical and data exploration, the course then teaches parametric tools to propose interventions and analyze for performance. The course is open to students in both Architecture and Engineering. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARCH 5370 | Depth of Surface (3) |
| Construction systems and material selection must be a generative process not a reactive application. What are the possibilities for the Depth of Surface to exploit the tension between internal criteria and external forces & context? The fundamental issues of buildability must be driven by a sense of 'what do you want to see?' as well as the pragmatic - with the detail reinforcing, not diluting, the whole. How can overall composition, form, performance and structure of building envelope come together (via detail) within a specific conceptual context? | |
| ARCH 5380 | Soft Surface Operations (3) |
| We will explore the parameters of shaping the flow of light, wind, and water; then test these discoveries through full-scale mock-ups, exploring practical potentials as well as the experiential aspects of weather phenomena and surface performance. Working with a set of high performance fabrics, it will be possible to produce operable, interactive, beautiful surfaces that create comfortable semi-exterior conditions year-round. | |
| ARCH 5400 | Experimental Technologies (3) |
| Covering theory to practice, the course is an introduction to the use of digital technologies for the analysis, simulation and visualization of space, time and processes on cultural sites. The course focuses on the use of computer technologies for the visualization, exploration and analysis of natural and built environments (broad enough to include issues and methodologies of interest to architects, landscape architects, archaeologists and architectural historians). Topics are explored through class lectures on the theory and application of computational/visualization technology, guest lectures, example projects, field trips to project site and exercises examining emergent issues. | |
| ARCH 5401 | Drawing Venice (3) |
| This course will focus on the analysis of urban space and flows, with a focus on the development of representational techniques that investigate the relationship between urban form and urban life. The course will engage a range of media, from hand drawing through digital mapping, photography and film. The students will be expected to develop a capacity to diagram both static and dynamic conditions that structure the urban experience. | |
| ARCH 5403 | Soundscape Venice (3) |
| This seminar will accompany and inform the work of the Venice studio in advancing our understanding of sonic environments. Working with both architectural and urban spaces in Venice, students will discover the city through their ears as well as their eyes. The course will include texts on contemporary sound culture as well as field studies of specific regions of the city. The sound projects will become part of a new web site, "Soundscape Venice". | |
| ARCH 5420 | Digital Animation & Storytelling (3) |
| An exploration of moviemaking through exercises in computer animation. Approximately five independently developed short animations constitute the work of the semester, culminating in a one- to five-minute long final movie project. It is anticipated that an interdisciplinary group of students admitted to the seminar will bring perspectives from across the visual & design arts. Movie projects may range in creative subject areas. Instructor Consent | |
| ARCH 5422 | Computer Animation: Design in Motion (3) |
| Arch 5422 is a hands-on workshop in moviemaking by techniques in three-dimensional computer animation with composite video, sound editing and capture. We screen independent and feature film animation and ongoing student work concluding in a 1 to 5 min. final project. Short readings are in film and cognitive science. Students may enroll from diverse areas such as design, art, drama, computer science, the physical sciences, and education. Course was offered Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ARCH 5423 | Grasshopper: Sites and Systems (3) |
| This comprehensive introduction to grasshopper also covers the spatial inventions of current design practice through case studies and demonstrations. Ideas and techniques such as variables, fields, transformations, attraction, data structures, and conditional logic will be explored in the first half of the semester. Mesh structures, grasshopper fabrication, analytic methods, and workflow for studio projects are the focus of the final six week. | |
| ARCH 5424 | Direct Cinema Media Fabrics (3) |
| An interdisciplinary workshop and seminar that combines documentary moviemaking and video input with virtual and physical media output. Video and sound recording or a motion capture body suit may be used to collect initial data. The data may be translated to facilitate the making or movement of physical objects. Or, the data may be translated to figure creatively in virtual representations such as used in motion picture production. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARCH 5430 | Land Development Workshop (3) |
| Explores the land development process from the perspective of the private land developer interacting with local governments. Includes development potential, site, and traffic analysis; land planning; development programming; and services to accommodate new development and public regulation of land development. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| ARCH 5450 | Digital Moviemaking & Animation (3) |
| Visual storytelling is the basis for making movies in this hands-on production oriented class. The technology of both computer graphics animation and digital video production are explored. Themes may incorporate short character studies or visual narratives related to the built and natural environment, such as its observable symbols and images, the process of physical and conceptual assembly, transformations of light and form, spatial or formal composition, the movement of people and objects, and similar phenomena that vary over time. Students have the option to use either computer graphics animation or video production. The links between perception, representation, and design are examined within both a historical and a contemporary critical framework. Prerequisite: ARCH 3410/6410 or instructor permission. | |
| ARCH 5470 | Information Space (3) |
| We live in a world rich with information. This course concentrates on the identity and role of information in our environs: in the buildings and cities that we inhabit and in the evolving networks and World Wide Web that are increasingly a part of our daily lives. The course looks practically and theoretically at how we build information, why, and how we use and populate it in our world. In both the physical and digital realms we study language, graphics, and urban form as `Information Space`, and look for ways to build new architectures that use information well. The course uses web design technology as a vehicle to explore these themes. | |
| ARCH 5473 | Design Workflows I (3) |
| Design Workflows I is the first of two foundational courses in visualization that facilitates the development of critical workflows for design. The first semester focuses on the theme of Representation, examining techniques for extraction and translation of1 spatial data systems, combining mapping and drawing techniques with a student's own research interests. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ARCH 5474 | Design Workflows II (3) |
| Design Workflows II is the second of two foundational courses in visualization that facilitates the development of critical workflows for design. The final semester focuses on the theme of Communication, with exercises in fabrication and dissemination that build on research themes developed during the first semester. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ARCH 5490 | CNC Fabrication (3) |
| This is a seminar about computation and the physical making of architecture. The course centers on student research into computer-controlled modeling and fabrication through hands-on use of CNC machines and advanced CAD technologies. The course focuses on the making of objects, parts, and systems at real-world, real-material scales and on the invention of strategies that link geometric form and computation with fabrication and material processing. | |
| ARCH 5500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topical offerings in architecture. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 5501 | Special Topics in Architecture (0) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. | |
| ARCH 5510 | J-Term Courses (1 - 3) |
| J Term Courses | |
| ARCH 5590 | Faculty Research Seminar (1 - 4) |
| Affords students opportunities to participate in specific faculty's advance research projects. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 5605 | Urban Materiality. The construction of the Public Space (3) |
| This class will introduce students to understand the city scale and landscape design in terms of materiality. The students will learn how to use the materials to resolve urban and landscape issues. | |
| ARCH 5607 | International Design Research (3) |
| Interanally-focused independent design research conducted under the guidance and direct supervision of a faculty member. | |
| ARCH 5608 | China Design Workshop (3) |
| The course will combine field analysis, precedent study, and collaborative design proposals into contemporary Chinese architecture and urban form. Focused readings will supplement the design investigation. | |
| ARCH 5609 | India Research Seminar (3) |
| Students will study seminal and everyday works of architecture and urbanism through sketches, drawings, paintings, collage, photographs, video and narrative. They will investigate literary, historical and philosophical foundations through the close reading of texts and films. Discussions will focus on the evolving environmental, political, religious, social discourse that informs the contemporary India built environment. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| ARCH 5610 | Urban Land (3) |
| The UrbanLand is a research seminar about the catalysts of the contemporaneous urbanity. This seminar will address the impunity spaces in between the Urban and the Land. How can we design and provoke the new urbanity?
How can we work in the UrbanLand spaces in the mechanical to digital era? Which are our new tools? How the city will deals with the landscape? How can we design a new generous UrbanLand? | |
| ARCH 5612 | Modes of Inscription (3) |
| This course contextualizes contemporary design practices in architecture, landscape, and urbanism across a wide variety of geographies and scales; showcasing the role of the designer in inscribing the earth. Graduate course will have additional course requirements | |
| ARCH 5613 | Networked Cities (3) |
| By 2050 the North American population will grow by 130 million, with urban development occurring in 11 identified megaregions within the United States. This seminar will investigate the Northeastern Seaboard - specifically, the region around Washington DC - as a system of networked cities at multiple scales. Introducing ArcGIS to investigate growing patterns. | |
| ARCH 5614 | Urban Strategies (3) |
| Worldwide urbanization processes will increase in the next years reaching a rate of 75% until the middle of the century. Shrinkage, stagnation and rapid growth will be simultaneous phenomena and to achieve urban sustainability it will be important to innovate analytical methods and urban design frameworks. Discussions, lectures, and readings in combination with an urban design group project will introduce students to contemporary urban design methodologies. | |
| ARCH 5620 | Robotic Ecologies (3) |
| The seminar will explore recent advances in the interdisciplinary fields of architecture, landscape and urbanism, where design research has intersected with the advanced sciences to produce entirely new modes of thinking, designing and building. We will explore the promise of robotics to productively intermesh and interact with the complex ecologies of our physical environment. | |
| ARCH 5630 | Design of Cities (3) |
| Cities are physical artifacts that are experienced psychologically and socially. This course investigates the theories surrounding these processes to reach an understanding of humanistic urban design intentions. Experiential realities are explored through case studies, readings, and mapping exercises. | |
| ARCH 5660 | Design and Leadership (3) |
| The aim of this course is to give students a fundamental and practical understanding of leadership and the role that design plays in exercising leadership and mobilizing the resources of a group. This is a course designed for students currently being educated in the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. The purpose is to increase significantly one's individual capacity to sustain the demands of leadership and to strengthen considerably one's individual ability to exercise both leadership and authority within in the larger arena of public life. | |
| ARCH 5700 | InfoLab: Laboratory for Visualizing Information (3) |
| The design process has become an essential filter of all types of information. Due to contemporary forms of communication and media, this process has now been charged with the task of gathering, filtering, comprehending, processing, interpreting, forming and representing information in a clear and coherent manner. This laboratory seeks to introduce its participants to various modes of forming and representing information, qualifying, quantifying and visualizing it with the ultimate goal of familiarizing themselves with contemporary representational techniques and creating new visualization tools. | |
| ARCH 5710 | Photography and Digital Methods (3) |
| This course seeks to give students the ability to conceive and create digital photographic imagery with control and sophistication. Topics include fundamentals of photography, color theory, digital control of visual qualities, and methods of image montage. Methods include production and presentation for both print and monitor screen. | |
| ARCH 5712 | Design Drawing (3) |
| This course is about drawing as a necessary component of design. It is conducted as a studio course dedicated to hand drawing skills, particularly as they relate to architectural studies. Classes are held one day each week and consist of drawing exercises. Grades are determined by a submitted portfolio. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| ARCH 5713 | DRAWING: Site Reading (3) |
| Practice in freehand representation of habitable conditions or "sites" analytically and experientially attending to organization, proportion, positioning, and critical relationships across multiple scales and contexts including material, spatial, structural, constructive, and social processes | |
| ARCH 5714 | Site Reading: Re-Cognition (3) |
| Re-cognizing or understanding again the potential in drawings full of thought about building rather than form through the employment of simple rapid techniques to indicate intention through tone, line, and texture. Precedents will be found, organized, discussed, and emulated. Techniques will be practiced and tested for effectiveness at conveying thought and intention. | |
| ARCH 5715 | Elements of Design (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This seminar is about architectural design. Approximately twenty-five lecture/discussions span various aspects of design beginning with principles and including topics such as multiple ideas, multiple studies, abstraction, proportion and composition. Final topics include practical and esthetic considerations of design and materials. A class notebook is required for lecture notes and assignments of writings and drawings. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ARCH 5717 | Mapping as Critical Practice (3) |
| This course introduces contemporary cartographic and data visualization techniques as design tools for the strategic development of critical, theoretical, and experimental frameworks for architecture, urbanism, and intermedia design practices. | |
| ARCH 5750 | Drawing and Composition (3) |
| This course covers the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on the human figure. The assignments address line, tone, volume, space, scale, proportion and artistic expression. The analysis of human form (inside and out) is applied to rendering buildings, interiors, still life and landscapes. | |
| ARCH 5760 | Drawing For Design (3) |
| This course will cover the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on the human figure. It will address line, tone volume, space, scale, proportion and artistic expression. The analysis of human form will also be applied to rendering still-life, buildings, interiors and landscapes. Various wet and dry media will be introduced to illustrate the drawing objectives. An emphasis on 'process' will direct the momentum of this course. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 5770 | Drawings and Collages (3) |
| In this course we make collages, drawings, and mixed media projects. Rather than distinguishing collage and drawing as separate categories, we explore their exciting in-between territory. We make plane (and plain) images: configurations of relatively stable, still marks on two-dimensional surfaces. We use traditional drawing methods (graphite, colored pencil or ink on paper) as well as more unusual tools and materials (sidewalk chalk, earth, trash, recycled materials). Through brief weekly readings and discussions we explore the relationship between aesthetics and ethics between "good forms" and forms that in some way contribute or allude to the "common good." | |
| ARCH 5780 | Painting and Public Art (3) |
| In this course we make paintings and mixed media projects. We stress the process rather then the artistic product and, like artist Sol LeWitt, define painting 'as an activity on a flat plane.' We make plane (and plain) images: configurations of relatively stable, still marks on two-dimensional surfaces. We use traditional methods (watercolor or ink on paper, acrylics on canvas) as well as more unusual tools and materials (sidewalk chalk, earth, trash, recycled materials). Through weekly readings and discussions we explore the relationship between aesthetics and ethics between 'good forms' and forms that in some way contribute or allude to the 'common good.' Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ARCH 5782 | The Art of Looking (3) |
| In this class we explore ways of enriching our experience of art and architecture that I examine in my book manuscript The Art of Looking. Chapters that we will read and discuss cover such topics as the role of play in art, mistakes in the design process, and the importance of emptiness in visual compositions. Students will give one in-class presentation and write one brief paper on a topic of their choice. | |
| ARCH 5800 | Vicenza Program I (3) |
| Summer study abroad in Vicenza, Italy. Students will be introduced to Italian culture through the study of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning. Both the formal ideals as well as the constructed reality of these three subjects will be studied through critical observation and documentation of universal conditions and critical junctures. | |
| ARCH 5801 | Vicenza Program II (3) |
| Vicenza Program II will be taught in the summer study abroad program in Vicenza, Italy. Students will continue to be introduced to Italian culture through the study of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning. | |
| ARCH 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 6010 | Foundation Studio I (6) |
| Introductory design problems in architecture for  First Professional degree students.  Emphasizes developing a systemic approach to design on the land and in the city through experience with a constructional kit of parts and an awareness of the role of architectural theory and history in the design process. The faculty reviews all work in ARCH 6010-6020 to determine the progress and potential of each student. | |
| ARCH 6020 | Foundation Studio II (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The second graduate foundation studio develops spatial, programmatic, tectonic relationships through the design of a civic, urban institution. Students utilize architectural design as a form of analysis and exploration. Primary modes of architectural design include physical model-making at multiple scales, analytical drawings in plan and section, the study of material tectonic precedents, and the visual and verbal articulation of an argument. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 6110 | Sustainable Communities (3) |
| This seminar examines how the intertwined principles of sustainable communities--environmental quality and beauty, social equity & economic health--are reflected in buildings, landscapes & cities. Through theory and policy readings, discussions & site visits, we will examine how communities can improve air, water and land quality, renewable energy, mobility, local food and overall well-being and sense of place. Graduates will write an extra paper. | |
| ARCH 6120 | Architectural Theory and Analysis (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Investigates the role that ideas play in the conception, making, and interpretation of buildings and cities, and assists students in clarifying their own values and intentions as designers. Lectures cover a broad range of topics, with special emphasis placed on contemporary issues. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 6140 | Architectural Analysis: Key Buildings of Modernism (3) |
| Investigates the link between ideas and forms of significant buildings in the canon of modern architecture. Course was offered Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 6231 | Building Workshop I (3) |
| The Building Workshop I addresses building science and technology topics that influence the built environment for safe and healthy human occupation. BIW 1 focuses on the dimension and performance of basic elements of construction, analyzed through a variety of historical, typological, and geographic precedents. | |
| ARCH 6232 | Systems, Sites & Building (4) |
| Examines the role of design in mediating between dynamic climatic forces such as wind, energy and light and the human response to the environment. Weaving discussions of fundamental principles with case studies and illustrative exercises, the course focuses on the design of the boundary between the internal and external environments. | |
| ARCH 6261 | Building Workshop II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The Building Workshop II addresses building science and technology topics that influence the built environment for safe and healthy human occupation. BIW 2 focuses on tactile material practices and innovation through prototype fabrication, digital simulation, and physical performance testing. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| ARCH 6262 | Lecture Series Discussion Group (1) |
| Students will attend 6 of the School of Architecture public lecture series and exchange feedback on architectural career paths and architecture's role in cultural, social, environmental, and economic contexts. | |
| ARCH 6264 | Lecture Series Discussion Group II (1) |
| Students will attend 6 of the School of Architecture public lecture series and exchange feedback on architectural career paths and architecture's role in cultural, social, environmental, and economic contexts. ARCH 6264 must be taken after ARCH 6262. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022 | |
| ARCH 6266 | Lecture Series Discussion Group III (1) |
| Students will attend 6 of the School of Architecture public lecture series and exchange feedback on architectural career paths and architecture's role in cultural, social, environmental, and economic contexts. ARCH 6266 must be taken after ARCH 6262 and ARCH 6264. | |
| ARCH 6410 | Advanced CAAD 3D Modeling & Visualization (3) |
| A comprehensive course in three-dimensional computer aided design and visualization methods used in architecture and landscape architecture. The class explores design worlds that are made accessible through computer-based media. Lectures provide a theoretical framework for computer-aided design, describe current methods, and speculate on advanced methods. | |
| ARCH 6500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 3) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. Course was offered Fall 2021 | |
| ARCH 6710 | CAAD 3D Geometrical Modeling and Visualization (3) |
| A comprehensive hands-on course in 3D computer aided design, geometrical modeling and visualization from a beginning to an advanced level. Includes macro programming, parametrical modeling and light energy rendering used by designers in different fields. Lectures and workshops provide both a conceptual and applied framework. Graduate and undergraduate students undertake separate case study projects appropriate to their distinct academic programs. | |
| ARCH 7010 | Foundation Studio III (6) |
| Intermediate-level design problems, emphasizing analysis and synthesis of complex contextual, cultural, and constructional issues. Prerequisite: ARCH 6020 or chair permission. | |
| ARCH 7020 | Foundation Studio IV (6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Intermediate-level design problems, emphasizing structure, enclosure, life safety and building systems. Prerequisite: ARCH 7010 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| ARCH 7100 | Design Research Methods (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course introduces research methodologies within design and related disciplines. Students gather the appropriate resources and practice applying them to contextualize aspects of the built environment, learning techniques for conducting research and appropriate application of various methods. Students also utilize design processes to develop and refine research questions. |
| ARCH 7120 | 20th and 21st Century History of Ideas (3) |
| This course will investigate the role that ideas play in the conception, making and interpretation of buildings. As a basis for this inquiry, the course will explore significant architectural and urban theories, design strategies, and architectural projects developed primarily from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Lectures will cover a broad range of theoretical positions that have influenced or emerged from form making. | |
| ARCH 7122 | Contemporary Spatial Practices (3) |
| This seminar will present a critical account of contemporary spatial practices and develop a theoretical framework of spatial operations enabling students to situate their own work within this new territory. | |
| ARCH 7210 | Advanced Structural Design (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This graduate-level course introduces novel workflows for the design of structurally informed architecture using emerging methods in computational structural analysis and parametric design. Students will build upon their understanding of conventional material mechanics and structural analysis to design materially-efficient structures that combine architectural intent with an understanding of how structural action can be manipulated. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 7230 | Building Workshop III (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The Building Integration Workshop Series addresses building science and technology topics that influence the built environment for safe and healthy human occupation. BIW III focuses on the synthesis of building structure, construction, energy use, and ethical considerations. Students develop a complete architectural project, critical building sections, and construction details using Building Information Modeling and other tools. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 7240 | Advanced Structural Systems (3) |
| A graduate-level introduction to structural design that uses mathematic and geometric principals to inform design tools and methods based upon an understanding of material and structural behavior. The course covers statics, material mechanics, computational analysis and design, and the behavior of structural systems through a framework involving ethics, climate, and culture. | |
| ARCH 7250 | Environmental Systems (3) |
| The course involves the study of human comfort, environmental conditioning systems, building systems, daylighting and lighting technology. Students will be exposed to digital simulation tools to assess daylighting and energy use. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARCH 7270 | BIM and Revit 1 (1) |
| This visualization module offers an introduction to the principles of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the interface and workflow of Autodesk's Revit. Topics include the BIM interface, parametric objects, parametric families, file organization, workflow, drawing setup, and output techniques. No experience with BIM is required for this module. | |
| ARCH 7271 | Adv. Breaking BIM (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to the principles of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the interface and workflow of Autodesk's Revit. Topics include the BIM workflow, associative modeling, conceptual massing, building components, site tools, customizing components, materials, detailing, schedules, and visualization. With successful completion students will be able to use Revit proficiently in a design process. | |
| ARCH 7272 | BIM and Revit 2 (1) |
| This visualization module is the second component in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) sequence and serves as an advanced study of the principles of BIM. Emphasis will be on the exploitation of parametric tools and data within BIM software for specific design agendas. Topics will include scheduling, energy analysis and adaptive components. BIM and Revit 1 is a prerequisite unless sufficient knowledge of Revit can be demonstrated. | |
| ARCH 7274 | Parametric Structural Design (3) |
| New integration of structural analysis into standard design software links design with immediate analysis and feedback, allowing architects to extend their structural intuition. This course covers basic structural systems, their historical development, design considerations, and analysis through physical and parametric modeling.
Prerequisite: ARCH 7240 or permission of instructor Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ARCH 7500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 3) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| ARCH 7993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Study Prerequisite: Permission of the chair. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARCH 8230 | Building Synthesis (4) |
| This course investigates, develops and applies environmental and design strategies at various scales of operation through the concurrent ARCH 8020 Comprehensive Design Research Studio 2. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 8300 | Preservation/ Adaptive Use (1 - 4) |
| Individual study directed by a faculty member. | |
| ARCH 8480 | Professional Practices (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces the primary issues involved in the practice of architecture: professional ethics, business practices, project process and management, personnel management, management of the process of producing a building, and the methods available to do so. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARCH 8500 | Special Topics in Architecture (1 - 6) |
| Topical offerings in architecture. | |
| ARCH 8612 | A Primer for Urban Design (3) |
| Topical in its structure, A Primer for Urban Design examines the conceptual underpinnings and theoretical frameworks of the most influential twentieth and twenty first century urban projects. Through a selection of case studies, the course will specifically focus on the transformative role of the design disciplines in shaping and transforming cities and open territories. Graduate course will have additional course requirements. | |
| ARCH 8613 | Networked Cities (3) |
| By 2050 the North American population will grow by 130 million, with urban development occurring in 11 identified megaregions within the United States. This seminar will investigate the Northeastern Seaboard - specifically, the region around Washington DC - as a system of networked cities at multiple scales. Introducing ArcGIS to investigate growing patterns. Graduate course will have additional course requirements. | |
| ARCH 8801 | Research Experience (3) |
| Student will engage with faculty on selected topics in Architecture Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| ARCH 8993 | Advanced Independent Research (1 - 3) |
| Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: Permission of the chair. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARCH 8999 | Non-Topical Research, Masters (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: Permission of the chair. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Archaeology | |
| ARCY 3993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An Independent Study in Archaeology. Subject to be determined by student and instructor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| ARCY 4998 | Undergraduate Thesis Research (3) |
| Research for a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the fall semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program.
Prerequisite: acceptance into Archaeology DMP | |
| ARCY 4999 | Undergraduate Thesis Writing (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the spring semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program.
Prerequisite: acceptence into DMP program Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| Architectural History | |
| ARH 1004 | History of Architecture (3) |
| Surveys architecture from the Ancient to the present. Course was offered Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARH 1010 | History of Architecture I (3) |
| We will explore how architecture affects us, as well as how it informs us about past societies. In what ways does architecture shape our experiences; how does it enhance or detract from human activities? This course will cover material from the pre-historic period through c. 1420 largely in Europe with some examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Classes will be a combination of lectures and in-class activities. | |
| ARH 1020 | History of Architecture II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARH 2252 | High Renaissance and Mannerist Art (3) |
| Studies the painting, architecture, and sculpture or the sixteenth century, emphasizing the works of major artists, such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione, and Titian. Detailed discussion of the social, political, and cultural background of the arts. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| ARH 2401 | History of Modern Architecture (3) |
| Tracing the history of architecture and urbanism from 1870 through the 1970s, this course considers how architecture has participated in and responded to shifting aesthetic, technological, social, environmental, and theoretical challenges during this period. While Europe is an important terrain of investigation, the course emphasizes networks of exchange with Latin America, North Africa, Turkey, India, and Japan. | |
| ARH 2500 | Special Topics in Architectural History (1 - 3) |
| Topical offerings in architectural history. | |
| ARH 2700 | Thomas Jefferson and American Architecture (3) |
| Thomas Jefferson architecture was an art that encompassed more than simply shelter but embodied cultural and political values. This course will focus on his architectural and other designs (gardens, interiors, towns, campuses) and his interest in the arts. Course may include field trips. | |
| ARH 2702 | Public Humanities and Cultural Change (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Public Humanities and Cultural Change introduces undergraduate students to the power of place and story in the shaping of the American imagination. The multi-disciplinary course centers 1) engaging complex pasts, 2) place-based and community-based methodologies, 3) the inherently political nature of public humanities, and 4) impactful public engagement, especially across difference. |
| ARH 2753 | Arts & Cultures of the Slave South (4) |
| This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts, architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture; it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities. Course may include field trips. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ARH 3003 | Evidence and Archives in Architectural History: Vernacular Architecture (3) |
| Vernacular Architecture is the architecture of the everyday. This class uses archival evidence to recover the context and meanings of everyday buildings. | |
| ARH 3006 | Digital Humanities and Visual Culture (3) |
| We will critically assess the role of digital humanities in art and architectural history through an analysis of extant digital projects, discussions of ethical concerns, and data visualizations as well as a wide range of available tools such as GIS, Storymap, view-shed analysis, & 3D visualizations.We will consider best practices in digital site development employing a design thinking process. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| ARH 3010 | Research Studio 1 (3) |
| Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. | |
| ARH 3030 | World Vernacular Architecture (3) |
| Vernacular Architecture is often understood to be all the built environment that is not 'High Architecture.' This is a profound misunderstanding; Vernacular is any aspect of the built environment examined through the lens of the local AND it is a method of interrogating the relationship between architecture and the human experience. This lecture class enlists global examples to explore the many complex dimensions of vernacular. Course was offered Fall 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ARH 3040 | Metropolis (3) |
| This lecture course focuses on cities as centers of cultural, social, and artistic activity. It considers how we define cities, the forces that create and sustain them, and what makes them culturally distinctive. It looks at several cities at their moments of cultural, political, and architectural glory: Istanbul in the 16thcentury, London in the late 17th and 18th centuries, Paris in the 19th century, New York in the 20th century, and Shanghai in the 21st century. | |
| ARH 3100 | History of Medieval Architecture (3) |
| Examines the architecture of Medieval Western Europe, emphasizing the period from 1000-1400. Includes the iconography, function, structure and style of buildings, and the use of contemporary texts. | |
| ARH 3101 | Early Medieval Architecture (3) |
| The architecture of Western Europe from c. 800-1150. | |
| ARH 3102 | Later Medieval Architecture (3) |
| The architecture of Western Europe from c. 1140-1500. | |
| ARH 3103 | Reconstructing the Medieval Haj (3) |
| Our course will reconstruct the journey of Ibn Jubayr, a twelfth century Spanish Muslim who recorded his haj from Spain to Mecca. Using his lively travel diary, we will analyze the visual culture and built environment of the medieval Mediterranean and together recreate key sites from his journey with easy to use digital tools such as Neatline. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARH 3205 | Rome, Istanbul, Venice (3) |
| This course will consider architecture, urbanism and landscape in three cities with multilayered histories: Rome, Venice, and Istanbul. While conditioned by distinct historical and topographic circumstances, each city negotiated complex and varied local traditions: Roman and Medieval in Rome; Byzantine and Gothic in Venice; and Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman in Istanbul. | |
| ARH 3206 | Mediterranean Architecture (3) |
| This course will consider a range of buildings and landscapes from across the Mediterranean world, encompassing Italy, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and Egypt. Its chronological and geographical scope are meant to bring into question some the conventional categories by which art and architectural history are studied: Medieval, Renaissance, Italian, Islamic, Eastern, Western, etc. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| ARH 3207 | Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World (3) |
| In order to understand the production, representation and perception of space in the Islamic world, this survey course examines significant works of arts, architecture, urbanism & landscape from 650 to 1800. While studying common themes & shared values of the Islamic world, the course questions the disparities and novelties in the reception of Islam as a social, cultural & political practice, mapping distant geographies from Al-Andalus to India Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ARH 3403 | World Contemporary Architecture (3) |
| As the construction of cities redistributes its activities across the world in the twenty-first century, this course considers the ways in which architecture and architects are changed by a complex shifting field of forces. These forces include critical and ethical discourses, digital media, global finance and trade, developments in materials science, environmental awareness, and geo-political strategies. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ARH 3500 | Special Topics in Architectural History (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Topical offerings in architectural history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2013, Fall 2012 |
| ARH 3591 | Architectural History Colloquium (3) |
| The Architectural History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of architectural history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Enrollment is capped at 20. | |
| ARH 3603 | Archaeological Approaches to Atlantic Slavery (3) |
| This course explores how archaeological and architectural evidence can be used to enhance our understanding of the slave societies that evolved in the early-modern Atlantic world. The primary focus is the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, the later exemplified by Jamaica and Nevis. The course is structured around a series of data-analysis projects that draw on the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery. | |
| ARH 3604 | Field Methods I Building Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is a field-based seminar on methods of analyzing and recording historic buildings, especially vernacular buildings and landscapes. Students will be introduced to intensive building analysis geared to understanding change over time. Students will also learn methods of careful field recording for both documentation and analysis. Graduate students will undertake additional course requirements. Course may include site visits. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2009 |
| ARH 3606 | Landscape Archaeology (3) |
| This course examines current archaeological approaches to the reconstruction and explanation of the ways in which humans at once shaped and adapted to past landscapes. It emphasizes current theory as well as GIS and statistical methods for the analysis of diverse data from pollen spectra to topography. The course is structured around a series of projects in which students will have an opportunity to make sense of real archaeological data. | |
| ARH 3607 | Architecture and the Asia Trade (3) |
| This course presents a series of case studies on trading events between Asia & Europe from Renaissance to the nineteenth century,&examines how architecture &urbanism in Asia changed in response to the practical needs of foreign trade. In tracing the impact of trade on architectural traditions in both Europe and Asia,this course offers an opportunity to document,organize,analyze& theorize one of the most important forces in the devel. of the world | |
| ARH 3608 | Historic Preservation Theory and Practice (3) |
| This seminar surveys preservation from its historical beginnings through contemporary emerging trends, focusing on the changing nature of its ideals and practice in a critical and international perspective. We will explore the role of historic preservation and heritage in cultural politics, historical interpretation, urban development, and planning and design practice. | |
| ARH 3609 | Community History Workshop (3) |
| The Community History Workshop is both an in-depth historical analysis of the architecture, urban form, and planning of a selected community, and a forum for speculative futures and plan making for the community, informed by the historical analysis. This preservation-focused course explores the historical significance of the built landscape as an element in. | |
| ARH 3610 | Representing Buildings and Landscapes (3) |
| This field-based workshop explores advanced methods of both traditional and digital representation of historic buildings and landscapes. While engaging cutting-edge methods of digital representation, an emphasis will be placed on critical perspectives on storytelling, meaning, and representation. | |
| ARH 3611 | Historic Preservation at UVA (3) |
| This course surveys the changing ideals, philosophy, and methods that have guided the historic preservation of buildings and landscapes at the University of Virginia. Taught by preservation professionals from the University's Office of the Architect the course will explore in case studies and readings the design and conservation decisions made on the Rotunda. | |
| ARH 3613 | UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism (3) |
| Open to all, this course concerns the interplay of UNESCO, heritage practices, & tourism in a comparative, international context. We will ask questions concerning definitions of heritage, decision-making concerning heritage resources, tangible & intangible heritage, tourism, & the ties between heritage & economic development. among other questions. While focused on China & the Asia-Pacific Region. | |
| ARH 3614 | Theory & Practice in Rural Preservation (3) |
| This course investigates rural heritage sites, communities, and areas in Virginia's countryside in a context of historic trends and national practice. Exploring principles of historic preservation and land conservation, students will develop a critical understanding of the interactions of nature and culture in the settlement, development, & evolution of the countryside as part of an urban/rural continuum. | |
| ARH 3616 | History of American Building Technology (3) |
| This course examines the history of American building technology. Over the past three centuries, a wide range of materials and techniques have been used to erect the structures in which we live, work, and play. Local buildings will serve as case studies for investigating this technology - from commonplace building materials such as wood, masonry, steel, and concrete to less familiar materials such as structural tile and iron vaulting. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ARH 3618 | Materials and Culture (3) |
| Combining seminar discussions, shop exercises and laboratory exercises, this course explores the material culture of architecture from the perspective of materials science. Material culture is the physical stuff that is part of human life, and includes everything humans make and use including materials we use to shape the environment. | |
| ARH 3620 | Cultural Landscape of Virginia (3) |
| A cultural landscape tells the story of interactions between a natural landscape and cultural groups. In this course we'll focus on the history and development of the Virginia cultural landscape in the regional South, as well as its connections throughout North America and the Atlantic World. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| ARH 3701 | Early American Architecture (3) |
| American architecture from the first European contact to the death of Jefferson. Lectures and field trips. | |
| ARH 3702 | Later American Architecture (3) |
| Surveys American architecture from 1800 to the present. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| ARH 3801 | East Asia Architecture (3) |
| Surveys traditional architecture in China, Japan, and Korea, focusing on the main features and monuments of East Asian and landscape architecture. | |
| ARH 4201 | Art and Architecture of Venice (3) |
| This course examines the art and architecture of Venice from the fifth century until the seventeenth century. We consider the major "nuclei" of the city like Piazza San Marco and personalities that shaped the built and artistic environment - Codussi, Sansovino, Palladio, and Titian for example. Our study explores the factors that contributed to Venetian art such as political and social context and contact with Byzantine, Islamic and northern Europe. | |
| ARH 4500 | Special Topics in Architectural History (1 - 3) |
| Topical offerings in architectural history. | |
| ARH 4510 | J-Term Courses (3) |
| January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of "J-term" classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse themselves in a particular subject. | |
| ARH 4591 | Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Architecture (3) |
| Research seminar in select topics in architectural history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARH 4993 | Independent Studies in Architectural History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARH 4999 | Major Special Study: Thesis (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced independent research projects by fourth year architectural history students. Prerequisite: Instructor approval and departmental approval of topic. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARH 5001 | Library Methodology (1) |
| Required for all entering M.A. students. Introduces research tools and methods for architectural history and related disciplines, reflecting the current breadth of scholarship in the field. Specific research resources are analyzed in terms of their scope, special features, and applications to meeting research and information needs. | |
| ARH 5201 | Art and Architecture of Venice (3) |
| This course examines the art and architecture of Venice from the fifth century until the seventeenth century. We consider the major "nuclei" of the city like Piazza San Marco and personalities that shaped the built and artistic environment -- Codussi, Sansovino, Palladio, & Titian for example. Our study explores the factors that contributed to Venetian art such as political and social context and contact with Byzantine, Islamic and northern Europe. | |
| ARH 5500 | Selected Topics in Architectural History (1 - 3) |
| Special topics pursued in a colloquium. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, January 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| ARH 5600 | Arch History Practicum: Preserv Intern (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Internship at World Heritage Site; Monticello or the University of Virginia. Some projects have a digital component. Graduate course will have additional course requirements. Course may include site visits. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 |
| ARH 5611 | Architectural Field School: The Cultural Landscape of Birdwood (3) |
| Through lectures, readings, discussions and on-site tutorials, students in this course will learn fieldwork and archival research methodology through a detailed exploration of the historic UVA Birdwood site. Students will analyze and interpret the data collected to prepare field reports and formal architectural drawings explicating the meanings and significance of the site. 9am to 12pm daily, with time spent both on-site and in the studio. | |
| ARH 5612 | ArchHist Practicum: Pres Intern II (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of Internship in historic preservation/architectural history. 6-8 hours weekly. Course may include site visits. Graduate students will undertake additional course requirements. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 |
| ARH 5613 | A Design Process. Gaudi's Origin and Legacy (3) |
| Gaudi is one of the best known Catalan architects from Barcelona. He is famous for his buildings and his furniture, but he is not known as an urban designer. This class will introduce the students to understanding the city scale in terms of Materiality. It will be apparent by looking at Gaudi's work how important it is to understand the laws of construction and framework for creating a good design. | |
| ARH 5614 | Historic Preservation in Venice (3) |
| Not only is Venice an extraordinary repository of early modern architecture, it is also a locus of cutting edge conservation technologies and progressive design strategies for historic sites. The 1964 Venice Charter was a landmark document in historic preservation and has positioned Venice at the front edge of new conservation technologies for decades while the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, founded in 1980. | |
| ARH 5993 | Independent Studies in Architectural History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Departmental approval of the topic is required. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARH 6004 | History of Architecture (3) |
| Surveys architecture from the Ancient to the present. Graduate course will have additional course requirements. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| ARH 6010 | Research Studio 1 (3) |
| Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. | |
| ARH 6011 | Race and the American City (3) |
| A seminar exploring how racialized inequalities have shaped American cities North & South,past & present,and the influence of racialized urban structures on the idea & experience of race in America. Topics include the effects of segregation,redlining,urban planning,redevelopment,white flight,ghettoization & neoliberal development on the form & culture of American cities & structures of inequality in the US. Graduate level will have additional req. | |
| ARH 6811 | Gender & Built Environment (3) |
| This class explores the wide range of approaches that have been taken to the complex relationships between body, sex, gender, and the built environment. Some see buildings as a direct expression of sexed bodies (phallic towers and breast-like domes), while others see buildings and settlements as expressions and reiterations of the gender structures of a culture. | |
| ARH 7010 | History of Architecture I (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the tools of visual analysis, reading architectural drawings and the study of architecture as a part of the larger cultural, social and political context of its society. While the course will focus on Western Europe, it will also include topics from the eastern Mediterranean and Asia. | |
| ARH 7020 | History of Architecture II (3) |
| This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARH 7030 | World Vernacular Architecture (3) |
| Vernacular Architecture is often understood to be all the built environment that is not 'High Architecture.' This is a profound misunderstanding; Vernacular is any aspect of the built environment examined through the lens of the local AND it is a method of interrogating the relationship between architecture and the human experience. This lecture class enlists global examples to explore the many complex dimensions of vernacular. Course was offered Fall 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ARH 7040 | Metropolis (3) |
| This lecture course focuses on cities as centers of cultural, social, and artistic activity. It considers how we define cities, the forces that create and sustain them, and what makes them culturally distinctive. It looks at several cities at their moments of cultural, political, and architectural glory: Istanbul in the 16thcentury, London in the late 17th and 18th centuries, Paris in the 19th century, New York in the 20th century, and Shanghai in the 21st century. | |