Moodle at Eckerd College 2024-25 Academic Year

Fundamentals of Modern Standard Arabic language with a focus on developing skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. Introduction to basic grammatical structure, vocabulary, and everyday communication skills.

Comprehensive review of grammar and vocabulary. Emphasis on expression and interpretation of meaning in a social context. Practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. Examines dialects of Arabic and related cultural practices. Prerequisite: AB 102.

Further development of language skills with emphasis on advanced grammar, increased vocabulary, and competency with authentic texts and media materials. Prerequisite: AB 202.

A global survey of ancient art including prehistoric art and the art of Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece, Etruria, Rome, Egypt, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Korea, Islam, Africa, and the Americas.

Examines significant contributions of women artists from the medieval period to today and explores feminist/revisionist critiques of traditional art history. No prerequisites.

American Civilization

This course will develop the idea that the environment has been a significant focus in culture and can be analyzed from the perspective of the imagery of film, video, and other visual media. This course meets T/R 6:30 - 8:00 pm, and during all the evenings of Eckerd's Environmental Film Festival, on February 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and March 1, 2025. After the festival the class will meet biweekly.

Explore America's longstanding attraction to western movies, survey development of the genre in historical and cultural context to better understand American values and ideology, and analyze styles of various directors and actors.

Comprehensive Examination