ARTS 375 - Architecture and Theory since 1968

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU
New course added 10.29.2009.

This course will trace the introduction of a variety of theoretical perspectives into architectural discourse from the late 1960s. Through readings of cultural theorists and historical analysis of the debates amongst their architectural interpreters, thematics of language, networks, diagrams, politics, environment and performance will allow for a better understanding of contemporary architecture. In the last part of the course students will give presentations on contemporary architectural practices informed by the issues under discussion.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: D. Barber
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
Prequisite: A 200-level class