JAN 108 - Experiencing Museums

Instructor(s):  Spero, Susan
Email:  sbs9@stmarys-ca.edu

Museums reflect a community’s culture and are places for lifelong learning. In this class you will spend over half of J-Term in local museums exploring exhibitions and talking with museum staff. Through class discussions and written reflection, you will develop your museum literacy skills and improve your visual intelligence. As a part of the course you will compose weekly reflections and participate in class discussions where you can muse and ask questions. For the main assignment, you will design a museum trip itinerary for a selected U.S. city using the frameworks about museum experience presented throughout the term. Experiencing Museums will expose you to a wide range of cultural offerings within museum world which in turn will give you the confidence to approach museum exhibitions anywhere.

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Credits: 3-CU