Topic 1: Chicano Art Histories and Futures. Mexican American art since the 1960s, with an emphasis on the visual production and exhibition of identity inside and outside the Chicano civil rights movement and the politics of U.S. multiculturalism. An introduction to a broad range of art history written to date--including recent feminist and queer interventions--as a means of envisioning a supposed "post-Chicano" or "post-racial" moment. Art History 341L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341L Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 2: Modern Art of Mexico. Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness. Art History 341K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341K Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 3: Mesoamerican Art and Culture. Mesoamerican art, architecture, and its archaeological context, with emphasis on the social function of art and visual culture in ancient Mesoamerica up to the time of European contact. Art History 347L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347L Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 4: Contemporary Latin American Art, 1960 to the Present. Painting, sculpture, media art, and environments.

Topic 5: Maya Art and Architecture. Introduction to the artistic traditions of the ancient Maya, tracing their development up to the time of European contact. Students will examine various important themes of Maya culture including history, ritual, and cosmology as revealed in sculpture, hieroglyphs, painting, and architectural design. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323V, 324L (Topic: Maya Art and Architecture), Art History 347M, Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 5), Geography 322M, 356T (Topic: Maya Art/Architecture). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 323V, ARH 347M, GRG 322M Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 6: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Peru. The growth of civilization in South America from the earliest decorated textiles, pottery, and ceremonial buildings to the imperial Inca style. Art History 347K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347K Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 7: Art Cinemas of the Americas. Examine art cinemas from the Spanish-speaking Americas from the 1950s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341S, 361 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), 327 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341S

Topic 8: Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico. Exploration of the historical and aesthetic linkages and affinities between filmmakers and photographers working in greater Mexico, including prominent visitors and Americans of Mexican descent. Considers how Mexican culture is represented but also how borders between Mexico and the wider world--as well as among media--were blurred or brought into sharper focus by these exchanges. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341R, 361 (Topic: Apertures: Film & Photo Mexico), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mexico), 327 (Topic 8), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 359 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341R, RTF 359.11

Topic 9: Contemporary Latin American Art. Development and sources of art in the Caribbean and Central and South America from the 1960s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341P, 361 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), 327 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341P

Topic 10: Architecture and Sculpture in the Maya World. Explore the ancient world of the Maya through the lens of architecture and sculpture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322V, Art History 347R, 370 (Topic: Arch/Sculpture in Maya World), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322V, ARH 347R Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 11: Aztec Art and Civilization. An introduction to the art, symbolism, and visual culture of the ancient Aztecs. Subjects include the representations of history and mythology in architecture, stone monuments, and pictorial manuscripts. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 347N, 370 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), 327 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347N Core Curriculum: 050