This course examines the built environment of the American city with an emphasis on how architectural and urban design choices within a city affect and reflect the people who occupy and inhabit its spaces. Students will be introduced to the terms and methods of architectural history. In addition, they will learn to analyze and interpret architecture, landscape, and urban and suburban planning in and around the city, with a focus on two major New York State cities: Albany and New York City. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to apply what they have learned as they visit sites within and around Albany and New York City. This course includes frequent site visits in Albany and one required Saturday trip to New York City; transportation will be covered by course fee. No prerequisites. (L05)
Fee $100. includes one required Saturday bus trip to NYC. (L05) Course meets in Picotte 206 and Massry 101
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
This one semester survey introduces major movements, monuments, and artists from the prehistoric era through the 21st century. Students will gain visual literacy by learning to analyze and interpret visual objects relative to their stylistic, technical, historical and cultural contexts. (L05)
Fee $60 INcludes one required Saturday bus trip to NYC. Open to majors and non-majors.
This one semester survey introduces major movements, monuments, and artists from the prehistoric era through the 21st century. Students will gain visual literacy by learning to analyze and interpret visual objects relative to their stylistic, technical, historical and cultural contexts. (L05)
$60. fee includes one required Saturday trip to New York City museum.
A survey of art, architecture and visual culture from the Pre-Columbian era to present day Latin America. Postcolonial theories are introduced to frame discussions of art made during the colonial period and further developed to discuss themes such as indigenous rights and the effects of globalization in the era since independence. Fulfills Diversity Requirement. (L05)
Open to all majors $65. fee includes one required New York City trip Fee covers transportation and museum admissions. Fulfills diversity requirement. L05
The class will address: (1) major stylistic and aesthetic movements, and (2) diverse interpretations of Modern Art including those defined by class, race, and gender. Intermittently, AHI 247 will be offered as an interdisciplinary course, combining the study of the visual arts with examination of parallel or related concepts in other fields. These may include literature, history, women's studies, religion, philosophy or sociology. May include one or more required trips to New York City art museums and/or galleries; transportation will be covered by course fees. Prerequisites: AHI 208, or permission of the instructor. (L05)
Fee $65. Includes one required bus trip to NYC and museum admission.
The course starts with the 19th century and considers developments in the 20th and 21st centuries. It presents a chronological as well as thematic and theoretical framework for understanding the medium. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. May include one or more required trips to New York City art museums and/or galleries; transportation will be covered by course fees. Prerequisites: AHI 208, AHI 247, one of: (AHI 285, 295, 211) or permission of the instructor.
Fee $60. includes two required Saturday bus trips to NYC.
A weekend course focused on exposure to the immediate contemporary art scene in New York City. Intensive guided viewing of exhibitions mainly in Chelsea and Soho. Students must have seven Saturdays available and maintain a detailed journal of current art criticism and personal responses to work. For Art majors, this course may be a substitute for AHI 344 or AHI 366. Permission of the instructor is required for each student.
Fee $275. Course meets the following seven Saturdays: 1/18, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, 3/21, 3/28, 4/18. Includes trips to both NYC and regional art venues. Fee includes transportation and venues.
An Independent Study is arranged, planned and managed by a supervising art history professor in conjunction with the learning outcomes that are proposed by the advanced student. AHI 499 may not be used to substitute for a class. Instead, it involves more self-discipline and a greater sense of direction than a faculty-led course. “Independent” does not imply “not involving a teacher” rather it means that learning takes place “independent of regular class meetings and/or independent of other students.” In consultation with the supervising professor, the student develops a learning contract, written proposal, semester calendar of regularly-scheduled meetings and a working bibliography. Senior class standing and a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. Permission of the Art Department Chair and the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities is required.
Independent Study form required