| AVD 102 - History of the Visual Arts: Ancient to Medieval | |
| Survey of the visual arts: prehistoric to the late Gothic period. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 103 - History of the Visual Arts II: Renaissance to Modern | |
| Survey of the visual arts: early Renaissance to the modern period. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 121 - Survey of Western Music | |
| The musical styles of several well-known composers as evident in selected compositions; review of a basic repertoire of musical compositions of various forms and styles. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 141 - Introduction to Theatre Arts | |
| The literature, elements, and artists in theatre from a process-oriented historical perspective. Includes research prior to performances, attendance at theatre performances, artist interviews and writing of performance responses. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Field Trip: Field Trip(s) Required General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 142 - Performing Arts Perspectives: Experience and Evaluation | |
| Understanding the elements of performance from the perspective of the audience and critic; includes research prior to performances, performance attendance, artist interviews and writing of critiques. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Spring Odd | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 202 - Concepts and Issues of Modern Art | |
| Key concepts of modern art, the visual art which emerged and the corresponding issues they raise; explores the wider cultural matrix in which modern artistic ideas develop. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Field Trip: Field Trip(s) Required General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 221 - Popular Music Since 1955 | |
| Evolution of popular music since 1955 and its relationship to society, especially rock music in the 1960's and early 1970's, the period of greatest stylistic expansion and also the period in which the music was most intimately intertwined with its social milieu. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 261 - Understanding the Arts | |
| An introduction to the language of the visual and performing arts, including direct experience of art forms, and incorporating comparative studies of the elements and structural principles employed among the arts. Development of student's aesthetic literacy, and their ability to articulate informed responses to art forms. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall Odd | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 272 - Women in the Arts | |
| Studies artistic works by women in order to re-value their place in history and development of the arts. May repeat for credit when a different topic is studied. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Spring Even | |
| Course is repeatable to 6 credits. | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 327 - Jazz History | |
| Cultural conflict, influence and enrichment that arise when differing traditions of the arts come into contact with Jazz History. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| General Education: Ethnic Studies General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 328 - Musical Theatre History | |
| Cultural conflict, influence and enrichment that arise when differing traditions of the arts come into contact with musical theatre and its development. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall Odd | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 329 - World Music | |
| Survey of tribal, folk and non-western art music with an emphasis on cultural, social, religious, political and economic context. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| General Education: Fine Arts General Education: World Culture | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 370 - Modern American Culture | |
| Fad, fashion and popular art: the media, music, advertising and entertainment as they express the intimate unguarded concerns of modern America. | |
| P: Jr st. or Art, AVD or Theatre major | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| General Education: Fine Arts | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 371 - World Art | |
| Survey of selected non-western art and architecture with an emphasis on cultural, social, religious, political and economic context. | |
| P: jr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring Even | |
| General Education: Fine Arts General Education: World Culture | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 375 - Communication Skills: Language of Metaphor | |
| Examines metaphors and the metaphoric process and seeks to develop skills in creating and understanding metaphors, especially those that have become an unconscious part of our language and culture. | |
| P: none; REC: Gen Ed req in Arts & Humanities. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 477 - Women as Creative Agents | |
| The multiple ways women have exercised their creative capacities and the external and internal factors that support creative work. Examines some of the assumptions about creativity in women by comparing them with the evidence from biographies of creative women in several fields. | |
| P: Soc C D 241 or English 206 or AVD 272 or Arts Mgt 364 or jr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring Odd | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| AVD 497 - Internship | |
| Instruction and experience in a professional environment where students work in any aspect of the field appropriate to their academic preparation and career goals under professional and faculty supervision. No more than 3 credits may be used to meet requirements for a major or minor. | |
| P: jr st and 3.0 gpa in major emphasis (dept will monitor gpa req). | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Course is repeatable for credit. | |
| 1 units min / 12 units max, Field Experience | |
| AVD 498 - Independent Study | |
| Independent study is offered on an individual basis at the student's request and consists of a program of learning activities planned in consultation with a faculty member. A student wishing to study or conduct research in an area not represented in available scheduled courses should develop a preliminary proposal and seek the sponsorship of a faculty member. The student's advisor can direct him or her to instructors with appropriate interests. A written report or equivalent is required for evaluation, and a short title describing the program must be sent early inthe semester to the registrar for entry on the student's transcript. | |
| P: fr or so st with cum gpa > or = 2.50; or jr or sr st with cum gpa > or = 2.00. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Course is repeatable for credit. | |
| 1 units min / 4 units max, Independent Study | |