| Architect
and History (Fall 2007)
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General Requirement Course Descriptions
This course
fulfills Category IV of the General Education Requirement.
Faculty:
Meeting
Times:
| LEC |
ARTH
001 001 |
M,
W & F |
1:00
- 2:00 |
| REC |
ARTH 001 201 |
F |
2:00
- 3:00 |
| REC |
ARTH 001 202 |
F |
2:00
- 3:00 |
| REC |
ARTH 001 203 |
F |
2:00
- 3:00 |
| REC |
ARTH 001 204 |
F |
2:00
- 3:00 |
Course
Description:
Human experience is shaped by the built environment. This course
introduces students to the interrelated fields of Architecture,
Art History, and Engineering and explores great architectural
monuments from the ancient to the modern period, from India across
the Mediterranean and Europe to the US. The focus will be on
understanding these works in their structure and function, both
as products of individual ingenuity and reflections of zeitgeist.
Questioning these monuments from a present-day perspective across
cultures will be an important ingredient, as will be podium discussions,
guest lectures, excursions, and all kinds of visualizations,
from digital walk-throughs to practical design exercises.
Requirements: The course has a midterm and a final exam. Students
must regularly attend all classes and excursions. In addition
to completing all homework readings, sketchings and short writings,
students will be required to keep a notebook that while not graded,
will be checked.
The course has the following pilot curriculum features: interdisciplinary,
broad cultural and visual approach, guest lectures, field trips.
Expected gains: both deeper and broader understanding of the
built environment.
Students
must register for both the lecture and a recitation.
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