#12 06 Courses #1 - Multiple Choices

Course Descriptions
230 • Phoenix College 2005-2006 Catalog
ART140
Portrait Photography
2 credits 4 periods lecture + lab
Insight into the profession of Portrait
Photography. Application of the
principles of design and fine art in
lighting, composition, and posing.
Prerequisites: ART131 or permission of
instructor.
ART142
Introduction to Digital Photography
3 credits 6 periods lecture + lab
Fundamentals of digital photography.
Includes camera operations, exposure
techniques, introduction to digital
output, and theory of digital
photography. Prerequisites: None.
Course Note: Digital camera required.
ART/ADA177
Computer-Photographic Imaging
3 credits 6 periods lecture + lab
Introduction to the multiple elements of
microcomputer-photographic imaging.
Basic foundation in the use of the
photographic manipulation of images
using software programs. Special
attention to aesthetic foundations
underlying photographic composition.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: ART100
or permission of instructor.
ART234
Color Photography I
3 credits 6 periods lecture + lab
Basic principles of color theory, camera
and darkroom techniques, using positive
materials. Prerequisites: ART131 or
permission of instructor.
ART235
Color Photography II
3 credits 6 periods lecture + lab
Basic theories and techniques of color
negative materials. Prerequisites:
ART234 or permission of instructor.
ART295DA, DB, & DC
Art Workshop/Seminar: Photography
1, 2, & 3 credits 2, 4, & 6 periods
lecture + lab
Advanced level workshop seminar in art
disciplines. Prerequisites: Minimum of
three (3) credits introductory and three
(3) credits intermediate level courses in
specific field or permission of
Department/Division Chair.
ASB, ASM – Anthropology
ASB102
Intro to Cultural and Social
Anthropology
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Principles of cultural and social
anthropology, with illustrative materials
from a variety of cultures. The nature of
culture; social, political, and economic
systems; religion, aesthetics and
language. Prerequisites: None.
ASB202
Ethnic Relations in the United States
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Basic concepts and processes, including
historic overview, of interethnic relations
in the United States: culture, race,
ethnicity, ethnocentrism, prejudice,
discrimination, racism, assimilation,
acculturation, and individual and group
responses to interethnic contact. Cultural
knowledge and intercultural
communication skills and perspectives
as fundamental tools for successful
management of social relations in a
multicultural world. Prerequisites:
None.
ASB211
Women in Other Cultures
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Cross-cultural analysis of the economic,
social, political, and religious factors that
affect women's status in traditional and
modern societies. Prerequisites: None.
ASB214
Magic, Witchcraft and Healing: An
Introduction to Comparative Religion
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Origins, elements, and forms of religion;
a comparative survey of religious beliefs,
myths, rituals and symbolism including
magic, witchcraft and healing as
practiced in selected regions of the
world; the place of religion in the total
culture. Prerequisites: None.
For additional information on PC program
competencies, visit:
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/academic/
curric/progpc.php
For additional information on MCCCD course
competencies, visit:
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/academic/
curric/cs.php
ASB222
Buried Cities and Lost Tribes:
Old World
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Introduction to archaeology through
discoveries and the researchers who
made them. Emphasis on methods of
archaeological fieldwork and what these
discoveries reveal about humanity,
including the nature of archaeological
inquiry, the development of human
social groups, the changing role of
religion in evolving societies, the origins
of agriculture, the origins of settled
lifeways, the rise of cities and complex
societies, political strife across different
cultures and the forces which tend to
fragment societies. Examples drawn
from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific
Islands, and Australia. Prerequisites:
None.
ASB223
Buried Cities and Lost Tribes:
New World
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Introduction to archaeology through
discoveries and the researchers who
made them. Emphasis on methods of
archaeological fieldwork and what these
discoveries reveal about humanity,
including the nature of archaeological
inquiry, the development of human
social groups, the changing role of
religion in evolving societies, the origins
of agriculture, the origins of settled
lifeways, the rise of cities and complex
societies, political strife across different
cultures and the forces which fragment
societies. Examples drawn from North
American, Central America, and South
America. Prerequisites: None.
ASB235
Southwest Archaeology
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Anthropological perspective and
comparative study of the cultures of
prehistoric native peoples of the North
American southwest. Prerequisites:
None.
ASB245
Indians of the Southwest
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Comparative study of the cultures,
including the histories and present
status, of Indians of the Southwest.
Prerequisites: None.