2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Jun 25, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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History of Art

  
  • HOA 324 - Italian Seventeenth Century Architecture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ARC 336 
    Complex and masterful accomplishments of individual architects within context of a mature architectural tradition and a particular social, economic, and religious milieu. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 340 - Studies in Baroque Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Rubens, Rembrandt, El Greco, Velázquez, Bernini, Caravaggio, and their contemporaries. Offered only in London.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 350 - Art in Eighteenth Century Europe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Work relating to profound cultural changes of the period. Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, Chardin, Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Tiepolo.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 360 - Art and Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Social and ethical dimension of art in our times and since the nineteenth century: art and the state, avant-garde traditions, public art battles, museum politics, representing gender, outsider art, ethnic expression.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 365 - Art in France from Impressionism to Surrealism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: FRE 439 
    Focus on major painters who lived and worked in Paris from 1860 to 1945. Emphasis on analyzing and writing about painting. Field trip to Paris. Conducted in French. Offered in Strasbourg only.
    PREREQ: FRE 202 
  
  • HOA 366 - Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Italian Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Development of Italian painting and sculpture from neoclassicism to the present. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 371 - Photography & the Fine Arts

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Still photography as a means of pictorial expression in the fine arts from 1840 to the mid-20th century. Interrelationships among photography, painting, and other visual arts.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 372 - The Business of Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction to the practice and strategies of art as a tradable commodity. Topics include ethics of collecting, investment strategies, conservation and preservation of art, and art-related crime with its impact on the art market. Offered in London only.
  
  • HOA 374 - American Architecture, Settlement to 1860

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ARC 337 
    American architectural history and theory from first settlements through federal and Georgian to various revival modes. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 211 
  
  • HOA 375 - American Architecture, 1860 - World War I

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ARC 338 
    American architectural history and theory from the Civil War through various revival modes to development of new commercial and residential forms before World War II. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 377 - Nineteenth-Century American Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    The visual arts in the U.S. from the American Revolution to the Armory Show (1775-1913).
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106  OR HOA 176 
  
  • HOA 378 - Twentieth-Century American Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    The visual arts in the U.S. from the World’s Columbian Exposition (1893) to the present.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106  OR 276 OR HOA 377 
  
  • HOA 380 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s)
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOA 386 - Art of the Black World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: AAS 361  
    Arts of the African Diaspora. Emphasis on African American Art. Seventeenth century to present. Gender, socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts. Artistic implications of Black culture in comparative perspective with other artists and artistic movements.
  
  • HOA 387 - Native North American Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 346 
    Critical exploration of meanings, functions, techniques, and varieties of art in Native North American cultures, ancient to present. Attention to continuities, changes, and cultural exchanges; anthropological vs. art historical perspectives: limitations of term “art.”
  
  • HOA 389 - Islamic Architecture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 435 
    Major building traditions of Islam in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, and India elucidated through in-depth examination of major works and principles of architectural, urban, and garden design. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 391 - Survey of Asian Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Major masterpieces of Indian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese art and architecture from prehistoric times to the present. Influence of Asian art on modern artists in the West, including Chinoiserie and Japonisme. Comparison of Eastern/Western aesthetics also considered.
  
  • HOA 392 - The Arts of China

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A chronological survey of the arts and visual culture of China. Major works of art and the material culture that surrounded them, from the Neolithic era to the present.
  
  • HOA 396 - Art and Architecture of India

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ARC 331 , SAS 396 
    Art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent from the Indus Valley Civilization to the present.
  
  • HOA 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOA 405 - The Mediterranean City: Architecture, Ritual and Power

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Examines a series of ritual sites around the Mediterranean basin; architecture, choreography, politics, considering innovation and continuity in the design, use , and abuse of mass spectacle as a tool for social identity. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: ANY HOA 100  LEVEL OR ABOVE
  
  • HOA 410 - Art and Ideology in Medieval Spain

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examines works of art and architecture from Medieval Spain, within their multicultural Christian/Islamic/Jewish context. Emphasizing their ideological value as vehicles for identity, authority, and spiritual ideals.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 411 - The Black Death and Medieval Art: Catastrophes and Cultural Change

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Painting and sculpture from 1260 to 1380, the effects of the Bubonic Plague (1348) as manifested in art. Day trips to Padua and San Gimignano; site visits in Florence. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: ANY HOA 100-499 OR HST 355  
  
  • HOA 412 - The Gothic Spell

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of the definition, meaning, and appeal of the Gothic through the ages, Gothic being understood as an architectural language, a literary and film genre, and a Pop subculture.
  
  • HOA 413 - Gothic Art in Italy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction of the Gothic style into Italy in the 12th and 13th centuries: architecture, monumental sculpture, and stained glass of the Cistercians, the mendicant orders, and the great civic cathedral projects.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 419 - The City in Architectural History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 432 
    A single city throughout its history, or various cities at a particular time in history. Additional work required of graduate students. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 420 - Fifteenth-Century Italian Art: Inventing the Renaissance

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Explores the new developments in 15th century Italian visual culture that became the defining characteristics of the early Renaissance period. Requires previous course in art history or one course in Renaissance history. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 421 - Early Renaissance Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Visual arts in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Sometimes offered abroad.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 422 - High Renaissance Art/Mannerism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Origins of High Renaissance style in Florentine art of the late quattrocento: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Fra Bartolomeo, Roman High Renaissance style, Giorgione, and Titian. Concept of the maniera. Sometimes offered abroad.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 423 - Artistic Patronage of Medici

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    How the Medici family used art and architecture to transform themselves from private bankers into Grand Dukes of Tuscany, in the process creating the monuments by which we define the Italian Renaissance. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 424 - Sixteenth Century Italian Art and Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Explores how, during the “High Renaissance”, works of art were commissioned by patrons using art to create their own public identity. Focuses on paintings and sculpture. How artists defined themselves in relation to Leonardo and Michelangelo. Requires previous course in art history or in any aspect of Renaissance history or culture. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 425 - Leonardo da Vinci: Artist and Engineer

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: ECS 441 
    Interdisciplinary exploration of the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Supplemented by required field trip to Europe. Special application required.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 426 - Michelangelo’ Italy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Exploration of the life and times of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). Supplemented by required field trip to Italy. Special application required.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 428 - Research Problems in Italian Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Major decorative complexes in Italy from medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods. Factors that affected their form. Architectural spaces in churches and palaces of Florence. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 340  OR HOA 421  OR HOA 422 
  
  • HOA 430 - Northern Renaissance Art: 15th Century

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Northern European painting, sculpture, and printmaking from the international style in the fourteenth century to Hieronymus Bosch in the late 15th century. Art presented in historical, philosophical, and social contexts of the Northern humanist tradition.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 431 - Northern Renaissance Art: 16th Century

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Northern European painting and printmaking of the sixteenth century, beginning with Albrecht Dürer and concluding with Pieter Breughel. Art presented in the context of protestant reformation and northern humanism.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 439 - French Architecture, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 433 
    Architecture of the Renaissance transported from Italy to France and developed into a specifically French architecture. Outstanding achievements of more than local interest. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 440 - Women in Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: WGS 449 
    Representation of women in art from prehistoric to contemporary times and the works of women artists in historical contexts.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106  OR WGS 101 
  
  • HOA 445 - Baroque Art in Southern Europe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Painting and sculpture in Italy and Spain during the 17th century; Caravaggio, the Carracci, Bernini, Poussin, Lorrain, and Velázquez.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 446 - Baroque Art in Northern Europe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Painting and sculpture in Belgium, Holland, and France during the seventeenth century; Rubens, VanDyck, Jordaens, Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Ruisdael, the Le Nains, and Georges de la Tour.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 447 - Italian Baroque Art and Architecture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts of the Italian Baroque: early, high, and late Baroque styles in Florence, Bologna, Rome, and Venice. Site visits in Florence and study tours of Bologna and Rome. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 457 - Art and Revolution

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Revolution as a dominant cultural force in nineteenth century art. Topics chosen from romanticism and nature, revolutionary France, ideal vision, science and technology. Gothic revival, and impressionism and shaped around current major art exhibits. Offered only in London.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 458 - Art of Romanticism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Revival movements, landscape painting, romanticism, and realism. Developments from David to Courbet. Sometimes offered abroad.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 459 - Realism to Symbolism: European Art, 1850-1900

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Modernism from the politics of Courbet and the revolutions of 1848 to Munch and social anxiety as the 19th century draws to a close. Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 461 - Early 20th Century Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Fauvism and expressionism to cubism and the development of abstraction. Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi, Mondrian, and Kandinsky.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 462 - European Art Between the Wars

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Dada, Surrealism. The utopian movements of Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus in Germany, and De Stijl in Holland. Movements in art between the wars in the context of political instability, revolution, utopian idealism, the machine aesthetic, and the developing history of the unconscious mind.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 463 - Modernism & Postmodernism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Trends in twentieth-century art, Postimpressionism, cubism, surrealism. Abstract expressionism. Postmodernism. Shaped around current major art exhibits. Offered only in London.
    PREREQ: HOA 106
  
  • HOA 464 - Modern Spanish Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: SPA 364
    Spanish art and architecture from the late eighteenth century to the present. Goya, succeeding styles and movements to the modernism of Picasso, Miro, and Dali, and later styles. The architecture of Gaudi. Offered only in Madrid.
    PREREQ: SPA 201 OR SPA 202 OR (SPA 300 OR ABOVE)
  
  • HOA 470 - Experience Credit

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOA 473 - London Museums: Art, History and Science in Contemporary Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    A survey of London museums that examines not only the collections, architecture, and approaches to interpretation of these institutions of culture, but also considers wide-ranging contemporary issues within the larger museum world. Offered only in London.
  
  • HOA 475 - Modern Architecture: The International Style to Present

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 436 
    Architecture of the modern period since World War II. Major works and figures as framed by the larger architectural issues of the period. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 479 - Early Modern Architecture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 431 
    Early modern architecture from the 1890s through the 1930s. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 482 - Art and Environment in American Culture Since 1800

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: GEO 347 
    Visual arts and environmental concern in the U.S. from the early national period to the present. Emphasizing diversity of artists and forms, the changing cultural constructions of nature, and tracing an ecological tradition in art.
  
  • HOA 490 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOA 491 - History of Japanese Design: Studies in Material Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: ART 411  
    Survey of design in Japan (pre-historical times to present), and influence of Japanese design on the West.  Examines works in different media and situates these within a historical and cultural context.
    PREREQ: ART 113  
  
  • HOA 498 - Senior Seminar: Research and Professional Practice

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Research, writing, and career exploration for senior art history majors. Students develop, edit, and revise texts spanning professional practices in art history.
  
  • HOA 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • HOA 500 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOA 510 - Italian Medieval Architecture and Urbanism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: ARC 537 
    Investigates sites, buildings, and rituals of local identity in a range of centers including monasteries, castles, hilltowns, ports, republics, and tyrannies, between 300 and 1400. Trips to Umbria and Sicily. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 520 - Italian Urbanism: 100 Cities

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARC 536  
    A survey of Italian urban history: design of cities, local rituals, politics, and patronage in ancient Rome, medieval Venice, Renaissance Florence, Baroque Turin, and modern Milan. Site visits in Florence and surrounding towns. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: ANY HOA 100-499
  
  • HOA 522 - Botticelli: Analysis in Depth

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Botticelli within the socio-artistic context of 15th-century Florence. Portraiture, classical myths, civic propaganda, gender, and religious narrative. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 
  
  • HOA 530 - History of Printmaking

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Fifteenth-century to present day woodcuts, engravings, etchings, aquatints, lithographs, and monotypes. Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Blake, Daumier, Whistler, and others.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  OR HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 531 - Paper Arts in the Low Countries

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    This course examines the production of drawings and prints, mainly in Flanders (modern-day Belgium) and the Netherlands during what is known as the early modern period: 1400-1700.
  
  • HOA 540 - 17th Century Dutch Painting

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Principal Dutch masters (Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer, Ruisdael, etc.). Developments in landscape, genre, still life, portraiture, and history painting.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  AND HOA 106 
  
  • HOA 541 - Arts and Ideas in the 17th Century

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    A consideration of music, literature, and the visual arts in the context of 17th-century life. A study of the interrelationship of the main forces in society and their expression in the arts.
    PREREQ: (HOA 105  AND HOA 106 ) OR (HOM 165  AND HOM 166 )
  
  • HOA 556 - Problems in Art History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Selected period, major figure(s) or monument(s) in painting, sculpture, or architecture.
    PREREQ: HOA 105  AND HOA 106 
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 16 credits maximum
  
  • HOA 560 - Arts and Ideas in the Nineteenth Century

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Music and the visual arts in 19th-century European culture.
    PREREQ: (HOA 105  AND HOA 106 ) OR (HOM 165  AND HOM 166 )
  
  • HOA 571 - Italian Architecture, 1909-1959

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: ARC 539 
    Italian architecture from the birth of Futurism to the end of the post-WWII reconstruction. Representative structures in Milan, Rome, Como, and Florence. Includes overnight trip to Rome. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 106  OR ARC 134  OR CAS 134 
  
  • HOA 575 - Arts and Ideas in Contemporary Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Place of music and the visual arts in the context of contemporary life. Inter-relationship between the main forces of society and their expression in the arts.
    PREREQ: HOA 106  OR HOM 166  
  
  • HOA 576 - Topics in American Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Critical exploration of an important American movement, theme, period, or artist. Emphasizing discussion and recent scholarship. Topic announced each semester.
    PREREQ: HOA 106  OR 276 OR ANY HOA 300  LEVEL
  
  • HOA 577 - Introduction to Preservation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ARC 566 
    Problems and methods in implementing continued use for quality segments of the humanly built environment.
    PREREQ: ARC 134  OR CAS 134 

History of Music

  
  • HOM 100 - Selected Topic

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 125 - Introductory Music Theory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MTC 125 
    Elementary harmony, form and counterpoint through writing and listening. For non-majors and music theatre majors only.
  
  • HOM 165 - Understanding Music I

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the art of music. Development of musical styles in the West from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Assumes no prior musical knowledge.
  
  • HOM 166 - Understanding Music II

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the art of music. Musical styles from early baroque to the 20th century, stressing the characteristic interests and achievements of each historical epoch. Assumes no prior musical knowledge.
  
  • HOM 167 - Introduction to Music History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MHL 167
    Introduction to music history, focusing on the European and American concert repertoire.
  
  • HOM 180 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 195 - Performance Live

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The art and meaning of music/dance performance through dialogue with performers in the classroom and experience of performances in local settings, emphasizing both western and non-western traditions. No musical experience necessary.
  
  • HOM 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 202 - Arts of Italy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOA 202 
    Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Florence. Specific topics determined each semester.
  
  • HOM 206 - Arts of France

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOA 206
    Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Strasbourg. Specific topics determined each semester.
  
  • HOM 207 - Arts of England

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOA 207 
    Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in London. Specific topics determined each semester.
  
  • HOM 209 - Arts of Spain

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOA 209 
    Introduction to the art, architecture, music, and dance of Spain. Museum, gallery, and site visits. Concert, dance, and other performances. Topics vary. Offered only in Madrid.
  
  • HOM 267 - European Music from 1750-1914

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MHL 267
    European music from 1750 to 1914 in its cultural and philosophical contexts. Extensive listening. Analytical focus on selected composers and works. Presupposes familiarity with musical notation, terms and concepts.
  
  • HOM 268 - European and American Music Since 1914

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MHL 268
    Major trends and figures in art music in the United States and Europe since 1914. Topics include nationalism, neoclassicism, serialism, indeterminacy, and minimalism. Assumes basic knowledge of music.
    PREREQ: ANY HOM 100-699 LEVEL OR ANY MHL 100-699 LEVEL
  
  • HOM 280 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 285 - Introduction to World Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MHL 185
    Introduction to world music in its social, political, and cultural contexts, with an emphasis on building listening and analytic skills. Intended primarily for music and music history and culture majors.
  
  • HOM 290 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • HOM 313 - Film Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Survey of film music, from the era of silent film to the present day.
  
  • HOM 325 - Music in Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Music of Latin America in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in Latin America.
  
  • HOM 326 - Music in the Caribbean

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Music of the Caribbean region in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in the Caribbean.
  
  • HOM 353 - Worlds of Dance

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    A cross-cultural exploration of dance cultures of the world. The structure, organization, meaning, and expressive power of dance and its connection to belief systems, politics, social organization, and aesthetic ideas.
  
  • HOM 361 - Topics in European Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected works, genres, movements or topics in the history of European music. Development of musical style, analysis of social and political relationships. Specific areas of study announced each semester.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • HOM 362 - Symphonic Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    History of symphonic music from the 18th century to the present. Development of musical style in its social and intellectual contexts. Musical expression and meaning. Sometimes offered abroad.
  
  • HOM 363 - Opera in Society

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Opera as an art form and as a mirror of social attitudes from its inception to the present. Relationships between music and the stage in various historical settings. Sometimes offered abroad.
  
  • HOM 364 - The London Classical Musical Scene

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Varieties of classical music. Styles of performance and social traditions of music unique to and currently represented in London’s musical life. Includes some required attendance at musical events. Offered only in London.
  
  • HOM 371 - Topics in American Music

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Studies of the social, cultural, and musical forces at work in both serious and popular music in America. Specific areas of study announced each semester.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • HOM 372 - Music in Multicultural America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Issues, concepts, and processes that have shaped ethnic musical subcultures in the U.S., with case studies such as the pow-wow, gospel blues, conjunto, klezmer, and South Asian bhangra musics.
  
  • HOM 373 - History of Musical Theater

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Musical theater within a larger cultural context. European roots of musical theater before turning to an analysis of Anglo-American musical theater in the 20th and 21st centuries.
 

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