printer friendly pageOSPFLOR 106V: Italy: From Agrarian to Postindustrial Society
Italian history from the Risorgimento to the present. Society, crises, evolution, values, and the relation to the political institution in different periods. The ideologies, political doctrines, and historical events which contributed to the formation of modern Italy's predominant subcultures: Catholic and Socialist.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Mammarella, G. (PI)
OSPFLOR 111Y: From Giotto to Michelangelo: Introduction to the Renaissance in Florence
Lectures, site visits, and readings reconstruct the circumstances that favored the flowering of architecture, sculpture, and painting in Florence and Italy, late 13th to early 16th century. Emphasis is on the classical roots; the particular relationship with nature; the commitment to human expressiveness; and rootedness in the real-world experience, translated in sculpture and painting as powerful plasticity, perspective space, and interest in movement and emotion.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Verdon, T. (PI)
OSPFLOR 115Y: The Duomo and Palazzo della Signoria: Symbols of a Civilization
The history, history of art, and symbolism of the two principal monuments of Florence: the cathedral and the town hall. Common meaning and ideological differences between the religious and civic symbols of Florence's history from the time of Giotto and the first Guelf republic to Bronzino and Giovanni da Bologna and the Grand Duchy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Verdon, T. (PI)
OSPFLOR 134F: Modernist Italian Cinema
As the embodiment of modernity, cinema develops in the wake of modernism proper, but can be understood as one of its technological and aesthetic expressions. Topics: cinema's archaeology in futurist texts and theories with their nationalistic political flavor and their iconoclastic, radical, and interdisciplinary rethinking of the language and form of all the arts (Marinetti, Pirandello, D'Annuzio).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Campani, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 199A: Directed Reading A
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Campani, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 199B: Directed Reading B
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Campani, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 50F: Introductory Science of Materials
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
OSPGEN 40: Community Health in Oaxaca
Social, economic, and cultural factors impacting the health of Mexicans and Mexican immigrants to the United States. Broaden public health knowledge, increase linguistic competency in Spanish, and gain exposure to health care systems and clinical interactions in another culture. Close observation of clinicians at work in community health settings; service with local community health organizations. Structured reflection sessions support integration of studies with clinical observations and service work.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Banchoff, A. (PI)
;
Garcia, G. (PI)
OSPGEN 41: Arts and Society in Contemporary China
Immersion in urban China¿s arts scene in Beijing and Shanghai with class meetings and discussions providing a deeper understanding of contemporary Chinese society. nnEmphasis on arts that are currently popular and influential rather than traditionally Chinese. Museum and gallery visits; performance and concert attendance; observation of old and new architectural monuments; meetings with artists, writers and critics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Cai, J. (PI)
OSPGEN 42: How to Build a Habitable Planet: An Example from the European Alps
Feedback and links between global climate, mountain building, and biological evolution and landscape development of the European Alps. Long and short-term carbon cycle and the role of human perturbation; climate of Europe and influence of global connections on climate change; origin of the glaciers, global cooling and the migration of humans into Europe; policies and strategies employed by EU to mitigate effects of global warming. Students and faculty camp in three different locations. Location: Alps in Switzerland, northern Italy and France.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
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