Townsend Center Course Threads
University of California-Berkeley
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The Course Threads project is an opportunity for Berkeley undergraduates to trace intellectual themes —or “threads” — as they wind their way through multiple departments on campus. The aim is to allow students to enrich their undergraduate experience by exploring a select number of intellectual themes and questions that connect courses across existing departments and disciplines. The “threads” option is far more flexible than an interdisciplinary major or a minor, and is designed to take its place in the undergraduate experience alongside the formal structures currently in existence. The possibility of following a particular Course Thread or path of interest, once marked by the faculty, is an option for undergraduates to choose, not a requirement.
Each Course Thread is identified by faculty and is comprised of a relatively robust number of courses in different departments as well as by an annual symposium involving faculty and students. If you are eager to explore intellectual spaces outside of your major, and to engage with faculty whose work and approach is interdisciplinary, consider following one of the established course threads.
All undergraduates are eligible. Students interested in formally participating in a Course Thread will be asked to sign up with the Townsend Center, to enroll in at least 3 courses from the thread over the course of their study at Berkeley, and to participate in at least one year-end symposium where they will discuss their experiences and insights. After successful completion of these steps, students will be awarded a certificate of completion.
Getting Started:
Students: To sign up to participate in a course thread, visit the Course Threads website and create an account.
Faculty: Visit the Townsend Center website for information on how to apply for the Project on Disciplinary Innovation Grant and propose a new course thread.
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The Historical & Modern City
From Athens to Rome, San Francisco to Tokyo, the city has existed throughout history as one of the most complex manifestations of human civilization. While cities have existed for thousands of years, the study of cities is an emerging scholarly activity. Among the many questions that the study of cities raises are those of relationship, including the rapport between time and space; centrality and marginality; national, ethnic, and urban identities; mapping and narrative; and every life and material culture. The connections in and amongst these relationships engage a wide spectrum of topics, such as modernity and modernism, the geography of power, the role of representation, and visual culture.
The Historical and Modern City course thread introduces students to historical, theoretical, aesthetic, and other approaches to the city through a variety of (inter)disciplinary methodologies. Investigating these approaches through a grouping of course offerings in English, Architecture, Art History, and many other departments, the thread engages students in a broad study of cities that paints a portrait of metropolitan evolution and its effects.
Each Course Thread is identified by faculty and is comprised of a relatively robust number of courses in different departments as well as by an annual symposium involving faculty and students. If you are eager to explore intellectual spaces outside of your major, and to engage with faculty whose work and approach is interdisciplinary, consider following one of the established course threads.
All undergraduates are eligible. Students interested in formally participating in a Course Thread will be asked to sign up with the Townsend Center, to enroll in at least 3 courses from the thread over the course of their study at Berkeley, and to participate in at least one year-end symposium where they will discuss their experiences and insights. After successful completion of these steps, students will be awarded a certificate of completion.
Getting Started:
Students: To sign up to participate in a course thread, visit the Course Threads website and create an account.
Faculty: Visit the Townsend Center website for information on how to apply for the Project on Disciplinary Innovation Grant and propose a new course thread.
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The Historical & Modern City
From Athens to Rome, San Francisco to Tokyo, the city has existed throughout history as one of the most complex manifestations of human civilization. While cities have existed for thousands of years, the study of cities is an emerging scholarly activity. Among the many questions that the study of cities raises are those of relationship, including the rapport between time and space; centrality and marginality; national, ethnic, and urban identities; mapping and narrative; and every life and material culture. The connections in and amongst these relationships engage a wide spectrum of topics, such as modernity and modernism, the geography of power, the role of representation, and visual culture.
The Historical and Modern City course thread introduces students to historical, theoretical, aesthetic, and other approaches to the city through a variety of (inter)disciplinary methodologies. Investigating these approaches through a grouping of course offerings in English, Architecture, Art History, and many other departments, the thread engages students in a broad study of cities that paints a portrait of metropolitan evolution and its effects.
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