Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology

Course Descriptions
Alpha-Numeric Indicators
Numbers in Parentheses
The required number of lecture hours, laboratory hours, and
credit hours are indicated at the end of each course description.
For example, (3-0-3).
Course Identifiers
(C) Identifies courses that fulfill the communications general
educational requirements
(D) CAE design courses
(E) Ethics Content
(H) Identifies courses that fulfill the humanities general educational
requirements
(N) Identifies courses that fulfill the natural science or engineering
general educational requirements
(P) ECE, CPE professional elective
(S) Identifies courses that fulfill the social sciences general educational
requirements
(T) CS technical elective
Art and Architectural History
AAH 119
History of World Architecture I
Comprehensive background as well as concentration on individual
cultures and their architects from ancient to medieval
times. Discussion of architectures from around the world.
Specific details and expressions of more generalized theories
and strategies will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of IIT’s Basic Writing Proficiency
Requirement
(3-0-3) (C)(H)
AAH 120
History of World Architecture II
Comprehensive background as well as concentration on
individual cultures and their architects from the Renaissance
to modern times. Discussion of architectures from around the
world. Specific details and expressions of more generalized
theories and strategies will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of IIT’s Basic Writing Proficiency
Requirement
(3-0-3) (C)(H)
AAH 322
19th Century American Art & Culture
This course explores the artistic history of the United States,
from an agrarian society that developed into an industrialized
nation with a distinguished national art. This broad chronological
survey begins with the colonial art of Copley, Peale,
West and Stuart, followed by the nation building iconography
of the Hudson River School. The art of Mount and Bingham
reflect antebellum culture, followed by Johnson in post-Civil
War America on the eve of the Gilded Age. Finally, the
course examines the realism of Homer and Eakins, defining a
truly American iconography.
Prerequisite(s): [(HUM 102) OR (HUM 104) OR (HUM 106)]
(3-0-3) (C)(H)
AAH 323
20th Century American Art & Culture
This broadly chronological survey begins with Sargent and
Cassett in the context of European traditions. Impressionism
comes to America through the art of Chase and Hassam,
and other members of “The Ten”. Early Modernism follows
with Henri, Glackens and Sloan, leading artists of “The
Eight” and the Ashcan painters, including Bellows. The
major regionalists include Benton, Wood, and O’Keefe with
Hopper emerging as the most significant artist of the century.
With New York as the new center of Western art in post-war
America, Pollock defines abstract Expressionism, followed by
Warhol and Pop-Art.
Prerequisite(s): [(HUM 102) OR (HUM 104) OR (HUM 106)]
(3-0-3) (C)(H)
AAH 380
Topics in Art & Architecture History
An investigation into a topic of current or enduring interest
in Art and/or Architectural History which will be announced
by the instructor when the course is scheduled.
Prerequisite(s): [(HUM 102) OR (HUM 104) OR (HUM 106)]
(3-0-3) (C)(H)
AAH 491
Independent Reading & Research
For advanced students. Instructor permission required.
Prerequisite(s): [(HUM 102) OR (HUM 104) OR (HUM 106)]
(Credit: Variable) (C)(H)
Anthropology
ANTH 200
Introduction to Anthropology
This course introduces students to the vast and exciting
world of anthropology using a holistic, four-field approach
to understanding human biological and cultural diversity.
This includes a survey of cultural anthropology, linguistics,
biological anthropology, and archaeology. We explore: (a)
human evolution from the earliest primates to modern
humans; (b) methods, theories, and approaches used by
anthropologists; (c) archaeology, technology, and the rise of
cities; (d) subsistence strategies; (e) marriage, kinship, and
descent; and (f) the role of ethnicity in modern life.
(3-0-3) (C)(S)
ANTH 300
Anthropology of Technology
Studies technology from a cross-cultural perspective, using
modern ethnographic and historical case studies. The course
examines an assortment of technologies and end-products by
looking at the social, economic, and ideological contexts in
which they are embedded.
Prerequisite(s): [(ANTH 200) OR (PS 190-299) OR (SOC
190-299)]
(3-0-3) (C)(S)
ANTH 359
Humans, Ecology, & Environment
Examines the relationship between humans and nature,
including reasons for some well-known ecological catastrophes
in human history. The course traces changing attitudes to the
environment and explores various measures that have been
offered to solve problems, for instance, the Green Revolution,
sustainable development, renewable energy, “clean” technologies,
and the potential social and ecological consequences of
these solutions. Same as SOC 359.
Prerequisite(s): [(ANTH 200) OR (PS 209) OR (PS 210) OR
(PS 221) OR (SOC 190-299)]
(3-0-3) (S)
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