Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog tural history, basic architectural theory, freehanddrawing, and two- and three-dimensional modeldesign and construction. The seminar session(one hour per week) comprises a chronologicallook at architectural history and concepts. Thethree-hour lab each week will start with a jury ofmodels designed and constructed outside of class,followed by freehand drawing exercises. V.6bThe course will analyze the power of the moviecamera as a carrier of meaning and as creatorof modern myths. The cinematic and the literarylanguages will be compared, pointing outthe ideological and artistic functions of themost widespread art form in our time: cinema.Writings dealing with cinematic language willbe read to introduce the students to perceptionsand interests that twentieth-century authorsshowed for the new art form. Then, selectedliterature belonging to different cultural andchronological contexts will be studied and comparedto its rendition on film. This course is taughtin English and may be counted toward the major inItalian Studies and the minors in Italian and filmstudies. Offered alternate years. III.O, V.2.Prerequisite: one CLAS or RELG course atthe 200-level or above. We will examine religiousand cultural forms from Greece, Rome,and Egypt and how they are envisioned andenacted in American history. The transmissionof such phenomena as oracles, divination,religious initiations, and uses of secrecy willbe studied. Historical pairings will include thePythia and Spiritualism, Egyptian religion andthe Mormons, and ancient mystery cults andtheir American imitators. May be counted towardthe majors in classics and religion.This capstone course is co-requisite for internteachers seeking elementary licensure in theLiberal Studies major. Pre-service teachers willdevelop and refine their professional portfoliosbased upon INTASC standards. III.O, III.W.Research on a topic determined in advance bya student and by members of the departmentsinvolved.Senior project determined in advance by astudent and by members of the departmentsinvolved.See Department of Government andInternational Affairs on page 116.The student who wishes to pursue cultural,artistic, or socio-economic interests inother areas of the world may do so in a varietyof ways. Her objective may be to prepare forgraduate work in some area of internationalstudies, to provide groundwork for a career inforeign service, foreign affairs, tourism, internationalorganizations, multinational enterprises,or simply to concentrate on a singleaspect of a foreign culture as part of a broadliberal arts education.In consultation with the appropriate advisor,she may devise an interdisciplinary program ofstudy suited to her individual interests, aptitudesand goals in one of the following fields:Asian StudiesGerman Studies (see Modern Languages andLiteratures)International AffairsItalian Studies (see Modern Languages andLiteratures) Latin American Studies