Arts and Civilization II

Catalog description

This course integrates the study of the history of an increasingly interdependent world from 1500 to the present with music and the arts as it relates to that history. The course will focus on key transitional periods in modern world history, through the lens of shifting ideologies (in religion, politics, economics, and society) and the contribution of music and art to that narrative, as a form of instigation as well as reaction. Guest lecturers will offer their expertise in music, art, or other media, and facilitate student understanding of their place in the historical narrative. Lectures, class discussion, and writing assignments will focus on development of critical thinking and writing skills through examination of primary historical documents as well as forms of music, art, or media. This is the second semester in a two-course sequence (HNRS 105 and HNRS 106); students may only earn IDEAS credit for RLTH 100, US Diversity, and Creative Arts by completing the full two-course sequence.