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  • SPAN 073. El cuento latinoamericano

    We will study the modern and contemporary short stories that have transformed Latin American literature and moved its fiction into the forefront of world literature. By focusing on close reading and analysis, we will outline the distinctive characteristics of the Latin American short story and trace its development. We will examine the thematic issues and narrative features that characterize works belonging to Fantastic Literature, Magical Realism, the Boom and Post-Boom, and place them within their particular historical and cultural contexts. Authors will include Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Rosario Ferré, and Ana Lydia Vega, among others. This course offers students a deeper appreciation of regional differences and cultural richness in Latin America as revealed in the short-story genre.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2015. Martínez.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish  


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  • SPAN 074. Queer Issues in Latin American Literature & Cinema

    This course will map new forms of representation and interpretation at play in a set of queer issues emerging on recent Latin American literature and cinema. Emphasis will be on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender subjectivities. The aim is not merely assembling a corpus of readings around the notion of minority sexualities but to analyze how sexuality is culturally constructed in specific spatial and temporal geographies. We will also investigate the ways in which literary genres are disturbed and redeployed by queer interventions, and how cinema becomes a privileged medium for empowerment and visibility. Taught in English.
    Eligible for LASC and GSST credit.
    (Cross-listed as LITR 074S )
    1 credit.
    Spring 2016. Martínez.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish  


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  • SPAN 082. México lindo y maldito: Representaciones culturales de la Ciudad de México

    This course explores the complex cultural representations of Mexico City, where pre-Columbian traditions meet Western hypermodernity in an atmosphere of ritualized chaos, tumultuous politics, choking pollution, and overpopulation. This course studies literature, urban chronicles, and films that treat Mexico’s megalopolis as their central figure. Readings will also include theoretical texts that will help us understand the different socioeconomic and cultural layers that shape the city and its inhabitants. Main topics to explore include: modernization, neoliberalism, social inequality, urban society, social degradation, and cultural identity.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2015. Buiza.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish 


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  • SPAN 087. Cruzando fronteras: migración y transnacionalismo en el cine mexicano

    This course studies Mexican films and documentaries that engage issues of migration and transnationalism. The aim is to understand how these cinematic genres portray the complexities of cultural identity and the social and interpersonal struggles caused by displacement and globalization. We will also look at how some Mexican communities have been transformed by the consequences of migration to the U.S. In addition, the course will incorporate border literature and Mexican music that add different dimensions to the themes explored in the course.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Buiza.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish 


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  • SPAN 088. Pasados desgarradores: trauma y afecto en la literature centroamericana de posguerra

    This course focuses on contemporary Central American literature. It begins with the revolutionary poetry, narrative of resistance, and testimonio that emerged out of the sociopolitical turmoil of the isthmus during the decades of war, revolutions, and genocide. We will then study the atmosphere of disenchantment during the postwar period and the aesthetic shift in representations of trauma, violence, and disaffection. We will study novels, short stories, poems, films, music, and read scholarly articles to understand the sociohistorical and literary context of the war and the postwar periods in Central America.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Buiza.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish 


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Spanish - Seminars
  

  • SPAN 103. Horacio Castellanos Moya: Centroamérica en las venas

    This seminar focuses on the literary work of Horacio Castellanos Moya, one of Central America’s most prominent and controversial writers, whose literature has become internationally recognized. His narrative is often piercingly sarcastic, crude and raunchy and always unsettling. By studying Castellanos Moya’s narratives and self-destructive characters, the course will explore the social disintegration and legacy of violence left by the decades of civil wars in Central America. The course will examine his novels and essays, and will incorporate recent literary criticism and theoretical approaches on trauma, affect, and violence.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    2 credits.
    Spring 2016. Buiza.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish 


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  • SPAN 108. Jorge Luis Borges

    This seminar focuses on Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He devoted his entire life to literature, as a writer but also as an irreverent and subversive reader. None of his lines, none of his declarations happened inadvertently. Hated or held dear, Borges is incessantly quoted. The objective of this course is to read Borges from the double perspective required by his worldwide fame: as a universal writer who transcends national borders, but also as a writer that seeks to reinvent the history and the traditions of his own country, Argentina.
    Eligible for LASC credit.
    2 credits.
    Spring 2015. Martínez.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish
    Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish 


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Studio Arts
  

  • STUA 001. Foundation Drawing

    This course is designed as an introduction to drawing as the basis for visual thinking and perception. The class will focus on concepts and practices surrounding the use of drawing as a visual language rather than as a preliminary or planning process. Whether students are interested in photography, painting, pottery, sculpture, installation or performance, the ability to design and compose visually is fundamental to their development. The course follows a sequence of studies that introduces students to basic drawing media and compositional elements while they also learn to see inventively. This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in studio art except book arts unless waived by the instructor.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 001B. First-Year Seminar: Drawing

    This studio art experience is designed for first-year students who have demonstrated through a portfolio presentation their knowledge of the elements of design, composition, and visual thinking. This course is similar in content to the foundation drawing class STUA 001 . However, it will be more in depth, with more emphasis on individually designed studio and research projects. Portfolios of actual or photographed work must be submitted for evaluation during orientation week. This portfolio should include, in addition to whatever medium you choose to present, several drawing examples demonstrating proficiency in drawing. Contact the department for details. This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in studio art except Book Arts unless waived by the instructor.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Meunier.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 005. Photography II - Color

    This class is an introduction to the art and craft of color photography using the tools that are most widely practiced by artists today. Students work toward a final project using either a film or digital camera, processing images in Photoshop and outputting them on a professional-grade ink-jet printer. Weekly critiques, photographer research projects, and at least one field trip to look at art make up the class. It is preferred, but not required, that students take STUA 006 Photography I  first.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Tarver.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 006. Photography I

    This class introduces students to the traditional craft of silver wet dark-room photography. Though black-and-white images can be created digitally, enough visual and technical complexity remains in silver gelatin printing that many artists continue to work in this time-honored medium long after the “digital revolution.” Students use film cameras, film, and light-sensitive paper to create a final body of work. Weekly critiques, photographer research projects, and at least one field trip to look at art make up the class.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Tarver.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 009. Sculpture II - Figure Modeling

    Working from the perceptual observation and study of the human body, we will explore the sculptural principles and practice of modeling in clay. The initial projects are centered on the study of the human figure in parts-the foot, the hand, and the individual features of the human face. We will then move on to a self-portrait, full figure studies, and a bas-relief. The teaching method includes slide lectures, demonstrations of techniques and individual guidance on studio projects.
    Prerequisite: STUA 016. Sculpture I 
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Meunier.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 011. Ceramics I

    This introduction to ceramic process and aesthetics focuses on acquiring basic skills on the potter’s wheel as well as an introduction to making and applying glazes both high and low temperature. Students will also learn to operate an electric kiln. Through image presentations and exposure to actual objects, students will learn to discuss and evaluate the aesthetic attributes of the handmade object.
    Prerequisite STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Not offered 2014-2015.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 013. Sculpture II - Installation

    This course explores installation art across all media. Students may incorporate a variety of sculptural materials and processes, video, light, sound, text, photography, and painting in their works to expand the physical boundaries beyond the discrete object. The pieces created will be site-specific, the building and grounds of the campus will be your canvas. The teaching method includes slide lectures, demonstrations of techniques and individual guidance on studio projects.
    Prerequisite: STUA 016 Sculpture I .
    1 credit.
    Not offered 2014-2015. Meunier.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 014. Painting I - The Landscape

    This course explores the vast array of interpretive approaches, and practical methods available to the artist interested in landscape painting. Each student will be introduced to methods and techniques that will be used in the field while painting directly from nature. Topics include atmospheric perspective, linear perspective, viewpoint, compositional structuring through shape and rhythm, and a thorough study of light through changing effects of color and tonality. Excursions into the urban, suburban, and rural landscape of southeastern Pennsylvania will be scheduled weekly. Oil paints will be the central medium of the class.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Exon.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 015. Ceramics II - The Potter’s Wheel

    This class focuses on a series of projects for the wheel to assist in developing proficiency, technique and ideas for both functional and sculptural form. Critiques and in class discussion are an important component of this experience. Students will be exposed to traditional and nontraditional solutions to the wheel thrown container through slide lectures, videos and guest artists. For beginners and experienced students.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Carpenter.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 016. Sculpture I

    This course is an introduction to the basic elements, techniques, and history of sculpture. We cover both additive and reductive processes. Materials and techniques will include clay modeling and construction, plaster modeling and casting, and cardboard and wood construction. There is an emphasis on the development of form and structure particular to each process, in regards to the concepts of space, form, weight, mass, and design in sculpture. The teaching method includes slide lectures, demonstrations of techniques, and individual guidance on studio projects.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001. Foundation Drawing , or, STUA 001B. First-Year Seminar: Drawing .
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 017. Ceramics II - The Container as Architecture

    This class focuses on designing and constructing container-based forms using clay as the primary medium. Using hand-building processes including slab, coil and cast forms students will develop architecturally imagined forms. Thematically conceived projects will allow students to explore problems in three-dimensional design using a broad range of architectural references. The experience will be complimented with slide presentations, demonstrations and guest artists.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Carpenter.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 018. Printmaking I

    This class will focus on intaglio and relief processes, and provide a general overview of tools, techniques, terminology, paper and plate preparation, and safety. Using historical and contemporary examples, students will be introduced to the differing ways printmaking can be employed in the creation of contemporary art. The techniques and functions of seriality and the multiple, including how to properly handle paper and edition a print will also be introduced. The final project of the semester will include an exchange edition. Class time will be divided between work time, demonstrations, digital presentations, and field trips.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Not offered 2014-2015. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020A. Advanced Studies - Ceramics

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020B. Advanced Studies - Drawing

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020C. Advanced Studies - Painting

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020D. Advanced Studies - Photography

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020E. Advanced Studies - Sculpture

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020F. Advanced Studies - Printmaking

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020G. Advanced Studies - Architectural Drawing

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 020J. Advanced Studies - Book Arts

    These courses are designed to usher the intermediate and advanced student into a more independent, intensive study in one or more of the fields listed earlier. A discussion of formal issues generated at previous levels will continue, with greater critical analysis brought to bear on stylistic and thematic direction. All students are expected to attend, throughout the semester, a given class in their chosen medium and must make sure at the time of registration that the two class sessions will fit into their schedules. In addition to class time, students will meet with the professor for individual conferences and critiques.

    This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisites: STUA 001  and at least one previous course in the chosen medium.
    Note: Although this course is for full credit, a student may petition the studio faculty for a 0.5- credit semester.
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 021. Drawing II - Architecture Turning Corners

    The Beaux-Arts practice of “analytique”-a drawn, or sketched, tour of a building’s unifying visual elements, proportional relationships, and structural details-will be the primary mode of inquiry in this course. Taking advantage of the great number of the fine examples of historical and contemporary architecture in this region, the class will take a series of field trips to a select group of local monuments to gather visual material. We will continue and build on the student’s competency and understanding of linear perspective and free hand sketching, established in the prerequisite, while introducing new methods in site measuring and isometric drawing. Extensive use of watercolor and gouache will also be used, although previous experience in these techniques is not required, in order to articulate the decorative and light specific qualities of each building, and its surroundings.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent from instructor.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Exon.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 022. Painting II - Color

    Color functions in many ways in painting. The interaction of color may be used to create the illusion of light and space or to establish an expressive tone. Color can also operate on a symbolic level or be used to create a compositional structure. Using various drawing and painting media students will explore the ways which color can be manipulated. Assigned readings, critiques and group discussions will be included.
    Prerequisite: STUA 001  or consent of instructor.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Grider.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 025A. Advanced Studies II - Ceramics

    Continuation of STUA 020A  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020A .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025B. Advanced Studies II - Drawing

    Continuation of STUA 020B  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020B .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025C. Advanced Studies II - Painting

    Continuation of STUA 020C  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020C .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025D. Advanced Studies II - Photography

    Continuation of STUA 020D  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020D .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025E. Advanced Studies II - Sculpture

    Continuation of STUA 020E  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020E .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025F. Advanced Studies II - Printmaking

    Continuation of STUA 020F  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020F .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025G. Advanced Studies II - Architectural Drawing

    Continuation of STUA 020G  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020G .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 025J. Advanced Studies II - Book Arts

    Continuation of STUA 020J  on a more advanced level. This series of courses also serves as the Junior Workshop, a colloquium for junior studio art majors in the spring semester. Students will produce work within the classes offered as Advanced Studies. Regularly scheduled group and individual critiques with other junior majors and a faculty coordinator will occur throughout the semester, culminating in a group exhibition.
    Prerequisite: STUA 020J .
    1 credit.
    Each semester. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art  


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  • STUA 029. Junior Workshop

    During the spring semester of the junior year and in preparation for the Senior Workshop I and II, studio art majors are required to take Junior Workshop as their advanced study. Non-majoring advanced study students are also class participants. Working with a faculty coordinator, students will develop works with an emphasis on improving technically, conceptually and productively. Guest artists, studio visits and critiques will be integral to the workshop experience. Finally, works produced during the workshop will be exhibited in a group exhibition at the end of the semester. Because this required workshop takes place in the spring, it is recommended that off-campus study occur during the fall semester.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Carpenter.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
    Art 


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  • STUA 030. Senior Workshop I

    This course is designed to strengthen critical, theoretical, and practical skills on an advanced level. Critiques by the resident faculty members and visiting artists as well as group critiques with all members of the workshop will guide and assess the development of the students’ individual directed practice in a chosen field. Assigned readings and scheduled discussions will initiate the writing of the thesis for the senior exhibition. This course is required of senior art majors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Grider.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
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  • STUA 040. Senior Workshop II

    This course is designed to further strengthen critical, theoretical, and practical skills on a more advanced level. During the spring semester of the senior art major, students will write their senior artist statement and mount an exhibition in the List Gallery of the Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center. The artist statement is a discussion of the development of the work to be exhibited. The exhibition represents the comprehensive examination for the studio art major. Gallery exhibitions are reserved for studio art majors who have passed the senior workshop and fulfilled all requirements, including the writing of the senior art major statement.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Grider.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
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Theater - Introductory Courses
  

  • THEA 001. Fundamentals of Dramaturgy

    This course will investigate a tripartite nature of dramaturgy as it is currently regarded and practiced in American theater. Structural dramaturgy: tragedy, comedy, farce, the well-made play, and modern departures thereof. Production dramaturgy: collaborative process, methods and strategies for historical research, note-taking, script editing, and adaptation. Institutional dramaturgy: script evaluation, season planning, mission statements, marketing and audience outreach. Through readings, discussions, writing assignments, and engagement with campus and area productions, students will sidestep the deathless-and deadly-question, “What is a dramaturg?” to focus upon how dramaturgs think and what they do with what they know.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors as well as a counting as a writing-intensive course in the Humanities Division.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Magruder.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 002A. Acting I

    This course is designed as a practical introduction to some of the principles, techniques, and tools of acting. We will use theater games and improvisational exercises (from Stanislavsky, Viola Spolin, Uta Hagen and other sources) to unleash the actor’s imagination, expand the boundaries of accepted logic, encourage risk taking, and free the body and voice for the creative process. We will also focus on beginning to analyze text, understanding scene-work and monologues in relation to an entire play, listening and responding to self, others and space, and developing the ability to play actions. Finally, each student will have the opportunity to test our principles of work through one scene with a partner, no longer than ten minutes, to be assigned by the instructor. This scene will be performed in front of the class.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Fall 2014. Spring 2015. Bauriedel. Sanford. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 003. Fundamentals of Design for Theater and Performance

    This course offers an introduction to creative aspects of designing scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound for theater and performance with emphasis on the correlation of text, imagination, and space. In a collaborative classroom setting, the students will have the opportunity to explore individual ideas and transform these into a design that is cohesive and relevant to a production. The lab component of the course will provide a broad introduction to the technical aspects of theater production. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Swanson.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 004A. Set Design

    This course will focus on set design and introduce methods that apply to designing for stage. In class, we will take a look at the set designer’s responsibilities as an artist and collaborator and explore the relationship between text, concept, and production in addition to learning the basic skills of drafting and model making. In addition, we will discuss the relationship between scenery, costumes, and light in performance. A lab component of this class will include an introduction to computer drafting and additional information about materials used for stage construction. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Saunders.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 004B. Lighting Design

    This class explores the fundamentals of lighting design. The course objective is to introduce lighting concepts and how to express them for both theater and dance. It is intended to demystify an enormously powerful medium. Reading and class discussion provide a theoretical basis for such creativity while the assignments and projects provide the practice for this artistic endeavor. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Murphy.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 004C. Costume Design

    This course will focus on costume design and introduce methods that apply to designing for stage. In class, we will take a look at the costume designer’s responsibilities as an artist and collaborator and explore the relationship between text, concept, and production. In addition to formal lecture, we will discuss fabrics and colors and how they relate to light and scenery in performance, and we will explore different medium and techniques for presentation of a design. A lab component of this class will introduce the student to costume shop operation and equipment in addition to a brief overview of costume history. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Swanson.
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  • THEA 004D. Integrated Media Design for Live Performance

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the application of various visual and audio technologies in live theater and dance performance. Discussion of the historical and theoretical context of contemporary mixed-media performance will be combined with an orientation to the available technologies found at Swarthmore and beyond. The class will include the conceptualization and preparation of a series of individual studio projects. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Saunders.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 004E. Sound Design

    This course will provide an introduction to sound design concepts for live performance. Course work will emphasize research, design development, collaboration, and the creative process. Laboratory work will focus on basic audio engineering, software, field recording, and documentation in a theatrical context. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Atkinson.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 005. Opera Production Workshop

    Opera is a collaborative art form, involving composing, writing, performing, stage directing, choreography and design. In this workshop-based class, students will gain a basic understanding of opera as an art form and experience all aspects of the rehearsal and production process. The class culminates in the performance of an original opera written, directed and performed by faculty and students in collaboration with students from a nearby elementary school.
    (Cross-listed as MUSI 024 )
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 006. Playwriting Workshop

    This creative workshop course introduces students to essential elements of dramatic writing. In-class writing exercises and weekly assignments lead to the development of character monologues, scenes, and two original one-act plays. A variety of stylistic approaches and thematic concerns are identified through the reading and discussion of plays by contemporary playwrights. Students will explore their individual creative voice, learning how to translate their vision through character, image, and story.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Shaplin.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 008. Movement Theater Workshop

    This class will offer an orientation to movement based acting through various approaches: traditional performance traditions in Bali and elsewhere, commedia dell’arte, the teachings of Jacques Lecoq, and so forth. Taught by Gabriel Quinn Bauriedel of the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia. The class will require rehearsal with other students outside of class time and will end with a public showing of work generated by the students. Six hours per week.
    Prerequisites: THEA 002A , any dance course numbered 040-044, or consent of the instructor.
    (Cross-listed as DANC 049)
    Note: Movement Theater Workshop cannot be taken in lieu of THEA 012  either as a prerequisite for Acting III or by students seeking a major or a minor with an emphasis in acting.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Bauriedel.
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Theater - Intermediate Courses
  

  • THEA 012. Acting II

    In this course students will explore and develop the skills necessary to perform Shakespeare with specificity and confidence. In addition to vocal and physical exercises intended to strengthen and free the actor’s body and voice, students will delve into Shakespearean scene study. The course provides a strong foundation in basic acting technique that can be applied to multiple dramatic genres. In addition students will explore Shakespearean scenes using rigorous textual analysis, learning to use the clues in Shakespeare’s text to make smart, useful acting choices. While working on scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, students will learn how to rehearse, how to develop a character and how to increase their vocal, physical and emotional flexibility.
    Prerequisites: THEA 002A .
    1 credit.
    Spring 2015. Staff.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 015. Performance Theory and Practice

    This course covers a series of major texts on performance theory and practice, with emphasis on directing and acting. Assigned readings will focus on theoretical writings by or about the performance work of artists such as Zeami, Stanislavsky, Artaud, Brecht, Grotowski, Mnouchkine, Chaikin, Suzuki, and Robert Wilson as well as selected theoretical and critical texts by nonpractitioners. The course includes units on performance traditions and genres outside of Europe and North America. Weekly video screenings required.
    Writing course.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Kuharski.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 022. Production Ensemble I

    Rehearsal of a full-length work for public performance with a faculty director: ensemble techniques, improvisation, using the audience as part of the given circumstances. Required for all course and honors majors in acting, directing, and dramaturgy; also required for course minors in acting, directing, and dramaturgy.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Torra.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 025. Solo Performance

    Solo performance is a theater of inclusion: it creates a space in which everyone can speak up and be heard. In this course students will research, write, and perform a one-person show. This course fulfills the intermediate acting requirement for acting majors and minors (Acting I is still required for all majors and minors). It also counts as a prerequisite for Production Ensemble in the spring.
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Next offered spring 2016.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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  • THEA 035. Directing I: Directors’ Lab

    This course focuses on the theater director’s role in a collaborative ensemble and on the ensemble’s relation to the audience. Units cover the director’s relationship with actors, designers, composers, technicians, and playscripts. The student’s directorial self-definition through this collaborative process is the laboratory’s ultimate concern. Final project consists of an extended scene to be performed as part of a program presented by the class.
    Prerequisites: THEA 001 , THEA 002A .
    Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2014. Kuharski.
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/department-theater
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