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Art History (ARHI) 201

A Survey of Western Art I (Revision 4)

ARHI 201 Course Web site

Delivery Mode: Individualized study with optional online and video components.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Humanities

Prerequisite: None; however, we strongly recommend successful completion of ENGL 255.

Precluded Course: ARHI 201 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with HIST 203. ARHI 201 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for HIST 203.

Centre: Centre for Language and Literature

ARHI 201 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

ARHI 201 is designed to introduce the developments in artistic expression, from cave drawings and the monuments of ancient Egypt to the paintings, sculpture and architecture of 15th century northern Europe.

Outline

The course consists of the following.

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: The Ancient World: Prehistoric Art

Lesson 3: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Lesson 4: Egyptian Art

Lesson 5: Aegean Art

Lesson 6: Greek Art

Lesson 7: Etruscan Art

Lesson 8: Roman Art

Lesson 9: The Middle Ages: Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Lesson 10: Islamic Art

Lesson 11: Early Medieval Art

Lesson 12: Early Medieval Art

Lesson 13: Gothic Art

Lesson 14: The Renaissance through the Rococo: Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Lesson 15: Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

Evaluation

To receive credit for ARHI 201, you must achieve a course composite mark of at least a “D” (50 percent) and a mark of at least 50 percent on both examinations. The weighting of the composite mark is as follows:

Assign 1 Assign 2 Mid-term Exam Assign 3 Final Exam Total
10% 20% 20% 30% 20% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Davies, Penelope J. E., Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph Jacobs, Ann M. Roberts and David L. Simon. Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition. 7/e, 2007.

Other materials

Companion website to Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition. The course materials also includes a student manual.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the ARHI 201 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on each part of the examination.

Part 1 Exam
(Take Home Essay)
Part 2 Exam
(Written Exam)
Total
50% 50% 100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 4, March 20, 2007.

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Last updated by SAS  09/10/2013 11:31:20