I’ve been spending a large amount of time trying to write a syllabus for ARH 101 (Art History survey prehistoric to proto-Renaissance). Today, I came up with this:
My syllabus:
ARH 101: The study of whatever Barb says
Description: Barb’s Interests
Course Objectives: To make Barb happy
Course Content: Barb
Grading: Arbitrary; according to Barb’s mood
Teaching Methods: whatever interests Barb based on her mood and what kind of day she is having
Not really, but, in all seriousness the newbies had gotten a sample syllabus from someone I taught with last year…and the syllabus pretty much read like that. Um.
I am going to try using a blog in my class as part of a research based participation inducing weekly activity for collaborative learning. I have found a really great resource in this blog called smARThistory. Who knew?
Update: the blog is up and running. Art History Madness.
If school were not starting next week, I would really spend any amount of money to go back to Australia…specifically to go back to the National Gallery of Victoria (which I LOVE more than any museum I’ve been to in the U.S.). They are currently having an exhibition entitled “Victorian Photographs: Julia Margaret Cameron – Annals of My Glass House”.
Another exhibition that might be interesting to see is Wenda Gu’s hair installation at Dartmouth College. I would go just to see the mixture of reactions from the viewing public…and to satisfy my interest in all things hair.