GS 340 - Italy to Madison: Art & Culture

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

This interdisciplinary and experiential course consists of two parts: the first conducted in weekly meetings during the spring semester and the second in Rome and Urbino, Italy during May/June, with G and COR 2 follow-up in the fall. The first part of the course will offer an integrative introduction to the arts (including but not limited to, theatre, visual arts, architecture, literature, and music) from the ancient Romans, to the Renaissance, to the present. Our goal will be to analyze and study how inherently linked the arts and their shared histories are to one another, and to analyze and study how they have always been connected with issues of human life, from ancient time to our contemporary world. The GS 340/341 sequence satisfies the COR 2 and G tags.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; Completion of GS 101 or D, E, G, Q, or L-tags; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school. Consent of instructor required. Must register for GS 341.