Classes!
My School!!
I've included a list of the different classes I'll be taking and there descriptions...Everyone has been asking what classes I'll have so here you go :)
AR322 SHAPING THE CONTEMPORARY: MEETING AND WORKING WITH ARTISTS IN MILANCOURSE DESCRIPTION: This course invites students to meet and work together with contemporary artists based in Milan. This experience will allow students to develop not only a personal relationship with basic issues of art theory, practice and management in Milan, considered today’s Italian capital of contemporary art, but also gain a new perspective on the role of creativity in everyday interaction with reality. Through both theoretical and practical activities, students will learn to read reality in visual terms and to explore new ways of “shaping the contemporary”: acting creatively as a means of changing the configuration of their context.
The course will begin with two introductory theoretical sessions developed by an art historian (Francesca Pola) and a design historian (Marco Pisoni), followed by two practical sessions developed with the guidance of two major Italian artists living in Milan: Paolo Gallerani, Master of Sculpture at the Brera Academy, and Mauro Staccioli, an internationally-known artist. Field studies to both artists’ studios and current museums/exhibitions/installations will be essential aspects of the course, providing students with a direct and inside experience of today’s art world in Milan. The final session will allow each student to develop an individual project. The course will culminate in an exhibition of students’ works, which will be presented at IES at the end of the semester. Some of the students will develop the artworks, while others will work on the installation and display management of the show.
PS340 ITALIAN AND AMERICAN APPROACHES TO MENTAL HEALTH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL MODEL
DESCRIPTION: The course will analyze the interaction of biological, psychological and social determinants of the individual’s mental functioning and behavior and different approaches to Mental Health care; emphasis being placed on both the theoretical and practical aspects. The lectures will draw from the historical perspective of different schools of thought, focusing on both the origins and the development of fundamental models i.e. cognitive behavioral, biological, psychodynamic and psycho-social. The bio-psycho-social model and its theoretical and therapeutic implications will be brought into discussion, taking into account the scientific world’s most current perspective. We will also undertake a close study of the Italian and American approaches, drawing comparisons and highlighting the difference in methods and outlook between them.
CM325 TV, COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA IN MILAN
DESCRIPTION: This course will take into consideration two different points of view to talk about communication and media. First, it will stress the meaning of what communication is and what it has meant and means today in the world characterized by relationships and connections. It is not possible to deny of
ignore the influence media exert on people, not only from an industrial and commercial point of view, but also, and above all, from a human and social one. The course then will focus on different media fields that
characterize Milan: journalism and news making, advertising industry, television and graphic novel. Every theme will be studied and analyzed from an historical, theoretical, practical, and productive point of view. Selected topics will be developed through lectures, discussions and field studies dedicated to visiting television studios and one of the most important comic book publishing companies in Milan.
And of Course Italian! I am taking a pre-intensive course right now that will continue for 4 more weeks then a semester course. I am learning lots already and can successfully order in Italian and ask for the bill :) IT won't be long before I am fluent!
Sounds like a lot of fun. Have you tried the gelato yet? Be careful, it's easy to eat that stuff at least once a day. It's like a drug (with calories).
ReplyDeleteI haven't had it yet ha amazing restraint I know, but I am looking forward to it immensely!
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