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Art History
  

  • ARTH 048. 20th Century Latin American Art

    This introductory course exposes students to the histories, theories, and forms of modern art in Latin America in the 20th Century. The course explores the development of artistic scenes in the continent, and how avant-garde art practices have engaged a variety of nation-building programs -either as reinforcements or as refutations. During this course students will become familiar with scholarship and critical frameworks formulated in Latin America, as well as in the United States. 

     

    Note: This course is an Introductory Survey Course
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for LALS, GLBL-paired
    Spring 2025. Checa-Gismero.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 049. Document: History Of Photo

    (Cross-listed as ARTT 049 )
    This course combines the history and hands-on making of photography for an integrated exploration of this medium as a form of visual documentation. It examines the uses and abuses of photography from the late nineteenth century to the present to focus on techniques and practices that challenge the documentary authority of photography. With its unique combination of lectures, reading discussions, demonstrations, hands-on image-making and critiques along with guest speaker sessions, this course will provide students with a robust set of critical and practical tools and perspectives for thinking about how the photographic image profoundly shapes our understanding of the world. 

     

    No prerequisite; students should have a smartphone or digital camera, other supplies will be provided.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.


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  • ARTH 052. Global Renaissance

    The “Global Renaissance,” focuses on Europe’s relations with Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the early era of colonization and global expansion.

    Students will explore what the visual arts can reveal about the transfer of ideas and the growth of global trade and cultural/religious conflict in this era of increasing internationalism. We will focus on cross-cultural exchange in the 15th and 16th centuries, and consider these issues primarily from the European perception of the expanding world. The theme of globalism will be addressed though the lens not only of painting, sculpture and architecture, but also objects that are not typically considered “high art” such as maps, textiles, festival art, and ceramics. 
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for GLBL-Core
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 057. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo

    Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo have come to stand for Renaissance art itself. This course will study these masters, their works, and their heated rivalries with one another in the context of the worlds in which they lived and worked. We will consider topics such as the construction of the artist as genius, the relationship between art and science, the role of art in the domestic sphere, the use of art as propaganda, and the education of the artist.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2024. Reilly.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 062. Land Art, Place, and Environment

    (Cross-listed as ENVS 053)
    As climate change brings about the breakdown of global ecological systems, humanity is faced with the urgent need to evaluate our place in those systems and reckon with our impact as agents of change. Art has long been a site through which societies have visually and materially expressed and explored their relationships to nature, both as a cultural-aesthetic construction and as a real site inhabited by human and non-human beings. This course will examine the changing nature of land, place, and environment in modern and contemporary art and its representation and deployment as a genre, theme, and medium over the last half-century, with special attention to the Eastern Woodlands as an ancestral and contested site. Approaching diverse art forms such as earthworks, painting, photography, installation art, and site-specificity from ecocritical and decolonial art historical lenses, we will consider “nature” as a cultural-aesthetic construction and as a politically embattled site inhabited by human and non-human agents and beings. With select local site and collection visits, we will examine the role of [the] E/earth in art as material, vibrant matter, pigment, place, and collective home of social, cosmological, and ecological relations.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Spring 2024. Green.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 063. Architecture and American Landscape

    In his essay, “Preserving Wildness,” environmentalist Wendell Berry wrote: “We need to understand [nature] as our source and preserver, as an essential measure of our history, and as the ultimate definer of our possibilities.” With Berry’s multidimensional conception of nature in mind, this course examines the interrelationship of architecture, planning, and the ever-changing American landscape. It looks at the ways in which architecture may respond to the political, social, and philosophical implications of diverse ecological perspectives and uncovers the part architecture plays in environmental preservation and degradation. The class takes as its starting point colonial settlements and Native American land use patterns in the Eastern United States and concludes with national responses to 21st-century climate change discourse, paying particular attention to fluctuating conceptions of wildness and nature over time and to the wider socio-cultural implications of these attitudes.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 067. Bldg Arch from Dirt to Dust

    This course will offer a history of architecture not as a history of styles or historical periods but as an account of building, making, and constant remaking. Starting from the production of materials from which we construct architecture and ending with the decline, deterioration, and afterlife of structures, this discussion-based course will offer a chance to reflect on the labor that constructs the built environment and the many people who are involved in its production from the very beginning to the very end. Beyond the architect, we will also consider the role of miners and manufacturers, finance capital, labor unions, construction workers, users and renovators, maintenance staff, and those involved in deconstruction and resale. Over the course of the semester, we will come to understand architecture as constructed by many hands, largely outside of the control of the principal architect, and involving many forms of design.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Goldstein.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 072. Global History of Architecture: Prehistory to 1750 CE

    This survey will provide an introduction to the history of the global built environment from the earliest human settlements to the middle of the second millennium. Chronologically and geographically broad, we will examine selected works of architecture and urbanism from diverse cultures around the world, commencing ca. 10,000 B.C.E. and ending around 1750 C.E. In doing so, we will interpret the built environment as both a product of its social, political, and cultural contexts and a force that shapes those contexts. Despite a diversity of examples, common themes–such as cultural interaction and exchange, religion and belief, transmission of knowledge, architectural patronage, spatial and aesthetic innovation, and technological transformation–will emerge across the course.

     

    Note: This course is an Introductory Survey Course
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for GLBL- Core, MDST
    Fall 2022. Goldstein.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 073. Global History of Architecture: 1800-Present

    This survey will visit some of the major structures, events, and innovations that defined the global built environment in the last six centuries, beginning with the Renaissance and its contemporaries and extending through Modernism. Our consideration will go beyond a history of style to examine the built environment as a product of and force acting on its broader social, political, and cultural contexts. We will pay attention to architecture and urbanism from the place of work to the place of leisure; from sites belonging to the very powerful to those belonging to the disenfranchised; and from those designed by well-known figures to those without known designers. Themes will include power, belief, technology, industrialization, trade, patronage, professionalization, identity, empire, and urbanization.

     

    Note: This course is an Introductory Survey Course
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for GLBL-core
    Fall 2024. Goldstein.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 074. Histories of Photography

    This course surveys the history of photography from the announcement of photography’s invention in the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It traces the development of the medium as a form of artistic expression and as means of visual communication, highlighting how photographic images, practices, and discourses have not only informed but also changed our perception of the world around us. We examine the varied meanings of photography within specific social, historical, cultural contexts as well as through different methodological lenses across disciplinary divides, reflecting on the countless ways through which photography bound itself to modern life.

     

    Note: This course is an Introductory Survey Course
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 079. Indigenous Arts of the Americas

    This survey course introduces students to Indigenous art and architecture of the Americas from time immemorial to the present. It selectively surveys the visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of Americas, with an emphasis on those whose ancestral territories reside in what is now known as the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Students will consider how different forms of Indigenous cultural production, including architecture, painting, sculpture, ceramics, carving, textiles, beadwork, photography, and new media, operate within the category of “art” in conjunction with a range of traditions and beliefs. The class is organized into six regional sections - Ancient Americas, Southwest, Northwest Coast, Woodlands, Great Plains and West, and Arctic - that will each focus on the major forms of art from each region, and will conclude with an examination of how these traditions continued and developed into the Modern and Contemporary period. Discussion classes will explore major historiographic questions, including the role of ethnography in the history of Indigenous art; the politics of museum display,  ownership, and repatriation; and the decolonization of institutions and (art) histories in conjunction with visual sovereignty. The course will emphasize that different forms of Indigenous art represent continuous, dynamic, and living traditions which have preserved culture and resisted domination in the face of colonial conflict, assimilation, and oppression.

     

    Note: This course is an Introductory Survey Course
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Green.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 092. Arts of Propaganda in Early Modern Europe

     

    This course will investigate the relationship between the visual arts and the art of propaganda. We will study how sovereigns in Europe from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries-emperors and empresses, kings and queens, dukes and duchesses, and popes-as well as other patrons, such as city leaders, merchants and nuns, commissioned works to justify and secure their power. These works ranged from buildings, paintings, sculptures and prints to ephemeral festival carts, triumphal arches, stage sets, ice sculptures and banquet decorations. Through these commissions patrons made explicit their taste, erudition, financial status, and ambition and put on full display the hierarchies and values that shaped the warring city-states and nations of Europe. 
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Reilly.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 094. Transnational Modernisms

    This discussion-based course, applies a transnational lens to study the development of artistic modernisms during the Cold War. In this course, students will learn the theories and forms of avant-garde art production in a world shaped by the ideological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Departing from an examination of how these tensions materialized in New York and Moscow, students will examine how this polarized climate impacted as well artistic production in Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, setting the foundations of a transnational sphere of artistic circulation that anticipated the globalization of art at the turn of the century. 
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for GLBL-core
    Fall 2023. Checa-Gismero.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 098. Interpreting the Classical Tradition: Neoclassicism and Romanticism

    This course will focus on conceptions of the “Classical” during the artistic and literary movements known as Neoclassicism (1750-1850) and Romanticism (1800-1850). Neoclassicism was a period of new attitudes towards Greco-Roman antiquity that were stimulated by archaeological discoveries extending from Italy and the Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. Whereas Neoclassicism interpreted the “Classical” as calm and restrained in feeling and clear and complete in expression, Romanticism subsequently viewed antiquity differently and as characterized by a highly imaginative and subjective approach, emotional intensity, and a dreamlike or visionary quality.

    Seminar topics will include: art, architecture, decorative arts and aesthetics, mythology and religion, philosophy, literature, education and the academy, cultural and political debates, archaeology, and translation.

    We will consider the works of philosophers and political thinkers such as: Winkelmann, Handel, Gluck, Pope, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Schliemann, Goethe and Hegel.

    We will consider the works of artists and architects such as: Jacques-Louis David, Piranesi, Robert Adam, Blake, Angelica Kauffman, Ingres, Hamilton, Benjamin West, Canova, Flaxman, and Nash. 
    Eligible for CLST 091, CLST 091A, INTP 091
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2024. Reilly. Ledbetter.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 100. Senior Capstone

    This course is open to and required of senior majors in art history and is the culminating research experience in the major. Students will write a substantial research paper over the course of the semester based on their previous coursework and interests. Weekly meetings will focus on developing the project step-by-step; learning about research methodologies from the instructor, other department faculty, and staff; and workshopping in-progress writing with classmates. Successful completion of the Senior Capstone fulfills the senior comprehensive requirement for Art History. This is a designated writing course.
    Humanities.
    Writing Course.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Lee.
    Spring 2024. Checa-Gismero.
    Spring 2025. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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Art Studio
  

  • ARTT 002A. 3D Design I: Design and Composition.

    This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles of three-dimensional design and the built environment. Through a series of hands-on projects, we will introduce basic tools and materials that are commonly used by designers to create prototypes such as cardboard, wood, clay foam, and plaster. Working independently and collaboratively, students will take an inquiry-based approach to explore the formal elements and essential functions of 3D design through unique design challenges that reflect on form in space. Iteration and experimentation are core themes in this course, and students will learn how to work from concept, to sketch, to three-dimensional objects. Throughout the semester we will engage in the critical analysis of historical and contemporary design objects and develop a practical and conceptual understanding of 3D design practice. The course is supported by lectures, readings, films, field trips, group discussions, and critiques, where students will learn to articulate essential information about their work and engage with constructive feedback.
    Fall 2022. Gent. Gent.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTT 002B. 3D Design I: Introduction to Digital Methods

    This course offers an introduction to 3D modeling with Rhino. Computer-aided design (CAD) is an essential tool for designers, and opens tremendous opportunities for a range of creative practices. Starting with the basics of orthographic drawing in a digital 3D environment, we will expand our skills and knowledge of 3D modeling through a series of individual projects. These projects will encourage students to explore the benefits of rapid prototyping as part of a robust design process, and will introduce digital design and prototyping methods such as 3D scanning, laser cutting, and 3D printing. Throughout the semester we will discuss the role and influence of these digital methods on contemporary art and design. This studio course may also be supported by lectures, readings, films, field trips, group discussions, and critiques as a way of developing perspective and putting our practice into context.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Gent.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 003A. Painting I: Drawing into Painting

    This course provides an intensive exploration of the foundational elements of drawing and painting through the practice of direct observation. Subjects of study will include; still life, the figure, interiors, and the landscape. The development of perceptual skills and the capability to translate visual relationships onto a two dimensional surface is central to this course. No prior painting or drawing experience is necessary. Throughout the semester we will engage in frequent discussions addressing historical and contemporary painting problems. The purpose of these discussions is to provide art historical context and concrete examples of the painting issues we confront in class. In addition to learning about the formal principles of painting, the class will provide an overview of practical tool usage and techniques. An emphasis will be placed on good studio habits, making the environment safe, clean, and productive for everyone.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Exon. Capanna.
    Spring 2024. Exon. Capanna.
    Fall 2024. Exon. Capanna.
    Spring 2025. Capanna.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 004A. Photography I: Foundations in Photography

    The purpose of this class is to introduce students to film-based photography as the primary image-making medium. Students will learn how to develop negatives in the darkroom, scan, and process the image with industry-standard software, then output to a digital printer. In the class, we will discuss design principles that will help students develop a personal vision for their work and explore creative ways of thinking and talking about photography. We will travel to various places off-campus to take pictures. Guest speakers and weekly research presentations on historically significant photographers will round out the experience.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Woodin. Woodin.
    Spring 2023. Woodin.
    Fall 2023. Tarver.
    Fall 2024. Tarver.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 005A. Sculpture I: Form, Material, Process

    In the contemporary moment, to make sculpture is to deal with all things: microscopic and monumental, subtle and blunt, real and imagined - it is an attempt at understanding three-dimensionality and dealing with questions of space. As a practice, sculptural approaches can be applied to all means of making, ranging from drawing to performance to video. In this course, students will develop both a technical fabrication skill set - woodworking, metalworking, mold making, and casting - as well as a conceptual framework and language surrounding sculpture through readings, group discussions, writings, film screenings, gallery visits, and group critiques. The methodology of the ‘jig’/’kludge’/’jury rig’ will be our guiding tactic through this course - as a sculptural practice, these approaches value process over product, they forefront curiosity and experimentation, and they render failure and success entirely subjective. The goal of this course is to leave not only with comprehensive technical and conceptual skills, but also with a sensitivity towards three-dimensionality and a cohort of peers with whom a critical language surrounding sculpture has been developed. 

     
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Udell.
    Spring 2024. Joyner.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 006A. Studio Architecture I: Turning Corners

    This 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 historial and contemporary architecture in this region, the class will take a series of field trips to 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 Humanitites. 
    Humanities.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 006B. Monuments and Public Space: Studio Architecture.

    Over the course of the semester, we will visit sites in and around the Philadelphia area, examining who, what events, and what stories are marked and made visible throughout the city. How might we think of and define monuments? How might people, places, and events be memorialized and remembered? Ideally, the class will visit artists and architects’ studios and work with several Philadelphia-based organizations such as Monument Lab, Monument Biography, and Streets Dept. to learn about their inclusive, process-based approaches to public art and history. Through considering how public works are funded, authored, designed, and fabricated we will aim to deepen our understanding of the entities and mechanisms that shape public space. During the second half of the semester, students will engage in an extended design thinking process, working in small groups to design and prototype new monuments for a designated local site. Students will have the opportunity to bring greater visibility to narratives and histories they want to emphasize through this hands-on process.
    This course will be taught in Philadelphia as part of the Tri-Co Philly Program.
    Fall 2022. Joyner.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 006C. Studio Architecture I: Architectures of Air, Environments in Movement

    This vertical studio introduces architecture as a method of research and design. We will consider architecture’s mediation of the air we breathe and the way this mediation implicates ecological, social and economic movements that are critical to communities and people. We will begin with contemporary and historical case studies of design projects that take air as a subject. Through readings, analytical drawing and model-making, we will gather a collective understanding of how these projects construct ideas and arguments about the air. By mid-semester, each student will use the expertise and point of view developed through this research to draft a proposal for a design intervention for the Swarthmore campus or the greater Philadelphia region. Interventions will be diverse in terms of how they relate to scale, site, time and program, reflecting each student’s perspective. Expectations for each project will be calibrated in collective, on-going discussions. The second part of the semester will focus on developing the proposed interventions through an iterative process that could include drawing, full-scale fabrication, model-making or writing. As a vertical studio, collaborative teaching and learning will be encouraged. By the end of the semester, each student will be able to draw on existing skills – and learn how to identify and develop new ones – to work architecturally and communicate a design intention.

     
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Devabhaktuni.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 023C. 3D Design II: Explorations of Wooden Structures

    Wood is a versatile and sustainable material for many designers. This studio course provides the opportunity to explore the potential of wooden structures within an artistic framework of 3D Design. We will start by generating an understanding of the material properties of wood, and a particular emphasis will be placed on building technical skills with the MakerSpace woodshop. A project-focused approach allows us to expand our ability to conceptualize and construct increasingly complex and thoughtful wooden structures. The course will also balance a conceptual perspective of our work while considering the value of working with timber by hand, with machines, and through computer aided design. Readings, films, field trips, lectures, and group discussions will all help to challenge and inspire us throughout the semester and put our work into context.
    Prerequisite: 3D Design I, Sculpture I, or instructor approval.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Gent.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 033. Painting II - Color

    This course is focused on subtractive color interaction as it pertains to painting. Students will be expected to build a color study sketchbook/journal. This collection will evolve in meaning and direction as the projects develop. We will explore ways color can be used to create light, space, structure as well as emotional and symbolic meaning in painting. We will use gouache, colored paper and found objects throughout the semester to execute our projects. Feedback will be given in the form of individual and group critiques to address the formal, technical and conceptual properties of color usage and other elements of the work.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Grider.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 033A. Painting II: Color and Structure

    This course is focused on subtractive color interaction as it pertains to painting. Students will be expected to build a color study sketchbook/journal. This collection will evolve in meaning and direction as the projects develop. We will explore ways color can be used to create light, space, structure as well as emotional and symbolic meaning in painting. We will use gouache, colored paper and found objects throughout the semester to execute our projects. Feedback will be given in the form of individual and group critiques to address the formal, technical and conceptual properties of color usage and other elements of the work. 

     
    Prerequisite: ARTT 003A
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2024. Grider.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 033C. Painting II: Painting in the Landscape

    The Landscape has long served painters and artists as a motif with endless interpretive possibilities.The campus of Swarthmore, its buildings and arboretum, along with the Crum forest and valley, hold a record of time and people from the Leni Lenape to the present. Through the painting process students in this class will have an opportunity to reflect on these histories while enhancing their personal understanding and appreciation of the world outside. The class will take regular field trips to explore the larger region including: Urban environments of Philadelphia and Chester; the suburban enclaves of Swarthmore, as well as trips to Nether Providence Township and Rose Valley with their chaotic array of architecture, landscaping and hardscaping. We will also visit the few agrarian, open spaces still available to us in this region with their 18th century farm buildings and agricultural settings.  Media and techniques will include both oils and watercolor.  Composition/design will be emphasized with a balance between the 2D arrangements of shape and color while simultaneously exploring effects of recessional space, atmosphere, and light.
    Prerequisite: Painting I or by permission of the instructor.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Exon.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 034B. Painting III: Studio Materials and Methods

    This advanced level course is designed to give a broad, practical introduction to various painting media and tools while simultaneously addressing the individual technical needs of each student.  An abbreviated history of painting mediums, significant changes to the processes and practices, as well as specific tools and applicable techniques will be covered. The materials and methods introduced over the semester will include: the preparation of grounds and sizes, oil paint, acrylic and traditional egg tempera. The class will be structured around lab-like demonstrations, assigned readings, critiques and visits to artist’s studios and pigment/paint producers. 
    Prerequisite: A Painting I and Painting II course or consent of instructor.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2024. Levine.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 034C. Painting III: Fresco Painting

    This course offers an introduction to the materials, methods, and chemistry of buon fresco: the ancient craft of wall-painting with earth and mineral pigments onto freshly applied lime plaster. Working from recipes and instructions gleaned from artists’ accounts and painting manuals, students will gain hands-on experience with every step of the fresco-painting process: we will grind earth and mineral pigments, mix and apply lime plasters, and paint with pigment suspensions using bristle brushes. Students can expect to develop both troweling and painting skills, and to discover the nuances of color and texture that can only be achieved through various combinations of natural pigments and plaster. In addition to the work of plastering and painting, the course will also encourage descriptive and instructional writing, diagrammatic drawing, and photographic documentation as tools for craft stewardship and technical knowledge-sharing. Occasional lectures will provide an historic overview of fresco painting and its uses across cultures.
    Prerequisite: Painting I or II or permission of the instructor.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Capanna.
    Fall 2024. Capanna.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 035A. Painting III: Self-Direction Practice in Painting

    Based on the discoveries made in the assignment-based painting I and II courses, students will continue to define and express their personal intentions in their paintings and begin their fully independent studio practice. Particular importance is placed on the ability to develop and maintain an independent studio practice with the goal of producing a body of self-directed work. Students are required to express their intent visually in their work and orally in critiques.
    Prerequisite: Painting I and II or instructor approval.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Grider.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 044A. Photography II: Digital Photography

    This class will offer an understanding of digital photography. The fundamentals of composition, the process of seeing, and lighting will constitute much of the discussion. Images will be processed using Adobe Lightroom. Students will learn workflows to create high-quality color images output to a professional level Epson color inkjet printer. In addition to the technical aspects of digital photography, this class’s main objective is to help students develop a deeper and more personal vision for their work.
    Prerequisite: ARTT 004A or Professor Approval
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2025. Tarver.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 046A. Photo III: Alternative Processes

    It could be argued that photography is dependent on technology and processes more than any other art form. In this class, we will investigate an assortment of methods and materials, which may not reflect traditional photography, but maintain the medium at its core. Assignments are designed to increase understanding of the various techniques artists have exploited the medium, including 19th-century cyanotype, Vandyke processes, and physical construction to create objects to photograph.
    Prerequisite: ARTT 044 or Professor Approval.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2024. Tarver.
    Spring 2025. Tarver.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 054C. Sculpture and the Environment

    Sculpture and the Enviornment is a studio-based inquiry into conetmporary sculpture and three-dimensional art practices that engage in enviornmental issues. Through a series of hands-on creative projects, we will consider how visual art can be a tool for envisioning a more sustainable and enviornmentally just future. Each major studio project will focus on a specific strategy for engaging enviornmental content in three-dimensional artworks. We will often respond to a particular landscape, considering how an artwork reolates both formally and conceptually to the site. We will develop an ethos of working with primarily salvaged, recycled, and reclaimed materials. Within those constraints, you will have a great deal of agency to choose what materials you would like to work with for each project. You will also be invited to bring knowledge from other EVS courses/relevant disciplines to bear on your creative work. To build context for our work, we will look at a variety of individuals and groups across time, speace, and cultures who have made land and place-based artwork. Studio projects will be informed by visiting artists, slide presentations, readings and films/videos. Creative practices that foreground community, land, agriculture and ecology will be emphasized. This course will collaborate with RAIR (Recycled Artists in Residence) in Philadelphia, Swarthmore’s Office and Sustainability, and the Scott Arboretum. We will use the MakerSpace in Whittier Hall as a resource for prototyping and fabrication. You will receive in-depth, frequent feedback on your work through full class critiques, small group discussions, and 1:1 meetings.

    Student required to have completed and introductory Sculpture or 3D Design course.

     
    Prerequisite: ARTT 005A or 002A
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS.
    Spring 2023. Joyner.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTT 054D. Sculpture II: Installation

    Installation Art is a studio-based inquiry into the fundamental concepts, visual elements, critical language, and fabrication processes relevant to the creation of contemporary installations. Installation Art is a porous term used to describe mixed-media artworks designed for a specific space or for a temporary amount of time. Installation has been a prevalent mode of expression within contemporary art since the 1960s, and today is more often a strategy for articulating a particular set of ideas than an all-encompassing genre.  Throughout the course, students will explore how they might respond to aspects of their physical surroundings and the built environment through installation. This course will begin with a series of studies, in which students practice their capacity to think both spatially and temporally– beyond the making of discrete objects. These initial studies will each trace a specific line of thinking and making within installation practices, such as spatial drawing, light and space, and video projection, and will build towards an expanded installation made by students on campus. The culminating course project will be a mock open call in which the class works in small groups to propose a sculptural installation for a specific local context (i.e. a nearby museum, a public space, etc.).

     

    Student required to have complete and introductory Sculpture or 3D Design course.

     
    Prerequisite: ARTT 005A or ARTT 002A
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS.
    Fall 2022. Joyner.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 054E. Sculpture II: Metal

    This course will focus on a variety of methods for working with metal in contemporary sculpture. Students will first move through a series of demos specifically designed for learning to cut, bend, weld, shape, and finish steel.  The class will work on short-term technical exercises, meant to develop skills introduced in demos and build confidence on a variety of metal shop machines. Following this initial skill-building, students will embark on longer term sculpture projects in metal. Cumulatively, there will be a great deal of hands-on, experiential learning. Studio work will be complimented by group critiques, visiting artists, and a field trip.
    Prerequisite: Sculpture I or 3D Design I or permission of the instructor. 
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Joyner.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 101. Contemporary Art Practice

    Contemporary Art Practice is a course for art majors designed to provide structure for an intensive independent studio practice while also exposing students to the broader art world. This course builds critical and theoretical skills through the iterative process of critique, creative research, and disciplinary writing. In order to broaden students’ contexts for contemporary art-making, the class will routinely visit exhibitions and artists’ studios in Philadelphia and New York, as well as host visiting artists on campus. Contemporary Art Practice prepares students for the Senior Capstone within the art major.

     
    ARTT 101 is limited to Art Majors only and this course should be taken in the Fall semester of the Art Major’s senior year. 
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Fall 2023. Joyner.
    Fall 2024. Grider.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTT 102A. Senior Capstone

    The Senior Capstone is the culminating credit of your concentration in the Art major. The Senior Capstone is designed to strengthen critical, theoretical and practical skills related to your studio practice. The success of your experience in a large part will be due to how you handle the level of independence. You will be responsible for structuring your studio time, maintaining a supply budget and coordinating meetings with the faculty member leading the course. The faculty person will guide and assess the development of work. You may reach out to other faculty to seek feedback during their scheduled office hours. The Senior Capstone culminates in a curated group exhibition in the List Gallery. As was the case in the fall semester, you will have your own studio space in Whittier Hall.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2024. Capanna.
    Spring 2025. Grider.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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Art History - Seminars
  

  • ARTH 001G. First Year Seminar: Brought to Life: The Art of Animation in East Asia

    To bring an image to life is an undying fantasy. In this discussion-based seminar, we explore the art of enlivenment in East Asia, beginning with early accounts of inanimate objects coming to life, from bronze sculptures of the Buddha walking off of their pedestals in medieval China, deities captured in paintings animated by shamans in Korea, to abandoned furniture and kitchen utensils banding together to seek vengeance on their owners in Japan. Imbued with movement, lifelike dolls, puppets and automata also take on a life of their own, and static images like those painted on a handscroll move to tell riveting stories. We trace this development of moving images into the twentieth century by examining the early history of animation in China and Japan, the emergence of anime and its media culture, and the use of animation in avant-garde art and cinema. 
    Humanities.
    Writing course.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ASIA. FMST.
    Spring 2023. Lee.
    Spring 2024. Lee.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 001N. First Year Seminar: Indigenous Art, Land, and Environment.

    This first year seminar introduces students to the ways that Indigenous art and cultural traditions center diverse relationships to the environment, land, and place. This course will examine how Indigenous artists of the Americas model and visually express a relationship to place as something inhabited equally by human and non-human beings across present and ancestral time. Throughout this seminar, we will examine maps, land art, monuments, and other visual material through an expanded field, considering other practices such as beading, pottery, and carving alongside contemporary Indigenous art as expressions of land relations that reframe the mainstream history of Euro-American art and environmentalist movements. Students will be asked to consider and evaluate art and the present landscape in terms of colonial histories, ancestral timescales, and changing Indigenous traditions, including a critical evaluation of the land and place upon which Swarthmore College is situated. This writing course will introduce students to forms of art writing such as the art review, the personal response essay, cartographic interpretation, and the research paper.

     
    Art and Art History: Art History  
    Writing course.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Green.
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 001Q. First-Year Seminar: Caravaggio Revisited: Criminal, Rogue, or Genius?

    Arguably one of the most notorious artists in history, Caravaggio (c.1571-1610) was both revered and denigrated by his contemporaries in Europe. The painter’s innovative naturalism and expressive use of light and shadow secured his place among the greatest talents of the seventeenth century. Yet his irascible nature, purported sexual libertinism, and criminal activities earned him a reputation as the ultimate bad-boy of art history. This romantic notion of Caravaggio as a rogue genius has been bolstered by anecdotal biographies and sensational accounts written by contemporaries and later promulgated by modern art historians. In this course we will reexamine Caravaggio’s legendary persona and his career as a painter, placing the artist and his revolutionary style into accurate historical context. 
    Humanities.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 029. Colloquium: Architecture of Philadelphia

    Swarthmore sits amidst a hall of fame of architectural and urban history. This course turns to this history not simply to understand the architecture of one important metropolitan area, but to understand how these examples can teach about broader themes including the history of city planning, the industrial and urban revolutions, the search for “American” architectural styles, metropolitan growth and urban renewal, the ascent of modernism, the emergence of postmodernism, and historic preservation, among others. Students will learn both foundational methods of architectural history as well as many of the major movements that have constituted it.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Art
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 061. Art and Culture of Indigenous Philadelphia: From Shackamaxon to the Present

    (Cross-listed as ENVS 056)
    For millennia prior to the signing of the “Great Treaty” by William Penn and Chief Tamanend of the Lenape under the Treaty Elm at Shackamaxon, Indigenous peoples have played a central role in the history of Philadelphia and the art and material culture of theregion. This course will examine the visual and material histories of Indigenous communities, artists, and leaders of present-day Philadelphia and its surrounding ancestral territories, from pre-contact to the present. We will consider the history of the city and the land upon which it stands as an Indigenous place, one that has been occupied since time immemorial by Indigenous peoples and that has served as a gathering place and cross-roads for the travelers, diplomats, and storytellers of many Native nations. We will consider how the Indigenous history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania more broadly reflects on and is interrogable through present-day sites and constructions of civicidentity, and how to this day a resurgent Indigenous community calls Philadelphia home. Among topics for close study are the archaeologyand material culture of the Eastern Woodlands and ancestral Lenape territory, including earthworks, mounds, and their environmentalrelations; Euro-American representations of Indigenous peoples and the landscape from early contact through the nineteenth century, including important scenes in the city’s history such as Benjamin West’s Penn’s Treaty with the Indians and portraits of Indigenous leadersand diplomats passing through the city as part of delegations to the nation’s capital in Washington, DC; Indigenous oral histories of andvisual representations of such histories, such as the Shackamaxon wampum belt; monuments and the memorialization of colonial history; and modern and contemporary Indigenous art and exhibitions that reflect Philadelphia as vibrant urban Indigenous center.

     

     
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS, ESCH
    Fall 2023. Green.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 066. Race, Space, and Architecture

    This colloquium considers how race and identity interact with architectural and urban spaces, especially in the United States in the twentieth century. By studying the historical and theoretical dimensions of topics including the meanings attached to public and private housing, the training and practice of designers, and the reconstruction and transformation of urban places, we will interpret how race has shaped buildings, landscapes, and plans. In turn, we will also examine how the built environment has shaped the formation and interpretation of racial categories.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for BLST
    Spring 2023. Goldstein.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 076. Art Museums: History, Theory, Controversy

    Museums are public institutions that collect, preserve, document, exhibit and interpret material objects for the benefit of the public. This course examines the history of museums, modes of collecting, and attempts to preserve different visions of the past. It will consider how art museums reveal the social and cultural ideologies of those who build, pay for, work in, and visit them. It will also examine the complicated relationship between the history of art and museum acquisitions, curatorial practice, and exhibition strategies. 
    Humanities.
    Fall 2022. Reilly.
    Spring 2025. Reilly.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 136. Word and Image in Japanese Art

    This seminar explores the dialogue between text and image as manifested in visual representations of courtly culture in Japan from the 10th to the 18th century. Through select works of courtly narrative and poetry, such as the 11th-century classic The Tale of Genji, we will examine the complex and nuanced interactions of text, image, calligraphy, object, function, patronage, production, and consumption as shaped by the materiality of a range of media including handscrolls, folding screens, poem sheets, illustrated and printed books, lacquerware, and fans.
    Prerequisite: two courses in art history or permission of instructor.
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Eligible for ASIA
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 138. Renaissance Art & Global Expansion: Honors Seminar

    This Honors seminar focuses on Europe’s relations with Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the early era of colonization and global expansion.  Students will explore what the visual arts can reveal about the transfer of ideas and the growth of global trade and cultural/religious conflict in this era of increasing internationalism. We will focus on cross-cultural exchange in the 15th and 16th centuries, and consider these issues primarily from the European perception of the expanding world. The theme of globalism will be addressed through the lens of painting, sculpture and architecture, and through objects that are not typically considered “high art” such as maps, textiles, festival art, and ceramics. 
    Eligible for GLBL-Core 
    Humanities.
    2 credits. (1 credit option also available with permission of instructor)
    Eligible for Writing.
    Fall 2023. Reilly.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 152. Arts & Crafts as Avant-Garde Labor

    The relationship between the arts and the crafts is… complicated. Since the mid 19th Century, artists, theorists, industrialists, and reformers have tried to define the terms of their bond, albeit unsuccessfully. While some defend their necessary entanglement and permanent cross-pollination, others work hard to defend their fundamental incompatibility. In this honors seminar students study the nuances of this messy yet fertile affair involving avant-garde art and artisan productions from the 1850s until today. They hypothesize on the foundations of their attraction and thread through the different historical narratives that have argued for or against their marriage. This course considers the status of artisanship with regards to art making in the Arts & Crafts movement, 20th century modernism, the Black arts movement, feminist art, decolonial aesthetics, and new materialism studies. So as to better understand this complicated liaison, students will craft two fabric objects and reflect on their experience as artisans, or artists, in the making.
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Fall 2024. Checa-Gismero.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 153. Modern Architecture and Urbanism: Honors Seminar

    This honors seminar examines the broad array of designed and built works, makers, sites, and texts that constitute modern architecture and urbanism. Students will interpret the many facets of modernism through key historical readings-both primary and secondary, canonical and revisionist; analysis of examples; and consideration of their makers, both well-known and less so. A guiding assumption is that modernism was never only one thing and had different-even sometimes opposite-intentions, manifestations, and consequences in different contexts. Yet we will follow one persistent question as a link across the semester: how did modern architects and urbanists seek to create a better world? The motivations behind and answers to this defining question of modernism were never consistent across our period of study. While centering designed objects, then, we will interrogate how people have experienced modernism differently, depending on their identities, subject positions, geographic locations, and social roles. 
    Prerequisite: Two courses in art history or permission of instructor.
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Spring 2023. Goldstein.
    Spring 2025. Goldstein.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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  • ARTH 154. Art of Modern China: Honors Seminar

    This honors seminar explores modern and contemporary Chinese art and visual culture, with a greater emphasis on the period between the founding of the Republic and the end of the Cultural Revolution. Taking advantage of recent surge in scholarship on visual and material culture from this period, the course examines key artists, movements, and landmark exhibitions, major debates and issues, and how the narrative of modern art has developed in its domestic and global contexts. By studying works across media in tandem with primary sources including artist writings, group manifestoes, and exhibition statements, we consider how artistic concerns engaged with the unfolding seismic sociopolitical and economic transformations in China, as well as with an expanding art world and art market. 
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Fall 2022. Lee.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art-history


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  • ARTH 160. Global Contemporary Art: Honors Seminar

    What is ‘Global Contemporary Art’? Since the end of the Cold War, contemporary art has experienced a phenomenon of rapid planet wide expansion. Over 600 art fairs and biennial exhibitions structure a network where artworks, art professionals, and ideas circulate periodically, informing a community autonomous -yet connected to- local art scenes. In these last three decades, avant-garde art as practiced in Europe and the United States has expanded to acquire planetary visibility. Simultaneously, traditions of art making from other regions of the world have been welcomed -albeit in altered fashion-, into the central stages of the artworld. As historians, artists, and critics: How do we make sense of this shift? More importantly: How do we fit in this picture?

    In this seminar, students will learn about the institutional, epistemic, and sociopolitical processes involved in the formation of ‘global contemporary art’ as a new art historical category. We will study the role that exhibitions, academia, and the art market play in the setting of artistic trends, while we analyze how these influences materialize in the practice of artists around the globe. During the semester students will engage with primary sources such as artworks and artists writings, and secondary sources from the art industry and academia alike. At the end of this course, students will be ready to describe the political, economic, and cultural processes active in the globalization of the art industry since 1990, and reflect on the consequences of this process in academic, practiced, and curatorial approaches to contemporary art.
    Prerequisite: Two courses in art history or permission of instructor.
    Humanities.
    Writing.
    2 credits.
    Eligible for GLBL - Core
    Spring 2024. Checa-Gismero.
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/art-and-art-history


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  • ARTH 164. Modernism in Paris and New York

    This seminar focuses on “Modernism” in 19thand 20th-century art, addressing selected artists from Courbet and Manet through Degas, Gauguin, Cézanne, Picasso, Pollock, and Rothko. Artists and readings are also chosen to illuminate current scholarly approaches to “Modernism,” including socio-economic, feminist, and post-colonialist perspectives.
    Prerequisite: Two courses in art history or permission of instructor.
    Humanities.
    2 credits.
    Eligible for INTP
    Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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Asian Studies
  

  • ASIA 015. Introduction to East Asian Humanities

    (Cross-listed as CHIN 015, LITR 015CH)
    This course is a survey of East Asian literatures and cultural histories from antiquity to around 1800. The primary purpose is to provide students with a basic literacy in East Asian cultures and literatures with substantive emphasis on topics common across East Asia, such as the classical traditions and cosmology, the Chinese script, Buddhism, the civil service examination, folklore, theater, literature, and medicine. This course is a colloquium designed to meet the needs of students just beginning their study of China, Japan and Korea, who would like to explore the region broadly; and those who have already done substantial study of China or Japan and welcome the chance to situate it within the larger context of traditional East Asia. This course will provide students with information and approaches to analyze primary sources in translation through assigned postings and short writing assignments.
    Humanities.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ASIA
    Catalog chapter: Asian Studies  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/asian-studies


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Astronomy
  

  • ASTR 001. Introductory Astronomy

    The scientific investigation of the universe by observation and theory, including the basic notions of physics as needed in astronomical applications. Topics may include the appearance and motions of the sky; history of astronomy; astronomical instruments and radiation; the sun and planets; properties, structure, and evolution of stars; the galaxy and extragalactic systems; the origin and evolution of the universe; and prospects for life beyond Earth.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    Evening labs required.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Rivera.
    Fall 2023. Rivera.
    Spring 2024. Cohen.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 006. Introductory Cosmology

    A half-semester introductory course on cosmology, with an emphasis on the basics of standard Big Bang cosmology, its theoretical framework, and its observational underpinnings. Topics covered will include a qualitative treatment of general relativity, a Newtonian derivation of the Friedmann equation and associated solutions for model universes, the expansion of the Universe, the cosmic microwave background, and big-bang nucleosynthesis. We also will explore more recent observational measurements of the properties of dark matter and dark energy as well as the growth of structure in the Universe. This course is intended for first-year students who are considering physics, astrophysics, or astronomy majors but it is suitable for other students with similar backgrounds and interests as well.
    Prerequisite: (or Concurrently) MATH 025  or equivalent; some classical physics, at least at the high school level. No astronomy background is presumed.
    0.5 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 014. Astrophysics: Solar System and Cosmology

    This course assumes no prior knowledge of astronomy, but knowledge of some basic physics as well as elementary calculus. It focuses on two major topics of current interest in astrophysics: (1) Solar System and planetary science and (2) cosmology, the large-scale study of the universe, its history and content. 
    Prerequisite: MATH 015  and some prior work in calculus-based physics (which could include high school physics). Interested students who have not met these prerequisites should consult with the instructor. This course should be accessible to some students who have completed ASTR 001 . 
    Corequisite: MATH 025  
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    Evening labs and observing sessions required.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Jensen.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 016. Astrophysics: Stars, ISM, and Galaxies

    This is a one-semester calculus- and physics-based introduction to astrophysics as applied to stars, the interstellar medium, and galaxies. 
    Prerequisite: MATH 015  and MATH 025 , and some prior work in calculus-based physics (which could include high school physics). Recommended (but not required) pre- or co-requisites are PHYS 013 ; PHYS 015 ; and/or PHYS 003  or PHYS 007 . Interested students who have not met these prerequisites should consult with the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    Evening labs and observing sessions required.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Cohen.
    Fall 2023. Cohen.
    Fall 2024. Rivera.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy   
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 019. Introduction to Radio Astronomy

    This is a one-semester calculus and physics-based introductory course on the fundamentals of theoretical and observational radio astronomy. The course will emphasize the application of data reduction and data analysis techniques from scratch. Students will gain expertise in the field by applying these methods to a combination of simulated and real data. Topics covered may include, but are not limited to, pulsars, the 21-cm HI line, the cosmic microwave background, dusty galaxies, and molecular observations of planetary nebulae. Absolutely no prior experience with observational astronomy, radio astronomy, or data reduction and analysis is necessary.
    Prerequisite: ASTR 014  or ASTR 016   
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy   
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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Astronomy - Seminars
  

  • ASTR 121. Research Techniques in Observational Astronomy

    This course covers many of the research tools used by astronomers. These include instruments used to observe at wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum; techniques for photometry, spectroscopy, and interferometry; various methods by which images are processed and data are analyzed; and use of online resources including data archives and bibliographic databases. Students will perform observational and data analysis projects during the semester.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 015 ; ASTR 016  or ASTR 014    
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Jensen.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 123. Stellar Astrophysics

    An overview of physics of the stars, both atmospheres and interiors. Topics may include hydrostatic and thermal equilibrium, radiative and convective transfer nuclear energy generation, degenerate matter, calculation of stellar models, interpretation of spectra, stellar evolution, white dwarfs and neutron stars, nucleosynthesis, supernovae, and star formation.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 013 , ASTR 016  or ASTR 014  
    Recommended:  PHYS 017  and PHYS 018  
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Cohen.
    Fall 2024. Cohen.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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  • ASTR 126. The Interstellar Medium

    Study of the material between the stars and radiative processes in space, including both observational and theoretical perspectives on heating and cooling mechanisms, physics of interstellar dust, chemistry of interstellar molecules, magnetic fields, emission nebulae, hydrodynamics and shock waves, supernova remnants, star-forming regions, the multiphase picture of the interstellar medium.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 013 , ASTR 014  or ​ASTR 016 
    Recommended: PHYS 017  and PHYS 018  
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Cohen.
    Spring 2025. Cohen.
    Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy


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Biology - General Studies
  

  • BIOL 001. Cellular and Molecular Biology

    An introduction to the study of living systems illustrated by examples drawn from cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, neurobiology, and developmental biology.
    BIOL 001 does not have to be taken before BIOL 002; it can be taken afterward.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    Writing course through Fall 2022. Will not be offered as a writing course beginning Fall 2023.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2022. Staff.
    Fall 2023. Staff.
    Fall 2024. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 001SP. Cellular and Molecular Biology

    The Biology Department welcomes and supports students who have historically been and continue to be under-represented in our department and discipline. This includes, but is not limited to, students who identify as Black, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, first gen, low income, LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming or who have a disability. BIOL‑SP helps us reach this goal by providing students the opportunity to take part in an encouraging, inclusive, and diverse learning community. Students enroll in BIOL-SP during the same semester they are enrolled in BIOL 001. During BIOL‑SP workshop meetings, students work in a small, supportive and collaborative group with a faculty member to extend, deepen and synthesize their understanding of the introductory biology course material and hone their study strategies.
    Graded CR/NC.
    Corequisite: Students must apply to get into BIOL 001SP and concurrently enroll in BIOL 001  (including a lab section).

    Application
    0.5 credit.
    Fall 2022. Staff.
    Fall 2023. Staff.
    Fall 2024. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 002. Organismal and Population Biology

    Introduction to the study of organisms emphasizing morphology, physiology, behavior, ecology, and evolution of whole organisms and populations.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    Writing course.
    One laboratory per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Spring 2023. Staff.
    Spring 2024. Staff.
    Spring 2025. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 002SP. Organismal and Population Biology

    The Biology Department welcomes and supports students who have historically been and continue to be under-represented in our department and discipline. This includes, but is not limited to, students who identify as Black, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, first gen, low income, LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming or who have a disability. BIOL‑SP helps us reach this goal by providing students the opportunity to take part in an encouraging, inclusive, and diverse learning community. Students enroll in BIOL-SP during the same semester they are enrolled in BIOL 002. During BIOL‑SP workshop meetings, students work in a small, supportive and collaborative group with a faculty member to extend, deepen and synthesize their understanding of the introductory biology course material and hone their study strategies.
    Graded CR/NC.
    Corequisite: Students must apply to get into BIOL 002SP and concurrently enroll in BIOL 002  (including a lab section).

    Application.
    0.5 credit.
    Spring 2023. Staff.
    Spring 2024. Staff.
    Spring 2025. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 004. First Year Seminar: Making Earth: How Plants & Soils Transform Our Planet

    Before terrestrial earth was colonized by plants and animals, land habitats were transformed from mineral rock substrate to a nurturing material, known as soil, that could support the new occupants. The early terrestrial plant pioneers, and their close symbiotic relationships with bacteria and fungi, made planet earth habitable for the present diversity life on earth. Today, the existence of most species, including Homo sapiens, continues to depend on the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding how plants, microorganisms and soils have influenced life on earth is fundamental as we consider current issues of food security, climate change and species extinction. Readings will include Beerling’s Making Eden: How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet; Sheldrake’s Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures; and Montgomery’s Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life; as well as primary and review articles from scientific literature.
    Prerequisite: Previous background in biology not required.
    Natural Sciences and Engineering.
    1 Credit.
    Eligible for ENVS.
    Spring 2023. Machado.
    Spring 2024. Machado.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 005. First Year Seminar - Exploring Regeneration & Cancer Biology Through Authentic Research.

    First year students will actively participate in one of two ongoing research projects in this research-intensive seminar. One project focuses on heart regeneration and the other relates to cancer genetics. Students will master the fundamental experimental logic that drives biological discovery and then apply that logic to formulate hypotheses, design a rigorous experimental approach to test their hypotheses and interpret the results of their experimental trials. Successful implementation will result in publication of their results and co-authorship on the resulting papers.

    Description and projects subject to change.
    Prerequisite: This first-year seminar does not require any previous background in biology.
    Natural Sciences and Engineering.
    1 Credit.
    Fall 2022. Davidson.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 008. First Year Seminar: Containing Multitudes

    Recent technological advances have illuminated the numerous and complex interactions that plants and animals have with their microbial partners. These symbiotic relationships play essential roles in all ecosystems as they affect where organisms can live, how they get their nourishment and even how they behave. Understanding and manipulating these partnerships has the potential to transform aspects of our lives - from increasing the food supply to altering the practice of medicine. We will address the hurdles, the promise, and the risks of manipulating the microbiome. Readings will include Yong’s I Contain Multitudes, Blaser’s Missing Microbes, and Offit’s You Bet Your Life, as well as primary and review articles from scientific literature.
    Previous background in biology not required.
    Natural Sciences and Engineering.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 009. Our Food

    (Cross-listed as ENVS 009 )
    The scale and efficiency of our food system is one of the marvels of the modern world. Yet in many ways this system is broken. This course will address the current state of our agricultural food system from scientific, humanitarian and sustainability perspectives, focusing on the U.S. Each student will grow crop plants and maintain a micro-garden plot on campus, as well as develop educational signage for the public that conveys information about agriculture, food systems and/or their crop. Three full hours of lecture/discussion/lab and one floating hour of fieldwork per week.  
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS, ESCH
    Fall 2022. Pfluger.
    Fall 2023. Pfluger.
    Fall 2024. Pfluger.
    Catalog chapter: Environmental Studies  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/environmental-studies


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  • BIOL 042. Climate Change Science and Communication

    cross listed as ENVS 061
    Climate change is shaped by and shapes biological processes from the individual to the biome.  In this course, students will develop a foundational understanding of the physical and geochemical factors underlying Earth’s changing climate, the impact of such changes on the biological systems, and the consequences for human-environment interactions.  Students will also develop strategic communication skills for sustainability through practice with research-tested science communication tools.  Course meetings will be split between lecture, hands-on activities, paper discussions, and workshops.  
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001 or 002 and one additional NSE course or permission of the instructor.  
    Natural sciences and engineering.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS., GLBL-Core
    Catalog chapter: Biology
    Department website: www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 068. Bioinformatics

    (Cross-listed as CPSC 068 )
    This course is an introduction to the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, with a central focus on algorithms and their application to a diverse set of computational problems in molecular biology.  Computational themes will include dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, supervised learning and classification, data clustering, trees, graphical models, data management, and structured data representation.  Applications will include genetic sequence analysis, pair wise-sequence alignment, phylogenetic trees, motif finding, gene-expression analysis, and protein-structure prediction.  No prior biology experience is necessary.  
    Can count as one of the credits required for the Biology major but does NOT satisfy distribution (Group I, II, or III) requirements.
    Prerequisite: CPSC 035 .
    Natural science and engineering.
    Lab required.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for COGS
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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Biology - Group I: Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  • BIOL 010. Genetics

    The goal of this course is to provide a detailed understanding of the organization, function, and evolution of genes and genomes from a variety of model organisms.  Topics include classical genetics and the molecular basis of heredity, chromosome structure and genome organization, genomic variation and gene regulation.  In lecture and the laboratory, we will investigate both classical and current molecular approaches to genetic analysis.  A major component of the course will also explore the unique scientific methods geneticists use to solve problems.  Finally, over the course of the semester, we will consider the ways in which modern genetic technology affects society and our understanding of disease. 
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002 ; or permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Carone.
    Spring 2024. Staff.
    Spring 2025. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 013. Stem Cell Biology

    Undifferentiated stem cells divide and differentiate throughout development to produce the specialized cell types found in multi-cellular organisms.  Stem cells also play critical roles in tissue regeneration.  In this course, the molecular and cellular properties of embryonic and adult stem cells and their potential therapeutic properties will be examined.  Laboratory projects will include the evolution of stem cell systems, pluripotency during embryonic development, growth, regeneration, and reproduction.  
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001 and 002 or permission of instructor.  
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    Lab required.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. DuBuc.
    Catalog chapter: Biology
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 014. Cell Biology

    A study of the ultrastructure, molecular interactions, and function of cell components, focusing primarily on eukaryotic cells. Topics include protein and membrane structure, organelle function and maintenance, and the role of the cytoskeleton.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002 , and previous or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 010 ; or permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Fall 2023. Staff.
    Spring 2024. Staff.
    Fall 2024. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 016. Microbiology

    This study of the biology of microorganisms will emphasize aspects unique to prokaryotes. Topics include microbial cell structure, metabolism, physiology, genetics, and ecology. Laboratory exercises include techniques for detecting, isolating, cultivating, quantifying, and identifying bacteria. Students may not take both BIOL 016  and BIOL 017  for credit.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 022 ; BIOL 001  and BIOL 002  or by permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 017. Microbial Pathogenesis and the Immune Response

    A study of bacterial and viral infectious agents and of the humoral and cellular mechanisms by which vertebrates respond to them. Laboratory exercises include techniques for detecting, isolating, cultivating, quantifying, and identifying bacteria. Students may not take both BIOL 016  and BIOL 017  for credit.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 022 ; BIOL 001  and BIOL 002  or by permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 019. Omics

    An introduction to the study of genome structure, function, and evolution, with a focus on applying our understanding of genomes to answer fundamental biological questions. The course will also investigate the related fields of proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002  or by permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Kaplinsky.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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Biology - Group II: Organismal Biology
  

  • BIOL 020. Animal Physiology

    An examination of the principles and mechanisms of animal physiology, ranging from the subcellular to the integrated whole animal in its environment. Possible topics include metabolism, thermoregulation, endocrine regulation, nutrient processing, and muscle physiology.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002  or permission of the Instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Fall 2022. Bauer.
    Fall 2023. Leach.
    Fall 2024. Bauer.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 021. Neuroethology

    This course examines the neural basis of animal behavior.  We will build upon biological concepts, taking a comparative approach to explore the neural architecture underlying diverse animal sensory systems.  Why are some responses reflexive and others require further neural processing?  Possible topics include the neural systems underlying startle and escape responses, signal jamming, spatial memory, sending and receiving social signals, neuroendocrinology, neuroplasticity, and central pattern generators.  Textbook reading will be supplemented with current leterature in neuroethology.  
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002   or permission of the instructor.  
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 022. Neurobiology

    An in-depth study of modern neuroscience, examined through the lens of primary literature.  After covering the foundations of nervous system organization and function, we will perform critical reading of several significant papers, including meeting with authors to better understand the process of research and publication.  Laboratories will explore neurophysiology and behavior in a range of organisms - crayfish, leech, and Homo sapiens.  
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002  or with permission of instructor. 
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    Writing course Spring 2022 only.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for COGS
    Fall 2022. Meckel.
    Spring 2023. Meckel.
    Spring 2024. Staff.
    Spring 2025. Staff.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 023. Biology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles

    An introduction to the scientific study of amphibians and reptiles.  Examines their form, function, life histories, habitat requirements, and biodiversity.  Topics include anatomy, physiology, population biology, and conservation biology.  Special attention will be given to conceptual and applied topics relating to current concerns in amphibian and reptile conservation.  
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001 and BIOL 002.  
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Catalog chapter: Biology
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 024. Developmental Biology

    In this course, we will explore the process by which single cells (fertilized eggs) develop into complex organisms. Students will conduct detailed observations of live embryos and engage in independent experimental analysis during weekly laboratory sessions.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002 .
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for GSST
    Spring 2024. Davidson. (12) students only.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 025. Plant Biology

    This course is an exploration of the diverse field of plant biology.
    Topics will include growth and development, reproduction, genetics and genome biology, evolution and diversity, physiology, responses to pathogens and environmental stimuli, domestication, agriculture, and applications of plant genetic modification. Laboratories will introduce organismal, cellular, molecular, and genetic approaches to understanding plant biology.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001  and BIOL 002 .
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS
    Spring 2024. Kaplinsky.
    Spring 2025. Kaplinsky.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 027. Systems Biology

    Can we describe complex biological networks (e.g. transcription regulation, signal transduction, neuronal networks) in terms of basic building block circuits? Are there simple rules that allow us to understand fundamental biological processes such as cell-environment interactions, embryonic development, organismal patterning, and neuronal control of behavior?  Systems Biology is an innovative, cross-disciplinary approach that will train students in the basic skills to tackle these fundamental biological questions and predict the dynamics of complex biological systems. This will be achieved through hands-on training in biological, computational, and quantitative methods, and through reading of primary literature. In the laboratory, students will work with diverse biological systems, including bacteria, eukaryotic cells, Hydra, and planarians, and design and execute independent research projects. The laboratory component has 2 tracks: Track A is aimed at students with prior programming experience and Track B is aimed at students with no prior experience.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001, Stat 11, Math 15, or permission of instructor. 
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    1 credit.
    Spring 2023. Collins.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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  • BIOL 028. Global Change Biology

    We are now living in the Anthropocene, an era marked by outsized human impact on the planet. This course will focus on understanding how anthropogenic changes to the global environment impact organisms, with a strong emphasis on global climate change. The course will explore drivers of Earth’s climate, organismal responses to climate variations and their ecological implications, as well as mitigation measures. In addition to interactive lectures, paper discussions, and lab experiments, this course includes a short section on effective communication of climate change to the general public.

     
    Prerequisite: BIOL 001 and BIOL 002 or permission of the instructor.
    Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
    One laboratory period per week.
    1 credit.
    Eligible for ENVS and GLBL-core.
    Fall 2023. Chan.
    Catalog chapter: Biology  
    Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology


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