ART 420 - Comparative World Art II

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
Through close analysis of material and visual culture and its supporting texts, students research the dynamics of cultural exchange for one period, culture or theme. Gain familiarity with research methodologies, including archaeological, anthropological, and postcolonial.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements; and ART 320.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: ART 4020.
Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of key research methodologies for comparative world art history, including archaeological, anthropological, and postcolonial approaches;
Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze objects of material and visual culture;
Collaborate with peers to present information about a culture, community, site, or stylistic group;
Apply comprehension of cultural exchange and understanding of research methods to a short, independent research project;
Develop a short piece of writing from proposal through revised drafts to finished text.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.