Moodle at Eckerd College 2024-25 Academic Year

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.

Introductory course covering the major periods of western art history from its inception to the present-day. Discussion of major works from each era provides information about the cultures and highlights achievements of outstanding artists.

Study of nineteenth-century painting and sculpture focusing primarily on France. Artistic achievements of countries such as England, Germany, Italy, and the United States are also examined. Prerequisite: AH 103A.

This course examines the art production, classical techniques, and specialized materials used to create Renaissance drawings from the workshops of pioneering Renaissance artists throughout Europe, from the fourteenth to early seventeenth centuries. (Prerequisite AH 103A)

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

Introduction to the four fields of anthropology: physical, cultural, linguistics, and archaeology. Includes such topics as economy and exchange, religion, political organization, kinship, and gender roles, from a comparative perspective.