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First Year

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

Second Year

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

Third Year

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

Fourth Year

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA

ARTH 1200A History and Theory of Architecture: Prehistory to 1500  – Fall

PROFESSOR: Peter Coffman

DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. It will also include reference to some monuments of the Middle East and western Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including religious, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning. It will be taught in a blended format, with asynchronous, online lecture combined with weekly in-person meetings.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Details TBA; will include weekly in-person and online activities, quizzes, participation, a short essay, and a final exam.

READINGS: TBA