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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
at its meeting of November 30, 1982 gives rise to the following motion:-
MOTION:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
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Governors, as set forth in S.83- 2
the proposed
New course - ARC. 336-3 - Special Topics in Prehistoric
and Primitive Art"
FOR INFORMATION
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of November 30, 1982
the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved
changes including
- ARC. 301 - Prehistoric and Primitive Art, change credit
from 2 to 3, change vector from 2-0-0 to 2-1-0, change
description
- ARC. 340 - Introductory Zooarchaeology - change of vector
from 3-0-0 to 1-0-2
- ARC. 440 - Advanced Zooarchaeology - change of vector from
1-0-2 to 2-1-0.
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CURRICULUM REVISIONS DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
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Primitive Art Courses:
ARC. 301-2 Prehistoric and Primitive Art
Change of Credit:
From: 301-2
To:
301-3
Change of Vector
From: 2-00
To:
2-1-0
Change in Description
From: Art styles and traditions of
prehistoric and preliterate peoples.
To: Art styles and traditions of
prehistoric and preliterate peoples
in one or more World culture areas.
Add: ARC. 336-3 Special Topics in Prehistoric and Primitive
Art
Rationale:
The proposed changes are:
A.
ARC.
1.
2.
.
3.
B. ARC.
1.
301
Change from 2 credits to 3;
Change structure from Lecture to Lecture/Seminar;
Alter the course description.
336-3
Introduce a new course: Special Topics in Prehistoric
and Primitive Art.
The proposed changes reflect implementation of needs identified
in a "5 year plan" formulated in 1979. Acquaintance with
prehistoric and primitive art traditions forms a normal part
of undergraduate programmes in archaeology and there is
continuing
student interest in such courses. The changes in
structure and credit for ARC. 301 are proposed in view of the
fact that the student and faculty work loads for the course
warrant these changes (e.g., midterm and final exams are given)
a term paper is usually required; the material covered is
sufficient for the additional credit) . The new course (ARC. 336-
3 -- Special Topics) is proposed to provide a mechanism whereby
those students wishing to take more than one course in this
subject area may do so.
Registrar's Note: It is understood that there will exist ARC. 301-3 -
Prehistoric and Primitive Art and ARC. 336-3 - Special Topics in Prehistoric
and Primitive Art and that this makes available the possibility for a student
to take two courses. It is not intended that a student may take ARC. 336-3
Special Topics - for credit more than once.
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Zooarchaeology courses:
ARC. 340-3 Introductory Zooarchaeology
Change of Vector
From: 3-0-0
To:
1-0-2
ARC. 440-3
Change of Vector
From: 1-0-2
To:
2-1-0
Rationale
ARC. 340 is prerequisite to ARC. 440. The faculty member
who now teaches these courses feels that practical experience
at handling archaeological faunal remains will prepare students
to better appreciate the content of the advanced course 'which
is theoretical in nature. The proposed change, therefore,
would see the laboratory component transferred to the
introductory course, with.the advanced course being changed
to Lecture/Seminar.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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Calendar Information
Department Archaeology
Abbreviation Code: ARC.
Course Number:
336
Credit Hours:
3
Vector:
2-1-0
Title of Course: Special Topics in Prehistoric and Primitive Art
Calendar Description of Course:
Art styles and traditions of prehistoric and preliterate peoples in
selected World culture areas.
Nature of Course Lecture/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Permission of the department/instructor
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar
If this course
is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? occasionally, as the need arises.
Semester
In
which the course will first be offered?
unknown
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
Carlson, Fladmark, Shutler; occasionally, visiting faculty.
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Objectives of the Course
The course will consider the art styles and traditons of the subject
culture area. The student will be introduced to the study of the origin,
technology, role and function of sculpture, graphic art, architecture/
monumental art, art of adornment and utilitarian art in given aboriginal
4.
Ru atd Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following
areas:
Faculty occasional Continuing Education stipends for visiting faculty
Staff
none
Library xerox and reserve book services
Audio Visual occasional slide and film requirements
Space
none
Equipment A/V: slide and film projectors.
5.
Approval
Date:November 23, . 1982
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"Departmefit
Chairman, SCUS
73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions
see
Memorandum SCIJS 73-34a.
ach course outline).
Arts 78-3
ARCHAEOLOGY 301-
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PREHISTORIC AND PRIMITIVE ART OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Spring Semester, 1981
Jamie Evrard
Evening
Texts:
7:30-9:30 pm. Thursday - Lecture
National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.).
1979
The Art of the Pacific Islands.
National Geographic Society
1974
Islands of the Pacific.
(can be purchased at the General Office, Department of Archaeology)
There will be a short mid-term exam and a take-home final exam.
A short (5 page) researc
h
paper will be assigned.
This course is a survey of the visual arts of Oceania. Material covered
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will be organized primarily according to geographical and cultural areas.
Objects discussed will range from the earliest known pottery in the Pacific
tr, sculpture, monumental stone architecture and arts of adornment. Objects
will be considered on the basis of context and function as well as stylisti-
cally and as far as possible historically.
Course Outline
I.
Introduction to Oceania
-- geography, climate, prehistory, history
II.
Art of Polynesia
-- mana
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tap
u,
tapa, monumental architecture
-- Western Polynesia: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
-- Central Polynesia: Societies, Cooks, Australs
-- Marginal Polynesia: Marquesas, Hawaii, New Zealand,
Easter Island
III.
Art of Micronesia
IV.
Art of N; nesia
-- New C: ;tea, Asmat, Sepik, Trobriands, Torres Straits, Papuan
Gulf
rt of adornment
-- I';lzu!d Melanesia: New Britain, New Ireland, Admiralties,
Soomons, New Caledonia, New Hebrides
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ARCHAEOLOGY 301-
PREHISTORIC AND PRIMITIVE ART
Fall' Semester 1981
'
Knut R. Fladmark
Evening
Centennial Museum (B.C.:
,
Studies)
Prerequisites: Any lower division-Archaeology course.
Required Text: Stewart, Hillary 1979 Understanding Northwest
Coast Art. ',Hancock House Publishers, Saanichton.
Dcription:
INTRODUCTION TO THE ABORIGINAL ART OF BRITISH
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COLUMBIA.
This course will survey the prehistoric and
ethnographic art of British Columbia from an
anthropological perspective. Lecture topics
will include introductions to regional ethno-
graphy and prehistory; the technology of
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aboriginal sculpture and graphics; the
role and function of art in aboriginal
society; and the origins and relationships
of the aboriginal art of the Northwest.
Special attention will be paid to the art of
the Northwest Coast of the late prehistoric
and early post-contact periods.
Structure
The course will consist of 2-hour slide-lectures.
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Films, demonstrations of aboriginal technology,
and handling of collections will also occur.
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• Marks will be based. on a final exam, and a term
project or paper.
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Books on Reserve
ARCHAEOLOGY 301-2
Spring Semester, 1983 (Evening)
Instructor: J. Evrard
(3 day reserve)
Anderson, R.
1979
Art in Primitive Societies. Prentice Hall
Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Bellwood, P.
1979
Man's Conquest of the Pacific. Oxford Uniiv.
Press, N.Y.
1978
The
Polynesians:
Prehistory of and Island
People. Thames and Hudson, N.Y.
Brake, B., J. McNeish., and Simmons, D.
1980
Art of the Pacific. Agrams, Inc. N.Y.,
N.Y.
Gathercole, P. A. Kaeppler, and D. Newton
1979
The Art of the Pacific Islands. National
Gallery of Art,
Washington,
D.C.
Kaeppier, A.
1978
Artificial Curiosities. Bishop.Museum Press,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Linton, R., and P. Wingert
1946
Arts of the South Pacific. Simon and Schuster,
N.Y.
Mead, S. (Ed.)
1979
Exploring the Art of Oceania. University of.
Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Rockefeller, M.C. and Garbrands, A.
1967
The Asmat of New Guinea. Museum of Primitive
Art N.Y., N.Y. Graphics Society, Grennwich,
Connecticut.
Rogers, E.S.
1970
New Guinea: Big Man Island.
Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
