In addition to the required texts, students also become acquainted with primary source materials. Films, periodicals and documents by noted Hispanists are also used. Field trips to places of historical interest are an important part of the course. This course covers the important artistic traditions and movements of the western world, including prehistoric art and Greek and Roman art. Considerable focus is placed on the art of Spain, from cave paintings through contemporary art movements.
Students study important works of architecture, painting and sculpture of each period.
Slides are used to analyze the works in detail. Field trips to cities, monuments and museums complement the classroom work and are an essential part of the course. This course offers a rigorous study of functions and their graphs and applications. Algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions will be investigated in detail. Sequences and series, probability theory and matrix algebra round out the syllabus.