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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2022
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FWIS 145 001 (CRN: 14684)
MUSEUMS IN WORLD HISTORY
Long Title: MUSEUMS IN WORLD HISTORY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Ward, Kerry
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (22-AUG-2022 - 2-DEC-2022)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Analyzing Diversity: Yes
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 25-APR-2024 4:22AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
7-DEC-2022
2:00PM - 5:00PM W
Description: What is a museum? What role do they play in the modern world? This course fosters critical thinking about how and why museums were important institutions. They emerged as sites of identity within and between local, regional, national, imperial and global networks. Globally, a diverse number of museums are at once beloved and controversial, commanding and irrelevant. These contradictions aren’t new. To address the future of museums we must understand the evolution of these institutions in their global pasts.