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AMERICAN STUDIES Sports Cinema Introduction to Fiber Arts Introduction to American Studies American Material Culture Textile Structures Issues in American Culture American Autobiography Textile Surface Design American Identities: Pre-1870s Women in American Culture Advanced Fiber Arts American Identities: Post-1870s American Cultural Periods Jewelry and Metals I, II American Studies: Methods and Approaches 1920s Introduction to Printmaking Ethnic and Immigrant Experience 1950s Printmaking: Intaglio New England Begins 1960s Printmaking: Lithography Representations of the American Past in Film Independent Study Metalsmithing American Sports/American Culture Senior Seminar Other media Jazz: A Multicultural Expression Honors Thesis Communication Design I, II Mark Twain’s America Professional Internship in American Studies Advanced Communication Design Regional Culture Digital Foundations The Hudson River ART (STUDIO) 3D Modeling and Animation The West Visual Concepts Computer Imaging The South Form and Space Introduction to Electronic Time-Based Media New England Drawing Digital Sketchbook Themes in American Culture Intermediate Drawing Motion Graphics and Animation Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century United States Advanced Drawing Advanced Studio Problems The Machine in the Garden Figure Drawing Independent Study The African-American Experience Introduction to Painting Professional Internship in Studio Art Popular Culture Intermediate Painting Diversity in the United States Advanced Painting ART HISTORY American Bestsellers and Popular Culture Figure Painting Introduction to Art Professional Internship in American Studies Watercolor Survey of Western Art Critical Whiteness in the U.S. Elementary Sculpture The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Global Perspectives of the United States Advanced Sculpture Survey of Asian Art Women and Work in America Life Modeling: Sculptural Study of the Human Form Survey of South and Southeast Asian and Black Feminist Thoughts Carving Processes in Wood Himalayan Art Disorderly Women Beginning Photography The Domestic Interior Topics in American Culture Advanced Photography Imag(in)ing the Modern World City Basic Ceramics Special Topics in Art History Religion Intermediate Ceramics Asian Places and Spaces Magazines and Modernity Advanced Ceramics Native American Art - 3 - The Arts of South Asia 15th- to 18th-Century Art in the West Queer Cultures: Sexual and Gender Identities in a African Art Modern and Contemporary Art in the West Globalizing World Art and the Environment in Ancient Mesoamerica Arts of Africa and the Americas Mexican Cultures and South America Asian Art Indigenous Cultures of Latin America Islamic Art Special Comparative Topics Themes in Anthropology American Art Contemporary Art Non-Western Themes in Anthropology Writing in Art History Independent Study History of Anthropological Thought Practices of Art History The Art History Major and Beyond Ethnographic Research Methods Greek Art and Archaeology Senior Thesis in Art History Built Environments: Archaeology of Architecture Roman Art and Archaeology Professional Internship in Art History Imaging and Imagining the Past: Visual Late Antique, Early Medieval, and Byzantine Art The Artist Interview Representation in Archaeology Romanesque and Gothic Art Art and Society Ritual and Religion Renaissance Europe Current Issues in Art Anthropology and Environmental Health Seventeenth-Century European Art Ecological Anthropology Eighteenth-Century European Art ARTS ADMINISTRATION Rethinking Materiality: The Anthropology of Stuff Nineteenth-Century European Art Foundations of Arts Administration Medical Anthropology Twentieth-Century Art Philanthropy and the Arts: Relationships and Topics in Cultural or Biological Anthropology History of Modern Design Revenue Topics in Archaeology Ad/dressing the Body: European Fashion, Topics in Arts Administration Applying Anthropology Renaissance to the Present Professional Internship in Arts Administration Senior Seminar Professional Internship in Art History Structured Field Experience in Arts Administration Preparation for Senior Thesis in Anthropology The Arts of Nigeria Advanced Topics in Arts Administration Independent Study or Field Research Image and Narrative in Asian Art Independent Study in Arts Administration Senior Thesis in Anthropology Contemporary African Art Entertainment Law and Business Professional Internships in Anthropology Asian Pop! History of Photography ANTHROPOLOGY ASIAN STUDIES Inside the Museum Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Intro to Asian Studies Late Gothic Sculpture and Painting Anthropology of the Human Past Elementary Sanskrit I, II Art of Early Renaissance Italy Introduction to Archaeological Research Intermediate Sanskrit I, II Rococo Art and Design Archaeological Field Methods The Himalayas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Northern Renaissance Painting Mesoamerican Archaeology “Roof of the World” Topics in Art History North American Archaeology Special Topics in Asian Studies Visual Culture of the French Revolution Sub-Saharan Africa from a Cultural Perspective Independent Study Ancient and Medieval Art in the West - 4 - Approaches to Asian Studies Microbiology: Diversity, Disease, and the Senior Seminar Series in Biology Asian Studies Senior Seminar Environment Advanced Research in Biology Professional Internship in Asian Studies Cell Biology Senior Thesis in Biology Topics in Biology Senior Capstone in Biology BIOLOGY Introduction to Biological Research Research Methods in Biology Biological Sciences II: Diversity of Life Professional Internship in Biology Professional Internship in Biology Molecular and Cellular Foundations of Life Behavioral Ecology Organismal Biology Mammalian Physiology CHEMISTRY Biology of the Mind Ornithology Chemistry of Foods and Flavors with Lab Straw into Gold: Science in the Fiber Arts Microbial Genetics Environmental Chemistry Ecology of Food Biological Electron Microscopy Fundamentals of Chemistry with Lab Human Biology and Medical Decisions: Food, Animal Behavior Principles of Chemistry Disease, Sex, Sleep Evolution Introduction to Chemical Research Environmental Science Tropical Ecology Intermediate Topics in Chemistry Ecology of the Adirondacks Conservation Ecology Inorganic Compounds and Materials Marine Biology Global Change Biology Organic Chemistry I, II Understanding Biotechnology: Recombinant DNA Plant Physiology Analytical Methods in Chemistry and Ethical Issues Plant Biotechnology Topics in Chemistry The Birds and the Bees: the Biology of Sex Plant-Animal Interactions Intermediate Chemical Research Biology: The Scientific Study of Life Neurodevelopment Professional Internship in Chemistry Topics in Biology Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Polymer Chemistry Evolutionary Biology Endocrinology Inorganic Chemistry Conservation Biology Biological Clocks Advanced Organic Chemistry Microbes and Society Topics in Biology Physical Chemistry I, II Human Genetics Genome Biology: Chromatin Structure, Function Biochemistry: Macromolecular Structure and Economic Botany and Epigenetic Regulation Function Inside Equus: Biology of the Horse Biology of Viruses Biochemistry: Intermediary Metabolism Biostatistics Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach Experimental Biochemistry Laboratory Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Public Health RNA Metabolism Special Topics in Chemistry Environmental Biology Advanced Light Microscopy Special Topics in Biochemistry Ecology Computer Modeling of Biological Systems Topics in Environmental Chemistry Molecular Cell Biology Independent Study Peer-Tutoring in Chemistry Laboratory Comparative Vertebrate Physiology Junior Seminar Biology Capstone in Chemistry: Student-Faculty Principles of Genetics Collaborative Research - 5 - Literature Investigation in Chemistry COMPUTER SCIENCE Dance and Society: 1600–1920 Senior Seminar in Chemistry and Biochemistry Computing in Context Dance & Society II: 1920–Present Research Methods in Chemistry Introduction to Computer Science I, II Special Studies in Dance Theory and Appreciation Professional Internship in Chemistry An Introduction to Computer Science with Dance Production Animations and 2D Games Performance Elements CLASSICAL STUDIES Programming Languages Dance for the Child Elementary Latin Introduction to Research in Computer Science Music for Dancers/Choreographers Intermediate Latin Selected Topics in Computer Science Ballet Theory and Pedagogy Seminar in Latin Poetry Topics in Computer Science with Lab Independent Study Seminar in Latin Prose Literature Design and Analysis of Algorithms Senior Dance Capstone I, II Elementary Greek Computability, Complexity, and Heuristics Professional Internship in Dance Intermediate Greek Introduction to Computer Organization Ballet I: Elementary Seminar in Greek Poetry Artificial Intelligence Ballet II: Low Intermediate Seminar in Greek Prose Literature Software Design Ballet III: High Intermediate English Vocabulary From Greek and Latin Concurrent Programming Intermediate Pointe The Classical World Computer Graphics Contemporary Ballet III Classical Mythology Independent Study Ballet IV: Advanced Greek Tragedy Advanced Topics in Computer Science Men’s Ballet Technique: Advanced/Intermediate Society on the Stage: Greek and Roman Comedy Senior Thesis Classical Pas De Deux: Advanced/Intermediate The Hero(ine)’s Tale: Traditions of Greek and Internship in Computer Science Contemporary Ballet Performance Workshop Roman