CASS 1010 is a required seminar class for Miller Arts Scholars. Faculty from Music, Studio Art, Drama, Creative Writing, and Dance, second through fourth-year Arts Scholars, and others will share aspects of their personal research, thoughts about Arts at the University, practical applications of an Art Major after college, etc. Requisite: Instructor Permission

CASS 1011 is a discussion course for programmatic development, sharing ideas, and mentoring for first through fourth year Arts Scholars. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

Throughout history, artists, philosophers, & scientists have consistently sought to situate themselves within the cosmos & comprehend its heavenly machinery. This course traces the development of scientific, political, spiritual, magical, & intellectual technologies of power that have tied individuals to their views & uses for astronomy. Topics include: stars & rule, astrology, Ptolemy, alchemy, magic, medicine, Galileo, Chesley Bonestell, Remedios Varo, Kambui Olujimi, Star Trek, & Star Wars.

Introductory Seminars in Art History are small classes for first- and second-year students that emphasize reading, writing, and discussion. While subject varies with the instructor, topics will be selected that allow students to engage broad issues and themes historically and in relationship to contemporary concerns and debates. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Enrollment is capped at 15.

This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures.

This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, modern global cultures.

This course will train students to understand and evaluate global cultures from a critical and culturally sensitive perspective.

This course introduces the art forms, trade objects, & religions that flourished along the historical Silk Road. Stretching 8000km, the Silk Road is a network of trade routes that provided a bridge between the east & west between the 1st & 14th centuries CE. The Silk Road flourished as a commercial & at times military highway. But more than that, it was a channel for the transmission of ideas, technologies, & artistic styles, with far-reaching impact beyond China & the Mediterranean world.

An introductory course, divided into three segments, which serves as a prerequisite to all studio courses. In Drawing students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound.

Survey of Egyptian art and architecture (Predynastic-New Kingdom, 4000-1100 BC). The course introduces students to the great monuments and works of art, and to the beliefs that engendered them. While the focus is on pharaonic 'visual' culture, neglected 'others' (women, cross-gendered persons, foreigners, commoners) and their material/visual cultures are brought to attention to provide a nuanced understanding of Egyptian society and culture.