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Vikramaditya Prakash
ARCH 251
Seattle Campus
Introduction to historical and contemporary built environments of non-Judeo-Christian civilizations, primarily Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Meso-American, as manifestations of cultural history and as responses to environmental determinants. Offered: Sp.
Class description
This course is intended to introduce students to the relationship between architecture and culture--how they influence one another, and how through a better understanding of that relationship, we can play a hand in shaping a better built environment. The course will be arranged as a brief and highly selective historical survey of Non-Western (or Eastern) architecture. Most of the examples will be drawn from South Asia, in the form of case-studies, with supplemental examples.
Student learning goals
Will learn about world civilizations
Will learn global history
Will learn appreciation of architecture
General method of instruction
Lectures by professor with fully animated PowerPoint presentations. Along with videos, dvds, and qtvr's.
Recommended preparation
Conscientious reading, and hunger for knowledge.
Class assignments and grading
Two multiple choice exams with approximately 50 questions each.
The two exams. Not curved.
