This course introduces students to 20th-21st century architecture, urbanism, and design, considered historically, theoretically, and in the context of London, a global cultural center. Organized by way of three main themes/clusters—1) Empire, Collection, & Display; 2) Midcentury Modernism and Postmodernism; and 3) Architecture & Urbanism Under Advanced Capitalism—the course gives special attention to the ever-shifting relations between art and design from the Industrial Revolution to the contemporary moment.
This course introduces students to modern and contemporary art, considered historically, theoretically, and in the context of London, a global cultural center. The class explores major developments in modern and contemporary art and theory, as well as the ever-shifting relations between art, architecture, and the city from the Industrial Revolution to present-day society. It is clustered by way of three key periods/themes: 1) Empire, Collection, & Display; 2) Midcentury Modernism and Postmodernism; and 3) Art & Architecture Under Advanced Capitalism.
This course investigates the central issues and practical concerns surrounding art and design curation, with a special emphasis on contemporary exhibition practices in London, a global cultural center. It includes a three-week on-site component combined with pre- and onsite work, through which students will be exposed to a rich array of art and design venues and to scholarship on museums (as spaces of ritual, debate, interpretation, preservation, and omission; as contact zones, training grounds, centers of power, and mirrors of society at large).
Wine Marketing Management will provide students with a deep understanding of every aspect of real world wine marketing management. This course will teach students the unique aspects and attributes of the wine industry and how that drives marketing planning and decision making. The course begins with learning to understand the wine marketplace and the keys to success in today’s saturated market. Students will learn how to evaluate customers and wine markets, ensuring that their marketing strategies will resonate with those customers and will get the desired results.
Sustainability is the greatest challenge of our lives. While the past century has witnessed an unprecedented increase in global wealth, the spoils have been unevenly distributed, exacerbating economic inequality, social injustice, food insecurity, and health emergencies for the world’s underrepresented. Those with means fed an ever-growing cycle of ‘abundance accumulation’ that has resulted in increasing consumption patterns, further inspired by business and marketing activities designed to stimulate our desire to ‘buy more stuff.’
