MELC129
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MELC 129 - Arts of Iran and Central Asia
Course Title
Arts of Iran and Central Asia
Course Description
This course focuses on the arts of the Iranian cultural environment from the mid-first Millennium BCE through the first Millennium CE. Geographically, it covers a region stretching east from modern Iran to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and north towards the Central Asian steppes, the ancestral home of important ancient Iranian pastoral nomadic tribes. The course will, among others, explore the art and archaeology of the Achaemenids, Parthians, Sasanians, and Sogdians to come to a better understanding of the social, political, and cultural underpinnings of the pre-Islamic Iranian world.
Minimum
4
Maximum
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
Method of Assessment
Written Exam
Breadth
Arts & Literature, Historical Studies
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.
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Credit Replacement Courses. Upon passing, students can use the following course(s) to replace a deficient grade for this course.
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Formats
Lecture
Term
Spring
Duration (in weeks)
15
Minimum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
3
Minimum Hours
9
Maximum Hours
9