Course Catalog - 2012-2013

     

HURC 501 - THE ART & ETHICS OF EXCESS

Long Title: FRAMES OF THE BEAUTIFUL, THE CRIMINAL, AND THE MAD: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EXCESS
Department: Humanities Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This graduate seminar will combine considerations of the aesthetic with the scientific, the ethical with the historical, as it works to capture evolving images of excess over time and the dynamic tension between science and art in uncovering the contours of the human. Department Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.
Course URL: http://www.hrc.rice.edu/mellonseminars.aspx