| VISD 3B49 Car Culture (Not offered in 2013/2014) 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal arts & sciences (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM). |
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| Not offered in 2013/2014 This course examines the multifaceted impact of the car in the 20th century, from its invention to the most recent examples of cars (electric, hybrid, Tata’s people car, etc.). It will use the automobile as the entrée to an understanding of the culture of mobility. It will explore questions of the design and production of cars, taking into account gender and cultural differences; the effect cars have on the natural and built environment as well as the representation and the use of cars in the visual arts. The course will also examine car culture in relation to the far reaching challenge that sustainability represents for the 21st century. |
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| Anti-requisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Car Culture may not take this course for further credit. |
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| Course was last updated July 23, 2013 - 1:13 PM | |