2001-2002 Undergraduate Calendar
	2001-2002 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR: COURSES
	Carleton University

Art and Culture Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.

The School for Studies in Art and Culture offers the following courses in the study of art and culture:

First-Year Seminar in Art and Culture 01.101
Reading Art and Culture
Development of academic writing and study skills through a close analysis of individual works and an examination of theories, aesthetic issues, and critical perspectives found in the literature of music, art history and film studies. Limited enrolment.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.115
Introduction to Media and Technology in Art and Culture
Introduction to the technological innovations which have had significant impact on the course of twentieth-century cultural and artistic practices. This introduction is achieved through a combination of academic and practical studio work.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in one of the programs of the School for Studies in Art and Culture or the School of Journalism and Communication, or in the Arts Canterbury program, and permission of the School.
Lectures and studio demonstrations three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.200
Theories of Art and Culture
Major writings on art and culture in historical Western traditions with particular reference to the contents and concerns of the three disciplines of the School.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing in the Program or permission of the School.
Lecture three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.215
Survey of Computer Applications/Programming in Music
Introduction to various programming languages and systemic processes commonly used in sonic computer applications.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in one of the programs of the School for Studies in Art and Culture
Lectures and studio demonstrations three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.395
Visual and Performing Arts in the Twentieth Century
This interdisciplinary course is designed to examine selected aspects of the creation, distribution and reception of the arts in this century. The focus of the course is on the interplay of aesthetics, ideology and technology in music, theatre, film, art and architecture.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing and permission of the School.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.400*
Topics in Cultural Studies
Selected topics in the development of cultural studies as an interrelated series of intellectual trajectories originating in England during the late 1950s. Topics may change from year to year.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the Program or permission of the School.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.401*
Aspects of Modernism in Art and Culture
Selected aspects of modernist theory and practice in art and culture. Topics may change from year to year and may include the arts and European colonialism; `primitivism'; practices and theories of the avant-garde; surrealism; expressionism; art and the popular; modernism and myth.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the Program or permission of the School.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.402*
Topics in Audiovisual Cultures
Selected aspects of the audio-visual cultures of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.(Also listed as Film Studies 19.402*.)
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the Program or permission of the School.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.403*
Cultural Theory in Canadian Contexts
Established and contemporary theories of cultures developed within Canadian contexts.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the Program or permission of the School.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.490*
Special Topic in the Study of Art and Culture
This course is designed specifically for Honours students in the School interested in interdisciplinary aspects of their course of study. The course offerings change from year to year.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in one of the School's degree programs or permission of the School.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.

Art and Culture 08.491*
Special Topic in the Study of Art and Culture
This course is designed specifically for Honours students in the School interested in interdisciplinary aspects of their course of study. The course offerings change from year to year.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in one of the School's degree programs or permission of the School.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.

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2001-2002 Undergraduate Calendar
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