University Courses

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Through a survey of art and artifacts from ancient through modern times and the historical and social elements that helped to shape them, this course offers an introduction to the understanding and appreciating of painting, sculpture, and architecture.  Ball State University.

This course is an asynchronous version of AHS 100. It incorporates online, recorded lectures with Canvas-based class discussion boards. Ball State University.

This course provides an introduction to the art and architecture from the ancient world through the Gothic period and the methods used by art historians. Major traditions in Europe, Asia, and Africa are examined in terms of media, technique, style, subject matter, and sociocultural context.  Ball State University.

This course provides an introduction to the history of art and architecture from Renaissance Europe to the present, including the rise of modernism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and key issues related to the global contemporary art world of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.  Ball State University.

This course is an introduction to the painting, sculpture and architecture of India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia from prehistoric times to the present. It is an exploration of how the ideas, values, beliefs, and customs of each culture have influenced the development of the visual arts in Asia. Marymount College.

Investigation of the stylistic, theoretical, and social dimensions of Modernism and its foundations from approximately 1850-1950, with an emphasis on European avant-garde movements.  Ball State University.

Exploration of ideas, issues, and personalities involved with the production, reception, marketing, interpretation, and criticism of established and new media around the world in the generation of living artists.  Ball State University.

This course is an in-depth analysis of the contributions women have made to the arts as artists, critics and muses. The course will take a broad historical perspective, looking at women in a wide variety of cultures, geographic regions, and time periods, from the ancient to the contemporary. Looking at both Feminist theory and practice, students will gain a greater understanding of the importance of women in art throughout the world. Ball State University. 

This class will be an exploration of the history of Pop Art and its theoretical underpinnings. Ewe will look at its origins in British art as well as the American explosion of Pop in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as its re-emergence in the Neo-Pop era of the 1980s. A look at kitsch culture will be important to understanding what inspired many Pop artists, as well as the history of kawaii and anime/manga culture in Japan. Ball State University.

 Applications of art historical concepts and skills for the studio artist and community arts advocate. This course will examine the various methodologies traditionally used by Art Historians to analyze works of art, including Formalism, Style, Iconography, Connoisseurship, Feminism, Marxism, Deconstruction, Biography/Autobiography, Queer Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Psychoanalysis. Ball State University. 

This seminar will study how the monster movie genre explores the roots of societal and cultural fears. What is it that we fear? How are these fears dictated by our age, geography, historical circumstances, gender, religion, and sexuality? And more importantly, in what monstrous forms do these fears manifest and why? We will discuss a wide range of films and thematic content to better understand how monster movies help create the visuality of fear itself. Ball State University.

In development. Ball State University

Surveys the traditions of architecture, ceramics, painting, and other media in relation to the social, political, and economic environments of China from the ancient to the contemporary.  University of California at Irvine. 

Presents an overview of developments in art in the Japanese archipelago from ancient times to the present day. Focuses on religious expression, artistic technologies, urban design, painting formats, political functions of art, and art historical methodology. University of California at Irvine. 

In development. Ball State University. 

Survey of world architecture from birth of civilization to the present. It is an examination of the cultural, economic, and political influences on the development of architecture. Course will familiarize students with architectural periods, styles, and characteristic design elements. Marymount College. 

One semester lecture/seminar course followed by 2-weeks on-site with students in Egypt. 

This course is an interdisciplinary and team-taught class that offers academic content followed by hands-on experience in an effort to understand more deeply the ancient and contemporary culture of Egypt and our own. The course will study concepts of culture, society, religions, art, gender role, class and politics in the American and Egyptian contexts. Marymount College. 

One semester summer session class in London and surrounding areas.

This class is an exploration of the art and architecture of Great Britain, with an emphasis on on-site learning in London. Marymount College, in association with Regent's College, London. 

One credit class at Ball State University, followed by 30-days on-site in Italy. 

This course is an in-depth study of Italian art from the Etruscan period to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.  Ball State University.