Catalog: Boston College 2006-2007 University Catalog | |
| CO 374 Human Communication Theory (Spring: 3) Satisfies the required theory course in the Communication major This course provides an understanding of the role of theory in the study of human communication. Students will learn the process of theory development, the role of theory in the research process, and tools for evaluating theories. The course also surveys the prominent theories in the fields of interpersonal, relational and group communication. Pamela Lannutti CO 378 Rhetorical Theory (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies the required theory course in the Communication major This course applies the ... | |
| FA 221 Early Medieval Art: Mysteries and Visions (Fall: 3) Satisfies Arts Core Requirement This course will illuminate the art of the so-called Dark Ages, from about 200 A.D. to around the year 1000 A.D. We will begin with the art of the waning classical world where, in addition to the burgeoning imagery of early Christianity, one finds the magico-religious art of the mystery cults of Cybele, Mithras and Isis. We will look at the art of Byzantium, as well as that of Celtic-Early Christian Ireland, and go on to a study of the Carolingian renaissance. The last part of the course will be devoted to ... | |
| FA 264 American Modern: The Twentieth Century Avant-Garde (Spring: 3) American artists began the twentieth century by looking to avantgarde European art for inspiration. Precisionists celebrated and expressionists doubted the benefits of the modern world. By mid-century, the United States had become a superpower, and America had become the center of the avant-garde art world. Color field and hard edge abstraction, pop and op art, earthworks and environmental sculpture, conceptual art, and neo-expressionist figuration build on the pioneering experiments of the post-WorldWar II abstract expressionist ... | |
| and on the early cultures of Mesopotamia with frequent reference to the broader archaeological contexts of the material. While the class will focus on the physical remains of these civilizations, ancient literary sources read in translation will be employed to enrich our understanding. Kenneth Craig FA 316 Eastern Influences on Western Art (Spring: 3) Nineteenth and twentieth-century European and American painters were affected by Eastern paintings, prints, decorative arts, spiritual ideas as Chinese and Japanese trade opened. Results were new ways of depicting reality, light, space and invention ... | |
| standard tool in the video, television, and film industry. Using the system, students will learn the basics of pacing, continuity and electronic storytelling by producing and editing their own material. They will also master the latest techniques in digitizing, organizing bins and clips, building a timeline, saving sequences, and output to tape. Adam Bush Michael Civille Chris Schmidt FM 275 Final Cut Pro Editing (Fall: 3) Cross Listed with CO 275 Major restricted. This course is an introduction to digital video editing using the Final Cut Pro software environment. Final Cut Pro widely used and ... | |
| Aristotles Physics B1 and then returns to the beginning of Greek thought, considering Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Empedocles, and Plato (focusing on the Theaetetus and the Timaeus). John Sallis PL 625 The Problem of Self-Knowledge (Fall: 3) The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates proclamation forms the basic assumption of this course. However, important developments in Western culture have made the approach to self-knowledge both more difficult and more essential. During the first two weeks, we shall examine the history of self-knowledge and especially how post- Nietzschean philosophers ... | |
