ARTH 495

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Undergraduate Seminar in Art History

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Credit: 3 hours.

Seminar offering students practical experience in research methods in Art History. Focuses on a specialized theme of the professor's choice, and incorporates extensive reading in a specific field of Art History and the completion of a substantial research paper.

3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated if topics vary.

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ARTH 495 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39097	Seminar	A	2:00PM -4:40PM	T	131 Flagg Hall	Chuong, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: The Making of Early America Section Info: The Making of Early America, c. 1600-1865 What does it mean to make a “new” world? This undergraduate seminar explores the many ways in which the making of artifacts (including gravestones, embroidered maps, and paintings) helped early Americans develop new ideas about politics, sociality, and culture. In doing so we will consider the unique perspectives of early America’s diverse range of makers: women and men, indigenous and colonial, enslaved and free; and how different modes of making sponsored different cultural models. Through our examination of a wide range of media from the colonial period through the Civil War, we will develop a material and processual approach to the study of art by investigating the possibilities and limits posed by different materials and techniques. No background in material cultural studies is necessary, but some previous coursework in art history would be helpful. This course fulfills the seminar requirement for Art History majors and minors. Open to Juniors and Seniors, or with permission of the instructor. ARTH 395 prerequisite is only recommended, not required. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
	77352	Seminar	B	1:00PM -3:40PM	W	316 Art and Design Building	Smith, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: A History of Indigenous Film Section Info: In this course, we will study an extensive and varied body of films made by Indigenous filmmakers. Our focus will be global, with a particular emphasis upon films directed by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Mètis filmmakers. Students will develop a range of skills and a vocabulary valuable to the construction of critical film analysis as we screen an assortment of documentary, short, feature-length, and animated films from the early 20th century to today. Students will consider the varied ways in which Indigenous filmmakers employ strategies such as “first voice,” self-representation, documentation, narrativity, humor, satire, intervention, and refusal. Restricted to Juniors and Seniors, or with permission of instructor. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.