Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SPATIAL HUMANITIES MASTERCLASS

Department: Humanities Research Center

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: This course explores current developments in humanistic practices and theories of cartography and 3-D modeling. Undergraduates and graduate students from across campus form research cohorts with Rice faculty, external scholars, and practitioners. Each course assigns credit hours based on the number of guess speakers and class meetings on a semester-by-semester basis. Over and above the undergraduate workload in this section, graduate students will be required to give one public talk as part of the Spatial Humanities Initiative lecture series, lead one class discussion or training session related to their talk, and submit a research proposal for a project that can be integrated into the initiative. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HURC 450. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HURC 650 if student has credit for HURC 450. Repeatable for Credit.