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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

STCU 207 Art, Media and Society

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

A seminar exploring the identity crisis of the modern artist in the period since the industrial revolution and the rise of the middle class. Conflicts or collaborations between the fine arts and commercialism, including mass media and new technology, from Romanticism and the arts and crafts movement to Pop Art and the Web. Issues of authorship, production, quality, and permanence. Who determines taste, and why? Does high art have a future?

Prerequisites FYWT*112 or FYWT*101;

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.