Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar Collegears, and will analyze some of the major debatesin Cold War historiography. Offered alternateyears. III.W, V.7.Prerequisites: 100-level HIST course and permissionof the instructor. The study of an intermediatelevel topic by an individual student orby a small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.Prerequisite: HIST 269 or HIST 272. By evaluatingintroductory African history textbooks inlight of recent scholarship, the course will treatthe variety of ways that historians construct aview of history. We will compare textbooks withregards to selected topics and then survey recentresearch in academic journals to show how freshresearch and novel questions change our viewsof African history.Prerequisites: Three credits in HIST and permissionof the instructor, department chair,and dean. This course is graded P/CR/NC only.Prerequisite: Open by permission to seniors.The seminar will deal with the question “What ishistory”? Primarily this will involve an examinationof some of the best works of historians inthe last few years. It also will consider ways inwhich people organize, analyze, and interpretpast experience. III.O.Prerequisites: One 100-level HIST course, one200-level HIST course, and permission of theinstructor. Pursuit of an upper level researchproject determined in advance by the student inconsultation with a faculty member who will actas the sponsor.Courses in the history of art provide thestudent with an understanding of art andarchitecture in a cultural context. The studentwill be introduced to the means by which artcan be critically observed, intelligently analyzed,and knowledgeably discussed. ARTH115, Survey of Art History I, and ARTH 116,Survey of Art History II, provide a survey of artfrom prehistoric times to the present and arethe prerequisites to most upper level courses.Students considering majoring in art historyshould plan to complete ARTH 115 and ARTH116 by the end of their sophomore year. Ofvalue to art history majors are courses in literature,religion, philosophy, classical civilization,and history. A required course in studio art isintended to give students some practical knowledgeof how a work of art is produced.For any student contemplating graduatestudy or a career in which a knowledge of thehistory of art is essential (for example, work inmuseums or galleries, and in auction houses),a reading knowledge of at least one of the followinglanguages is strongly recommended:French, German, Italian, Spanish (dependingon area of interest).(36 semester hours)ARTH 115 (3) -Survey of Art History IARTH 116 (3) -Survey of Art History IIARTH 452 (3) -Senior Seminar in Area I,Ancient and Medieval, of which 1 course mustbe at the 300-level. in Area II,Renaissance and Baroque, of which 1 coursemust be at the 300-level. in Area III,18th Century to the Present, of which 1 coursemust be at the 300-level.in art history.