Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2015-2016
ARCH 452 - PRACTICING UTOPIA
Long Title: PRACTICING UTOPIA: ARCHITECTURE, EUGENICS AND THE MODERN LATIN CITY
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Description: This seminar will explore the alliance between aesthetics, science, and ideology at the core of French and Latin American modernism. Focusing on early twentieth-century scientific and cultural dialogues between France and Latin America, this seminar will have as main territories of exploration: Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana, and Caracas. Cross-list: HART 463.