PROGRAM IN MUSEUMS AND SOCIETYPlease refer to the departmental listings for complete information regarding these courses.

389.201 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSEUM: PAST AND PRESENT (3) Rodini     Limit 25 This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends.  Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Cross-listed with Anthropology, History, and History of Art

Sec. 01

MT 2-3:30pm

389.361 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO MATERIAL CULTURE: PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND FAMILY IN EARLY AMERICA (3) Arthur   Limit 10 Students work with Homewood curator to explore early American life.  Directed primary research, object study culminates in student curated exhibition opening in January.  Optional intersession installation earns M&S practicum credit. Cross-listed with History

Sec. 01

W 1-4

389.362 (H)

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM (3) Rodini   Limit 10 Work with Walters and STSci staff to learn about the workings of a professional art museum while developing an exhibition of images from the Hubble Space Telescope.  M&S practicum course. Cross-listed with History of Art

Sec. 01

Th 2-5pm

010.390 (H)

ART MUSEUM POLICY AND PRACTICE (3) Maguire, E.  Limit 12 Hands-on seminar looks behind the scenes at displays and exhibitions, museum operations and programs, as signs of current thinking about what art, past and present, may be. Cross-listed with Classics and Near Eastern Studies

Sec. 01

Th 2-5

100.216 (H,S) (W)

HISTORY DIGGING UP: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN 20TH CENTURY ASIA (3) Feng   Limit 15 This course uses archaeological discoveries as a window to explore the connection between the past and present in 20th century East Asia.  No Asian language or history background required.
Dean Teaching Fellowship Course
Cross-listed with History & East Asian Studies

Sec. 01

T 2-5

140.215 (H,S)

MONUMENTS AND MEMORY (3) Leslie     Limit 60   Why do some places, whether manmade or natural, capture and hold our imagination? Why, and how, do we commemorate particular sites? This course will explore the construction or discovery, and the enduring signficance, of selected monuments in the West, beginning with the Great Pyramid and ending with the World Trade Center. We will consider national memorials (the United States Marine Corps Memorial and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), national parks (Yosemite and Yellowstone), and other milestones (the Parthenon, St. Peter's, the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge) by which the West has measured itself. We will study how they were made, interepreted and represented in art, literature, populare culture, and tourism.
Gilman Course in the Humanities
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology

Sec. 01

MTW 1

389.501

INTERNSHIP IN MUSEUMS & SOCIETY Rodini Course added 5/24/07

Sec. 01

TBA

389.511

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MUSEUMS & SOCIETY Rodini  Course added 5/24/07

Sec. 01

TBA