Scholars Courses for First-Year Students
Courses for First-Year Students: 2018-2019 Academic Year
These courses should be taken by Scholars in their first or second semester at SAIC. Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Scholars are encouraged to refer to the list above for courses to be taken after the first year.
Fall 2018
ARTHI 1001-005: World Cultures and Civilizations: Advanced History of World Art: Prehistory to 1850
Faculty: James Elkins
Department: Art History, Theory, and Criticism
Day/Time: Wednesday, 6:00—9:00 p.m.
Scholars MUST register for section 005 of this course in order to receive Scholars credit; Art History 1101 is a required discussion section that Scholars must take in order to receive Scholars credit for this course.
This is an advanced section of the survey of world art and culture, prehistory to 1850. It is intended for BAAH students, Scholars Program students, and students interested in the history of writing about art (and teaching the survey). We will begin at 500,000 BC, and cover approximately 50 cultures; the list is at ow.ly/Y902K. In each case we will also question the ways historians describe the culture; we will study the ways art history textbooks promote certain senses of art and national identity; and we will consider how other institutions have tried to teach the global survey. The class is difficult, and requires a lot of memorization. Concurrent Registration in one ARTHI 1101: Discussion Section for Advanced Survey of World Art Prehistory to 1850 is required.
ENGLISH 1001-012: First Year Seminar I: The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance
Faculty: TBA
Department: Liberal Arts/FYS
Day/Time: Thursday, 1:00—4:00 p.m.
This course will provide an understanding of the major stages of the Italian Renaissance. Students will become acquainted not only with the flowering of science, letters, and the arts, but will immerse themselves in Renaissance life. Our journey will start in the Republic of Florence and continue on to the Kingdom of Naples, up to Rome and the Papacy, the Maritime States, Ferrara, Urbino, and the Duchy of Milan. We will learn about Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, focusing on topics such as the Copernican Revolution, the rise of the printing press, diseases and their remedies, intricate dynamics of power and patronage, the Roman Inquisition, and the fascinating figure of the Renaissance Man. Students will develop critical thinking and learn to express themselves on topics of major concern in Italian society from the Late Middle Ages to the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment.
ENGLISH 1001-028: First Year Seminar I: Mythologies
Faculty: Paul Ashley
Department: Liberal Arts/FYS
Day/Time: Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
This course provides guided experience in writing college-level essays of various kinds, which may include critical, analytical and personal essays, and must include the research paper. Students should expect to write between three and five essays, totaling (including re-writes) between 20 and 30 pages. A significant amount of time may be devoted to re-writing essays, so as to develop first drafts into final versions. Some in-class writing may be included, and it is a policy of the department that at least one essay be a research paper which involves searching for sources in a library or online, and learning to make citations and to prepare a bibliography. A significant amount of time is devoted to the craft of writing. Grammatical and organizational strategies, and skills in thesis development are explored, and class workshopping of student papers, or individual meetings to discuss each student's papers, should be expected.
Study of selected texts from the world's mythological resources. This semester, we will be reading Egyptian and Mesopotamian myths.
ENGLISH 1001-037: First Year Seminar I: Urban Fictions
Faculty: Agnes Malinowska
Department: Liberal Arts/FYS
Day/Time: Monday, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Winter 2019
Research Studio II: Siena: Living the Past in the Present (Study Trip)
Faculty: TBA
Department: Contemporary Practices
Day/Time: Study Trip
Open to new First Year Scholars only
Spring 2019
ARTHI 1002-005: Survey of Modern to Contemporary Art and Architecture
Faculty: David Raskin
Department: Art History, Theory, and Criticism
Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00—4:00 p.m.
Scholars MUST register for section 005 of this course in order to receive Scholars credit; Art History 1201 is a required discussion section that Scholars must take in order to receive Scholars credit for this course.
This course surveys developments in nineteenth and twentieth century art and architecture. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical and critical issues, as well as the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes that are reflected or addressed in the works of artists and architects. Note: ARTHI 1001 (or its equivalent) is recommended as a prerequisite for ARTHI 1002.
This is an advanced course that surveys developments in nineteenth and twentieth century art and architecture. It is intended for BAAH students and Scholars Program students. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical and critical issues, as well as the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes that are reflected or addressed in the works of artists and architects. ARTHI 1201: Discussion Section for Advanced Survey of Modern to Contemporary Art & Architecture is required.
ENGLISH 1001-029: First Year Seminar II: Zoning In
Faculty: Romi Crawford
Department: Liberal Arts/FYS
Day/Time: Wednesday, 1:00—4:00 p.m.
