Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANTH 349 - Cities and Architecture 3 s.h.


This course intends to understand and analyze the relationship between the nature and development of cities and functionalities, meanings, and symbolic power of architecture from a cross-disciplinary approach. Other than general introduction to the concepts and theories in the disciplines, selected cities will be compared. A city will be chosen as a case study each term. An intensive and exciting trip to a city may be required. This course will use interdisciplinary approaches to understand the formation of a city and the functionality and symbolic meanings of the architecture that builds a city. Theories are drawn from multi- disciplines such as geography, anthropology, communication and media, history, and sociology. A-E Only. This course can be repeated once. Offered Irregularly.
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Cross-Listed as: COMM 349 .
Prerequisite(s): 6 s.h. from ALS, ANTH, COMM, ECON, FAMS, GEOG, HIST, AHIS, EHIS, WHIS, POLS, PSYC, SOC, or WMST.