IDS 301 - Arts,Artifacts & Culture-UK

Institution:

Meredith College

Subject:

Description:

(Meredith Abroad, Course Offered Every Year) An introduction to the culture and social life on the peoples of the United Kingdom based on a study of the arts and artifacts they produced. This course places special emphasis on the countries students visit while studying in the United Kingdom. Terms are defined broadly, looking at literary, visual and musical arts as well as dance; architecture of both private and public spaces; and artifacts of all kinds. Focus will be on folk as well as high culture; ancient as well as modern times; and traditional as well as avant-garde modes. Students examine expressions that are secular as well as religious; utilitarian as well as purely ornamental; and communal as well as personal.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.meredith.edu

Phone Number:

(919) 760-8600

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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